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4/1-3: Women of Color & Allies Summit In only two weeks, hundreds of activists and leaders from across the country will gather in Arlington, Va., to "Empower, Enfranchise and Energize" women of color. The Women of Color and Allies (WOCA) Summit, April 1 through 3, will feature dynamic speakers, music, forums, comedy and workshops....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:18pm PST
National Org Calls on New Jersey Legislators to Require Pharmacists to Fill Prescr. 4 Birth Ctrl National Organization Calls on New Jersey Legislators to Require Pharmacists to Fill Prescriptions for Birth Control...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 12:35am PST
GABRIELA Network Intl Women's Day March & Rally, Women's History Month Activities 
From California to New York, GABRIELA Network, a multi-racial Philippine-US women's solidarity mass organization, commemorates Intl Women's Day, demands end to war and occupation calls attention to impact of these on women of Philippine ancestry....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 5:30pm PST
3/10: National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers
Thursday March 10, 2005
On this day -
Stand up with your abortion services providers and say:
Thank you for your heroism, perserverance, courage, and commitment to women....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 1:19pm PST
From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom A press release regarding an upcoming conference....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 12:34pm PST
Anti-choice movement's day in court - against Roe v. Wade Anticipating a vacancy on the Supreme Court, right-wing lawmakers
around the country are busy preparing for George Bush's nominees to
eliminate a woman's right to choose. Using state legislatures like
Petri dishes, anti-choice lawmakers and governors are passing
unconstitutional laws they hope will test - and overturn - Roe v. Wade
in the Supreme Court....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 12:31am PST
U.S. Policies Adversely Affect Women Globally and Domestically, Says U.S. Human Rights Ntw On International Women's Day, U.S. Policies Adversely Affect Women Globally and Domestically, Says U.S. Human Rights Network...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 12:51pm PST
Discrimination a Key Barrier to Women Migrants' Contribution to Development The economic clout of women migrants could be even more powerful and their contribution to global development enormous if they did not have to face discrimination and inequality in the workforce, says IOM as it marks International Women’s Day....
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 10:07pm PST
Clinics protest Kansas gov’t demand to open abortion records of 90 women DES MOINES, Iowa—In an attack on the right to privacy and abortion rights, Kansas attorney general Phillip Kline has demanded the medical files of some 90 women and minors who received abortions in Kansas, stating he needs the records to prosecute criminal cases involving rape and child sex abuse. Lawyers for the two abortion clinics that are the subject of this probe have asked the state Supreme Court to throw out the subpoena, calling it a “fishing expedition” aimed at identifying names and...
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 6:11pm PST
GenderPAC Decries School Board’s Ban of Girl in Tux ~Florida high school student excluded from yearbook for refusing to wear a gown and pearls, but parents support their daughter~...
Posted: Mon, Feb 28, 2005 5:24pm PST
Ms. Foundation for Women Celebrates Beijing & Beyond: Global Week of Action for Women's Ri Over the next eight days, thousands of women's rights activists will gather at teach-ins, marches, workshops, cultural events, in-person and online all over the world to reaffirm the Beijing Platform for Action, which encourages political participation, education and the protection of human rights for women....
Posted: Mon, Feb 28, 2005 4:46pm PST
UN Reviews Implementing Beijing Declaration on Woman CAIRO, February27 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will kick off Monday, February 28 , a controversial session to review implementations of the1995 Beijing Platform for Action, and the 2000 Beijing + 5Declaration....
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:23am PST
Kansas Attorney General Negotiates Secret Attack on Women's Rights "The National Organization for Women condemns the latest action by anti-abortion zealots bent on invading the privacy of women and girls," said NOW President Kim Gandy. "This is outrageous harassment of women and their doctors for base political motives."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 12:18am PST
Leaders to Bush Admin.: U.S. Must Reaffirm Historic Women's Human Rights Agreement Another U.S. Withdrawal at the United Nations? Leaders to Bush Admin.: U.S. Must Reaffirm Historic Women's Human Rights Agreement...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 6:09pm PST
Kansas Attorney General Violates Patients' Privacy NARAL Pro-Choice America: Kansas Attorney General Violates Patients' Privacy; Demand for Patients' Sexual History, Birth Control Usage Part of Pattern of Intrusion Into Personal Records...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 12:53am PST
Reproductive Rights Conference A FREE conference that addresses reprodctive freedom as it relates to a broad range of social justice initiatives including economic justice, healthcare reform, racial equality, peace, freedom from violence, youth liberation, civil liberties, and LGBTQ rights....
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 11:35am PST
Baghdad Burning: Groceries and Election Results... Yesterday, one of our neighbors stopped by the house. She was carrying a hot plate of some green beans in a tomato sauce. “Abu Ammar has some wonderful green beans,” she confided. “But you have to tell him to give you some of the ones he hides under the table- the ones on display are a little bit chewy.” I added green beans to the grocery list and headed off with E. to Abu Ammar....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 9:41am PST
Urge the Anti-Choice Movement to Help Us Prevent Abortions kinda weird, huh? (reposted by Susie-Q)...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:51am PST
Women in Black Conference, Jerusalem, August 2005 The 13th International Conference of Women in Black
will take place in Jerusalem at the end of August 2005
(probably 4-5 days during the last week of August).
Most of the conference sessions will be held in
Jerusalem...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 12:43pm PST
Gerri's sisters 
Have you ever heard of her? The mother of 2, dead at age 27 due to an illegal abortion in 1964. This is a reminder of why we will never go back. This picture first appeared in MS Magazine in April 1973....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 8:43pm PST
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