A new Boston exhibit, “A Studio of Her Own,” shows how early women artists struggled to learn anatomy in hospitals, refused to wear veils while sketching nude male models and scoffed at critics who said women could not accurately sculpt men’s legs.
As much of the world focused on the debates in South Africa over the role of racism, a special 18-page report describes the effects of multiple discrimination.
The case for affirmative action is still to be made, as Monday’s federal court ruling against the University of Georgia demonstrates. What is needed is more hard data on the actual benefits, not only to women and minority men, but also to our nation.
The recent debate over the effectiveness of condoms reflects an ominous pattern, beginning with the reinstatement last January of the Global Gag Rule, that is emerging from the Bush Administration.
The first report by a presidential Social Security commission states that 15 years from now, the system will be in financial straits. Congressional Democrats and women’s advocates say it exaggerates the problems and would especially hurt women.
Behind locked doors and formal facades of diplomatic missions, at least 4,000 household workers on special visas are underpaid, overworked, intimidated and sometimes physically abused. If they leave their employers, they lose their visas.
A Canadian and a Nicaraguan woman who claim they were sexually abused, harassed and threatened in government detention are fighting deportation. A new law–yet to be implemented–would permit them to stay until their charges are heard.
Persecution based on sexual orientation is grounds for U.S. political asylum, but most gay people don’t know it. And a new human rights report documents abuse and torture of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people worldwide.
In a round-table discussion with Women’s Enews, top aides of two powerful Democratic senators shared their pro-woman legislative wish list. And, Republican Snowe calls on her colleagues to moderate their views and pass women-friendly legislation.
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