Leadership
Indigenous Women Convene Summit in Mexico
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A first-of-its-kind meeting will ask indigenous women what obstacles are in their way of good health and educational opportunities–and how they think governments should address their needs.
AIDS
Ivory Coast Reporter Breaks Taboos, Confronts AIDS
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Fadiga Kady manages to get the AIDS story out to nation that would prefer not to face the epidemic. She also founded an international organization to educate and assist pregnant women who might need HIV/AIDS care.
Politics
Mexicans Seeking to Outlaw Workplace Gender Bias
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Women’s rights activists are urging Mexico’s President Fox to support reform of labor laws to bar sex bias in the workplace. Also, in Pennsylvania, a judge lifted a court order and permitted a woman to have an abortion opposed by her companion.
Equality
Mexican Ad Campaign Mocks Country’s Gender Bias
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A Mexican mass-media campaign is tapping into the power of advertising to challenge the country’s pervasive gender bias and declare that it is time for a change.
Funding Serious Change
Women’s Groups Critical of Outcome at Monterrey
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Many women’s groups criticized the document produced by leaders at the U.N. International Conference on Financing for Development, saying that too little money is promised within it and it relies on private investment rather than state action.
Abortion
Mexico High Court Opens Door to Abortion Rights
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In a landmark decision, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice upheld a Mexico City law that ends criminal prosecution of women who have abortions in certain situations such as when the pregnancy is the result of rape or in cases of fetal defects.
Equality
Women Energizing Mexico’s Election Season
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Women in Mexico are seeking to take charge as political changes sweep the nation, running for top offices, talking about forming their own parties and openly campaigning for women’s rights.
Equality
250 Murders Prompt Mexico Anti-Violence Campaign
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During the past eight years, the bodies of an estimated 250 young Mexican women, all poor, most under age 19, were dumped near the Texas border. Advocates say the unsolved murder cases illustrate an acceptance of violence against women.
Crime & Law
Living Wage Campaign Focuses on New York
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Living wage campaigns are spreading with success in 60 cities and 70 others are in range. The premise: The federal minimum wage is equivalent to less than $10,000 annually and is not sufficient for families to pay for rent, food and medical care.
Abortion
Anti-Choice Stealth Strategy Focuses on States
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George W. Bush says he’s not trying to overturn Roe v. Wade, but women’s advocates say rampant anti-choice legislation in the states could make its way to the Supreme Court where Bush-appointed conservatives could strike down the right to choose.