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Abstinence-Only-Education Teen Esteem/AWAIT & FIND Abstinence Only Education is not legal in California public schools but in spite of this fact, programs such as Teen Esteem and AWAIT & FIND continue promote their irresponsible and illegal programs in our classrooms. According to the Public Policy Institute of California the majority of parents across the state want comprehensive sexuality education for their teens. It's time parents speak out against these irresponsible programs and speak up for the health and well being of our teens....
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 2:17pm PDT
Southern Girls Convention The Southern Girls Convention is this June 23-25 in Houston, Texas. Make sure to register, propose a workshop, sign up for the craft fair, and find out more!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 9:35am PDT
Book reading by "Nation" writer Eyal Press, April 25th at 6:30 Eyal Press, writer for "The Nation" has written a book about the anti-choice reign of terror against abortion providers.
Come to Valencia Street Books April 25th to hear his story and to commemorate those doctors who died for our rights and lives....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 1:36pm PDT
Iraqi Women Depart US; Call for a Debate TODAY! CODEPINK's Iraqi Women's Tour is coming to a close. As part of our Women Say No to
War campaign, six courageous Iraqi women traveled to the US to speak about the
realities of the war and occupation of Iraq. In the nearly four weeks that have
passed since the women arrived, they participated in events in over 75 cities in
over 20 states....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 11:04am PDT
Homeland Security Official Arrested For Luring Minors On the Internet 
Homeland Security official caught in child porn sting....a.k.a. It's Times Like These I Especially Appreciate The Police and Prisons!! Yet another reason why we need a system of firm checks and balances in all forms of government. Kudos to this Police Dept. that was not intimidated to take on Homeland Security: the President's personal security force who have the guts to issue "security memos" even though they always seem to have their head up their ass. According to many account...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 12:45am PDT
Duke University Rape Case Raises Issues of Race and Class in Durham We look at the latest in the Duke University rape case. A black female student from North Carolina Central University says she was beaten, raped and choked by three white members of Duke's Lacrosse team last month. The case is stirring racial and class tensions in North Carolina....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:20pm PDT
Young, Female and Guarding Detainees in Iraq A guard at a prison in southern Iraq describes life behind the walls to reporter Angelika "Keke" Gomez, 22, an editor at YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:12pm PDT
GABRIELA Member, 68th Woman Organizer, Assassinated in Philippines Note: This is the 68th killing of a woman activist under the Macapagal-Arroyo government and with the ascendancy of Brig. Gen. Jovito Palparan in the Philippine military. Palparan led the Philippine Mission to Iraq which was forced to leave when a Filipino worker was kidnapped. He has a string of human rights violations charges against him, none of which has prospered. During his tenure in the province of Mindoro Oriental, 18 progressives were assassinated, including a young town vice-may...
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 10:57pm PDT
Despite Repression, GABRIELA Will Hold International Conference in Manila Although the leadership of GABRIELA and Gabriela Women's Party in the Philippines are among those being charged with rebellion by the Philippine government, both organizations affirm that the 10th Women's International Solidarity Affair in the Philippines will be held as scheduled on July 19-27, 2006....
Posted: Sun, Apr 2, 2006 8:18pm PDT
The Anti Choice 'Walk for Life": Coming back in 2007! The organizers for the Anti Choice "Walk for Life" have applied for Justin Herman Plaza...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 4:00pm PST
CA governator should re-think infant formula ban Medi-Cal won't pay for infant formula after June first.
What's wrong with this decision?...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 11:30am PST
Get Some Ovaries, CENSURE BUSH! Amazingly, over 15 Senate Democrats voted to censure Clinton for a blow job, but now can't muster the indignation to tell Bush he was wrong for boldly defying U.S. law and ILLEGALLY spying on Americans! Right now there are only three sponsors of Russ Feingold's bill to censure Bush and it is set to be introduced on the Senate floor this Friday. Tell the cowering Senators: "GET some OVARIES or we will GET YOU OUT!!"...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 10:23am PST
South Dakota Abortion Ban Recall Drive Begins; Mississippi Ban Dies A coalition begins a petition drive to recall the ban on abortions in South Dakota. Meanwhile, Republicans blink at banning abortion in Mississippi....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 11:20am PST
South Dakota Abortion Ban Draws Fiery Opposition from Native Americans Cecilia Fire Thunder, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, recently made waves when she said a clinic on the Pine Ridge reservation could provide abortions if South Dakota’s new abortion ban goes into effect. The ban is set to go into effect July 1st. It would prohibit all abortions except to save the life of the mother – with no exceptions for rape or incest....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 9:02am PST
Women’s Rights Under Assault, Abortion Outlawed In South Dakota The right to abortion was won in the United States in 1973 through a mass struggle in the streets that culminated in the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion....
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 3:35am PST
Boycott South Dakota! Please help us in Boycotting South Dakota!!!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 3:10pm PST
Oglala Sioux Tribe on the South Dakota Abortion Ban "To me, it is now a question of sovereignty." President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Cecilia Fire Thunder, says "I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction."...
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2006 12:34pm PST
Human rights abuses: "child brides" in Afghanistan "Married at the age of four, an Afghan girl was subjected to years of beatings and torture." This sort of thing is all too common in US occupied Afghanistan....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 4:20pm PST
American Indian Women's Activism in the 1960s and 1970s Abstract: This article will focus on the role of women in three red power events: the occupation of Alcatraz Island, the Fish-in movement, and the occupation at Wounded Knee. Men held most public roles at Alcatraz and Wounded Knee, even though women were the numerical majority at Wounded Knee. Female elders played a significant role at Wounded Knee, where the occupation was originally their idea. In contrast to these two occupations, the public leaders of the Fish-in movement were women—not a...
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 10:20am PST
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