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Women’s Enews announces its 21 Leaders for the 21st Century–2003, an awe-inspiring, reader-nominated list, with ages between 13 and 83; each making news, often at great personal risk, by confronting issues of particular concern to women.
An unprecedented United Nations report on violence and health is expected to be a powerful tool for advocates wishing to improve their nations’ responses to domestic and sexual violence with new legislative and health care policies.
A year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, motherless daughters are just beginning to puzzle out how to define themselves with no mother to help them sort out what kind of woman they wish to become.
Frustrated by the obstacles of developing a vaccine to prevent AIDS, scientists are creating new weapons they hope will one day offer women more control over their sexual health. Their most serious obstacle: money.
A new film that explores what happens when two ostensibly straight women become girlfriends is a laugh-out-loud plea for tolerance. It may be a breakthrough for some, but others criticize it for not going far enough.
The war in West Africa’s Sierra Leone displaced thousands of its civilians, left many with hacked-off limbs and children forced to become rebel soldiers. Now, a new report indicates an extraordinary rate of sexual violence against women and girls.