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Single-Payer Health Push Rallies Behind Conyers
As Obama prepares to take office, many women's advocates are backing a single-payer health insurance reform championed by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. With so many Americans ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Kenya Farmers Reap Profits Sown by Joined Hands
Efforts to improve agriculture in Kenya often miss the mark by targeting men instead of women. One woman spent 20 years organizing female farmers to share investments and ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Child Care Providers Fear Economic Undertow
Child care providers in Minnesota and Illinois have been changing far more than diapers over the past five years. They've also been forming diverse coalitions to make their ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Sheehan v. Pelosi Gives War Protesters an Outlet
Cindy Sheehan, who became the face of the national peace movement and a thorn in the side of President Bush after her son's death in Iraq, is tackling a new Goliath. She's ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Kenyan Who Blessed Palin Chases Witches at Home
Sarah Palin's Kenyan pastor has made a name crusading against witches and particularly cherishes his victory over Mama Jane Njenga, whom he claims to have run out of his town. ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Mass Stigma Scars Congo's Rape Survivors
A psychologist in a Congo hospital says decades of war have produced a rape-friendly culture with a double standard. While perpetrators go unpunished the victims, including ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Palin Pick Shores Up GOP Appeal to Women
Republican presidential nominee John McCain made history Friday when he appointed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the first woman to run in the No. 2 spot on a GOP presidential ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Lesbians' Legal Victory Wed to New Ballot Fight
Elizabeth Kristen and Mali Kigasari, together for 12 years, have set a new wedding date for June 16, the first slot available at San Francisco City Hall. On May 15 the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
India's Forest Law Leaves Women Feeling Cut Out
India's land rights act enacted Jan. 1 was considered a major milestone for tribal and forest - dwelling communities. But women's activists say it fails to protect the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
V-Day Spotlights Katrina's Forgotten Misery
Next month V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls, marks its first decade with events in the New Orleans Superdome. Proceeds will benefit women ...Posted by Leo Romero
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U.N. Puts Female Peacekeepers on Display
The U.N. visitors' lobby is showcasing some of its female peacekeepers through Aug. 4. India has deployed a 125-member female police contingent to Liberia, but women are ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Philadelphia Shows the Way to Slow Foreclosures
In the face of a mounting mortgage foreclosure crisis, financial advocacy groups are helping homeowners avoid further predatory lending practices and foreclosure auctions. ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Economy Stretches Gender Gap in Obama's Favor
The economic crisis has been stretching the voting gender gap in favor of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama. Polls from mid-October show women, already more ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Women Could Reach 'Critical Mass' in Congress
A combination of factors makes 2008 the year when women could mark some of their biggest gains in the House of Representatives since 1992 and verge on "critical mass" levels ...Posted by Leo Romero -
This Time, Denver's Political Drama Bows to Women
The Democrats may not have a woman at the top of the ticket, but they're making a deep bow to this year's close call in the presidential race with a hero to women's rights on ...Posted by Leo Romero -
In Syrian Refuge, Women Find Barest Survival
man Mohamed Ali once took care of six living children and an orphaned niece. In 2007 she lost two sons in a neighborhood wave of militia violence against Iraqis suspected of ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Single Moms' Poverty Spikes After Welfare Overhaul
In 2001, Lisa Craig snuck out of her home in Chicago and boarded a bus for Milwaukee with her three children, leaving behind an abusive husband, a stable job and most of her ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Child Care Gets Special Mother's Day Promotion
Sen. Bob Casey plans to introduce legislation to increase federal funding for child care for the first time in seven years. With Mother's Day approaching, child care activists ...Posted by Leo Romero -
German Muslim Center Wraps Counseling in Faith
Women's centers in Germany that cater to Muslims provide counseling for domestic and religious issues that providers say sidestep thorny issues of identity that rise with ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Ghana's Queen Moms Hold Court on Abortion
Traditional female leaders in Ghana are beginning to open their communal gatherings to discussions of women's legal rights to abortion. The country has one of the most liberal ...Posted by Leo Romero
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