Women's eNews

Ensler's 'Emotional Creature' Starts Off in India

Kavitha Rao — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:00 +0000

MUMBAI, India (WOMENSENEWS)--In her new play "I am an Emotional Creature: ,"The Secret Lives of Girls," which had its world premiere here on Nov. 12, playwright and activist Eve Ensler provides a global stage for the oppression faced by girls worldwide.

Feminist Voices Missing in Climate Change Debate

Anushay Hossain — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:45:00 +0000

(WOMENSENEWS)--I grew up knowing my country, Bangladesh, was drowning.

Kissling's Menstruation Blog Talks All About It

Jackie Bischof — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +0000

(WOMENSENEWS)--Elizabeth Kissling, president of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, says she's used to people saying: "You study what?"

Since the 1980s she's researched the social and commercial treatment of menstruation and has written one book and numerous articles on the topic.

Fear of Death Chills Journalism in Congo

Danielle Shapiro — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:38:00 +0000

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo (WOMENSENEWS)--Jolly Kamuntu hasn't missed a single day of work.

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Kimberly Seals Allers — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Pregnancy and Swine Flu. Get Answers.

Pregnancy is scary enough. Worries about your baby's healthy development, anxiety over what labor and delivery will be like and conflicting information on what to eat or not eat can really weigh on your mind.

Politics of Burka and Niqab Heat Up in Canada

Wency Leung — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0000

VANCOUVER, Canada (WOMENSENEWS)--Salma Siddiqui recalls her grandmother habitually wore a burka in her native Pakistan decades ago.

"She was of the old school and she wore it because that was the only way she saw it," Siddiqui said.

Jobless Benefits Will Now Reach More Women

Sharon Johnson — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:32:00 +0000

(WOMENSENEWS)--In 41 states, unemployed men are more likely than women to collect unemployment insurance benefits, according to a May 2009 study by the New-York based National Employment Law Project.

But a federal recovery program may be quickly changing those numbers and extending this vital safety net to more women.

Iraq Trains Female Cops; HIV Top Threat to Women

Kimberly St. Louis — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:58:00 +0000

(WOMENSENEWS)--

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In Iraq, 50 women became the first female graduates Nov. 9 of the country's police officer training academy, The New York Times reported.

"Everyone says men are able to do everything, but that's not true," First Lieutenant Farah Hameed, 24, said in the article. "In investigations, especially with women, women use their compassion with victims to get them to answer questions clearly."

Ageist Health 'Reforms' Can Be Lethal

Margaret Morganroth Gullette — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:46:00 +0000

(WOMENSENEWS)--A recent Boston Globe cartoon by Joe Martin shows two people sitting at a table, a balding man looking up from a paper at a woman.

He says, "According to this, '70 is the new 50' . . . And 90 is the new 'older than dirt.'"

A lot of women 50 and over, were they to know more about congressional health care plans, would be feeling 90.

Afghans' 'Bravest Woman' Calls on U.S. to Leave

Amy Littlefield — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:02:00 +0000

(WOMENSENEWS)--Surrounded by powerful men twice her age, Malalai Joya, then 27 and the youngest person elected to the Afghan parliament, raised her hand to speak. She denounced the warlords and drug traffickers in the government and stood up in favor of women's rights.

That was 2005, four years after the United States invaded Afghanistan.