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November 22, 2004 09:17 PM posted by lisa : track it (0)

Remembering Margaret Hassan
The recent murder of humanitarian Margaret Hassan brought home the tragedy of people's lives caught in a crossfire

Compassion in Cambodia
While many U.S. counties passed anti-gay measures in the last election, the retired king of Cambodia declares that as a "liberal democracy," Cambodia should allow "marriage between man and man ... or between woman and woman." He follows it up by making at least one foreign couple feel at home

The Missing Voices of Our World
"I wanted, in writing 'A People's History,' to awaken a great consciousness of class conflict, racial injustice, sexual inequality, and national arrogance."

Battered husbands trapped by shame
AN OVERWHELMING number of battered husbands have swamped Britain's only refuge for abused men. Now a former victim is opening the second centre today with more to follow across the country.

Call for more help on home births
More support and information is needed to help women give birth at home, a campaign group says.

Obese women 'lose brain tissue'
Women who are obese throughout their life are more likely to lose brain tissue, researchers have found.

Victims of violence remembered
Victims of domestic violence in Cornwall are remembering women killed by their partners

Japan may let women take throne
Japan's ruling party is considering proposals to revise the law to let women take the throne, according to a draft seen by local media.

Down and dirty in Chicago's trading pits
Within seconds of the opening bell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange the trading pit is a seething mass of fists and sweaty shirtsleeves.

Pakistan's taboo on sex abuse
Ranging from "Eve teasing" - as sexual taunting is often referred to in South Asia - to disturbing numbers of gang rapes, sexual harassment is affecting women in villages and cities alike

States lining up to outlaw same-sex 'marriage'
The next round of proposals to amend state constitutions to define marriage will begin in a few weeks as lawmakers in as many as nine states promise to get such measures before voters.

NC Public Radio Station Bars Use Of Phrase 'Reproductive Rights'
There's a big difference between reproductive rights and reproductive health, says the head of a group forced to substitute one word for the other in an underwriting announcement on a local radio station.
WUNC-FM recently informed Chapel Hill-based Ipas that use of the phrase "reproductive rights" in the group's on-air underwriting announcement could be interpreted as advocating a particular political position

Activists Protest TV Ad Mocking Father
A TV ad showing a computer-illiterate father getting chided for trying to help his Internet-savvy daughter with her homework has roused the anger of fatherhood activists, who are calling on Verizon to take it off the air

Abortion roils gyms
A popular international chain of women's gyms with 84 outlets in the city has found itself in the middle of the bitter debate over abortion - one that even has prompted some members to quit. The dustup began when New York Times ethics columnist Randy Cohen said pro-choice members of Curves gyms should quit because founder Gary Heavin is a pro-lifer who has given $5 million to anti-abortion groups.

Swedish newspaper to name men guilty of violence against women
A Swedish newspaper announced on Saturday it would break with press custom and in future publish the names and photographs of men found guilty of violence against women.

Study gives male contraceptive a shot
Scientists trying to develop a birth-control pill for men have long been thwarted by two major obstacles: the wiliness of sperm and the unwillingness of women to trust their partners with such a weighty responsibility

Female sexual abuse hidden
SEXUAL abuse by women may be escaping punishment because of their victims' embarrassment and society's failure to understand the gravity of the crimes.

Parents, Pro-Family Leaders Condemn School's Cross-Dressing Day
Parents at an Illinois school are complaining about a cross-dressing activity held during the school's "Spirit Week" leading up to homecoming. For the second year in a row, officials at the school are under fire for encouraging boys and girls to come to school attired as the other gender on an "opposite sex" dress-up day.

Safety warnings added to abortion pill
Pro-life groups say the Food and Drug Administration's new warning label on the "morning after" abortion pill is a small step in the right direction but not enough

Rape victim denies 'sex fantasy'
A girl allegedly gang-raped by a group of footballers has denied fantasising about sex assaults, a court has heard

Women Pioneer Biofuel to Save Mother Earth
Women are pioneering the emerging biofuels industry. They are advocates for a new source of energy: Vegetable oil that cooked French fries is recycled to power cars and trucks and produce far fewer emissions than diesel fuel

Moms Fight to Breastfeed in Public
As the number of breastfeeding moms increases, their acceptance in public hasn't kept pace. Breastfeeding in public is a legally protected activity in over half the states, but moms are still being asked to cover up.

