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Single-Payer Health Push Rallies Behind Conyers

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Molly M. Ginty - Jan. 11 (News Report) - 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 uninsured and underinsured, it's "past time for change" says Conyers.

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Kenya Farmers Reap Profits Sown by Joined Hands

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Zoe Alsop - Nov. 23 (News Report) - 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 training. Now men are joining too, and the women's work is paying off.

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Child Care Providers Fear Economic Undertow

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Kris Berggren - Nov. 16 (News Report) - 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 services more affordable to lower-income clients, many of whom have been getting squeezed by state budget cutbacks. They have had many successes, such as free preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds and raising the income levels for subsidies.

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Sheehan v. Pelosi Gives War Protesters an Outlet

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Lorraine Orlandi - Oct. 26 (News Report) - 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 running as an independent candidate to unseat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Nov. 4 election.

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Kenyan Who Blessed Palin Chases Witches at Home

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Zoe Alsop - Oct. 12 (News Report) - 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. But Mama Jane is still there, in her own church just down the road.

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Mass Stigma Scars Congo's Rape Survivors

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Dominique Soguel - Oct. 05 (News Report) - 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 children, are ostracized. Amnesty International has issued a new warning.

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Palin Pick Shores Up GOP Appeal to Women

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Allison Stevens - Aug. 31 (News Report) - 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 ticket. The surprise move elated self-identified conservative women, who comprise 32 percent of the female electorate, according to a national survey of likely voters conducted in June by the Polling Company, based in Washington, D.C. The margin of error was about 5 percent.

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Lesbians' Legal Victory Wed to New Ballot Fight

Sun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Lorraine Orlandi - May. 25 (News Report) - 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 California Supreme Court ruled that lesbians and gays have the same constitutional rights as heterosexuals to marry whom they choose. Unless opponents can stall the ruling's implementation, it takes effect 30 days later and California will join Massachusetts in permitting same-sex marriage.

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India's Forest Law Leaves Women Feeling Cut Out

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Aparna Pallavi - Apr. 20 (News Report) - 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 property rights of women, some of whom are forming collectives to hold on to land.

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V-Day Spotlights Katrina's Forgotten Misery

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Jeanine Plant - Apr. 06 (News Report) - 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 working in the Katrina area, which founder Eve Ensler says is being forgotten. V-Day, the global organization that fights violence against women and girls, has raised $50 million since 1998 for more than 5,000 local anti-violence groups and safe houses in South Dakota, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Egypt and Iraq. For its 10th anniversary this year, V-Day is bringing its fundraising focus to the New Orleans Arena and Louisiana Superdome, where 24,000 evacuees--the sick, disabled and poor among them--were penned in after Hurricane Katrina for five days in 2005, an event that horrified a nation watching the crisis unfold on TV.

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Economic Rescue Plan Called MIA for Women

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Kara Alaimo - Mar. 23 (News Report) - Last week the Federal Reserve stepped in to save financial giant Bear Stearns from bankruptcy. Women's advocates say a similar rescue package must be crafted for women losing jobs and homes and facing tax payments on April 15.

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Sex Workers Need Safety, Not Prosecutors

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Juhu Thukral - Mar. 16 (Opinion) - Eliot Spitzer's downfall should spur better laws on prostitution and trafficking. The author's advocacy group worked on New York's anti-trafficking law with Spitzer's office, arguing against his call for harsher punishment of prostitution clients. Editor's Note: The following is a commentary. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the views of Women's eNews.

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Women Still Need a Day to Amplify Our Voices

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Gloria Feldt - Mar. 07 (Opinion) - And when it comes to International Women's Day--founded March 8, 1911, in Copenhagen as part of a socialist movement supporting women as voters, workers and people entitled to safe workplaces--a woman's voice has larger meaning. It's a metaphor for women's equality and responsibility in the world.

