January 2013 – Page 2 of 4

Steubenville-Style Tech Puts Rapists on Gotcha

By Wendy Murphy ● Commentary ● January 24, 2013

Murphy has no patience for hand wringing over the release of the Ohio rape-case video. These technological advances, she says, give a huge boost to rape prosecutors who currently put a mere 2 percent of alleged rapists in jail for even one day.

U.K. Budget Puts Women in Big Benefit Squeeze

By Victoria Fitzgerald ● Uncategorized ● January 23, 2013

Critics say the U.K. budget will plunge thousands more women and children into poverty by limiting benefit increases and tax breaks. A nurse with two children and no co-earner would lose the equivalent of a month’s rent.

Roe Turns 40 with Doctors Worried All Over Again

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● January 22, 2013

The role of doctors in upholding Roe v. Wade over the past 40 years includes millions of procedures, key court battles and withstanding threats of violent attack. After all that, in the face of mounting abortion restrictions, one doctor says “we have to fight this state by state.”

Roe Turns 40 with Doctors Worried All Over Again

By Womens Enews Staff ● Politics ● January 22, 2013

Credit: American Life League on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Obama’s Inauguration Opens a Grandmothering Vista

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Uncategorized ● January 21, 2013

My 11-year-old granddaughter and I are on our first road trip together, attending the Obama inauguration. I hope to visit the monument of leading U.S. suffragists. She doesn’t know their names, but some day she may realize how much they have shaped both our destinies.

Online Game Gets Players Out of Steubenville

By Maggie Freleng ● Politics ● January 19, 2013

Some background voices in the otherwise notoriously cruel Steubenville, Ohio, rape video sound disturbed but also powerless. A new simulation computer game lets students practice active response to sex abuse and avoid being a passive bystander.

State Court Tips Genderwise; Asian Pol Says Rape OK

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● January 19, 2013

Washington Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud, mid-oath.

Credit: OnceAndFutureLaura on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

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French Like Being Moms; Breastfeeding, Not So Much

By Elisabeth Badinter ● Uncategorized ● January 18, 2013

While French mothers have one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in Europe and many work full time, the country has a high birthrate, says Elisabeth Badinter in this excerpt from the book “The Conflict.”

Volunteers in Uganda Defuse Household Violence

By Beatrice Lamwaka ● Uncategorized ● January 17, 2013

The effects of a 2012 project continue to be felt in northern Uganda. Some volunteers are local leaders who have learned counseling is better than 12 strokes of the cane to resolve household disputes. Story provided by our partner, Global Press Institute.

GOP Strategy Halts Approvals of New Judges

By Sally J. Kenney ● Crime & Law ● January 16, 2013

Numerous areas of the U.S. are mired in judicial emergency, meaning the courts can’t keep up with the workload of justice. Some of Obama’s appointees who have waited the longest for confirmation are women. We must all demand the Senate give them an up or down vote.