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Voices From the Alley 
Voices From the Alley, a Living Newspaper, will be performed the night before the right comes to town....
Posted: Sat, Jan 8, 2005 9:55am PST
GPAC Disappointed: Makeup Can Be Required of Women The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC) today denounced a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals holding that a female employee fired for refusing to wear makeup cannot sue her employer for sex discrimination....
Posted: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 8:54pm PST
Flyer for January 22nd Demonstration 
Here is a flyer for the January 22nd Roe v. Wade Demonstration to download and distribute....
Posted: Thu, Jan 6, 2005 2:26pm PST
Roe v. Wade Anniversary Demonstration On January 22nd, join the San Francisco Area Pro-Choice Coalition for a Roe v. Wade Anniversary Demonstration...
Posted: Thu, Jan 6, 2005 10:01am PST
Pro-Choice Advocate Raises Concerns Over Gonzales Nomination Nation's Leading Pro-Choice Advocate Raises Concerns Over Gonzales Nomination; Nominee Imposed Anti-Choice Litmus Test on Federal Judges...
Posted: Wed, Jan 5, 2005 11:22pm PST
UNFPA Calls for Greater Security for Women Affected by Tsunami UNFPA Calls for Greater Security for Women Affected by Tsunami
Agency Says Fear of Violence can Inhibit Women from Caring for Families...
Posted: Wed, Jan 5, 2005 11:15pm PST
Voltairine ! The radical feminist writings of Voltairine de Cleyre,
1866 – 1912, come back to life on 20 January 2005....
Posted: Wed, Jan 5, 2005 8:50am PST
Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton on the Life of Shirley Chisholm Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress and a 1972 presidential candidate, has died at age 80. We talk to Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C. [includes rush transcript] Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress and a 1972 presidential candidate, has died at age 80. She died Saturday night in Florida. Chisholm was known as an outspoken advocate for women and people of color during seven terms representing New York...
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 8:55pm PST
Change to SF Abortion Rights Resolution Supervisor Tom Ammiano introduced a city resolution today recognizing January 21st, 2005 as"Stand Up for Choice Day," in honor of the landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, and supporting the local pro-choice community demonstrating in San Francisco to defend a woman's right to choose safe and legal abortion and birth control....
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 3:34pm PST
Afghan Recovery Report: Daughters Sold to Settle Debts Poppy growers say the government’s anti-drug program is forcing them to surrender their children to drug dealers....
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 3:12pm PST
Speak up for Legal Abortion Sf Supervisors Tom Amiano set to introduce pro-choice city resolution today at 5:00 pm...
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 1:05pm PST
SFSU Women's Film Festival 2005 News SFSU Women's Film Festival 2005 call for submissions.
Join Women's Film Network!...
Posted: Sat, Jan 1, 2005 6:59pm PST
AntiWar Vigil and Carol Pictures 
Code Pink Women for Peace, War Resisters League West, and Singing for Peace bring spirited anti-war caroling to Market Street shoppers....
Posted: Fri, Dec 31, 2004 6:41pm PST
Career-Long Caregiver Honored With 2004 Tim Gullikson Spirit Award Called by her peers and patients things like a “ray of hope,” “confident,” “competent” and “divinely inspired,” retired nurse and caregiver Sharon Lamb of San Francisco was one of four people from throughout the United States selected as a 2004 Tim Gullikson Spirit Award winner by the Tim and Tom Gullikson Foundation....
Posted: Thu, Dec 30, 2004 11:17am PST
NOW Action Alert- Stop Breast Christmas In an appalling effort to grab attention and raise ratings, radio stations owned by conservative media giant Clear Channel are promoting potentially dangerous plastic surgery and marketing unrealistic and unhealthy images of women. Clear Channel stations are awarding breast implants to women in the "Breast Christmas Ever" contest....
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 8:51am PST
WOMEN AS COMMODITIES: TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN IN ISRAEL 2003 In 2001, the USA stepped up its involvement in fighting the trafficking of women worldwide, threatening to cut off economic aid to countries failing to combat the phenomenon within their borders. This threat suddenly became tangible when Israel was ranked in the group of countries failing to take steps to eradicate trafficking in women. The U.S. warning succeeded in effecting changes in the states threatened with sanctions. However, in Israel, the struggle to eradicate trafficking has barely ...
Posted: Wed, Dec 22, 2004 4:51pm PST
12/21: Wailing Women in SF TUESDAY DECEMBER 21st
5:30 to 6:30PM UNION SQUARE
WAILING WOMEN...
Posted: Tue, Dec 21, 2004 12:17am PST
Newborn is cut from womb of dead mother. 
Another mistake made by the right wing media.
"An unborn child was cut from the dead mother's womb."...
Posted: Mon, Dec 20, 2004 8:49am PST
Stalk and Go Through Her Underwear: Get Reinstated to the Sheriff's Department Supervisor Roger Dickinson put his guy on the Sacramento County Civil Service Commission to make sure that deputies and firefighters can keep their jobs under almost any circumstances...
Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2004 2:38pm PST
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