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Women's Credit Profiling Called Costly, Ignored

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Allison Stevens - Mar. 03 (Special Report) - Amid controversy over predatory mortgage practices that center on race and ethnicity, some consumer advocates say the problem of gender-based discrimination is being overlooked.

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McCain's Anti-Choice Appeal Scarred by Old Battle

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Cynthia L. Cooper - Mar. 02 (News Report) - John McCain touts his anti-abortion credentials in his bid for the U.S. presidency. But old battles over campaign finance reform are hindering him from gaining the backing of the National Right to Life Committee and other activists.

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In Kenya, Women Absorb Country's Shock Waves

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Zoe Alsop - Feb. 17 (News Report) - How are women coping in the aftermath of Kenya's election violence? Displaced-person camps, neighborhoods newly divided by ethnic barricades and hospital rape statistics measure the dimensions of widespread and deep distress.

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Influential Women's Magazine Silenced in Iran

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Maura J. Casey - Feb. 10 (Opinion) - Iran has just closed Zanan, an influential women's magazine that covered international politics, prisons, Islamic law; never chocolate cake. Maura Casey says the closure could be temporary; if not, it's a terrible loss. Editor's Note: The following is a commentary. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the views of Women's eNews.

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Stimulus Plan Falls Short in Female-Friendly Audit

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Allison Stevens - Feb. 03 (News Report) - To rev up the female portion of the economy, advocates say Congress should take a closer look at jobless benefits and food stamps. "So many are feeling the pinch of this economic slowdown, but because of their particular vulnerabilities, women are being hit especially hard," said Nancy Duff Campbell, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, an advocacy group in Washington, D.C. Enhancing eligibility for unemployment insurance and providing more food stamp money is a fair and quick way to put money back into the economy, she said

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Single Women Flex Democratic Muscle

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Jeff Fleischer - Jan. 13 (News Analysis) - Single women turned out more heavily in Iowa and New Hampshire and are especially partial to Democrats. If that keeps up, one pollster thinks they could help knock the GOP aside in November and shift the partisan balance for years to come.

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Pakistani Women Mourn Glittering, Imperfect Star

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Juliette Terzieff - Jan. 06 (Opinion) - News Analysis: Despite a lackluster rights' record, Bhutto's countrywomen saw her as their best hope. Women's eNews' Juliette Terzieff, who covered Pakistan for four years, writes on how the assassination affects their status.

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Smiles of Kosovo Widows Catch Her Off Guard

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Victoria Schultz - Dec. 30 (News Report) - Victoria Schultz returned to Kosovo after six years and was amazed at how life had improved for two war widows. Now they have a good pension, houses of their own and new teeth with which to smile. Remarriage, however, seems out of the question.

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Somali Women Make Minneapolis Their Business

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Kris Berggren - Dec. 23 (News Report) - Somali women who left refugee camps in Kenya or Ethiopia are building business lives out of the cold climate of Minnesota. Visible for now in checkout lanes, many maintain a tradition of pooling resources so they can become their own boss.

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Women Tripped 2007 Literary Light Fantastic

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:33:48 -0800

Women's eNews - By Sarah Seltzer - Dec. 09 (News Report) - It was a big literary year for women. Rowling wrapped up Harry Potter, Lessing won the Nobel, Danticat got close to the National Book Award, Enright took the Man Booker Prize, Faludi broke her silence and Valenti reached out to even younger women.

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13 Grandmothers Share Their Earthly Wisdom

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:20:31 -0800

Women's eNews - By Kristin Bender - Nov. 25 (News Report) - The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers came together three years ago as the fulfillment of a shared prophecy among female spiritual leaders. Since then they've been traveling the world, praying and offering home-grown advice.

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B.C. Hitchhikers Left to 'Highway of Tears' Mercy

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:24:30 -0800

Women's eNews - By Wency Leung - Nov. 18 (News Report) - The murders of women--most of them Aboriginal--along Canada's Highway 16 in British Columbia stirred advocates to request a shuttle service to reduce hitchhiking on the dangerous road. A year later, women are still sticking their thumbs out.

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