Women's E-News articles from January 2004

Women's E-News archives from January 2004

WOMEN'S ISSUES: WOMEN'S ENEWS ANNOUNCES 21 LEADERS 2004.
January 1, 2004... By Carline Bennett NEW YORK, Jan. 1, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) A Nobel Peace Prize winner who fights for women's rights in Iran; an actor famous for taking on tough roles and even tougher women's issues; a California-born Latina who devised an...

WOMEN'S HEALTH: FOOD MARKETERS PITCH 'STRONG WOMEN' PRODUCTS.
January 1, 2004... By Marianne Sullivan NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2004(WOMENSENEWS) The "origami" women on the wrappers of a nutrition bar and "strong women" summits co-hosted by a yogurt company show how two food companies are marketing to women seen as more...

U.S.-HEALTH: LUNG CANCER IN WOMEN A NEGLECTED EPIDEMIC.
January 1, 2004... By Suzanne Batchelor NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Lung cancer is the top cancer killer among women, yet doctors and researchers find few treatments and smoking-cessation programs designed specifically for women. Dr. Joan...

U.S.-POLITICS: THIS YEAR'S WELFARE BILL TRASHES 'FAMILY VALUES'.
January 1, 2004... Commentary By Elizabeth Bauchner NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) When the 1996 welfare law is renewed this year, let's hope Olympia Snowe can persuade the Senate to show enough 'family values' to fund adequate child care support...

WOMEN'S HEALTH: WEIGHT PROBED AS FACTOR IN BIRTH-CONTROL FAILURES.
January 1, 2004... By Kathleen Nelson NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) A woman's weight can affect her birth-control options. Weight is being studied as a factor in the reliability of birth-control pills, while women over 198 pounds face higher failure...

U.S. POLITICS: SINGLE WOMEN MAY DECIDE 2004 ELECTION.
January 1, 2004... By Allison Stevens WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Unmarried women are emerging as a new voting bloc in the upcoming presidential election later this year. The trick will be getting this group, which has a relatively low turnout...

WOMEN'S ISSUES: AFGHAN WOMEN NOW CITIZENS; TOO-MALE BOOK REVIEW?
January 1, 2004... By Alexandra Poolos NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) The head of the United Nations women's rights committee said this week the recent adoption of a constitution for Afghanistan marks the beginning of a new era of gender equality in...

HEALTH: WOMEN GO BLIND TWICE AS OFTEN AS MEN.
January 1, 2004... By Kathleen Nelson NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Of the 40 million people affected by blindness worldwide, two-thirds are women. If the gender-related causes of the disease aren't better addressed, the number of blind around the...

WOMEN'S EDUCATION: WOMEN VASTLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN ACADEMIA.
January 1, 2004... By Dana Young NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) A female chemistry professor decided to count the number and calculate the percentage of women and minority men on university science faculties. The results, to released officially...

JAPAN HEALTH: JAPAN'S FERTILITY-TREATMENT BOOM PRESSURES WOMEN.
January 1, 2004... By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, JAPAN, Jan. 13, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) -- In Japan, fertility treatments are booming as more couples have trouble conceiving. Women's activists say the trend puts more pressure on women in a culture that too often...

AFGHAN POLITICS: AFGHAN CONSTITUTION A PARTIAL VICTORY FOR WOMEN.
January 1, 2004... Commentary By Masuda Sultan NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Afghanistan's new constitution deserves acclaim for granting women equal rights. But the document also provides an opening for conservatives to implement religious law in...

WOMEN'S HEALTH: FEWER PELVIC EXAMS FOR TEENS SEEKING BIRTH CONTROL.
January 1, 2004... By Suzanne Batchelor NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Female teens seeking birth control are less likely to undergo pelvic exams. Doctors say that young women's dread of the invasive procedure prevents them from seeking not only...

U.S. DRUGS: DATE RAPE DRUGS STILL AVAILABLE, DESPITE CRACKDOWN.
January 1, 2004... By Asjylyn Loder NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Five years after the fatal poisoning of Michigan teen Samantha Reid by a so-called date-rape drug, these types of narcotics remain widely available in the United States despite...

: WOMEN'S ISSUES: NY MIKE HELPS TEEN MOMS; FEDS IGNORE BIRTH CONTROL.
January 1, 2004... NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city's new maternity leave program for teen students is compassionate and a practical approach to helping new moms. The Daily News reported this week...

KYRGYZ POLITICS: KYRGYZ WOMEN TELL U.N. THEY LACK BASIC RIGHTS.
January 1, 2004... By Ginger Adams Otis NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) A coalition of women's rights organizations in Kyrgyzstan submitted a report to the United Nations this week countering what they expected to be a too-rosy official depiction of...

