grrrly news 1/17/05
Dr. Martin Luther King's oft-quoted "I have a dream" speech was not about far-off visions, it was a call to action
A new doc, 'Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst' alludes to parallels between the taking of an heiress and the taking down of the towers.
Experts Make Treatment of Wartime Rape a Priority
Aid experts are becoming increasingly attuned to the nuances and extent of acts of sexual violence during war. As a result, human rights groups that once considered rape a peripheral human rights and medical issue are now making it a priority.
More States Give Abuse Victims Right to Time Off
Maine and California were the first states to give victims of domestic violence the right to take time off from work to put their lives on a better track. A growing number of states are following their lead.
Dems May Waver on Choice, Repro Rights
As the competition heats up for next month's vote on the chair of the Democratic National Party, a worried buzz is growing that the party's pro-choice position is getting shakier.
Southern Sudan Peace Plan Ignites Women's Hopes
Human rights groups say Sudan's north-south peace accord could be better on women's rights. But women who have been living in exile and marginalized by the 21-year civil war are still celebrating. They say a window of opportunity has just opened.
Diabetes has become so widespread that one in three girls born in the U.S. today will likely develop this life-threatening disease
FCC Indecency Enforcement Called Confusing, Burdensome
Critics of the Federal Communications Commission accuse the agency not only of responding poorly to citizen complaints and enforcing the nation's broadcast indecency laws, but also with creating a burdensome complaint process and offering confusing and sometimes seemingly contradictory interpretations of those laws.
Condom Testing Reveals Best Brands
The nonprofit Consumers Union says in a new guide to contraception that the seven top U.S. types of condom they studied did not burst despite vigorous testing, and all models met international standards.
Andrea Yates' conviction thrown out
The 1st Texas Court of Appeals threw out today the capital murder conviction of Clear Lake mom Andrea Yates, who's been serving a life sentence for drowning her children in a bathtub.
Judge Orders Addict to Stop Having Kids
A Family Court judge who last year stirred debate about parental responsibilities ordered a second drug-addicted woman to have no more children until she proves she can look after the seven she already has.
SpongeBob, Barney promote 'gay' tolerance
In a new video to be distributed to 61,000 schools across the nation, homosexual activists are using popular children's TV characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Barney the dinosaur to surreptitiously indoctrinate young children into their lifestyle, a pro-family activist group charges.
One-child policy: activist gets more jailtime
Chinese authorities have added three more months to the sentence of a Shanghai woman serving one-and-a-half years in a labour camp for her campaign to abolish China's family planning policies, a human rights organisation said on Wednesday.
China to outlaw selective abortion
China is to outlaw the selective abortion of female foetuses to correct an imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls that has grown since the one-child policy was introduced.
Government figures show 119 boys are born for every 100 girls, but Beijing has set the goal of reversing the imbalance by 2010.
Family-Planning Group Says Policy a Threat
A family-planning group asked a federal judge Wednesday to block a law it claimed could limit access to abortions by putting at risk billions of dollars in family-planning aid to state and local agencies.
Women escape car insurance hike
A proposal which would have made car insurance more expensive for most women drivers in the UK has been dropped by the European Commission.
When Britain began talking about sex
Alfred Kinsey opened society's eyes to what went on in people's bedrooms, with his two books in 1948 and 1953 which shot to the top of the bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic.
Welsh women are still earning less than men and miss out on top job opportunities, according to the Equal Opportunities Commission in Wales.
Macomb County Prosecutor Announces Charges Authorized in Fetus Death
Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith authorized criminal charges today against a sixteen-year-old Richmond male accused of terminating his girlfriend's pregnancy with a souvenir baseball bat.
Clergy group marching to Capitol to support gay marriage
A group of about 30 liberal clergy members, joined by another 70 supporters, will march on the Arizona Capitol Monday in support of gay marriage.
The group, mostly members of an organization called No Longer Silent, Clergy for Justice, was formed to support homosexuals and welcome them to the Christian church. All 120 members are Christian.
Alleged Gang Members Convicted in Slayings
Ten alleged gang members were convicted Thursday in the killings of 12 women, some of the hundreds who have been found slain in this border city in recent years.
Hollywood lesbians
in legal smackdown?
The biggest lesbian names in Hollywood may play out their next roles in front of a real-life judge as the latest breakup of Ellen DeGeneres could be headed for a showdown in court
Libraries Put 'America' Back on Shelves
- A library board reversed a ban on comedian Jon Stewart's best-selling satirical book, which it had passed because of its image of Supreme Court justices' faces superimposed on naked bodies.
