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Obama’s secretary of state had a smooth transition into her new role in 2009, starting with her strategic decision of which country to visit first, says Kim Ghattas in this excerpt from “The Secretary.”
South Asian women from three spheres–journalism, politics and advocacy– recently planned a coordinated attack on HIV-AIDS among women. Their focus is on transportation, property rights and education.
Some young Asian-American women are just saying no to the eyelid surgery so many peers are undergoing. They see the painful and expensive procedure–even more widespread in Korea and China–as an offensive alteration of ethnic identity.
Two advisory panels for the Food and Drug Administration recommended this week in a 23-4 vote that Plan B–an intensive, short-term dose of birth control pills known as the morning after pill–be made available over the counter.
Women of Asian origin say they face particular difficulties in climbing the corporate ladder and are less likely to benefit from diversity programs in U.S. companies.
President George W. Bush is scheduled today to sign the misnamed Partial-Birth Abortion ban and our commentator sees an extension of the reckless disregard for women’s health that has contributed to the tragedy of unsafe abortions in Asia.
A group of neighborhood residents oppose a shelter for battered Asian women that is undergoing move-in renovations in Brooklyn, N.Y. The publicity exposed the shelter’s location and could compromise the shelter’s safety.