Por Alison Bowen, Author at Women's eNews

After Layoffs, Couples Wrestle With Role Reversal

By Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● January 4, 2009

Layoffs in male-dominated sectors are forcing some traditional couples into role reversals. One woman, now the primary earner, says there’s been friction, but now he’s taken over in the kitchen and she ignores dirty dishes in the sink.

Secret Stash Betrays Take-Money-And-Run Psychology

By Por Alison Bowen ● Commentary ● November 24, 2008

Women who survived abuse–or men with a gambling weakness–are among those who squirrel cash away from partners’ sight in what a prominent therapist considers an unhealthy spirit of secrecy. But one woman with bad memories isn’t changing her ways.

Muslims in India Design New Marriage Contract

By Por Alison Bowen ● Politics ● August 4, 2008

After criticizing Muslim clerics in India for treating wives unfairly in disputes with their husbands, one activist is distributing a new marriage contract. Couples are slowly signing on.

Texas Compound Revives Memory of Her Own Escape

By Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● May 2, 2008

The polygamous families in Texas remind Alexus Jones of her own experience as an abused wife. She was isolated and degraded by her husband’s manipulation of the fundamentalist Christian view that he knew best and she came last.

Nepal’s Historic Vote Puts Women in Running

By Por Alison Bowen ● Politics ● April 9, 2008

Inside Nepal’s sealed borders women are running for historic April 10 Constituent Assembly elections. As they take advantage of ambitious gender quotas they are learning how to vote and doing what they can to weather campaign violence.

Women in India Form Their Own Political Party

By Por Alison Bowen ● Politics ● January 7, 2008

The first all-women’s political party in India has formed after 100 women joined. A first order of business is to boost female representation in parliament from 8 to 50 percent. Seventh in a series on the changing role of women in India.

2008 – Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century

By Por Alison Bowen ● Uncategorized ● January 1, 2008

Women’s eNews announces today its 21 Leaders for the 21^st Century 2008: 20 women and one man who are dedicated to improving the lives of women in their homes, in their communities, in their nations and across the globe.

Editor Sent Her Cover a Beach, Uncovered

By Por Alison Bowen ● Commentary ● November 19, 2007

Alecia Warren blames herself. But looking back on it, she realizes that her editor sexually exploited her by assigning her to write a story about a nude beach “naked, of course.” What happened next continues to bother her.

Leaders Lift Spirit in Orthodox Women’s Section

By Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● July 13, 2007

Orthodox Jewish women are leading a culture shift inside synagogues. One religious mentor, for instance, says the women’s section is singing more loudly now that she’s found a place at the lecture podium. Last in a series on women and religion.

U.S. Challenged on Immigrant Women’s Legal Limbo

By Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● March 27, 2007

A 2000 law designed to reduce violent crimes targeting immigrant women and children has yet to be implemented because regulations were never issued. Now advocacy groups have sued the government to force it to comply with the law.

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