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At 14, Dominique Moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastics team. In this excerpt from her book, “Off Balance,” she recounts her gaffe on the big day that overshadowed the team’s ultimate gold win.
Today Women’s eNews celebrates its seventh annual gala honoring 21 Leaders for the 21st Century. We also announce a series of stories about women’s real-world challenges–The Memo–which we’ll deliver to the ’08 conventions and campaigns.
Sen. Bob Casey plans to introduce legislation to increase federal funding for child care for the first time in seven years. With Mother’s Day approaching, child care activists have been pushing politicians on an issue that’s low on the public radar.
NPR’s Anne Garrels was the voice of Iraq during the 2003 invasion and her reports from the war zone have been a highlight of the network’s coverage. Now she sees only bad options in Iraq but intends to cover the country as long as possible.
A U.S. filmmaker is hoping that her documentary will stir U.S. politicians to do more to alleviate fistula, an easily treated condition that has turned millions of African women into outcasts. Important screenings are planned for February and March.
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With $95 billion in unpaid child support last year, Cindy Elmore deplores the recent federal cuts in aid for custodial parents. Busy single parents, she says, deserve a national child-support enforcement system to save them precious time and money.
Leslie Byrne hopes to become Virginia’s first female lieutenant governor after today’s votes are counted and more women hope to run America’s biggest cities. In California, voters are considering parental notification for abortion.
A female gymnastics team in Pennsylvania was reinstated by a preliminary court injunction. The ruling reinforces the rules universities must follow to avoid discriminating against their female athletes.