U.S. POLITICS: ANALYSTS WATCHING FEMALE VOTERS IN IOWA CAUCUSES.
January 1, 2004... By Emma Pearse NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) More Iowan women than men are expected to vote today in the first test among the electorate for the Democratic presidential candidates. Experts say the outcome could indicate how women...

MEDIA: PAKISTAN TV SHOW FLOODED WITH WOMEN'S QUESTIONS.
January 1, 2004... By Juliette Terzieff KARACHI, PAKISTAN, Jan. 20, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) In Pakistan, a new U.S.-style television show is airing personal advice. The show is attracting a huge female audience anxious for advice on topics such as arranged...

U.S. WOMEN: INEQUITIES PERSIST FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA.
January 1, 2004... Commentary By Sheila Gibbons NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) The glass ceiling in media companies appears shatter-proof. Not only do women's pay and promotions continue to lag behind those of men, the gap widens as women log more...

WOMEN'S HEALTH: EARLY DETECTION TEST UNDERWAY FOR OVARIAN CANCER.
January 1, 2004... By Molly M. Ginty NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) -- Researchers are conducting clinical trials of a non-invasive, pin-prick procedure that is the first to catch ovarian cancer in its initial stages. This winter, researchers will...

CALIFORNIA-POLITICS: SCHWARZENEGGER PAROLES TWO BATTERED WOMEN.
January 1, 2004... By Rebecca Vesely SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) In his brief time as California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger has paroled two battered women. Now prisoners' advocates are looking for even more help from the man who took...

WOMEN'S RIGHTS: SAUDI CALLS FOR EQUITY; GRAND MUFTI BLASTS SPEECH.
January 1, 2004... By Alexandra Poolos NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) -- An internationally renowned Saudi Arabian businesswoman addressed a roomful of men and women at an important economic forum this week on the issue of women in the Saudi Arabian...

CANADA: SERIAL MURDERS TIED TO CANADA'S PROSTITUTION LAW.
January 1, 2004... By Kari Neumeyer VANCOUVER, B.C., Jan. 25, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) -- The arrest of a man accused of murdering 22 women from Vancouver--most of them prostitutes--sparked debate over a 1985 Canadian law that some say drives sex workers...

U.S. POLITICS: 3 PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS ADDRESS WOMEN'S ISSUES.
January 1, 2004... By Ginger Adams Otis HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, Jan. 26, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Three Democratic hopefuls took the opportunity last night to address women's issues at an event in Hanover, N.H., hosted by Lifetime TV in partnership with ABC's...

IRAQ: RAPE, ABDUCTIONS ON RISE IN BAGHDAD.
January 1, 2004... By Ashraf Khalil BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Jan. 27, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Amid surging crime in postwar Baghdad, sexual violence and abductions of women appear to be increasing. But with police stations focused on bombing threats, no one is counting...

U.S. MENTAL HEALTH: FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIES OUT FOR PREVENTION.
January 1, 2004... By Janet Carter NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) New findings on the toll that domestic violence takes on the mental health of teens should wake up our policymakers. What our children need is not a federal policy of marriage...

CHINA: I BECOME A MOTHER OF A CHINESE-AMERICAN GIRL.
January 1, 2004... By Marie Tessier FUZHOU, CHINA, Jan. 28, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Marie Tessier writes from China about the tensions and excitement she's facing as she waits to meet her soon-to-be adopted Chinese daughter. Awaiting an adoption from China...

U.S. LAW: LAW PARTNERSHIPS ELUDE WOMEN OF COLOR.
January 1, 2004... By Luchina Fisher NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) The American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession is studying the scarcity of women of color in private law firms. Some tie the problem to the shortage of...

U.S. GIRLS: COMPUTER CLUBS LEAD GIRLS TO MASTER TECH SCIENCE.
January 1, 2004... By Joan E. Lisante NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) -- In response to the dearth of women in computer-related fields, popular local and national programs are encouraging girls to pursue computer science and connect girls with female...

U.S. MUSIC: DUNHAM ADDS AFRO-CARIBBEAN BEAT TO U.S. DANCE.
January 1, 2004... By Louise Bernikow NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) The practitioners and the esthetics of mainstream American modern dance were lily-white before Katherine Dunham came along. Born in 1910 of mixed-race parents in Chicago, Ill.,...

WOMEN: BREASTFEEDING ADS ARE OKAYED; FEMALE GIS REPORT RAPES.
January 1, 2004... By Gloria Jacobs NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) La Leche League International reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is going ahead with a national campaign on the risks of not breastfeeding. The...

U.S. WOMEN: SANDRA MIMS ROWE: PRIZED EDITOR, MENTOR.
January 1, 2004... By Allison Stevens WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 31, 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) Sandra Mims Rowe receives a prestigious editor-of-the-year award this month. It's a tribute that expresses how some of the country's top female journalists feel about a...