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August 28, 2006 | Lori Luechtefeld | Environment
“An Inconvenient Truth”—Seizing the Moment
Global warming is—pardon the expression—hotter than ever. Recent developments, from rising oil prices to extreme weather patterns and rampant natural disaster, have raised reluctant awareness in t...
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August 25, 2006 | Adrienne Verrilli | Health, Politics
Court Documents Reveal FDA Politicized Plan B Approval-Update
On August 24th, in an almost complete reversal of its 2004 decision, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Plan B emergency contraception to be sold over the counter, but only to women 18 ...
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August 24, 2006 | Adrienne Verrilli | Health, Politics
Court Documents Reveal FDA Politicized Plan B Approval
Recently released court documents in a suit filed against the Food and Drug Administration charge that the FDA faced undue political pressure by the Bush Administration to stymie over-the-counter sa...
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August 22, 2006 | Milon Nagi | International
“Not How a Second-Generation Should Bond”—Sex Selection in U.S. South Asian Communities
One young woman tells that her mother cried at her birth, disappointed that she was a girl. Another says her parents had initially planned to abort her, wanting a son. “It’s just not the way that ...
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August 15, 2006 | Yvonne Deutsch | Economy, International, LGBTQIA
Letter from Jerusalem
In the midst of the war, world pride events for LGBT dignity were held in Jerusalem last week. The march was cancelled because of the war, but all the other events took place. The march had faced ...
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August 14, 2006 | Milon Nagi | Arts and culture
June Cross on Secrets and Displacements
Writing her memoir Secret Daughter “has been a journey in learning how fallible memory is and how changeable a story can get,” said June Cross at a recent journalists’ lunch at the Women’s Media Cen...
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August 09, 2006 | Leslie Fishburn-Clark | International, Politics
Anger and Frustration Over Closing of Juárez Femicide Cases
Like the families of hundreds of murdered and missing women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Cipriana Jurado is infuriated as they face yet another setback in their mission for justice. More than 400 young...
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August 08, 2006 | Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | International, Violence against women
Manhood and Moral Waivers
Her birthday is August 19, her death day March 12. We cannot let this crime, too, pass into oblivion.
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August 07, 2006 International, Media, Violence against women
Middle East “Voices of Resistance”
In the displacement of Lebanese civilians due to the current conflict, women are suffering the most, said Lina Abou-Habib, speaking from Beirut on a marathon broadcast by FIRE (Feminist Internationa...
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August 02, 2006 | Lynn Paltrow |
A Modest Proposal or Why I Support the Full Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act
Lurking in the anti-choice arsenal is a fascinating piece of legislation called the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act. Like its predecessors—the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and the Partial Birth Ab...
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July 31, 2006 | Milon Nagi | Economy, Media
Pay Gap Is Widest in Top-Paying Media Industry Segments
Women in the highest paid sections of the communications and media industry face an average pay gap of $13,000 a year when compared to men, according to a new report. The Institute for Women’s Pol...
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July 28, 2006 | Veronica Morgenstern | Health, International
Colombia Women’s Small Step Forward
A recent ruling by Colombia’s Constitutional Court overturning an outright ban on abortion, even for victims of rape and incest, garnered headlines around the world. A story not so widely reported h...
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July 25, 2006 | Melissa Silverstein | Arts and culture
In Hollywood, Perception of Equality Doesn't Make it Real
With summer movie season upon us, a potential blockbuster opens each weekend on as many screens as possible throughout the local multiplex. By Sunday morning Hollywood executives know if they've got...
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July 24, 2006 | Amy Bryant | Politics
“Protection” Bill Endangers Teens
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) announced he would bring to the floor what pro-choice advocates call a dangerous and divisive bill, the Child Custody Protection Act (CCPA). The S...
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July 21, 2006 | Milon Nagi | Health
Global Health Advocate Honored in New York
Geeta Rao Gupta, an international expert on gender issues of HIV/AIDS, was destined from an early age to work involving her passion for women’s human rights. Accepting the Working Mother Media Legac...
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