Christmas Archives – Page 2 of 2

Women Should Buy Into Holiday Shopping Boycott

By Susan Feiner ● Arts & Culture ● November 7, 2007

The biggest retail day of the year hovers at the end of this month. Susan Feiner flags the reasons why women, in particular, need to resist the “buy” buttons that advertisers are trying to push and to join a consuming boycott.

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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.

Joy ‘R’ Us, Even at Darkest Time of Year

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Arts & Culture ● December 20, 2006

Joy doesn’t come spilling out of the news these days, especially not the kind that Women’s eNews often reports. But Rita Henley Jensen says it’s now a good time to pause and relish the joy.

Holiday Toys Sell Girls on Primping and Passivity

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Arts & Culture ● November 23, 2005

Toy buyers beware this holiday shopping season. Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett say pink-and-blue aisles and gender-coded departments are stocked high with gender bias that sends a message to girls to be passive.