Widows in Chile Seek Prosecution for Missing Kin
The women of Calama, Chile, have been digging in the sand for loved ones lost during the Pinochet regime. A new photo-exhibit documents their efforts at a pivotal moment in their long struggle for justice

Large Cuts in Federal House Aid Expected
Single mothers and elderly women are the majority of the 2 million Americans who depend on Section 8. As the federal rent-subsidy program faces funding cuts of at least $1 billion, many of them worry about hanging on to their homes.

Science Reporting Skews Sex Differences
Science reporting on sex differences comes out differently in conservative and liberal newspapers. So depending on which you read, gender stereotypes may be getting confirmed or challenged

Laci Peterson's Murder Dramatizes Common Danger
Laci Peterson drew shocked attention to the idea of a man murdering his pregnant wife. However, a medical journal quietly reported a more shocking reality; that murder by an intimate partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women

I Lost the Race for Governor
"That Woman Problem," is excerpted from "Skirting Tradition: Women in Politics Speak to The Next Generation," published by the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Women welcome prospect of female VP in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean women welcomed the prospect of having a female vice president as they believe this will raise women's profile and address many issues bugging them for years, the official New Ziana reported Monday

Setting Women Free From Fear
TODAY this newspaper publishes a story which states that young urban women, particularly young African women, are coming into their own - winning not only social, but financial independence as well.

Uncle Sam uncool to his women
American women have indeed come a long way in achieving parity with their male counterparts in workplaces, but it will take more than 50 years to close the wage gap with men and nearly 100 years before they gain equal representation in Congress, a study said

Women victims demand a role in peace making
Switzerland is co-hosting a major international conference on how women can play a more active role in bringing peace to conflict-ridden countries.

Women Talk Economics at Mexico Summit
Women worldwide make most of the buying decisions, comprise at least half the work force and head the majority of small businesses, meaning they will be a driving force behind economic growth this century, Mexican and global leaders said Tuesday.

Strip-protest women meet Manmohan
Eight Manipuri women, who shocked the nation five months ago by staging a nude protest against the alleged rape and killing of a woman by army jawans, met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday in Imphal

Testosterone improves women’s sex lives
A recently published dissertation from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that testosterone has both a physiological and a psychological impact on women’s sexuality

Old handsets a lifeline for battered women
Victims of domestic violence could be thrown a lifeline thanks to old mobile phones saved from the dustbin.
Instead of throwing away mobile phones, Safer Merton is urging people to donate them so they can be turned into alarms.
Even non-working phones can be converted to provide a one-touch dial service to 999 and to receive incoming calls for extra reassurance. The Help Stop Violence at Home campaign then gives them to victims of domestic violence.

Women taking breast enhancement pills swallow empty promises
Flip through any women's magazine and you are sure to find advertisements hawking pills to enlarge women's breasts. But do these pills actually work? Probably not, says the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Not only are breast enhancement pills unproven, they could be dangerous, according to a study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgerythe official medical journal of the ASPS.

Punjab to observe 2005 as women empowerment year
Punjah government will observe 2005 as women empowerment year to make women economically and socially self-reliant

Saudi prisoners will get to vote, but not any women
Saudis started registering yesterday for the oil-rich kingdom's landmark municipal elections which will see male prisoners allowed to vote but women barred

Congress Passes Kerry Initiative for Women in Business
As part of its fiscal year 2005 omnibus spending package, Congress today passed an initiative introduced by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to safeguard the nationwide network of Women's Business Centers funded through the Small Business Administration (SBA).
"Supporting the most effective and experienced Women's Business Centers is one of the best ways to increase opportunities for women in business," said Kerry, Ranking Democrat on the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. "The Women's Business Center network reached over 122,000 clients this year, up from 8,000 in 1999, and continues to exceed its goals. Supporting these centers is important to job creation, to local economies and to women-owned businesses nationwide."

Lalu calls for education to Muslim girls
Literacy rate among the Muslim girls is poor in the country. The basic objective of education should be to increase literacy of minority community, particularly Muslim women, for achieving an all-round development in the country," said railway minister Lalu Prasad

More girls behind bars
One in four juveniles offenders in Florida is a girl, a sharp increase in the number of females in the juvenile justice system in the past decade, state officials said.
Between 1993 and 2003 in Florida, the number of girls placed in the state's juvenile justice system for committing violent crimes rose 24 percent, said Kelley Gandy, a consultant with the Department of Juvenile Justice.

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