WMC News & Features
Black Church Leaders Confront Sexuality Issues
At a time when some see a growing divide between religious values and contemporary culture, a group of African American church leaders are meeting this week in Washington, D.C., to narrow the gap. W...
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July 11, 2006 | Ninotchka Rosca |
International
Philippines Update—Murders and Impeachment Motions
On July 4, as the country celebrated Philippine-American Friendship Day, some 100 women, mostly members of the urban poor women’s association SAMAKANA, trooped to the Batasan (Congress) in Quezon Ci...
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June 28, 2006 | Melvina Vandross |
Economy
I Care for Your Children—Here’s What You Should Know About Me
Last week, tens of thousands of home day-care workers in New York City came a step closer to union representation when the state Senate overrode a veto by Governor George Pataki. The legislation wou...
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June 26, 2006 | Gloria Feldt |
Reproductive Rights Pioneer
At a memorial service in New York City, Gloria Feldt paid tribute to Lawrence Lader, who died May 7 at the age of 86. An author and activist, Lader founded an organization called Abortion Rights Mob...
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Facing Down Goliath
The largest sex discrimination class action lawsuit in U.S. history. Workers clamoring for fair and affordable healthcare. Community protests against Supercenters. In the battle to preserve its publ...
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June 19, 2006 | Geoff Boehm |
Economy
A New Kind of Father’s Day
Yesterday was Father’s Day, and I am hopeful that I am part of a trend that will lead to much needed changes in family and work life. I took parental leave when each of my children was born. I’ve al...
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Teens Need Honest Information About Sex
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its latest data on U.S. teens and sexual behavior, it was cautionary good news for those of us who base our opinions on the researc...
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June 12, 2006 | Jane Fonda. |
Feminism
Launch of “Historic” V-Day Festival
Tonight I join Kerry Washington, Kathy Bates, Marcia Gay Harden, Marian Seldes, and Shiva Rose at New York’s Studio 54 to open a festival that will bring the issue of violence against women front an...
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Basketball and Babies
A new documentary opening this weekend highlights a growing issue for women's sports—what happens when you get pregnant?
The WNBA celebrates its 10th anniversary this summer, and with 14 teams, th...
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“Best Case Scenario” on Female Genital Mutilation
This week, African women activists welcomed a newly published report from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the devastating effects of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), while warning that its im...
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June 06, 2006 | Chrisse France |
What’s Missing from the Abortion Debate?
This bill, in its present form, is the strictest in the country. It would ban abortions in our state and even make it a felony to transport a woman to another state to seek abortion care. There are ...
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Gay Marriage Vote Signals Start of 2006 Campaign Season
To listen to the Republican leadership, one would think that Americans are horrified at the prospect of gay marriage coming soon to a court house near them. President George W. Bush devoted his Satu...
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Negotiating Net Neutrality
While Congress continues its tug of war over access to U.S. borders, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled today to consider a bill to guarantee fair and open access for users of the Internet i...
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May 17, 2006 | Betsy Wade |
Media
On Rosenthal's Watch
Facing efforts to improve the dismal status of women and minority-group members in the New York Times newsroom of the 1970s, Abe Rosenthal resisted like an emperor who believes his power absolute.
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Immigration Law Proposals Threaten Victims of Domestic Violence
When a victim of domestic violence also happens to be an immigrant woman without documents, the barriers she faces in trying to escape her tormentor are enormous. Two New Mexico women, founders of E...
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Further Update on Philippines
A regional court in the Philippines threw out government charges of rebellion against Congresswoman Liza Maza of the Gabriela Women's Party and her co-accused. Judge Jenny Lind Delorino refused to i...
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May 05, 2006 | Ninotchka Rosca |
International
Philippines Update
Congresswoman Liza Maza and Tita Lubi, of the Gabriela Women's Party (GWP) have been formally charged with rebellion, along with 46 others. Among the acts for which the 48 are being held responsibl...
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The Invisibility of The Filipina
For forty-six days now, Congresswoman Liza Largoza Maza of the Gabriela Women's Party of the Philippines has lived in the tiny confines of her office at the Batasan (Congressional Building). She is ...
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April 06, 2006 | Gloria Steinem |
Media
Response to Couric
Gloria Steinem, a founder of The Women's Media Center, has the following words in response to Katie Couric's recent move:
By leaving a safe haven, taking a pay cut, and risking the harsh spotlight...
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Trimming Fat--Women Beware!
By the end of the week, the House will vote on its version of the Budget Resolution for FY07. On the heels of drastic cuts already finalized for the current year, this Budget Resolution should have ...
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March 16, 2006 | Ninotchka Rosca |
Media
Media Silence on Major Asia Story: Philippine Congresswoman Charged with Rebellion; Women’s Movement
Why the media blackout on a major story from the Philippines? Filipino papers are not permitted to cover it? Whatever happened to free press in the west?
On the 20th anniversary of the 1986 People...
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March 01, 2006 | Gloria Feldt |
South Dakota Law New Chapter in Abortion Rights
The biggest news about the sweeping new South Dakota law that will ban all abortions except to save the woman's life - no exceptions to preserve her health or for rape or incest - is that this news ...
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A Garland for Coretta Scott King
It was 1978. Houston, Texas. 1,800 delegates and 18,000 observers and foreign guests assembled for the great National Women's Conference. It was a taste of what the world might be like if we had our...
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February 04, 2006 | Alida Brill |
Feminism
Betty Friedan, Map-Maker
Betty Friedan died Saturday, February 4, 2006. It was her 85th birthday. Now, after almost three decades of friendship, I find it surreal: writing this remembrance and not a birthday greeting. The s...