June 2006 – Page 2 of 4

Assault Risk Rises in Jammed Post-Katrina Homes

By Suzanne Batchelor ● Crime & Law ● June 22, 2006

As the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, crowded post-storm housing conditions worry police and advocates about rising risks of domestic violence and sex assault. A Louisiana project is preparing a report on preventing disaster-related violence.

Someday, With Help, News Media May Get It

By Sheila Gibbons ● Commentary ● June 21, 2006

Media advocates gathered last week in Germany to discuss how coverage of women can break a 30-year impasse. Sheila Gibbons says two identical headlines about women published by the same South African paper show how it can be done.

Ensler Turns New York Into Anti-Violence Showcase

By Hannah Seligson ● Arts & Culture ● June 20, 2006

New York City is in the middle of a 16-day, 60-event festival produced by V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. An emphasis on women in war zones provides a preview of the group’s fundraising intentions for 2007.

Women at Center of Consumer Eco-Push

By Molly Ginty ● Health & Science ● June 19, 2006

Women buy most home products and predominate as activists in schools and churches. That makes them central to a new consumer-style push for eco-friendly products and policies.

Women’s eNews Celebrates with Our 21 Leaders 2006

By Womens Enews Staff ● Uncategorized ● June 18, 2006

On May 16, Women’s eNews celebrated its fifth anniversary by honoring 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, who were nominated by our readers and selected by our board. By all accounts, a grand time was had by all.

Whitman Tries to Tack GOP Back to Center

By J. Trout Lowen ● Politics ● June 18, 2006

Christine Todd Whitman is on a coast-to-coast mission to reclaim the Republican Party for moderates. The former New Jersey governor’s political action committee plans to back “fiscally conservative, socially inclusive” Republicans.

Arab Women Press for Rights; FDA Blocks Plan B

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● June 17, 2006

(WOMENSENEWS)–

Cheers

Women’s rights activists gathered in Morocco June 11 and called on the region’s governments to adopt in full a United Nations resolution that would outlaw discrimination against women, reported the Agence-France Presse.