Siobhan Benet, Author at Women's eNews

Adult Diabetes Epidemic Among Black Women

By Siobhan Benet ● Arts & Culture ● December 18, 2001

Women comprise more than half of late-onset diabetes sufferers and more than half of them are African American–at special risk, doctors say, because many are overweight. The enemy is stress and diets that may be comforting but are also high in fat.

U.S. Feminists Voice Post-Taliban Concerns

By Siobhan Benet ● Uncategorized ● December 10, 2001

A Pakistani feminist cautions that U.S. women need to better understand the importance of religion to Muslim women, and others argue that U.S. women should push harder for their full human rights.

Rave’s Unique Beat Covers an Ignored Community

By Siobhan Benet ● Arts & Culture ● October 21, 2001

Jodi Rave is one of those fortunate journalists who are able to break ground for the entire profession. Her job permits her to cover the community that nurtured her and convey its concerns far beyond its boundaries.

Foreign Journalists Honored for Truth, Courage

By Siobhan Benet ● Arts & Culture ● October 18, 2001

Three fearless reporters covering internal wars in Colombia, Spain and Sudan do their jobs in the face of death threats, bombs, menace to their families and even rape. Each was honored Tuesday in New York for courage, courage, courage.

Muslim, Asian Women Target of Insults, Harassment

By Siobhan Benet ● Arts & Culture ● September 21, 2001

Muslim women wearing recognizable head scarves for modesty are targeted for insult or attack since the terror attacks. And South Asian women who “look” like Arabs are targeted because of their looks. Some white women are wearing scarves in solidarity.

Women Religious Leaders Speak of Faith, Healing

By Siobhan Benet ● Arts & Culture ● September 16, 2001

Women religious leaders across the United States are preaching peace, reconciliation, and healing–and addressing their own feelings of grief, anger and fear that this country may embark on misguided vengeance and war.

Women Workers Dominate Low-Paid Fields

By Siobhan Benet ● Uncategorized ● September 3, 2001

On this Labor Day, a new report documents the continued poverty of most women in the paid work force and argues the need for a living wage, pay equity and equal opportunities for all.

Parents May Pay Ultimate Price for Lower-Cost Care

By Siobhan Benet ● Arts & Culture ● June 21, 2001

A new study says unregulated care puts children at higher risk for fatal accidents. The authors argue, however, the answer is not more rules, which will only raise costs, but more subsidies for working parents.

Eritrean Women Poets Lifting Post-War Voices

By Siobhan Benet ● Uncategorized ● May 22, 2001

In war-torn Eritrea, poetry is embedded in the soul, in the history, in the very rhythms of daily life, and Saba Kidane is a poet, as well as a mother, ex-soldier, journalist and activist, who speaks of devastations, deprivations and awesome hope.

HIV/AIDS in Mature Women Jumps 40 percent

By Siobhan Benet ● Health & Science ● March 25, 2001

Menopausal and post-menopausal women remain sexually active and they may be much more susceptible to HIV/AIDS than younger women, but age prejudice may put blinders on health professionals who may mistake symptoms for those of natural aging.

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