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Amid a fresh spring spree of legislative attacks on Planned Parenthood the organization is also saying that it suspects it is being targeted by a new organized sting operation. Press summary here.
The rape and sexual abuse of Jewish women during the Holocaust have been long overlooked. But when researchers probed, stories began to emerge as if they were old photographic film waiting for the right chemicals.
Religious leaders are often the first to hear cries for help from family abuse victims. A New York program counsels pastors and rabbis and encourages them to work with secular services. Part of our “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.
After Hurricane Katrina, women’s funds were quick to respond and help women lead recovery efforts in their communities. Two years later, Sara Gould and Cynthia Schmae say a focus on women provides lessons for disaster relief and aids social change.
Republican candidates are either dodging discussions of emergency contraception or quietly opposing it. Pro-choice Republicans, however, think front-runners are all more moderate on the topic than the Bush administration.
January 22, 1973: The “Other Roe” Case Expands Abortion Rights.
An all-female slate of “minor mayors” is overseeing neighborhood development in Bogota. The city’s mayor says he established the controversial gender monopoly because women have a reputation as honest and effective administrators.
Margarita Martinez gave up a safe, high-paying career to cover her native Colombia. Her award-winning documentary about life in a paramilitary-controlled barrio will be shown at the Human Rights Film Festival later this month.
The theme of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 is that discrimination and stigma are fueling the disease. Evidence of that abounds in Kyrgyzstan, a front line for the disease where women are at higher risk and health workers struggle for funding.
Colombian women in relationships they thought were monogamous are the country’s fastest-growing population being infected with HIV. While many have remained quiet, the lack of medical care has compelled others to bring lawsuits.