Prostitution and Trafficking Archives – Page 15 of 15

Women Near Majority in French City Councils

By Raphael Sachetat ● Politics ● March 30, 2001

Under a new French law, half of all candidates for political office must be women. And in recent municipal elections, they won nearly half the seats, yet real power remains elusive and women are just beginning to enter the political pipeline.

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Abused Children Must Pay For Father’s Therapy

By Womens Enews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● March 10, 2001

Tax Dollars Could Fund Preaching of Male Dominance

By Caryl Rivers ● Arts & Culture ● March 7, 2001

The health and well-being of women and girls could suffer if tax dollars support some religious views about male dominance, spousal abuse, the ideal family structure, the primacy of marriage and the dangers of sexuality, especially teen sexuality.

Lacking Opium Money, Afghans Selling Daughters

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● February 26, 2001

(WOMENSENEWS)–The ban on growing opium poppies has left impoverished Afghan farmers destitute and they are trading, selling and marrying off daughters to repay their debts and buy food, according to U.N. and Taliban officials.

The ban imposed by the fundamentalist Taliban movement that controls most of the country has meant there was no harvest of the poppies, a major source of credit and income for farmers in the war-torn country. Coupled with a devastating drought, the ban has resulted in desperate choices, according to The Guardian in London.

Palestinian Women Empowered With Sewing Machines

By JoMarie Fecci ● Employment ● December 25, 2000

While gunshots echo in the streets in a political struggle, Palestinian women are engaged in their own personal, and revolutionary, struggle for economic independence and freedom from domestic violence. Photojournalist JoMarie Fecci reports.

Pro-Choice Women Stepping Up Attacks on Nader

By Cindy Richards ● Arts & Culture ● November 3, 2000

Alarmed that Ralph Nader could hand the Presidential election to George W. Bush, women’s advocates are saying that Nader is not really progressive, does not champion women’s rights and does not understand the critical importance of Roe v. Wade.

Prostitution: Not a Victimless Career Choice

By Constance Johnson ● Crime & Law ● September 22, 2000

The world’s oldest profession is one of its most dangerous. Prostitutes are raped, battered and at risk for HIV. Now, a new study says medical and social scientists ignore the reality of prostitute’s lives, harming them further.

Politics Turns Young Women Off; Issues Excite Them

By Deborah Mesce ● Employment ● July 25, 2000

High school seniors at Girls Nation heard that President Kennedy told a similar group 40 years ago that they would make great First Ladies, but that none could be President. The question now: When will one of them decide that she can?

Letter From an Ex-Prostitute

By Maimie Pinzer ● Commentary ● July 18, 2000