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Army National Guard Private Katherine Jashinski completed a 47-day prison sentence last month for refusing to serve in Afghanistan. During her imprisonment she talked about winding up in the brig at age 23 and where she goes from here.
U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat from New York, announced poll results on the 82nd anniversary of women gaining the right to vote that indicate, she said, widespread support for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Two new studies shed partial light on the obscured image of lesbians with AIDS. In order to meet these women’s needs, clinicians and scientists may have to redefine the word “lesbian.”
The Senate is scheduled to vote at the end of September on a $2 billion reconstruction package for Afghanistan, with specific allocations for the Women’s Ministry and a Human Rights Commission, as well as a call for additional peacekeepers.
A couple has launched a nationwide crusade to educate gay and lesbian couples about the need to prepare wills and other legal documents protecting the rights of their partners. Also: President Bush denies funding to U.N. reproductive health agency.
In our final piece for Women’s History Month, Women’s Enews features the meeting of two major figures in the women’s movement for the past 30 years who are launching a new venture to take them into the next decade.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, Women’s Enews will distribute and post a special series of essays by five women whose ideas and activism three decades ago were cornerstones of a widespread national movement for women’s rights.
Those viewing tonight’s HBO premiere of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” are part of a global event to fund shelters, anti-rape campaigns and women’s centers, including a communications center for the new Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Afghanistan.
Since the death of Peggy Neff’s partner in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, Neff and other gay partners of victims have found themselves fighting for recognition and compensation.
Two bipartisan efforts are underway to require all U.S. post-war aid to Afghanistan address women’s needs and include women in decision-making. Bush administration has concerns about provision of comprehensive reproductive health services.