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The Great Media Breakdown
The press admits it fell for the administration's line on weapons of mass destruction. But the media's failure goes far beyond Iraq.

Tighter U.S. Gender Gap Tied to Fewer Issues
In an election that was anything but average, the voting gender gap nonetheless narrowed to its average distance. Analysts puzzle over why this happened and what it means for future candidates and campaigns

Women on Campus Vote in Record Numbers
This year's presidential election galvanized young women into political activism in a way not seen since the early 1970s. Apparently turning out in force yesterday, they may have contributed to a record turnout among female voter

Campaign Coverage of Women Was Way Off
Amid the avalanche of press attention to mythical security moms and "Sex and the City" singles, Sheila Gibbons is grateful for the coverage that did not treat women--the majority of the electorate--as a small and newly discovered special-interest group.

TV Show about Female Felons Sparks Outrage
Advocates for battered women would like Oxygen to cancel a true-crime series about women who kill their men. They call "Snapped" offensive and say it hurts the cause of women behind bars, most of whom are imprisoned for defending themselves.

Women Push to Change Family Courts' Custody Rules
Across the country, women are backing legislation that calls for more protections from an abusive parent being granted custody rights in family court. These laws reverse what advocates say is a pervasive sexism.

Night of Terror Leads to Women's Vote in 1917
American women's patriotic duty in wartime is to be silent about everything except support for the troops and the Commander in Chief. That was the general idea in 1917.
As Woodrow Wilson took office in January, demonstrators took up positions outside the White House, holding round-the-clock vigils demanding the vote for women. In spite of the on-going world war, they refused to step aside or muffle their demands.

Workforce turns more casual as women lead grey march
Older women are transforming the workforce: it's getting older, and more people are finding themselves going part-time.
Bureau of Statistics figures show that the labour force is ageing fast, with more job opportunities opening up for mature-age women.

Saudi women still hope to take the wheel
Women are still not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, despite the absence of any specific law banning them from the driver’s seat

Sex-deprived Japanese women
find help in squad of volunteers
Craving sex after repeated rejection by their partners, women who felt doomed to join Japan’s growing ranks of the “sexless” are being offered a prescription: a squad of well-dressed men ready to assist free of charge.
The unique counseling service was launched four years ago in the outskirts of Tokyo by celebrated sexologist Kim Myong Gan, drawing sex-starved women who found little satisfaction from textbook advice, sleeping pills and other medication.

Health Scan: Breast cancer brings Palestinian and Israeli women together
We can't wait with our personal struggle until the national struggle is resolved. We want to promote coexistence and dialogue wherever possible," says one of the 90 participants in Project Cope, an Israeli-Palestinian initiative aimed at answering the needs of women diagnosed with the disease and the professionals who treat them.

Women see world differently
Mary Beth Lyle, a computer-software consultant from Marietta, Ga., near Atlanta, was at a midlife crossroads. Fed up with her hectic career pace and hoping to meet new people, she went on sabbatical and booked a five-day, women-only tour to Santa Fe and Taos, N.M., in September.

"I'd never been there, and I needed to breathe new air and experience new things," she said. She did plenty of both: hiking daily, staying at nice hotels, luxuriating at a spa and taking in historic sites, museums and art. It didn't take long before she and her tourmates, most in their 40s or 50s, melded into "a big group of girlfriends," she said.

Tajikistan bars women from mosques
Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov Saturday ordered women in the former Soviet republic neighboring Afghanistan to stay at home for prayer rather than attend mosques with men in order to avoid inter-ethnic conflicts.

Women artists set out to make their mark
Beyond the glamorous openings of art exhibitions, female artists rarely get the credit they deserve for taking a stand and doing what they want in life.
While exhibitions come and go, few focus on women artists, who remain a rarity in the arts community.
Some women, however, are glad that they went against convention to express themselves through their art.

US orders women, kids out of Fallujah
US and Iraqi forces are preparing to launch an all-out assault on the insurgent city, and they want all kids and women out -- but able men must stay

Women sleuths are making strides
Snow-Wesley, a private investigator from New Castle, does background checks, reads depositions, conducts surveillance and tracks evidence. Most of her clients are insurance companies, corporations and law firms that want her to investigate insurance and workers' compensation fraud.
Being a female private investigator is fun, but not always glamorous. It is always hard work, often with long hours away from home and family.

Book challenges women to succeed
In "Secrets of Six-Figure Women," Stanny discusses the phenomenon of underearning, which she defines as "anyone who earns below her potential."

Abortion nightmare in Nepal
Every day Shanti Shresta thanks God that she is free. "I thought I was going to rot in jail," she says. "I never thought that I would be released."

Men 'increasingly likely to diet'
A quarter of British men are dieting and the numbers are growing at the same rate as women, a report says

A modern slave's brutal odyssey
Her tale of modern slavery is typical of those forced to work off enormous travel debts - the costs of being smuggled into western Europe.
Enslaved by the smuggling gangs "they are deprived of their freedom, abused, beaten, raped - they are clearly exploited," says Helga Conrad of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE is co-ordinating action to combat the gangs.

Women bishops stir Church's fears
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, must be thinking ruefully now that holy problems never come in ones.

Large women denied breast surgery
Women in Swindon are being told that they might not be allowed breast reduction surgery if they are overweight

Report shows DR Congo rape horror
Fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have raped at least 40,000 women over the past six years, human rights agency Amnesty International reports.

The rise of the Uber Teen
Armed with a sharp, snide wit and perky boobs, today's hormonal hipsters rule the small screen and their parents

Don't blame Ohio
This mother and activist says the Buckeye State shouldn't take the fall for Bush's victory

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I haven't posted anything in a LONG time, but this really deserves attention. Blackboxvoting.org is working on a massive Freedom of Information Act filing regarding voting fraud during this election. States using electronic and optical scanned voting mechanisms (i.e. Ohio, Florida) during this election also happened to have awarded extra votes to Bush. For more information see:

http://www.blackboxvoting.org

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11504.pdf

http://democraticunderground.com

Posted by: Ruggles on November 8, 2004 09:34 PM |