After 17 Years, Venezuelan Survivor Finally Wins Justice
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“It is important that you value my testimony… I come here now because I trust you … and I expect justice.”
BRCA genes
Gene Tests Don’t Solve Breast and Ovarian Cancers
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The last week of September is National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week. Science has identified gene mutations that place women at higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer–but to me, this information alone is not nearly enough.
Politics
Marketing to Women Seems Unable to Keep Up
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Marketing to women rarely recognizes the extent of women’s buying power, technical savvy or confidence. Given our media saturation, Sheila Gibbons says it would help girls and women if advertisers addressed them with more respect.
Arts & Culture
13 Grandmothers Share Their Earthly Wisdom
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The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers came together three years ago as the fulfillment of a shared prophecy among female spiritual leaders. Since then they’ve been traveling the world, praying and offering home-grown advice.
Politics
Guatemalan Poll Watchers Spot More Mayan Women
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Despite deadly presidential campaign violence in Guatemala onlookers think efforts to bring women and indigenous people to the polls boosted turnout. The sole female presidential candidate was eliminated and the runoff is Nov. 4.
Arts & Culture
In Radio, Iraq Women Are Raising Their Voices
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Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq has seen a proliferation of female journalists and radio programs focused on women’s issues. Three female talk show hosts visited New York to hone their skills with U.S. talk radio pros.
Crime Policy & Legislation
Venezuela Will Retry Teen’s Accused Torturer
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In a case that has drawn international outrage, Linda Loaiza Lopez’ perpetrator was found not guilty last year, four years after she was kidnapped, raped and tortured. Now, a retrial is set to start next week.
Arts & Culture
Menopause Studies Scramble for Funds
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A growing number of women who once took hormone therapy are now taking black cohosh and eating soy foods to treat menopause. Major studies of the two therapies, however, are scrambling for needed funds.
Arts & Culture
Plan B Decision Near; Mammograms Questioned
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(WOMENSENEWS)–Cheers:After months of delay, the Senate approved Lester Crawford to head the Food and Drug Administration on Monday. The breakthrough came after Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt announced that the agency would make a decision by Sept. 1 on whether to give the emergency contraceptive pill known as “Plan B” over-the-counter status. That announcement prompted two Democratic senators–Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Patty Murray of Washington State–to lift a hold they had placed on the nominee to protest the agency’s inaction on the decision.”It is long past time that the American people had a decision on Plan B and the FDA has finally agreed to give women across the country what we have fought for from the beginning–a yes or no decision,” Murray said in a release.Other Things to Cheer About This Week:The board of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra made history Wednesday when it formally tapped Marin Alsop to become the first woman to head a major American orchestra, the Baltimore Sun reported. Ignoring pleas from the orchestra’s musicians to extend the search to other candidates, the board offered the post of music director to Marin Alsop, currently the principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in England.The Ministry of Women’s Affairs announced Thursday that female civic educators have been dispatched to inform women in provincial areas of Afghanistan through local media, mosques and schools about the September parliamentary elections, reported Reuters.
Arts & Culture
Poor Women Gave Chavez His Win in Venezuela
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Poor Venezuelan women, thankful for the Cuban-style social programs of President Hugo Chavez, have provided him with crucial support. But the populist president is by no means popular with all of the country’s women.