November 2010 – Women's eNews

Israel’s Divorce Ruling Leaves Matter Unsettled

By Michele Chabin ● Arts & Culture ● November 26, 2010

JERUSALEM (WOMENSENEWS)–An Israeli women’s rights organization is deciding whether to ask the High Court here to reconsider its ruling on a divorce practice it says allows men to blackmail estranged wives seeking to remarry.

"The court did not completely ban the practice of paying off recalcitrant husbands," said

NYC Tests Brakes on Crisis Pregnancy Centers

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Health & Science ● November 26, 2010

New York City is considering following Baltimore in regulating what anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers can say in their ads and window signs. A recent hearing gave those opposed a chance to make their negative reaction clear.

Lesbian Rejoins Military; Rape Common in Nicaragua

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● November 26, 2010

(WOMENSENEWS)–

Cheers

Major Margaret Witt, a decorated flight nurse dismissed under the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, will be able to resume her service with the U.S. Air Force, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington announced Nov. 23 in a press release.

Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Leadership Is Hobbled

By Stephanie Guyer-Stevens ● Employment ● November 24, 2010

Widespread elation met the week-ago release of Aung San Suu Kyi after her 20-year house arrest. But in the political trenches another pro-democracy woman worries about how much leadership Suu Kyi will be able to provide.

N.Y. Ex-Prisoners Give Thanks for Parental Rights

By Colleen Flaherty ● Crime & Law ● November 24, 2010

Friends and advocates of female prisoners gave thanks for many things at a recent meeting in Harlem. One was a New York law passed in June that helps parents keep custody of their children while they are in jail, mostly for nonviolent offenses.

Women Maimed by Landmines Need to Be Heard by UN

By Monica Piloya ● Crime & Law ● November 23, 2010

Women wounded by landmines experience social isolation, sexual violence and discrimination. This week’s landmine meeting in Geneva must remember our special needs, track our numbers and count us in.

Congo-Angola Mass Rapes Draw Scant Notice

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● November 22, 2010

Some mass rapes attract more outrage than others. Two recent atrocities– separated by just a couple of months–suggest U.N. peacekeeping jurisdiction can decide the degree to which the violations of hundreds of girls and women are noticed.

Unmarried Iraqis Endure Risky Wait for Ticket Out

By Dominique Soguel ● Politics ● November 19, 2010

Iraqi war refugees in Syria are legally barred from work while they wait for resettlement. For single women the risk of forced prostitution and sex trafficking is so high that a U.S. legal advocate says they deserve priority refugee status.

Senate Talks CEDAW; Paycheck Fairness Falls

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● November 19, 2010

(WOMENSENEWS)–

Cheers

Single-Sex Ed Based on Baloney Science

By Rosalind C. Barnett & Caryl Rivers ● Arts & Culture ● November 19, 2010

Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett applaud a Boston school administrator’s decision to back off single-sex education. Too many of these schools, they argue, are based on spurious ideas about boy-girl brain differences that reinforce stereotypes.