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March 12, 2010 – 10:22 am
Women have been stymied for years in efforts to achieve U.S. ratification of CEDAW, the UN treaty to eliminate discrimination against women. Now, meeting at the UN, U.S. women hope to regain influence in establishing rights for women around the world.
The theme of the 54th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status [...]
“This is not a bill about abortion, this is about health care reform,” said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to the audience of Good Morning America on Tuesday.
Easier said than done, Mr. Gibbs. For the past six months, the health care reform process has become a venomous tug-o-war over women’s choice in exchange for [...]
By Siobhan “Sam” Bennett
Women leaders have shown they know how to work together, whether it’s in the public or private sector. Women’s Campaign Forum President Sam Bennett describes a new initiative to put enough women in office this year to overcome the political impasse plaguing our nation’s lawmakers.
I know I’m not the only one [...]
February 25, 2010 – 12:52 pm
Not Under the Bus is closely monitoring today’s Bipartisan Health Care Summit today for any means by which the proposed bill works to rollback women’s access to reproductive choice.
When: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Where: The Blair House in Washington, DC
Watch: The meeting will be open to the press and streamed at WhiteHouse.gov/live
The Huffington Post is also watching closely, [...]
February 8, 2010 – 4:44 pm
Following the landslide victory of Costa Rica’s first female president, women throughout the Central American country are ecstatic. Wrapped in a National Liberation Party flag, Costa Rican Laura Urena exclaimed at the victory celebration, “I couldn’t be happier…It will give new opportunities to women all over the country.”
While her gender may make her a symbol [...]
February 3, 2010 – 9:35 am
By Megan Carpentier
If a budget is the ultimate statement of values, the Obama Administration deserves some good marks for attending to women’s needs in an austere time.
After President Obama released his budget proposal for 2011 Monday, news reports focused on three things: the increased size of the deficit, the new government spending freeze and the [...]
February 1, 2010 – 10:55 am
By Nichola D. Gutgold
Filling the pipeline leading to the first woman elected U.S. president will take candidates who have convinced voters of their executive abilities, argues the writer, author of two books on women’s races for the highest office. The same doesn’t appear to be true for men who run.
He hasn’t even been sworn in [...]
January 28, 2010 – 10:10 am
By Pramila Jayapal
Barack Obama persuaded us to hope, says the author, that under his guidance the nation could take on its very toughest challenges. But stepping up to the plate isn’t enough.
I watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech ready to fall in love again or to wage war. I came out [...]
January 22, 2010 – 11:46 am
Friday, January 22, 2010 marks the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade. Thirty-seven years ago, our Supreme Court ruled in favor if a woman’s right to choose and maintained that abortion must be available when needed to protect a woman’s health. We acknowledge this milestone with no misconception that the [...]
January 19, 2010 – 6:07 pm
As Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley hopes for a historic win today in the race for the seat held for 47 years by the late Ted Kennedy, a video is circulating of her opponent Scott Brown pausing and smiling after his supporter yells “shove a curling iron up her butt” during a campaign rally. The [...]
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