The president’s spending plan for next year omits programs approved last year in the Violence Against Women Act. Anti-violence advocates challenge the cuts as political, saying the savings are too small to make a dent in the overall budget picture.
A female employee was told that her pregnancy was costing her company too much money and that it would pay for her to have an abortion. It’s an extreme example, but advocates say the workplace is still tough on pregnant women.
Presidents, TV crews and political aspirants flocked to the funeral of Coretta Scott King, but only one politician turned up to memorialize Betty Friedan. Alexander Sanger says that shows how little the feminist vote currently seems to count.
A U.S. filmmaker is hoping that her documentary will stir U.S. politicians to do more to alleviate fistula, an easily treated condition that has turned millions of African women into outcasts. Important screenings are planned for February and March.
The emotional turbulence of infertility is making Jennifer Friedlin dread the sight of smiling babies. Slowly, however, she is finding comfort in the stories of other couples who have navigated the same difficult and confusing chapter of life.
The “Vagina Monologues” are attaining the status of a Valentine’s Day tradition on many campuses. But two Catholic schools are scaling back the performances this year and one activist group is working to eliminate V-Day from all Catholic campuses.
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