In Spain, an accountant accused her boss, the mayor, of sexual harassment and refused to back off, and was willing to endure a trial. The resulting uproar handed women’s rights activists a major victory. Also, calls to remove spermicide from condoms.
After teaching older women to read, a Spanish literacy program encourages the students to write about their lives. The results are sometimes sheer poetry. Also, update on Canadian gay-marriage ruling and this month’s “Our Story.”
A member of Congress recalls an encounter 30 years ago with legendary leader African American Shirley Chisholm who inspired her to speak up on the issues that affect women most–and to expect her voice to be heard on crucial issues such as welfare.
A virtual who’s who of feminist academics gathered at the Barnard College campus to relive the old days a bit and recharge their batteries for current equity battles within the ivory tower and beyond.
A proposal to tax all women to pay for costs related to maternity leaves was widely denounced, yet, overall, women employees in Spain are discriminated against because they might become pregnant and fired if they do.
Expanding beyond its roots in Edith Wharton’s segregated New York society, the Junior League diversified its membership and programs. Now, African-American women have assumed leadership of its international association and two dozen city chapters.
As women worldwide are protesting domestic and other gender violence, Spain is swept up in a debate over a dramatic break from its fascist past when wife beating as “moderate reprimand” was legal.
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