January 2004 – Women's eNews

Breastfeeding Ads Are Okayed; Female GIs Report Rapes

By Gloria Jacobs ● Uncategorized ● January 31, 2004

Sandra Mims Rowe: Prized Editor, Mentor

By Allison Stevens ● Arts & Culture ● January 31, 2004

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 mentor and nurturer of Pulitzer-prize winning newsrooms.

Dunham Adds Afro-Caribbean Beat to U.S. Dance

By Louise Bernikow ● Uncategorized ● January 31, 2004

February 18, 1939: Katherine Dunham brings Afro-Caribbean Movement to American Dance

Computer Clubs Lead Girls to Master Tech Science

By Joan E. Lisante ● Uncategorized ● January 30, 2004

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 role models in the workplace.

Law Partnerships Elude Women of Color

By Luchina Fisher ● Arts & Culture ● January 29, 2004

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 mentors, role models and cultural sensitivity at many private firms.

I Become a Mother of a Chinese-American Girl

By Marie Tessier ● Uncategorized ● January 28, 2004

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.

Family Violence Cries Out for Prevention

By Janet Carter ● Commentary ● January 28, 2004

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 promotion. They need a commitment to end domestic violence.

Rape, Abductions on Rise in Baghdad

By Ashraf Khalil ● Politics ● January 27, 2004

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 the women being attacked or sold into prostitution.

3 Presidential Hopefuls Address Women’s Issues

By Ginger Adams Otis ● Uncategorized ● January 26, 2004

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 “Good Morning America” and Dartmouth College.

Serial Murders Tied to Canada’s Prostitution Law

By Kari Neumeyer ● Uncategorized ● January 25, 2004

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 underground and makes them easy targets for criminals.