Hey everyone, I found a pretty cool article about Protestant congregations and homosexuality that I thought I’d share with you guys: Cage and Wildman (2008). “Facilitators and Advocates: How Mainline Protestant Clergy Respond to Homosexuality.” Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 587-603. Cage and Wildman collected the perspectives of some “mainline Protestant” ministers (as … Read more
The following is a story from NPR that discusses the barriers for Latina women regarding HPV prevention and treatment. The department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University is currently researching ways to educate women as to the importance of yearly testing as well as vaccination against the strains of HPV that are … Read more
http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/01/26/8297 “Despite birthing 100 percent of the world’s children, growing 70 percent of the world’s food and performing 60 percent of the world’s labour, women only receive a fraction – a mere 10 percent – of the world’s income.”
Canonball, a U.S.-based feminist blog with international contributors, posted this piece about women’s involvement in the protests in Egypt against the rule of leader Hosni Mubarek. Women of all ages are standing up together to make their voices heard and showing that even in traditionally conservative areas of the world, women can be effective advocates … Read more
A low-cost ultrasound system is on its way to Uganda in early summer. Produced by students at the University of Washington, it’s intended to help midwives battle the high death rate in the country’s rural areas. KAMPALA, Uganda (WOMENSENEWS)–A low-cost maternal ultrasound system that began as a class project by a group of college students … Read more
The link below contains the text of President Obama’s response to the murder of David Kato, as well as the murder of several LGBT activists recently murdered in Honduras. http://feministing.com/2011/01/28/white-house-responds-to-murder-of-ugandan-lgbt-rights-activist/
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/28/133213152/iraqi-women-wed-to-insurgents-find-little-hope The campaign goes “Marry a terrorist, and your children will have no rights, the campaign goes. Marry a terrorist, and you’ll be shunned by society”. Alas, most of these women were forced into those marriages at a very young age and the government is not providing any kind of social service to women (many … Read more
The first act of the new Republican leadership in Congress was to try and repeal the Obama health care act. Their second act is to propose a bill called, “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion.” A key component of the bill is to allow funding for abortion only in the case of “forcible” rape instead of … Read more
This video was filmed last fall by a Lebanese group in Alexandria, in support of Egypt. Without even understanding a word of Arabic, you can see women demonstrating unity of communities, discussing problems.
The U.S. broadcast news networks widely covered the story yesterday that Italian President Silvio Berlusconi and three associates were being investigated for paying for sex with a 17-year old Moroccan girl and using the President’s office to cover it up. The US correspondents discussed the “antics” of Berlusconi, particularly the accusation that he hired prostitutes to … Read more