Environment Archives – Page 9 of 10

Let’s Inaugurate Saner, Safer World for Women

By Jane Roberts ● Arts & Culture ● January 19, 2005

As Jane Roberts contemplates President Bush’s $40 million inauguration party tomorrow, she thinks about how much family-planning efforts around the world have lost in the last four years.

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Nobel Winner Energizes Women’s Environmental Push

By Miriri Duncan ● Uncategorized ● October 15, 2004

Since becoming the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize a week ago, Wangari Maathai has had no time to rest on her laurels. Instead she has been busy energizing an international effort to bolster women’s role in protecting the environment.

Saudi Woman Enters Race; Men Slack Off at Home

By no-author ● Arts & Culture ● September 18, 2004

College Students Offer Teens Frank Talk on Trauma

By Amy DePaul ● Arts & Culture ● April 20, 2004

In a promising mental-health approach, female students at two universities are visiting high schools and talking to female teens about their personal experiences with depression, eating disorders and sexual assault.

Scorecard on Bush Finds Rhetoric Gap

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Arts & Culture ● March 8, 2004

As women’s rights groups observe International Women’s Day today, a quarterly scorecard on the Bush administration’s international gender-linked polices gives low marks to the U.S. government in the areas of HIV/AIDS and Afghanistan.

Texas Ads Show the Real Face of Rape

By Susan Palmquist ● Arts & Culture ● February 15, 2004

A public-awareness campaign against sexual violence in Texas features victims. “Speak Up. Speak Out.” is serving as a national model for combating sexual assault and encouraging victims to seek help.

Afghan Women Now Citizens; Too-Male Book Review?

By no-author ● Arts & Culture ● January 10, 2004

Experts: Hottest Hip Hop Glorifies Pimping

By Carla Thompson ● Arts & Culture ● November 9, 2003

Hip hop is commercially hot, culturally influential and replete with references to pimping and prostitution. Critics say this not only sends teens a pro-pimp message, it puts some girls even more at risk for becoming prostitutes.

Sex Assault Now a Political Act in Zimbabwe

By Nicole Itano ● Arts & Culture ● September 5, 2003

Sexual assault is prevalent in Zimbabwe, according to rights groups. Concubinage in youth militia camps and the governmental use of rape as a means of punishing female political dissidents are both forms of the problem.

Safety Net Is Weaker for Unemployed Women

By Shauna Curphey ● Arts & Culture ● May 5, 2003

The rising jobless rate is often harder on women because their tendency to earn less and work part-time so they can care for family members disqualifies them from unemployment benefits in many states.