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Elizabeth Creely and Native American Activist Madonna Thunder Hawk Discuss Abortion Rights (audio/mpeg 9.5MB) BACORR's Creeley and Thunder Hawk discuss activism around abortion and womens' reproductive health rights. Thunder Hawk is in town for a talk at New College, and presents political positions of her native South Dakota community, resolute in the face of the recent Statewide Abortion ban....
Posted: Mon, May 29, 2006 3:28pm PDT
My Provencal / Tuscan Suburbia The Irreverent Homemaker is concerend with the home arts. With respect to you-know-who, it has nothing to do with making, "festive holiday centerpieces," out of lavender sprigs, pomegranate seeds, and a hot glue gun. Instead, it's all about clean, simple, wholesome, productive, enlightened living. There aren't enough hours in the day as it is. Got kids? Pets? A career or four? Are you blissfully co-habitating with someone you love? Then you know what I am talking about. It's about l...
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 5:58pm PDT
Take Back the Night 2006 
On Thursday, May 18, students at UC Santa Cruz held the annual Take Back the Night. Starting with a rally at 6:30pm in Baytree Plaza, there were speakers and live performance addressing issues such as prison violence, sterilization, borderline violence, and institutionalized patriarchy. After marching through the colleges on East side of campus, the march stopped outside the College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room for performances by UCSC's Slam Poets Team, before making their way through the rest of...
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 3:34pm PDT
OAXACA: Mujeres contra la violencia feminicida Impunidad de cara a la nación: Oaxaca segundo lugar en femicidios en Mexico....
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 10:43am PDT
Palestinian, Israeli Women Push Bilateral Talks As U.S. and Israel discuss the possibility of unilateral action by Israel in the
Occupied Territories, Allison Stevens reports today that women representing both
sides of the conflict are calling for engagement with Palestine and more women in
the peace talks. Story begins after promos....
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 11:32pm PDT
A Rallying Cry from South Dakota Last month, I shared with you that, as a native South Dakotan, I
was outraged when my state passed a ban on abortion. Your
responses were so heartwarming!...
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 10:47pm PDT
'Da Vinci Code' Lifts Lid on Goddess Scholarship Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code," which opened as a movie on May 19, is just the latest
challenge to women's lowly status in religion, Kara Alaimo reports today. The female
place in sacred history, according to a group of researchers, goes beyond wife,
mother and follower....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 7:43pm PDT
5/30: Lakota Elder Madonna Thunder Hawk Speaks in SF 
Lakota Elder Madonna Thunder Hawk will speak in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 30th at 6:30pm, at New College of California....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 8:53pm PDT
Cisco Conference in Monterey Cisco held conference in Monterey...
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 8:32pm PDT
Colombia Loosens Abortion Law: One Step Forward, Many More Needed 
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Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 10:04am PDT
Colombia Loosens Abortion Law: One Step Forward, Many More Needed 
Overview of fight to legalize abortion in Latin America....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 9:53am PDT
Colombian ruling breaks seal on abortion rights in Latin America Women's rights campaigners pressing for more liberal abortion laws in Latin America have won a breakthrough victory following a ruling by Colombia's highest court saying women have the right to terminate their pregnancies when their lives are in danger or in cases of rape or incest....
Posted: Sat, May 13, 2006 9:27am PDT
Special BCA E-Alert for California 1. TAKE ACTION: Speak Up About Chemical Policy Reform in California; Support
Universal Health Care in California
2. SAVE THE DATE: Women's Leadership Education and Advocacy Day, May 18, San
Francisco; Support Strokes--Making Waves for Women with Cancer, Oakland, May 20;
Environmental Justice Health Summit, June 10, North Richmond; Volunteer with BCA at
Pride, June 25, San Francisco...
Posted: Sat, May 13, 2006 12:10am PDT
Help floral workers fight for their rights on Mother's Day In late March, more than 100 workers at Monterey Bay
Bouquet mainly women, many who worked for the company for more
than 15 years were fired and replaced with workers supplied by
farm labor contractors. The company paid the labor contractor
workers less money and provided no benefits....
Posted: Fri, May 12, 2006 11:29am PDT
Mothers Say No To War: Peace Activists Plan Mother’s Day Protest Outside White House Sunday is Mother’s Day and a group of women have chosen to honor it by calling for peace. Women from all over the country are gathering in Washington D.C this weekend and will be holding an all night vigil outside the White House to demand that the troops be brought home from Iraq. We’re joined by Elaine Johnson and Cindy Sheehan, who both lost sons in Iraq....
Posted: Fri, May 12, 2006 7:16am PDT
A Message from Cindy Sheehan for Mother's Day This Mother's Day, I will be joining CODEPINK and mothers from all over the country
in holding a 24-hour vigil in front of the White House beginning Saturday, May 13th
at 3 pm....
Posted: Thu, May 11, 2006 9:49pm PDT
Clinic Defense week in Mississippi The last abortion clinic in Mississippi is being targeted by Operation Rescue...want to "do something"? Read on.......
Posted: Thu, May 11, 2006 1:35pm PDT
Princeton: Two-Thirds of Ivy League Adopt Gender Protections According to GenderPAC's GENIUS Index, almost
two-thirds of the nation's most elite institutions of higher education
have added "gender identity" and "gender expression" to their
non-discrimination policies within the past four years....
Posted: Wed, May 10, 2006 11:35pm PDT
Contra Contraception: The NY Times investigates the new controversey over contraceptives It's big a feature story so I will only include part of ( Hey, I'm lazy!)...
Posted: Wed, May 10, 2006 10:14am PDT
The Motherhood Manifesto Did you know that in most states mothers can be denied a job or given less pay for the same work, just because they're mothers?...
Posted: Tue, May 9, 2006 10:42pm PDT
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