Women's E-News articles from August 2003

Women's E-News archives from August 2003

'PARTIAL-BIRTH' ABORTION TERM PUZZLES MANY DOCTORS.
August 1, 2003... By Suzanne Batchelor Jul 28 (WOMENSENEWS) - "Go ask your doctor." That would be the predictable advice for lay people wondering exactly which surgical procedures could be outlawed by the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, now undergoing final...

FEDS AWARD WOMEN'S BUSINESSES 2.5% OF CONTRACTS.
August 1, 2003... By Marie Tessier Jul 29 (WOMENSENEWS) - The U.S. government is falling far short of its goal of awarding 5 percent of federal contracts to women-owned businesses and has been using inaccurate and outdated information that keeps many...

BATTERED WIVES OFTEN RECANT OR ASSUME BLAME.
August 1, 2003... By Lakshmy Parameswaran Jul 30 (WOMENSENEWS) - This month, professional baseball player Julio Lugo, formerly of the Houston Astros baseball team, was acquitted of all charges of family-violence assault for which he was arrested in April....

TITLE IX ADVOCATES WILL NOW FOCUS ON ENFORCEMENT.
August 1, 2003... By Sue Reisinger Jul 31 (WOMENSENEWS) - Supporters of women's sports equity are using the boost from the recent federal announcement leaving Title IX intact to push for tougher enforcement of the landmark law. The National Women's Law...

FEMALE VOTERS MAY SWING CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION.
August 1, 2003... By Rebecca Vesely SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1 (WOMENSENEWS) - With the voter recall to remove California Gov. Gray Davis from office scheduled for October, pro-choice groups and Democratic leaders are formulating a strategy to mobilize women...

MILITARY WOMEN PREVENTED FROM HAVING ABORTIONS OVERSEAS.
August 1, 2003... By Jodi Enda WASHINGTON, Jul 27 (WOMENSENEWS) - Rep. Loretta Sanchez grew more and more incensed as she read aloud from a letter sent to her by a woman serving in the U.S. Army. The soldier wrote that her birth-control failed her and she...

MASSACHUSETTS BISHOPS ESCAPE ALL CRIMINAL CHARGES.
August 1, 2003... Jul 25 (WOMENSENEWS) - Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly revealed that he would not be pressing charges against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston or its senior managers for failing to protect children from sexually abusive...

WOMEN'S RIGHTS CENTRAL BATTLE IN IRANIAN POLITICS.
August 19, 2003... By Dan De Luce Aug. 17 (WOMENSENEWS) - When Iran's vice-president, Massoumeh Ebtekar, plans to travel to an international conference on climate change, she has to get a written note from her husband granting her legal permission to leave...

JAPAN OFFICIALS RUE RAPE 'JOKES' THAT SPUR CRITICS.
August 19, 2003... By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Aug. 19 (WOMENSENEWS) - "Gang rapists are somewhat better (than other men) because they have vigor." Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Seichi Ota made the remark in late June, in front of a large audience...

AIDS COMPLICATES BREASTFEEDING ADVICE IN AFRICA.
August 19, 2003... By Asjylyn Loder Aug. 14 (WOMENSENEWS) - "It's a terrible choice," said Carol Huotari. "The transmission percentage is 14 percent. You don't know if that 86 percent is going to be you or not." Huotari, manager for the Center for...

AUSTRALIAN WIDOW CHARGES COURTS WITH GENDER BIAS.
August 19, 2003... By Swapna Majumdar SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 15 (WOMENSENEWS) - If an Australian woman is young and attractive, her claim for compensation on the accidental death of her husband may be reduced. Teresa de Sales wound up in this situation...

'ADULTS ONLY' FILM IN EGYPT PROBES PSYCHES, NOT SEX.
August 19, 2003... By Ashraf Khalil CAIRO, Aug. 12 (WOMENSENEWS) - The extremely rare "Adults Only" sign hanging in the ticket window outside Egypt's current hit movie would hint that something particularly lascivious lies within. This is, after all, a...

