Kimberly Wilmot Voss, Author at Women's eNews

Court Watchers Changing Courthouse Rules

By Kimberly Wilmot Voss ● Uncategorized ● August 22, 2003

Volunteers across the country are monitoring sexual assault and domestic violence cases in court. These court watch programs are helping to change the ways judges and prosecutors treat such cases.

‘Willmar 8’ Earn Rank as Equal-Pay Pioneers

By Kimberly Wilmot Voss ● Employment ● May 13, 2003

The ‘Willmar 8’ made a courageous contribution to the women’s equal-pay movement when they conducted one of the first gender-discrimination strikes 25 years ago in Minnesota.

New Anti-Violence Campaigns Aim at Boys, Young Men

By Kimberly Wilmot Voss ● Crime & Law ● February 28, 2003

A banner hanging in the San Francisco Giant’s ballpark is part of a new trend in anti-domestic violence awareness campaigns: coaching boys in middle and high schools to unlearn bullying and abusive behaviors.

College Students Lobby for Birth Control Coverage

By Kimberly Wilmot Voss ● Politics ● January 13, 2003

A federal court ruled that employers must cover contraceptive pills if they cover other prescription drugs. Now some ambitious students are arguing the same ruling should apply to college and university health plans.

Moms at Home Now Rock Cradles, Business Strategies

By Kimberly Wilmot Voss ● Arts & Culture ● September 2, 2002

More mothers who want to enjoy the benefits of paid work and motherhood are doing it their way–through creating home-based businesses. Along the way, they create career moves for themselves, wealth for their families and jobs for others.

Colleges Train Students to Press for Equal Wages

By Kimberly Wilmot Voss ● Uncategorized ● July 19, 2002

A new crop of programs for college women aims to teach young women negotiating skills so they start out on an even playing field with men. Otherwise, even a small difference in first-job salary could dramatically reduce lifetime earnings.

Real (Outdoors) Women Fish, Hunt, Teach

By Kimberly Wilmot Voss ● Uncategorized ● July 4, 2002

A Wisconsin program, quickly spreading across the nation and to Canada, teaches and inspires women to hunt, fish, canoe, camp and otherwise fall in love with and become stewards of the great outdoors.

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