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.
More aggressive police response to domestic violence is not necessarily the cure for cases involving women of color, according to participants at a recent forum. They called for the development of community-based solutions and stronger legal protections.
Rana Husseini’s consistent reporting of honor crimes in Jordan has put violence against women on the public agenda in this country and has earned her many awards for her courage, including Women’s eNews’ Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism.
The sex bias claims by a group of Wal-Mart employees may be strengthened by recent pre-trial testimony of Wal-Mart executives. Meanwhile, the group awaits a decision whether their case will become the largest civil rights class action in history.
It’s been 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court established a woman’s right to an abortion. The ruling in no way put the issue at rest and women’s legal advocates are sketching scenarios of what may lie ahead. First of a four-part Roe v. Wade series.
Accounting firm partner Deborah Holmes’ life-long quest is to ensure motherhood and career advancement aren’t mutually exclusive. She has had significant success, but still imagines a world in which women in charge are everywhere.
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.
We must escape. We must show our children that we will not put up with the abuse and that they must not either. We must pressure the courts. We must refuse to accept the label of misdemeanor for brutal assault.
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