Women's E-News articles from December 2004

Women's E-News archives from December 2004

U.S.-HEALTH: WOMEN WITH AIDS NEED OUR HELP.
December 1, 2004... By Gene Copello NEW YORK, Dec. 1 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) On this AIDS Day, women and girls have never needed more help and attention in battling the disease. With the epidemic now the leading cause of death among women and girls, more...

U.S.-POLITICS: TEXAS GOVERNOR STAYS EXECUTION OF NEWTON.
December 1, 2004... By Sandy Kobrin LOS ANGELES, CA., December 2 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Frances Newton--who narrowly escaped execution yesterday--is one of 50 U.S. women currently on death row. A new ACLU report says they often face worse conditions and legal...

CHILE: WOMEN CELEBRATE GAINING RIGHT TO DIVORCE.
December 1, 2004... By Jen Ross SANTIAGO, CHILE, December 3 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) As Chile became one of the last countries to enact a law that makes divorce legal many women are celebrating their newfound ability to leave abusive mates and enjoy more legal...

HEALTH: ETHIOPIA OKAYS ABORTION; ABSTINENCE ED MISINFORMS.
December 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery NEW YORK, December 4 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Ethiopian lawmakers recently approved a number of legal reforms aimed at promoting women's reproductive health and rights, including the removal of penalties for abortions in cases...

AFRICA-WOMEN: IN AFRICA, FGM CHECKS INTO HOSPITALS.
December 1, 2004... By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, KENYA, December 5 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Traditional practitioners of FGM in Africa have begun to back out of the business. That doesn't mean it is over. Now many female teens are checked into hospitals under the...

WOMEN: BURLESQUE COMEBACK TRIES TO DANCE WITH FEMINISM.
December 1, 2004... By Kelly DiNardo NEW YORK, December 7 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Women have rediscovered burlesque and are working to make the performance genre their own. Have they stripped away the stereotypes or are they still just left with the old bump 'n'...

WOMEN IN MEDIA: IN TV ANCHOR LAND, TIME STANDS STILL FOR WOMEN.
December 1, 2004... By Caryl Rivers BOSTON, MA., December 8 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) As Tom Brokaw passes on his anchor duties to Brian Williams, commentator Caryl Rivers asks when a woman will sit in one of the most powerful chairs of TV news. Editor's Note:...

UKRAINE-POLITICS: TOP DISSIDENT RAISES A RARE FEMALE VOICE.
December 1, 2004... By Mariya Rasner MOSCOW, RUSSIA, December 9 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Ukraine's Yulia Timoshenko is rich, powerful and leading the country's political opposition--a sharp contrast to the position of most women in her strife-torn nation. ...

WOMEN-HEALTH: ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE FOR ANTI-VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN.
December 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery NEW YORK, December 10 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) From cosmetics counters in luxury department stores to subways where performance art was carried out in secret, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence made all the world...

WOMEN: AFGHAN WINS CASH PRIZE; ARNOLD INSULTS NURSES.
December 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery NEW YORK, Dec 11 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) A visionary educator and the institute she helped found in Afghanistan were the recipients of this year's International Women's Rights Prize presented at the United Nations yesterday....

WOMEN-FINANCE: WORLD BANK PUTS MONEY INTO WOMEN'S WORK.
December 1, 2004... By Ann Moline ALEXANDRA, VA., December 12 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) The International Finance Corporation--better known for funding massive economic development projects involving large corporations--is extending credits to small initiatives...

U.S.-YOUTH: DEBATE CAMP COACHES GIRLS TO TALK THE TALK.
December 1, 2004... By Maria Jose Bednarz PORT TOWNSEND, Washington, December 14, 2005 (WOMENSENEWS). Debate season is in full swing with verbally talented teens across the country matching wits and crossing verbal swords in preparation for national...

HEALTH: SAVING GIRLS SHOULD TOP WORLD AGENDA.
December 1, 2004... Commentary By Joan Holmes NEW YORK, December 15 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Around the world, girls face the threat of violence, are victims of infanticide, denied healthcare, kept out of school, forced into sexual relations and married without...

U.S. WOMEN: FEWER EMPLOYERS OFFERING FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES.
December 1, 2004... By Sheryl Nance-Nash NEW YORK, December 16 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) The economic downtown has caused some companies to scale back their benefit programs designed for parents. Yet, they remain extremely popular with all employees, especially...

WOMEN-HEALTH: UNDERSTANDING OF PAINFUL CYSTITIS GROWS.
December 1, 2004... By Molly M. Ginty NEW YORK, December 17 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) After decades of dismissing interstitial cystitis as an "emotional disturbance," the health care industry is finally addressing this all-too-real bladder problem, which strikes...

U.S.-WOMEN: EDUCATION GAP SHRINKS; RAPE INCREASES IN 2004.
December 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery and Theresa Braine. NEW YORK, December 18 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) In elementary schools, high schools and colleges, female students are doing as well as males in most areas of educational attainment and achievement, according...

