Women's E-News articles from August 2004

Women's E-News archives from August 2004

HEALTH: GENITAL MUTILATION IS TRADITIONAL IN IRAQ'S KURDISTAN.
August 1, 2004... By Nicholas Birch SULAIMANIYAH, Kurdistan, August 1 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - With her six children and her fine-boned face aged beyond her 39 years, Amina Khidir seems a fairly ordinary Kurdish farmer's wife. Unlike most, though, she also has...

POLITICS: WOMEN GO BLOGGING AND FIND FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
August 1, 2004... By Karen Trimbath NEW YORK, August 2 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, is a "major American crone." That's according to Elaine Frankonis in her blog. Frankonis is a 64-year-old...

HEALTH: INJURED DANCER FIGHTS BIAS IN PAIN TREATMENT.
August 1, 2004... By Rebecca Vesely SAN FRANCISCO, August 3 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Cynthia Toussaint was at the start of a promising ballet and acting career when, at age 21, a simple hamstring injury changed her life forever. The small injury cascaded...

MEDIA: MEN PREFER SEXY, SMART UNSTEPFORDS, YES, REALLY.
August 1, 2004... By Rivers and Barnett NEW YORK, August 4 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The traditional wife is back in vogue--at least in the media. Critics hector Teresa Heinz for not gazing adoringly enough at her husband John Kerry. The New York Times'...

IMMIGRANTS: MIAMI LATINAS CREATING HAVEN FROM ABUSE.
August 1, 2004... By Belisa Vranich MIAMI, August 5 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - When Susan Reyna learned in May that she had a won a grant to help fund her work with victims of domestic violence in a community of mostly migrant Latina women, all she could think of...

FINANCE: WELFARE SERIES: LAW DROPS MOMS IN DEEPER POVERTY.
August 1, 2004... By Jennifer Friedlin NEW YORK, August 6 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - In 2002, Carletta Connor lost her ride to her job as a medical technician several miles from her home in rural Mexico, Mo. A few days later, her babysitter announced she was...

POLITICS: MISSOURI WOMEN WIN; VATICAN DENOUNCES FEMINISM.
August 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery MISSOURI, August 7 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Missouri voters elected five pro-choice women in Democratic state primaries on Tuesday, moving the candidates closer to state and federal office. Claire McCaskill defeated...

HEALTH: ADVOCATES BATTLE OBSTETRIC FISTULA IN ERITREA.
August 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery ERITREA, August 8 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - When Maureen Snider looks back on her first trip to Africa, she remembers the beautiful, brightly colored garments worn by the women of Eritrea, a small eastern African country that...

FINANCE: SMART MONEY FLOWS TO FEMALE-FRIENDLY COMPANIES.
August 1, 2004... By Marianne Sullivan NEW YORK, August 9 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Shares in the Women's Equity Mutual Fund--which buys stock in companies it deems to be advancing the women's workplace status--are up almost 14 percent in the past year. ...

POLITICS: NEW MOTHERS TEST CALIFORNIA'S LEAVE LAW.
August 1, 2004... By Rebecca Vesely CALIFORNIA, August 10 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Flex time--flexible work schedules to help employees manage pressing family and work responsibilities--is sought by far more women than men. And this election cycle it is shaping...

SPORTS: OLYMPIC WOMEN ENRICH THE GAMES.
August 1, 2004... By Anita L. DeFrantz ATHENS, August 11 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - I believe we humans love sport because it involves a very high level of thought. In sport, the mind directs the body through the dimensions of time and space. When spectacular...

SPORTS: FEMALE OLYMPIANS BREAK MORE GENDER BARRIERS.
August 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery ATHENS August 12 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The summer Olympics opening tomorrow in Athens promise to make some notable contributions to women's sports history. While women's wrestling and women's saber fencing make their...

SOCIAL ISSUES: WELFARE SERIES: CHILD CARE PROMISES FALL THROUGH.
August 1, 2004... By Jennifer Friedlin NEW YORK, August 13 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Elizabeth Mayes is barely getting by, working 20 hours a week for $5.20 an hour at a local Burger King. Mayes, 29 and a welfare recipient, says she would like to pick up...

SPORTS: MAJETTE TO RUN FOR SENATE; OLYMPIC ATHLETES STRIP.
August 1, 2004... By Juhie Bhatia ATHENS, August 14 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Denise Majette made history this week, becoming the first woman and first black candidate nominated to the U.S Senate in Georgia. She easily won a Democratic runoff election against...

SOCIAL ISSUES: ASIAN-AMERICANS CRITICIZE EYELID SURGERY CRAZE.
August 1, 2004... By Sandy Kobrin LOS ANGELES, August 15 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Alyssa Lai grew up thinking she was pretty but noticeably different from most of the blonde, blue-eyed girls native to her San Jose, Calif., neighborhood. This fact was not...

U.S.-HEALTH: 'FETAL PAIN' BILL NEW ITEM ON ANTI-CHOICE AGENDA.
August 1, 2004... By Cynthia L. Cooper NEW YORK, August 16 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Anti-choice groups are following up on their successes with President George W. Bush, who has thrown himself behind laws, executive orders and judicial appointments restricting...

