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GOP Presidential Hopefuls Tiptoe Around Plan B

By Allison Stevens ● Arts & Culture ● July 20, 2007

Republican candidates are either dodging discussions of emergency contraception or quietly opposing it. Pro-choice Republicans, however, think front-runners are all more moderate on the topic than the Bush administration.

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Ugandan Adultery Law Curbs Effects of Polygamy

By Anna S. Sussman ● Employment ● June 24, 2007

Uganda’s Constitutional Court recently nullified a law that made adultery criminal for women, but not men. The case also strengthened women’s rights on divorce and inheritance. First in a series on women and the rule of law in Africa.

N.Y. Bribery Case Casts Shadow on Divorce Court

By Alison Bowen ● Commentary ● June 15, 2007

A Brooklyn, N.Y., divorce judge has been sentenced for taking bribes in a courtroom where women say they unfairly lost custody of their children. Advocates say the scandal is the tip of an iceberg in a family court system they call dysfunctional.

Cairo Could Be Wrong City to Report Sex Assault

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Commentary ● May 31, 2007

Women in Cairo, Egypt, say they are wary of police response and attitudes toward sex assault. Mob attacks on women last year have been officially ignored and an advocacy group says women are often tortured in police stations.

Laws Block Trafficking; Sexual Terror Ignored

By Moawad & Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● May 26, 2007

She Says Colonoscopy Is a Must as We Age

By Pat Olsen ● Commentary ● March 15, 2007

Colon cancer isn’t just a man’s disease, and writer Pat Olsen knows all about the risk to women. During March, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, she describes her experience with regular screenings and encourages others to take the test.

Hillary Gives Women a Mirror of Our Own Fears

By Gloria Feldt ● Commentary ● March 7, 2007

Women who balk at supporting Hillary often harbor fears that she can’t win. Gloria Feldt says this hurts the goal of gender neutrality in politics and she exhorts women to collect their courage and overcome anxieties that are often about ourselves.

Street-Theater Pickets Played Against War Backdrop

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● December 22, 2006

Jan. 10, 1917: Spectacles begin outside the gates of the White House.

Many Make Safety Pledge; AIDS, Violence Unchecked

By Irene Lew ● Arts & Culture ● December 2, 2006

(WOMENSENEWS)–

Cheers and Jeers

United Nations agencies around the world are teaming up with rights organizations in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign from Nov. 25 through Dec. 10.

Palestinian Women Pay Health Toll at Checkpoints

By Brenda Gazzar ● Health & Science ● November 12, 2006

In the past six years, at least four pregnant women and 34 newborns have died after mothers were delayed at Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza. Volunteers and aid groups are working to ease access restrictions.