Mother Jones Tests Nonprofit Model In Race To Survive Recession
3/7/09
NY Times: In its beginning Mother Jones, the leftist magazine founded in 1976 in San Francisco, viewed itself as a defender of independent journalism free from corporate meddling. Today it sees itself as a defender of journalism itself.
Discord Likely Over Ratifying Women’s Rights Pact
3/7/09
AP via Washington Post: A global women’s rights treaty completed 30 years ago has a better-than-ever chance for U.S. Senate ratification this year, yet the hunt for the needed 67 favorable votes is likely to incur the wrath of activists on both the left and right.
Grim Struggle Continues For Women In Afghanistan
3/9/09
AP via Google: On the same day an Afghan female lawmaker announced her candidacy for Afghanistan’s presidency, an impoverished widow seeking to escape a life of despair set herself on fire.
Diane Disney Says Fairness Doctrine Repeal Hurt Nonprofits
3/6/09
Broadcasting & Cable: At a forum in Washington last week hosted by communications think tank, The Free State Foundation, Diane Disney, a professor at Penn State and former Clinton administration official, said that “activities simulated by the repeal of the fairness doctrine” contributed to the need for new regulation, but that they would need rebranding to avoid the “strong and stereotyped” reactions to the term “fairness doctrine.”
Iran–Radio Reporter To Be Released, Official Says
3/6/09
NY Times: Tehran Deputy Prosecutor Hassan Hadad said Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American radio reporter who was arrested more than a month ago, would be released within the next few days, the ISNA news agency reported Friday.
In Mideast, Clinton Turns Up The Caution
3/7/09
NY Times: On the road with Hillary Rodham Clinton, two distinct secretaries of state are emerging: the loose, unscripted politician who roamed Asia’s neighborhoods and schools, and the tightly controlled diplomat who marched through the Middle East.
Panel Passes Domestic Violence Bills Dealing With Guns
3/7/09
Washington Post: A key legislative panel in Maryland yesterday approved central portions of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s agenda for combating domestic violence, two measures that would give judges more authority to confiscate firearms from domestic abuse suspects.
At Labor Gathering, Luxury, Jockeying And Applause For Secretary
3/7/09
NY Times: At a three-day labor gathering, Hilda Solis talked about her immigrant parents, both union members, and about her father’s solid Teamster paycheck.
Summers’ Free Speech Friends At Harvard Skew Facts
3/9/09
Women’s eNews: Two Harvard grads say Larry Summers lost his job at the Harvard helm to the excesses of political correctness. Caryl Rivers says they have the Summers story wrong and will fuel media faith in the myth that women are inferior at math.
Women Can Lead The Way To Recovery
3/9/09
SF Chronicle: Although the economy has dominated our consciousness, debates and airwaves for months, little attention is being paid to the fact that women are disproportionately bearing the brunt of this crisis. Equally ignored is the fact that women have the solutions to get us out of it.
3/9/09
NY Times: In the days leading up to Barbie’s cougariffic 50th birthday – today – most everyone has had a story to tell. Mine begins in 1958 in one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, Hamedan, Iran, and it begins with my mother, then just a small girl, and Barbie’s international predecessor and antithesis: the porcelain baby doll.
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Women Defy Militancy, Patriarchy
3/8/09
IPS: The challenges and contradictions facing Pakistani women were never so apparent as now. While striding ahead in a country that gave the world its first female, Muslim prime minister, they also face the threat of terrorism which claimed her as a victim.
An Empire For Poor Working Women, Guided By A Gandhian Approach
3/6/09
NY Times: The Self-Employed Women’s Association, or SEWA, offers retirement accounts and health insurance to women on the bottom of India’s social ladder who never had a safety net.
Iraqi Surveys Start To Unveil The Mental Scars Of War, Especially Among Women
3/7/09
NY Times: Only when the guns fall silent does the extent of damage wrought by conflict become visible. So in Iraq, as security improves, only now are the full effects of the violence on the Iraqi people emerging.
Vatican Backs Excommunication Stemming From An Abortion
3/9/09
NY Times: A senior Vatican cleric on Saturday defended the excommunication of the mother and doctors of a 9-year-old girl who had an abortion in Brazil after being raped. The child was pregnant with twins.
CLIMATE CHANGE: A Little Equality Could Save A Lot Of Lives
3/6/09
IPS: When ministers and government officials meet at the end of this year for a critical U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen, they should bear in mind that the mortality rate for women during climate-related natural disasters is an average of 14 times higher than for men.
Plan To Warn Women Of Violent Men And Monitor Abusers
3/9/09
Guardian, UK: Home secretary announces scheme to monitor those guilty of domestic abuse, with police alerts when offenders start fresh relationships
3/9/09
BBC: Equality is enshrined as a principle at the heart of the European Union, yet only about one-third of Euro MPs are women. Gender discrimination remains widespread in Europe. Here European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrom explains why she is campaigning to get more women into senior EU positions. This is part of a viewpoint series ahead of the June European elections.
It All Starts With Contraceptive Security
3/7/08
RH Reality Check: From March 2 to 13, hearings will be held at the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women on the progress, or lack thereof, on implementing commitments made at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
The CW Bets Its Future On Young Women Viewers
3/8/09
SF Chronicle: The three-year-old television network is betting its future on the whims of young women, almost to the exclusion of everybody else. By designing a schedule that appeals to them, the CW hopes to build an identity where there really hasn’t been one in the three years that it’s been operating.
Ghostface Killah Releases Track In Support Of Rihanna
3/6/09
Salon: Ghostface Killah has released a new track to the internet that offers support to Rihanna and other domestic violence victims.
Channeling The Ideal Of Modern Beauty
3/8/09
Washington Post: The most valuable currency in the fashion industry is beauty. It’s like a natural resource: exploited, manipulated, celebrated and often taken for granted
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