Skip to content
Donate Now
  • Donate Now
  • News
    • Arts & Culture
    • Crime & Law
    • Health & Science
    • Politics
    • Work
  • Commentary
  • Series
    • Women’s eNews Live
    • Girl Fuse
    • Seat at the Table
    • Jane Crow: Black Maternal Health
    • Healthy Births, Healthy Moms: Black Maternal Health in America
    • Backlash in Europe: Women’s Reproductive Rights Threatened
    • Why Didn’t She Just Leave?
    • She Pays the Bias Price: From Girlhood to Final Years
    • It’s the Economy
    • Black Maternal Health: A Legacy and a Future
    • Women in Poverty – Tales from the Recessions Front Lines
    • Arab Women in Revolution: Reports from the Ground
    • She Works Hard for the Money
    • Collateral Damage Syria: Women and Girls Fleeing Violence
    • MomAgenda
    • Sexual Violence in the Congo
  • Teen Voices
  • About Us
  • Events at Women’s eNews
  • Donate Now

Women's eNews - Covering Women's Issues, Changing Women's Lives

Subscribe to our mailing list

Women's eNews (https://womensenews.org/author/rachel-scheier/)

  • News
    • Arts & Culture
    • Crime & Law
    • Health & Science
    • Politics
    • Work
  • Commentary
  • Series
    • Women’s eNews Live
    • Girl Fuse
    • Seat at the Table
    • Jane Crow: Black Maternal Health
    • Healthy Births, Healthy Moms: Black Maternal Health in America
    • Backlash in Europe: Women’s Reproductive Rights Threatened
    • Why Didn’t She Just Leave?
    • She Pays the Bias Price: From Girlhood to Final Years
    • It’s the Economy
    • Black Maternal Health: A Legacy and a Future
    • Women in Poverty – Tales from the Recessions Front Lines
    • Arab Women in Revolution: Reports from the Ground
    • She Works Hard for the Money
    • Collateral Damage Syria: Women and Girls Fleeing Violence
    • MomAgenda
    • Sexual Violence in the Congo
  • Teen Voices
  • About Us
  • Events at Women’s eNews
  • Don't Miss
Subscribe

Rachel Scheier

Politics

Rights Treaty in Uganda Snags on ‘African Values’

By: Rachel Scheier | June 2, 2008

Uganda signed the Maputo Protocol–a key women’s rights treaty in Africa–in 2003. Since then the landmark treaty has run into religious arguments against Western influence and abortion. Fifth in a series on African women and the rule of law.

Politics

Ugandan Love Letters Pull Men to Fetal Heartbeats

By: Rachel Scheier | December 16, 2007

When a pregnant woman arrives alone at a clinic in eastern Uganda, she returns home with a “love letter” to her husband or boyfriend inviting him to join her. It’s designed to enlist more men in the African battle on AIDS and maternal mortality.

Health & Science

Pro-Choice Ugandans Steer a Gradual Course

By: Rachel Scheier | August 27, 2007

Abortion has been a non-starter for politicians in Uganda torn between health workers and the church. But as the rest of Africa begins to shift its stance, pro-choice activists are making their mark. First in a series on African women and the rule of law.

HIV-Positive Women Talk It Over in ‘Mama’s Club’

By: Rachel Scheier | July 23, 2006

A group of HIV-positive mothers in Uganda have banded together to form the “Mama’s Club.” Twice a month they share medical and legal information, but perhaps most important, they remember they are not alone.

Politics

Soldier Verdict Spotlights Rape in Ugandan Camps

By: Rachel Scheier | May 29, 2006

A judge in northern Uganda has ordered the army to pay two girls who say they were raped by soldiers in an internally displaced persons’ camp. The decision spotlights rights workers’ charges of rampant rapes in these camps.

Politics

‘Carpet Grades’ Are Target of Ugandan Bias Policy

By: Rachel Scheier | April 30, 2006

Female students in Uganda have long endured demands for sex in exchange for grades from university lecturers. First in a series on higher education in Africa.

Education

Strait-Laced Hem in Straight Talk for Uganda Teens

By: Rachel Scheier | March 26, 2006

Thirteen years ago, two female anti-AIDS activists in Uganda started Straight Talk, a frank and pioneering sex education forum for African teens. Today, while not officially censored, it copes with a sense of being hemmed in.

Series

  • WRighteous
    Weekly Column: WRighteous
  • Equal Rights Amendment
    On the Outside of Incarceration: The Need for the ERA
  • 3forV
    3forV: Help Put an End to Low Voter Turnout
  • Us in the U.S.
    Weekly Update: Us in the U.S.
  • Feminism & Sustainability
    Improving Buildings and Lives Across Latin America – with Women as Leaders
  • Women's eNews
  • About Us
  • STAFF
  • Board of Directors
  • Partners
  • Our Awards
  • Internships
  • Contact Us

In Case You Missed It

  • Reminder: Please Fill Out The Census!

    It takes fewer than 10 minutes (Click Below):

  • New York’s Paid Family Leave Policy Faces Uncertain Stardom

    It is being hailed as the most progressive state policy so far, going further than New Jersey, California and Rhode Island in various respects. But its showcase potential won’t be tested until the program gets going in 2018.

Search This Site

Browse Archives

© Copyright 2021, Women's eNews

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