Women's E-News articles from September 2004

Women's E-News archives from September 2004

IRAQ: ABU GHRAIB PULLS 'BETTER ANGELS' DOWN TO EARTH.
September 1, 2004... Commentary By Barnett and Rivers BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, September 1 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A recent report in the British medical journal Lancet offers evidence that doctors, nurses and other medical personnel at Abu Ghraib prison assisted...

U.S.-WOMEN: JARGON SHATTERS SECRECY OF AIR FORCE ASSAULT.
September 1, 2004... By Karen Shugart GEORGIA, September 1 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) -- Julie Jargon's explosive report on sexual assault at the Air Force Academy began with one e-mail and led to a national media frenzy, government inquiries, awards and the...

U.S. POLITICS: 600 PRO-CHOICE REPUBLICANS CROWD 'BIG TENT' GALA.
September 1, 2004... By Cynthia L. Cooper NEW YORK, September 2 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Pro-Choice Republicans made their presence known this week at the Republican National Convention. Speaking out against the anti-choice views of Bush and the party platform,...

U.S. WOMEN: NELLIE BLY: UNDERCOVER, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST.
September 1, 2004... By Louise Bernikow NEW YORK, September 2 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Twenty-two-year-old Elizabeth Cochrane came in 1887 to New York City to find a newspaper job. While women's journalism was confined to domestic or cultural topics, she had...

U.S WOMEN: WELFARE SERIES: BELVA ELLIOTT, MOTHER OF FIVE, SPEAKS.
September 1, 2004... By Belva Elliott NEW YORK, September 2 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - In this Our Daily Lives, which is accompanied by a photo essay, Belva Elliott chronicles her experiences as a married victim of domestic violence who seeks safety and turns to...

U.S.-POLITICS: WELFARE SERIES: BLOCK GRANTS STARVE STATE BUDGETS.
September 1, 2004... By Jennifer Friedlin NEW YORK, September 3 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The federal government funds welfare with so-called block grants to states, which have not been raised since 1996 and provide no adjustment for inflation. Even though programs...

U.S.-WOMEN: CHOICE WINS IN FLORIDA; NEW DIRTY DOZEN AD.
September 1, 2004... By Juhie Bhatia NEW YORK, September 4 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Florida primaries for House and Senate races on Tuesday resulted in four pro-choice female winners. Betty Castor will be running for Senate and Jan Schneider, Debbie Wasserman...

U.S.-POLITICS: OFF-COLOR FASHIONS ACCESSORIZE ELECTIONS.
September 1, 2004... By Emma Pearse NEW YORK, September 5 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A cottage industry of political T-shirts and underwear for women is springing up this election season. Designers hope that the frequently off-color fashion statements will fire up...

VENEZUELA: POOR WOMEN GAVE CHAVEZ HIS WIN IN VENEZUELA.
September 1, 2004... By Nicole Karsin CARACAS, Venezuela, September 6 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) -- few days after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez won the mid-August referendum recall, Juana Faria applied for a second loan at the Women's Bank in downtown Caracas....

U.S.-WOMEN: GEORGETOWN RULING BREAKS SILENCE ON CAMPUS RAPE.
September 1, 2004... By Juhie Bhatia NEW YORK, September 7 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A ruling by the U.S. Department of Education gives students at Georgetown University the right to speak openly about sex-assault cases that come under campus authority. Advocates...

U.S. COLLEGES: WOMEN'S EDUCATION NEEDS GLOBAL LESSON PLAN.
September 1, 2004... Commentary By Joanne V. Creighton SOUTH HADLEY, MASS., September 8 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - As president of the oldest institution of higher learning for women in the United States, I am sometimes asked: "Is your college still single sex?" ...

WOMENS HEALTH: ABORTION BAN FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THIRD TIME.
September 1, 2004... By Cynthia L. Cooper NEW YORK, September 9 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A judge in Nebraska has joined his counterparts in New York and San Francisco and declared the so-called Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional. The ruling could...

U.S. WOMEN: WOMEN'S ENEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
September 1, 2004... By Jennifer Friedlin NEW YORK, September 9 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - This six-part special report, featuring illustrations by Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes and photographer Amani Willett, details for the first time the outcomes...

WOMEN'S HEALTH: WOMEN ACROSS GLOBE SEE IMPACT OF CAIRO PACT.
September 1, 2004... By Allison Stevens WASHINGTON, D.C., September 10 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The Cairo Consensus is now 10 years old and its ambitious deadline for improving women's global health is 10 years away. At this midway point, health care professionals...

WOMEN'S ISSUES: NUNS GIVE TO EMILY; AFGHANS SHUN PRO-WOMEN POL.
September 1, 2004... By Juhie Bhatia. NEW YORK, September 11 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a group of Catholic nuns in southeastern Michigan, donated money to EMILY's List, a Washington, D.C.-based political-action...

U.S WOMEN: 5 LATINA HOTEL MAIDS SUE HOTEL FOR SEX BIAS.
September 1, 2004... By Asjylyn Loder NEW YORK, September 12 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Five Latina hotel maids in New York City have filed sex bias claims under a new law making their claims easier to prove. Five Latina hotel maids have sued a New York City...

POLITICS: CALIFORNIA TAKES LEAD IN SPORTS EQUITY.
September 1, 2004... By Rebecca Vesely SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA., September 13 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A bill banning gender bias in youth athletics programs run by cities and counties in California is awaiting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature. The...

