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WOC Volunteers needed for Pride Parade Contingent 06 
Bay Area Women of Color BDSM Photo Project will have a Contingent in the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade - Sunday, June 25, 2006
Parade Theme: Commemorate, Educate, Liberate, Celebrate!
(Het, Bi, Pan, Butch, Les, boi, girl, femme...wocs)...
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 6:54pm PST
GirlFest Coming to Bay Area March 24-26 Concerts Comedy Workshops and Film Fest. 
GiRL FeST Bay Area is a multimedia art festival and conference that will take place March 24-26, 2006 at venues in Berkeley and in San Francisco, California. GiRL FeST's mission is to prevent violence against women and girls through education and art....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 11:39am PST
Fresno Bee opinion on Jane Addams: A garden of inspiration 
The Fresno Chapter of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom along with CSUF student and community groups will unveil the new Jane Addams sculpture, located in the Peace Garden on the Campus of CSUF. The unveilng will take place on the evening of April 6th. For more information please call 559-278-2364....
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 4:11pm PST
Women's Rights Organizations Take On South Dakota Abortion Ban The March 21 press conference will include a major announcement by women's organizations in response to the ban, which is expected to be used by anti-choice activists to force the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v Wade....
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 12:18am PST
Blogger puts guide to abortion online A blogger has added fresh fuel to the abortion debate that divides the US by posting online detailed instructions on how to perform such an operation. She said she had received death threats as a result....
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 12:08am PST
US reports two more deaths after abortion pill By Lisa Richwine Is this a "Big Pharma" issue?...
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 1:58pm PST
Support Iraqi Women International Women's Day, March 8, was a powerful day filled with wonderful events
all over the world......
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 8:19pm PST
Today at 4pm: Women's Rights, Warlords, and the US Occupation of Afghanistan Malalai Joya Speaks Out, a talk by the 27 year old Afghan Parliamentarian who has survived assassination attempts and continues to speak out against abuses by warlords and drug lords...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 12:05pm PST
Womon punished for boyfriend's deed Man offends Anaheim gang;
so they punish his girlfriend....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 9:47pm PST
Women Elected on the Hamas Ticket? Yes! The new Palestinian legislative council includes 17 women, six of whom were elected on the slate of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement. Kate Raphael interviewed one of them, Jamila al-Shanty, about her priorities for women and whether Hamas plans to make laws that restrict women's freedom....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 6:50pm PST
Eye On The Middle East: Women, Not Just Wars, On Arab Media's Minds While much attention is being paid to the war in Iraq, issues regarding women in the Middle East are also making headlines in Arab media, so reports NAM contributor Jalal Ghazi. Ghazi monitors and translates Arab media for New America Media, a project of Pacific News Service, and Link TV....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 4:54pm PST
Register TODAY to Lobby on 3/29 for Reproductive Freedom in Sacramento 1. Taking Action: Practical action tools for community organizing.
2. Messaging and the Media: Lessons from Proposition 73.
3. A Woman Knows What's Best for Herself and Her Family: Using what we know
now to make change tomorrow....
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 10:21pm PST
This Week @ The Women's Building The Women's Building, 3543 18th Street between Valencia and Guererro...
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 10:13pm PST
Dianne Patterson and Kelle Greene at FRSC on International Women's Day 
On March 8th, International Women's Day, Dianne Patterson and Kelle Greene were special guests of The Feminist Radio Collective on Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM....
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 12:44pm PST
International Women's Day in the Philippines 
Women of different political groups and professions were present at the March. Thirteen major groups joined forces under the banner “Martsa ng Kababaihan”. Present in big numbers were members of Akbayan, LABAN ng MASA, Bayan, Black and White Movement, Sanlakas, women advocate groups like Gabriela Women’s Party, Welga ng Kababaihan, and WomenSpeak. In an interesting twist of history, this was the first time that the women’s movements gathered together in a common cause since the Marcos dictato...
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 12:05am PST
Mendocino students raped by Marine recruiters at office (Why do I remember the army recruiters at my high school being on the edge of sexual harrassment much of the time).
Two Mendocino County high school students who say they were raped by Marine Corps recruiters sued the Marines in San Francisco on Wednesday, alleging that the Corps "fosters and condones'' sexual assaults by recruiters....
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 7:42am PST
Berkeley International Women's Day March in Solidarity with Struggle of Iranian Women 
On the occassion of March 8 International Women's Day, a rally and March was held in Berkeley in solidarity with a 4-day march in Europe organized by the Campaign for the Abolition of All Misogynist, Gender-Based Legislation & Islamic Punitive Laws in Iran. The call for the European march begins: "If you are against death by stoning! If you are against forced veiling! If you are against the prosecution and imprisonment of women! If you are against lashing a woman’s body! If you are aga...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 10:06pm PST
Women's Voices From Africa: A Conversation with Margaret Busby Today is International Women’s Day. Millions are marking the day around the world celebrating advances made by women over the past year, but also calling for greater equality and an end to war. We speak with Margaret Busby, editor of “Daughters of Africa,” about women’s voices that oftentimes go unheard....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 5:25pm PST
Feminist Radio Show: Int'l Women's Day w/ Dianne Patterson and Kelle Greene (audio/mpeg 39.6MB) Ann Simonton and DJ Shatter host this week's Int'l Women's Day edition of The Feminist Radio Show. Folk goddess, Dianne Patterson along with partner Kelle Greene, play some of their inspiring music, and talk about the Global Women's Strike, Int'l Women's Day, and the struggle for equality. (1 hour and 55 minutes)
More info about Dianne and Kelle:
http://www.greenfestivals.com/green_bio.php?bioid=1961...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 4:46pm PST
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