U.S.-HEALTH: PARENTAL NOTIFICATION MAY DRAW FLORIDA VOTERS.
August 1, 2004... By Nancy Cook Lauer TALLAHASSEE, Florida, August 17 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Florida is a battleground state this year and not just for George Bush and John Kerry. It's also a key theater for the campaign to restrict the abortion rights...

SUDAN: HELP STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN DARFUR.
August 1, 2004... Commentary By Beth Glick NEW YORK, August 18 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The civilians of Darfur in western Sudan have been victims since February 2003 of coordinated attacks by the Sudanese government and bands of Arab fighters on horse and...

U.S.-HEALTH: RESEARCHERS PROBE MOTHER-DAUGHTER PANIC LINK.
August 1, 2004... By Rebecca Vesely SAN FRANCISCO, August 19 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A racing heart, shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling and a terrible feeling that death is near. Any woman who has experienced a panic attack dreads these symptoms and...

U.S.-RIGHTS: MORE MUSLIM WOMEN IN OLYMPICS; SHOTS FIRED AT CLINIC.
August 1, 2004... NEW YORK, August 21 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A record number of Muslim women are representing their countries in the Olympic Games, making history with several firsts. Many of the women have made it to Athens despite poverty and religious or...

U.S.: WELFARE SERIES: CHILD SUPPORT CASH KEPT BY STATES.
August 1, 2004... By Jennifer Friedlin NEW YORK, August 21 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Few issues in the debate about federal welfare enjoy universal consensus. Most politicians, advocates and single parents agree, however, that they would like states to see to...

PAKISTAN: LAUNCHES EFFORT TO LOWER MATERNAL DEATHS.
August 1, 2004... By Juliette Terzieff MUZAFFARGARH, Pakistan, August 22 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - When complications arose at the end of her second pregnancy, Fatima Khan became the first woman from her extended family to seek out medical treatment from a...

U.S.-HEALTH: SPENDING ON PRO-CHOICE VOTE SURGES.
August 1, 2004... By Cynthia L. Cooper NEW YORK, August 23 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - When the moment came this year to decide between making a political campaign donation or supporting the ballet that she loves, Polly Rothstein didn't hesitate. She chose...

U.S.-HEALTH: SUPPORT GROUPS FOR WOMEN WITH HIV EASE ISOLATION.
August 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery NEW YORK, August 24 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Ten years ago, if Dr. Gina Wingood had advised using Maya Angelou poems and discussions about hair salon etiquette to help women cope with HIV, she might have received a lot of...

U.S.-RELIGION: VATICAN COVERAGE MISSES HOLY SEE'S POLITICAL CLOUT.
August 1, 2004... Commentary By Sheila Gibbons NEW YORK, August 25 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Journalists did an adequate job conveying some of the dismay and ire stirred up by the Vatican's anti-feminist pronouncement this summer. In covering the response,...

U.S.-RIGHTS: SPECIAL WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY ESSAY.
August 1, 2004... Commentary By Rita Henley Jensen NEW YORK, August 25 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Eighty-four years ago today women gained the right to vote. Over time, we have gained the numerical superiority to be the critical factor in the outcome of this...

U.S.-POLITICS: EMILY'S LIST TAKES HEAT IN FLORIDA PRIMARY.
August 1, 2004... By Nancy Cook Lauer TALLAHASSEE, Florida, August 26 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - As the primary races for a wide-open U.S. Senate seat heat up in Florida, a political activist is charging EMILY's List, the Washington, D.C., political-action...

U.S.: WELFARE SERIES: SERVICES FOR ABUSED WOMEN SCARCE.
August 1, 2004... By Jennifer Friedlin NEW YORK, August 27 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) In 1998, Kalia, a 19-year-old mother of a 1-year-old, showed up battered and bruised at a welfare office in Oakland, Calif. She told her caseworker she needed to go on welfare...

U.S.-WOMEN: MIT GAINS FEMALE PREZ; IMPLANTS RELEASE PLATINUM?
August 1, 2004... NEW YORK, August 28 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Yale University Provost and neuroscientist Susan Hockfield made history this week when she was chosen as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's new president. She will be the first woman to lead...

U.S.-WOMEN: REPUBLICAN PLATFORM GIVES CHOICE A VAGUE NOD.
August 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery WeNews correspondent NEW YORK, August 29 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The preamble in the Republican platform to be ratified by the convention Monday includes language described as "open-door." Some party moderates see as the...

U.S.: WOMEN'S POVERTY DEEPENS AMID SLOW 2003 RECOVERY.
August 1, 2004... By Marianne Sullivan NEW YORK, August 30 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Women, and especially single mothers, have been the hardest hit by this economic downturn and there's not much relief in sight for them almost three years after the economy...

U.S.-POLITICS: BARBARA BUSH TELLS WOMEN WHAT 'W' STANDS FOR.
August 1, 2004... By Jodi Enda NEW YORK, August 31 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The Bush-Cheney campaign laid out its appeal to female voters on the first day of the Republican National Convention Monday by boasting of the President Bush's character, his...