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Gender-sensitive programs and therapies offer promise to female teens trying to cope with the hardships of being in foster care. Shavonn Wheeler knows from her own life all that can be lacking and generously reflects on that here.
Critics of the international anti-violence bill argue it will impose Western values on other countries, will be costly to implement and excludes men and boys. Supporters say no, no and no.
Dara Swan talks with Zerlina Maxwell about the challenges of being a role model to siblings in the final installment of their “A Seat at the Table” conversation. “It’s not always easy to throw out your opinion, especially when others aren’t necessarily gonna support me,” says Swan.
“You get one speech and everybody ignores it, like harassment isn’t there,” says one student. Another says “the focus has to shift to telling boys that they can’t treat girls in certain ways.”
The hashtag #NotMyBossBusiness is going strong on Twitter as critics decry a dangerous precedent that targets women and gives employers control over healthcare.
A new report on violence experienced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, transgender and queer identified documents its pervasiveness in the U.S.
Pulitzer-prize winning columnist George Will has thrown virtual gas on the Internet blaze about campus rapes by writing an updated version “she asked for it” in his column in the Washington Post. Will also writes for Fox News and Newsweek.
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Authors analyze the status of midwifery in 73 countries—all either low- or middle-income–that account for 92 percent of the world’s maternal and new born deaths. Materials to prevent bleeding, infection and lower blood pressure are in short supply.