WOMEN'S HEALTH: 'OUR BODIES, OURSELVES': GOING, GOING, GONE GLOBAL.
September 1, 2004... By Molly M. Ginty NEW YORK, September 14 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - In Asia, it teaches Buddhist nuns how to ease muscle cramps caused by hours of sitting meditation. In Africa, it cautions women not to overeat; a health risk in a region...

U.S.-WOMEN: WELFARE SERIES - TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ACT.
September 1, 2004... By Margy Waller NEW YORK, September 15 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - As reported in the Women's eNews series, recent research indicates that the 1996 welfare law is failing many women raising children alone. In response, Waller calls on Congress to...

WOMEN'S HEALTH: WOMEN'S UNMET NEEDS SPUR GRIM FORECASTS.
September 1, 2004... By Molly M. Ginty NEW YORK, September 16 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Two reports project that the world population will grow younger and more urban, crowded and impoverished. Demographers say that women's reproductive choices--if supported by...

WOMEN IN IRAQ: FEMALE AID WORKERS IN IRAQ GROWING MORE FEARFUL.
September 1, 2004... By Dana Smillie BAGHDAD, IRAQ, September 17 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - After the most recent kidnappings of aid workers in Iraq, female staff members of humanitarian organizations, such as Women for Women International, are experiencing growing...

WOMEN'S ISSUES: SAUDI WOMAN ENTERS RACE; MEN SLACK OFF AT HOME.
September 1, 2004... By Juhie Bhatia. NEW YORK, September 18 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - As Saudi Arabia prepares for its first municipal elections in 40 years, Nadia Bakhurji has made history in becoming the first woman to declare herself a candidate for elected...

U.S. WOMEN: DESIGNING WOMEN FOCUS ON VIDEO GAMES.
September 1, 2004... By Sandy Kobrin LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, September 19 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A small band of female video-game designers and savants banded together last week to tempt and help more women into the industry. More female designers, they...

HEALTH: U.S. TEAM TAKES AIM AT TIBET'S MATERNAL DEATH RATE.
September 1, 2004... By Juhie Bhatia NEW YORK, September 20 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The latest report on maternal mortality in Tibet documents the high maternal death rate is due to inadequate healthcare and sometimes harmful superstitions. The report's authors...

KENYAN WOMEN: WOMEN DRIVE FILM INDUSTRY IN KENYA.
September 1, 2004... By Miriri Duncan NAIROBI, KENYA, September 21 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Women are firmly in the driver's seat of Kenya's film industry, but that doesn't mean they have it easy. They face adversities, but they always tell their stories and...

U.S.-WOMEN: KOBE OWES AN APOLOGY TO ALL U.S. WOMEN.
September 1, 2004... By Lorraine Dusky NEW YORK, September 22 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - With her own sex-assault experience in mind, our commentator looks at the year's most celebrated rape accusation. Lorraine Dusky concludes the ordeal that Kobe Bryant's accuser...

U.S. WOMEN: LAW GIVES BATTERED INMATES IN CALIFORNIA NEW HOPE.
September 1, 2004... By Sandy Kobrin LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, September 23 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that gives hope of release or new trials to battered women (and men) who have been incarcerated for...

U.S.-WOMEN: DEBATE ON NAMING RAPE ACCUSERS CONTINUES.
September 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery NEW YORK, September 24 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - A columnist for the Poynter Institute has resigned over a decision by the institute delete the name of the Kobe Bryant's accuser in her column. The resulting uproar has caused...

WOMEN'S ISSUES: PAID SEX NIXED BY PENTAGON; TEEN VIRGINITY TESTED.
September 1, 2004... By Robin Hindery NEW YORK, September 25 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Service members who solicit prostitutes could soon face dishonorable discharge and up to one year in prison, according to the announcement by top Pentagon officials on Tuesday,...

BULGARIA: TRAFFICKING VICTIMS FACE HARD HOMECOMING.
September 1, 2004... By Juliette Terzieff SOFIA, BULGARIA, September 26 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Bulgaria is already seeing the outcomes of the first legislation passed to combat trafficking, a problem which affects tens of thousands of women in the Eastern...

U.S. WOMEN: BERKELEY DEBATES DECRIMINALIZING PROSTITUTION.
September 1, 2004... By Kristin Bender BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA., September 28 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Voters in Berkeley, Calif., are considering a measure that would decriminalize prostitution in their city. If approved, the plan would redirect more social services...

U.S. WOMEN: CAMPAIGN COVERAGE IGNORES WOMEN'S CONCERNS.
September 1, 2004... By Sheila Gibbons NEW YORK, September 29 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Campaign coverage is largely ignoring the issues that matter most to women. To correct that, Sheila Gibbons offers reporters a look at what women want from a president and...

U.S. HEALTH: STEM CELLS MAY SWING VOTERS.
September 1, 2004... By Molly M. Ginty NEW YORK, September 30 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - Embryonic stem cells have the potential to cure devastating diseases. With women more likely to support further research on stem cells, the issue may also have the potential to...

U.S. WOMEN: GRANNY D FIGHTS UPHILL BATTLE FOR SENATE SEAT.
September 1, 2004... By Elizabeth Mehren DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, September 27 2004 (WOMENSENEWS) - The Democratic candidate from New Hampshire for the U.S. Senate has a firm message. Special interests, she contends, control virtually every aspect of...