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Is Pope poised to sanction condoms? Vatican's rethink on ban signals historic move to cut the spread of Aids...
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2006 6:11pm PDT
Chicana Author Sandra Cisneros to Recieve First Gloria E. Anzaldua Distinguished Lecture Award (4/30 The Chicana/o Latina/o Research Center at UC Santa Cruz (CLRC) is pleased to announce its first annual Gloria E. Anzaldúa Distinguished Lecture Award Ceremony. Noted Chicana author and MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient Sandra Cisneros will accept the award and read from her work at 5pm on Sunday, April 30, 2006 at Watsonville’s Mello Center for the Performing Arts....
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 12:49pm PDT
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http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 7:19pm PDT
Democrats, Their Apologists and Abortion If nothing else, the Democratic Party was at least pro-choice—or so we were told. Ever since Ronald Reagan heralded the rise of social troglodytes in the early eighties, liberal leaders have scolded into line those disgusted with the Democrats’ support for foreign wars, “welfare reform,” and anti-gay legislation by insisting that the Democratic Party was all that stood between women seeking abortion and the Republican barbarians howling at the gates. For twenty-five years, the Democratic man...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 7:58am PDT
'Coco' monologues break taboos in Beirut Taboo-breaking play ‘Hakeh Neswan’ takes Lebanese theatre by storm with sold-out performances, rave reviews....
Posted: Sun, Apr 23, 2006 9:07am PDT
The Missing Girls of Iraq: Sex trafficking has resurfaced in Iraq
From the Magazine | World
The Mi Sex trafficking, virtually nonexistent under Saddam Hussein, has resurfaced in Iraq. TIME reports on a seldom-discussed epidemic: girls being kidnapped and sold to brothels...
Posted: Sun, Apr 23, 2006 8:35am PDT
Raging Grannies and Raging Americans Cindy Sheehan asks us to get outside of our "comfort zones" and demand an end to human rights violations being committed by our government in our name....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Cardinal backs limited condom use One of the Roman Catholic Church's most distinguished cardinals has publicly backed the use of condoms among married couples to prevent Aids transmission....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 6:22am PDT
Iraqi Women Under Siege: Read Report! For the sake of our Iraqi sisters, let's educate ourselves, spread the truth and
redouble our efforts to build a more peaceful world....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 12:03am PDT
Suspect In Duke Rape Case May Lose Gay-Bashing Plea Bargain (Durham, North Carolina) Federal prosecutors could revoke a deal reached in an assault case with a Duke lacrosse player charged with raping a stripper at a team party, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 7:15am PDT
One-woman protest helps halt huge Indian dam project From a hospital bed, a starving woman has brought the biggest infrastructure project in a booming India to its knees. The Supreme Court has ruled that work on a massive dam on the Narmada river cannot be completed unless thousands of people whose homes will be flooded are relocated and rehabilitated....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 7:04am PDT
Reverend Sun Myung Moon, owner of Washington Times, has a few words of wisdom on sex Washington Times founder, Messiah, and general right-wing nut, Rev. Moon:
"The women are the problem in history," he said in 2004. "Women who don't want to have children should cut away their breasts, bottoms and love organ because the purpose for those was first for the children. If they don't fulfill that purpose, then they are not needed."
"Woman's sexual organ is like the open mouth of a snake filled with poison," he said in 1996. Men don't get off any ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 17, 2006 2:11pm PDT
Fetus Cannot Feel Pain, Expert Says This just in...fetal pain legislation is a popular way of pathologizing abortion....
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 12:13pm PDT
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee to Visit Northcoast Two Northcoast appearances for Nobel Peace Prize nominee to discuss the worldwide grassroots movement for the women and girls of the world. “When the world takes care of women, women take care of the world.”...
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 10:47pm PDT
A Family In Baghdad: On Pro-Occupation Iraqis When I was in Amman before I got here, I received an invitation to attend a conference held by an American women's organization, established by a group of women belonging to different religious creeds. This is a conference for a meeting between American and Iraqi women, to draw closer the viewpoints of different religions (Muslims, Jews, and Christians), or the different sects (Shia'ats and Sunnie women from Iraq).
When I saw the names of the Iraqi women invited, I found that most of them wo...
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 10:09am PDT
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
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