Justice Rape Document Blasted for Omission
Scores of advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood, assailed new Justice Department guidelines for treating rape victims Thursday because the detailed procedures make no mention of emergency contraception as an option that could spare some women an unwanted pregnancy.
The Myths of Home Schooling and the Inferiority of State Education
It’s unfortunate that home schooling is considered by so many to be a radical, abnormal and even “kooky” way to educate someone. Being compelled to attend a local, state-approved teaching facility is considered sane and acceptable, however. The latter is now the status quo, and what would have been considered a terrible invasion of privacy and freedom of association not so long ago is completely taken for granted in the 21st Century.
Making Sense of Bush, Brothels and the Bible
Churchill County, Nevada came out strong in this past election for both reelecting George W. Bush and for keeping its brothels legal. To many, this seems like a contradiction. Voters who took part in this past election made a point of stressing how important values are to them. President Bush, who says his favorite book is the Bible and that he reads it daily, appealed to voters because he appears to champion their strong values of Judeo-Christianity
Mike Leigh's film about a backstreet abortionist provides a much-needed antidote to 'pro-life' propaganda
I recently heard from a female soldier who feels betrayed by the Army. Calm but justifiably angry, the soldier said she is being assigned to a forward-support company that will "collocate" with the Army's new, modular infantry/armor land combat battalions. This is a serious change in policy, unfair to men and women soldiers alike.
A T-shirt proclaiming 'I had an abortion' puts the battle for choice front and center – and stirs up controversy on both sides of the issue.
One girl questions the so-called idyllic culture of the kibbutz, saying, "I had a great time working with the animals, picking mangoes off the trees and partying on the lawns until dawn, but was that really enough?
Tell your senators and representative to oppose oil development in the Arctic Refuge!
President Bush and his allies in Congress are planning to use a budget ploy to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to massive oil development in the next 90 days. If they succeed, this extraordinary wildlife nursery will soon be turned into a vast, polluted oil field. Please contact your senators and representative right away and tell them to oppose this sneak attack on the Arctic Refuge.
FDA debates OTC morning-after pill
The government is considering whether to make morning-after birth control available without a prescription, and like most issues that involve sex and pregnancy, it has generated heated debate.
Women in Punjab take to farming
Women in Punjab are emerging as a source of new strength to the farming sector.
With their innovative ideas and capability, their contribution in modern day farming is noteworthy.
University of Minnesota women lead men in advanced degrees
Women at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus have surpassed men in the number of Ph.D's earned. Doctorates were the final degree in which men led, after women passed them at least a decade ago in the number of bachelor's and master's degrees earned.
Women live longer than men because of better hearts
Women live longer than men because their hearts are stronger, new findings by British researchers suggest.
A research team at the Liverpool John Moores University found that men’s hearts lose up to 25 per cent of their pumping power between the age of 18 and 70, whereas female hearts remain nearly as strong over the same period of time.
Women In Black Hold Silent Vigil In Honor Of Martin Lurther King, Jr
Leading the way to freedom, Dr. King, Jr. is remembered as one of the worlds greatest peacemakers, who passionately pursued human and civil rights for all people and preached to everyone the only way to freedom and peace was through love, equality and non-violence. 42 years later the fight for peace remains an international challenge.
One of the smaller more intimate gatherings in the name of peace will take place at noon on Monday. The Women in Black (WiB) invite the community to join together for a silent vigil being held at the Grants Pass Post Office on 6th Street.
Gloria Steinem surprised the world when, at 66, she signed up for an institution she had spent previous decades attacking: marriage. She tells Melissa Denes why she did it
Contrary to what some critics are saying, boys raised by feminists are growing up just fine
Summers' remarks on women draw fire
he president of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, sparked an uproar at an academic conference Friday when he said that innate differences between men and women might be one reason fewer women succeed in science and math careers. Summers also questioned how much of a role discrimination plays in the dearth of female professors in science and engineering at elite universities.
Nancy Hopkins, a biologist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, walked out on Summers' talk, saying later that if she hadn't left, ''I would've either blacked out or thrown up." Five other participants reached by the Globe, including Denice D. Denton, chancellor designate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, also said they were deeply offended, while four other attendees said they were not.
Ugly games kit turns girls off PE
Large numbers of girls dislike doing physical education at school because they hate wearing old-fashioned gym kit, are embarrassed by their bodies and see sport as intimidating, one of the most comprehensive reports on girls and schools sports is set to reveal.
The study also shows that many girls drop out of school sports lessons because they find them uncomfortable and unfashionable.
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