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Knit Your Congressman a Vagina
| 2012/04/18 America's elected leaders, particularly those of the Republican male variety, have not done too well by women lately. Read more at Mother Jones |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Empowerment, Economic Empowerment, Violence Against Women |
Romney v. Rosen: Women Cannot Afford to Turn on Each Other
| 2012/04/17 The “Women’s Lib” movement has wrested for us a vastly expanded power of choice. But are we exercising these hard-won liberties responsibly? Read more at Forbes |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Political Participation/Governance |
Obama says role of women in America has been oversimplified; they are not an ‘interest group’
| 2012/04/06 President Barack Obama on Friday showered attention on helping women yet warned in the same motion that they should not be reduced to a uniform political bloc, declaring they are not an interest group and “shouldn’t be treated that way.” Read more at Washington Post |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Political Participation/Governance |
Bill introduced to regulate men's reproductive health
| 2012/03/12 COLUMBUS – Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her way. Read more at Dayton Daily News |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Public Policy, Political Participation/Governance, Media/Journalism, Engaging Men and Boys |
Evaluating Challenges Women Face
| 2012/03/07 NEW YORK — Just as many women in the United States are feeling under assault from conservatives threatening to impose restrictions on abortion rights and even contraceptives, the groundbreaking agency U.N. Women is marking its first year and hundreds of firebrands and activists are convening here for the third annual Women in the World meeting. Read more at NY Times |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Religion, Public Policy, Political Participation/Governance, Media/Journalism, Legal Rights, Violence Against Women |
International Women's Day: Women in Development
| 2012/03/05 Thursday, March 8 is International Women's Day and this year's UN theme for the day is "Empower Rural Women—End Hunger and Poverty." Read more at Brookings |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Economic Empowerment |
USAID Launches New Gender Policy To Ensure Gender Equality and Female Empowerment
| 2012/03/01 WASHINGTON, DC - Today, during a White House event, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Agency's new Policy on Gender Equality and Female Empowerment. Read more at USAID Press Release |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Economic Empowerment, Violence Against Women |
Stem Cells in Ovaries May Give Women More Eggs
| 2012/02/27 Contrary to the belief that women are born with a finite number of eggs, there may in fact be a way to replenish the supply, a new study suggests. Researchers have isolated stem cells from adult human ovaries that appear to be capable of producing eggs. Read more at Discovery News |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Health, Health |
Lawmaker won't honor 'radicalized' Girl Scouts
| 2012/02/22 INDIANAPOLIS – A Fort Wayne lawmaker has refused to sign on to a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, calling the group a "radicalized organization" that supports abortion and promotes the "homosexual lifestyle." Read more at Journal Gazette |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health |
Female Dem lawmakers set to step up birth control fight
| 2012/02/21 In case you were wondering whether Dems see the birth control fight as a potential winner for them, this just landed in the old inbox... Read more at Washington Post |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Religion, Public Policy, Political Participation/Governance |
Rick Santorum: Will women vote for him?
| 2012/02/20 Democrats have an unexpected new foil in their effort to label the GOP as hostile to women: Rick Santorum. Read more at Politico |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Public Policy, Political Participation/Governance, Leadership, Legal Rights |
Has domestic violence become a partisan issue?
| 2012/02/17 The Huffington Post’s Amanda Terkel talks about the debate over a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Read more at MSNBC |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Violence Against Women |
Absence of women at birth-control hearing prompts larger question
| 2012/02/17 On Thursday, a brouhaha broke out during the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform hearings on the contraceptive coverage rule. Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) walked out of the hearing after questioning why there were no women representatives on the first hearing’s panel of witnesses. Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and his staff countered that the hearing was not just about contraception, but religious freedom; that the female Georgetown University law student the Democrats proposed was not “appropriate” or “qualified”; and that the Democrats should have turned in their witness selections earlier in the week. Read more at The Washington Post |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Media/Journalism |
Female Democrats Have Walked Out on Issa's Contraception Hearing
| 2012/02/16 Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) have walked out on the House Oversight Committee's hearing on the White House mandate requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage after chairman Rep. Darrell Issa failed to include any women as witnesses Thursday morning. The Huffington Post adds that Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill) as also walked out. Read more at The Atlantic Wire |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health |
Nancy Brinker’s Lavish Spending, Off-Putting Brittleness Puts Komen’s Future in Jeopardy
| 2012/02/15 In the last three weeks, the reputation of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has been threatened by a scandal that has uncovered some uncomfortable truths about the behind the scenes in the world of Professional Breast Cancer Awareness. Although the organization has given the media the "move along, nothing to see here" speech, it appears that Komen CEO Nancy Brinker's lavish spending is worthy of scrutiny. Plus, apparently she's really weird to work for. Read more at Jezebel |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health |
Komen Founder Nancy Brinker’s Mysterious Expense Report
| 2012/02/15 Nancy Brinker, the powerhouse founder of the embattled Komen Foundation, billed her charity for $133,507 in expenses at a time when she had a full-time job elsewhere. Abigail Pesta and Aram Roston report on how her lavish spending and controversial leadership style alienated some staffers. Read more at The Daily Beast |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health |
V-Day aims to mobilize 1 billion against violence
| 2012/02/14 Eve Ensler wants a billion people around the globe to stand together against violence. Actually, she wants them to do more than stand: She wants them to dance. Read more at SF Gate |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Violence Against Women |
I’m not okay with Chris Brown performing at the Grammy's and I'm not sure why you are
| 2012/02/12 I’m sick and tired of people acting like it’s no big deal that Chris Brown will be performing at the Grammys. I’m frustrated that the mainstream media is covering this story like it’s any comeback story, like an exiled prince’s return to a former glory, like this is another political timeline — as though some rich and powerful old white men in the music business have not just issued an enormous ‘f**k you’ to every woman who has been, is or will be on the receiving end of domestic violence. Read more at Hello Giggles |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Violence Against Women |
Komen’s Prescient SOS
| 2012/02/07 Amid its ill-fated attempt to cut off Planned Parenthood and the issuance of its somehow even more polarizing about-face, the brain trust at Susan G. Komen for the Cure solicited for someone — anyone — to help skipper it through stormy weather in the future. Read more at Roll Call |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health |
Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In
| 2012/02/02 An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable, controversy has been raging this week over the decision by the (formerly highly esteemed) Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation, the world's leading breast-cancer research advocacy group, to cut its support for Planned Parenthood, which used Komen dollars (about $600,000 annually) to pay for breast-screening exams for poor people. Read more at The Atlantic |
| Relates to United States |
| Sectors: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Health |