WOMEN-HEALTH: BLACK WOMEN'S MATERNAL HEALTH GETS NEW LOOK.
December 1, 2004... By Juhie Bhatia NEW YORK, December 19 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) African American women's harder time with pregnancy and infant mortality has been documented for many decades. Now a study--involving business leaders, social workers as well as...

U.S -WOMEN: GENDER-BIAS VICTORIES PAY MORE THAN MONEY.
December 1, 2004... By Gretchen Cook WASHINGTON, D.C., December 20 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Gender-bias suits enjoyed a banner year in 2004 despite an increasingly unfriendly legal and political climate. Successful litigants, lawyers say, often measure victory...

HEALTH: ONE STUDY FINDS AIDS VIRUS TRANSMITTED ORALLY.
December 1, 2004... By Katrina Woznicki EDGEWATER, NJ., December 21 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) The AIDS virus spreads very quickly after oral exposure, according to a new study of monkeys. If confirmed, the finding could be of grave consequence to women and girls...

U.S.-WOMEN: TV MAKEOVER SHOWS ARE PRIME-TIME MADNESS.
December 1, 2004... By Sheila Gibbons NEW YORK, December 22 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) In "The Swan" and "Extreme Makeover," women undergo plastic surgery and public humiliation on TV in a supposed effort to feel better about themselves. Sheila Gibbons calls it...

U.S.-WOMEN: CALIFORNIA REBUKED ON FEMALE INMATES.
December 1, 2004... By Rebecca Vesely SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, December 22 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) California Corrections, the nation's largest state prison system, fails to provide adequate rehabilitation programs to female inmates, a state watchdog group...

BULGARIA-WOMEN: SPOUSE ABUSE LAWS, MORES CHANGING IN BULGARIA.
December 1, 2004... By Juliette Terzieff SOFIA, BULGARIA, December 23 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) -- When doctors began compiling paperwork to release Maia from a Sofia hospital after a week's stay this past May, the battered woman panicked over the knowledge that she...

WOMEN: HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM RITA HENLEY JENSEN.
December 1, 2004... Commentary By Rita Henley Jensen NEW YORK, December 24 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) On a recent cold winter's night, the chorister's crystal-clear voices--soprano, alto, tenor and baritone--rose and filled the vast space of the Cathedral of Saint...

WOMEN-POLITICS: GREGOIRE IS GOVERNOR; TWO LEAD CHILEAN RACE.
December 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery NEW YORK, December 25 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Christine O. Gregoire has been declared the winner in the intensely contested Washington gubernatorial race, according to combined press reports. With Gregoire now in the top...

WOMEN: LESBIANS AND TRANSGENDERS STRUGGLE FOR SHELTER.
December 1, 2004... By Justine Nicholas NEW YORK, December 26 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Life is never easy in a homeless shelter. But advocates say it's particularly harsh for lesbians and transgender women because the shelter system fails to provide...

COSTA RICA: COSTA RICAN IVF BAN FACES HUMAN-RIGHTS TEST.
December 1, 2004... By Cynthia L. Cooper NEW YORK, December 28 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) A Costa Rican couple was in the middle of undergoing in vitro fertilization when the procedure was banned by the country's highest court. Now they are at the center of an...

U.S. WOMEN: BIRTH MOTHERS, ADOPTEES HAVE RIGHT TO RECORDS.
December 1, 2004... By Lorraine Dusky NEW YORK, December 29 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Many women who surrendered their children for adoption hope to be "found." As one of them--now thankfully reunited--I'm celebrating Jan. 1 as the day when New Hampshire joins...

WOMEN-HEALTH: SPOTLIGHT TURNS ON CELIAC DISEASE.
December 1, 2004... By Katrina Woznicki NEW YORK, December 30 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Alice Bast was 29 back in 1990 and excited about becoming a mother for a second time. During the pregnancy she suffered bouts of severe diarrhea, but her doctor said not to...

CHILE-WOMEN: FACING UP TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
December 1, 2004... By Jen Ross SANTIAGO, CHILE, December 31 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Four years ago, just before Christmas, Teresa Lobos was planning her suicide. After 17 years of physical and emotional abuse by her husband, she says she had hit rock...

U.S.-POLITICS: GAG RULE INCLUDED IN EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL.
December 1, 2004... By Cynthia L. Cooper NEW YORK, December 6 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Language slipped into the Omnibus spending bill--expected to pass Congress today--permits medical personnel, hospitals and insurers to privately ban abortions and even to bar...

U.S.-WOMEN: WEST CATALOGUES BLACK SOCIETY IN HARLEM.
December 1, 2004... By Louise Bernikow NEW YORK, December 31 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) The Works Progress Administration, financed by the federal government during the Great Depression in the 1930s, was the largest public relief project ever attempted. It set...