RABBI STAKES HER CLAIM IN ORTHODOX STRONGHOLD.
August 19, 2003... By Anat Cohen JERUSALEM, Aug. 11 (WOMENSENEWS) - Rabbi Maya Leibovich is teaching a visitor about the long-ago time when the Torah, the holy book of Judaism, was written. "In those days, a man was perceived as 'connected to God' while...

SEX-ASSAULT SURVIVORS DESERVE NAMES, NOT STIGMA.
August 19, 2003... By Sheila Gibbons Aug. 13 (WOMENSENEWS) - The thorny question of naming or not naming victims of sexual assault is back in the news again, unhappily for all concerned. I've been undecided about this issue for a long time. I can...

TRADITIONAL WOMEN ARE TOBACCO'S NEW GLOBAL MARKET.
August 19, 2003... By Suzanne Batchelor Aug. 18 (WOMENSENEWS) - An international report says the tobacco industry's increased marketing towards women in developing nations, and especially Asia, is reversing women's historically low smoking rates. As...

CHILD TAX CREDIT LEAVES MANY FEMALE PARENTS BEHIND.
August 22, 2003... By Nancy Duff Campbell Aug. 20 (WOMENSENEWS) - The U.S. Treasury sent the last wave of child tax credit checks on August 8 to millions of middle- and upper-income American families, giving them extra money as they take family vacations or...

NYC AGREES TO EDUCATION FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS.
August 22, 2003... By Luchina Fisher Aug. 21 (WOMENSENEWS) - Single moms who want to further their schooling while receiving public assistance in New York City got a major boost recently when city officials agreed to settle a long-standing lawsuit by...

COURT WATCHERS CHANGING COURTHOUSE RULES.
August 22, 2003... By Kimberly Wilmot Voss Aug. 22 (WOMENSENEWS) - Each day in courtrooms across the country, cases involving alleged violence between women and men are adjudged and penalties assessed with no one present other than the parties involved,...

HOT NEW GIRLS' CAMPS SPECIALIZE IN ACADEMICS, TECH.
August 29, 2003... By Darryl McGrath Aug. 25 (WOMENSENEWS) - Specialized summer camps for girls that emphasize academics, leadership and self-esteem are thriving in the United States. More likely to operate on college campuses than the traditional rural...

STANTON'S MEMORABILIA STUFFS A FAMILY CLOSET.
August 29, 2003... By Rachel Stockman Aug. 26 (WOMENSENEWS) - Coline Jenkins-Sahlin is the great-great-granddaughter of one of the country's most venerated suffragists, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She is far from satisfied that the 19th Amendment has lived up to...

WOMEN'S GROUPS UNITE BEHIND MOSELEY BRAUN IN 2004.
August 29, 2003... By Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich Aug. 27 (WOMENSENEWS) - The National Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus endorsed Carol Moseley Braun for president yesterday, on the 83rd anniversary of U.S. women gaining the right...

KENYA'S FEMALE RUNNERS RACE FOR THE SPOTLIGHT.
August 29, 2003... By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 28 (WOMENSENEWS) - Sally Barsosio, a 26-year-old Kenyan long distance runner, is an early bird. By the time the morning sun rays warm the cold Ngong hills on the outskirts of Nairobi, she is already...

BATTERED WOMEN GAIN PROTECTION ON MILITARY BASES.
August 29, 2003... By Marie Tessier Aug. 29 (WOMENSENEWS)--U.S. military spouses and battered women's advocates will now have a new tool if confronted with an anticipated surge of domestic violence among servicemen returning from tours of duty in and around...

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FIGHT MOVES TO ENVIRONMENT.
August 29, 2003... By Cynthia L. Cooper and Margie Kelly Aug. 24 (WOMENSENEWS) - Monique Harden reviewed a list of the toxic chemicals that research scientists identified in her body and found an astonishing brew: to be exact, 77 industry-made chemicals. ...

AMNESTY SAYS MEXICAN AUTHORITIES TOLERATE MURDERS.
August 29, 2003... By Alexandra Poolos Aug. 23 (WOMENSENEWS) - The failure to address 10 years of killings and abductions of women in the state of Chihuahua casts doubt on the sincerity of the Mexican government's investigation, Amnesty International said in...