grrrly news 2/20/05
Current Events
Congresswoman Maloney Prevented from Testifying on EC for Rape Survivors
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) was prevented from testifying on Thursday about the need to include information on emergency contraception in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) guidelines for the treatment of sexual assault victims before an advisory committee working to strengthen the federal Violence Against Women Act. Rep. Maloney was told that if she did not leave, security would escort her out, according to her office. A spokesman for DOJ told Newsday that Maloney was asked to leave because she had not registered to speak in time.
'Artful' strippers escape censure
A US strip club has managed to sidestep laws banning total nudity in public by offering customers the chance to make drawings depicting its dancers.
A single mother on trial has a right to be judged by a jury of her peers. But what if the jurors can't find childcare for their own children?
Harvard Creates Task Forces For Recruiting Female Faculty
The president of Harvard, moving to counter widespread criticism of his comments last month on women’s science capabilities, announced initiatives Thursday to improve the status of women on the faculty, including a commitment to create a senior recruiting post.
Lynne Stewart Guilty; Faces Up to 35 Years in Jail
In a blow to the ability of lawyers to defend clients suspected of terrorism, a jury in Manhattan today found radical lawyer Lynne Stewart guilty of aiding terrorists.
She was found guilty on every charge as were co-defendants.
New Gloss on Motherhood, But Few Changes
Motherhood has a new gloss on it courtesy of advertisers and mainstream media, but moms and other observers question whether the underlying conditions of mothering in America have undergone any substantial change.
Mixed Gender Lessons Found in Fall of Fiorina
Until last week, Carly Fiorina was the sole woman in a select group of top chief executives. Her fall from the pinnacle leaves opinion divided about whether this is a blow to women. With $21 million severance, some see new gender equity at the exit doors.
Women's Groups Ready for Budget Fight
Women's rights activists are readying a major offensive to save dozens of federal programs that aid women from the budget ax, the opening salvo in a likely turbulent year marked by battles over Social Security and judicial nominees.
Mother chooses sterilization over murder trial
n Atlanta mother who pleaded guilty to killing her newborn child has agreed to a medical sterilization procedure to avoid prison.
The plea deal Tuesday halted the murder trial of Carisa Ashe, 34, who has seven other children, after she consented to undergoing a tubal ligation, in which the fallopian tubes are cut and tied to prevent pregnancy.
AG backs legalizing same-sex marriage
After playing a key role in the efforts to fight legalization of gay marriage a year ago, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said yesterday that he now favors allowing legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and that he will oppose any efforts to ban them.
Fat hits the fired at Atlantic City casino
The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has told cocktail servers that if they pack on too many pounds, they'll get an unpaid suspension to lose the weight - or be fired.
The policy will apply to anyone gaining more than seven per cent of their body weight; weight gain related to pregnancy or a medical condition will be exempt, casino officials say.
Grant to guide way onto the path of women's history
The History Channel has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Boston Women's Heritage Trail and the Codman Academy Charter School to develop a historic women's walking trail in Dorchester.
The money is one of the channel's Save Our History grants, given to 29 historical organizations nationwide to engage children in the preservation of local history.
Women Around the World
Polish Parliament Drops Vote to Liberalize Abortion
Poland's Parliament voted 199 to 183 to drop a measure that would have liberalized the severely restrictive abortion laws in a country that currently has a very powerful Catholic hierarchy. According to Kaiser Daily Reproductive Health Report, the measure would legalized abortions up to 12 weeks gestation and called for sex education to be taught as a separate subject in junior high schools.
Afghanistan to appoint 1st female governor
President Hamid Karzai is preparing to appoint Afghanistan's first female provincial governor, his spokesman said Tuesday, in another step toward reviving women's rights trampled by the former hardline Taliban government.
Dozens killed in Iran mosque fire
Initial reports have suggested the blaze could have been caused by a kerosene heater in the women section which ignited a woman's chador.
Uganda ban on Vagina Monologues
Uganda's authorities have banned the play The Vagina Monologues, due to open in the capital, Kampala this weekend.
S Korean schoolgirls demob happy
Two South Koreans have graduated from school in one of the most tense places on earth, the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea.
Gay-friendly award for NHS trust
A health organisation is celebrating making it into a list of the top gay-friendly employers, published by rights group Stonewall.
Soweto tunes in to hear cheating husbands exposed on air
Thursday nights are a dangerous time to cheat on your wife in Soweto. It is an evening when men who sleep around risk being unmasked on one of the township's most listened-to radio shows.
A white wristband does more than show support - it changes lives. Julia Stuart talks to the girls weaving their way to a better future
The World Health Organization is following six women around the world to compare their experiences of pregnancy and childbirth. Here, they describe their experiences of having their babies
Chilean Women Chalk Up Income Gains
Ten years after the U.N. called for the strengthening of women's economic rights, Chilean women's work-force participation lags Latin America. But some analysts say that's not such a bad thing. The second of a seven-part series on the Beijing Platform.
African Women Snared by Two Legal Systems
Ten years after the U.N. called for the strengthening of women's legal rights around the globe, African women's rights are still often caught in the tangle between traditional and civil laws. The first of a seven-part series on the Beijing Platform.
Valentine's Day = Freedom-to-Marry Day
It might be Valentine's Day, but it's also World Freedom to Marry Day. That gives Pauline Brock the chance to compare same-sex marriage norms on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border and show how women are pushing this civil-rights movement.
Burkina’s women learn to fight malaria through loans
For years, Clarisse Tangkwano had no idea mosquitoes spread malaria. All she did know was that fevers, nausea and headaches regularly gripped her family.
But since a credit agency taught Tangkwano how malaria spreads, the mother of four has bought a mosquito net.
Raped Darfur women wrestle with fate of babies
"The rapes never stop, sometimes there are more, sometimes less," she said, accusing militiamen known as Janjaweed of the crime. "Now the Janjaweed babies are being born and the girls are throwing them down latrines," she said.
"Better the babies are lost this way than we carry the burden," she said, falling silent as she stared into her coffee cup.
Health
Marital rowing 'good for wives'
Women who argue with their husbands are warding off heart disease and other causes of death, researchers believe.
Physician says more people need to know heart disease risks
Business and Financial
The clearest evidence to date of women's increasing presence at the helm of U.S. car dealerships could be found last month at the renowned Plimsoll Club atop the New Orleans World Trade Center.
New Alliance Helps Women Business Owners
reeport Maine: Maine Small Business Development Centers (Maine SBDC), headquartered at the University of Southern Maine, and the Women’s Business Center at CEI (WBC) launched a strategic alliance today to strengthen business technical assistance to Maine’s small business community, particularly women-owned businesses.
Science and Technology
'Natural' breast implant advance
US scientists say they have made a breakthrough to produce natural breast implants using human stem cells.
Female scientists 'undervalued'
Women are more successful than men in gaining their first academic post but feel winning promotion proves more difficult, a new study says.
Voices
An interview with Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! — the only “daily, grassroots, un-embedded, international, independent news hour” in America today.
The U.N.'s rape of the innocents
Kofi Annan must have the world's thickest set of industrial-quality earplugs.
How else can he block out the cries of Congolese girls raped by United Nations "peacekeepers" sent to protect the innocents from harm?
Alan Keyes' daughter:
I'm a 'liberal queer'
Lesbian says she doesn't mesh well with 'conservative Republican'
Religion
The Power of Conversation: Jewish Women and Their Salons
The Jewish Museum will present The Power of Conversation: Jewish Women and Their Salons from March 4 through July 10, 2005. From their debut in the 1780s to their emergence in 1930s California, Jewish women’s salons served as welcoming havens where people from different classes and creeds could openly debate art, music, literature, and politics
Bible translation stirs gender debate
The release of a new Bible translation this month pushes to the forefront a hair-splitting debate among evangelical Christians. Depending on whom you ask, the Today’s New International Version Bible is either a way to connect with a new generation or a paean to the feminist agenda.
The Next Generation
Fresh-faced and 16. So why are girls like her buying anti-wrinkle cream?
Cosmetic manufacturers are accused of making profits from teenagers who, claim campaigners, may damage their young complexions by using unsuitable products. Steve Bloomfield reports
Girls Will Be Boys in London Fashion Shows
Girls will be boys, or at least borrow from their closets, as seen in coquettish cross-dressing references sprinkled throughout the autumn/winter 2005-6 collections on show at London Fashion Week.
Sudan's 'lost girls' fear repatriation after peace deal: UN official
housands of young Sudanese girls are reluctant to return home to southern Sudan from refugee camps around Africa after last month's landmark north-south peace deal for fear they will be sold into marriage, a senior UN official said Friday.
Girls Hope for Right Chemistry
Prof Robert Winston, president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, said: 'We hear much about the declining numbers of students opting for science at A-level and university, but very little about the achievements of young people.
About 30 middle school girls slid, stepped, clapped and grooved as their hip-hop dance instructor called out different steps.
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