Congolese Community Leaders Warned U.N. About Security; 240 Rape Victims Now Identified “Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from…
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Stem Cells, Politics and the Law,” Michael Tomasky, The Guardian’s “Michael Tomasky’s Blog”: The main issue in this week’s embryonic stem cell ruling is “the direct connection be…
The following summarizes selected women’s health related videos. NARAL Official Discusses AG Opinion:MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained a legal opinion from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) arguing that abortion clinics should be regulated …
Despite an influx of female candidates in this year’s elections, the U.S. trails other nations in the proportion of women holding elected positions, the AP/Boston Globe reports. This week marks the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amend…
Even after leaving a violent or controlling relationship, the mental health of mothers may actually get worse before it gets better, a new study suggests. Researchers found that in the two years after the end of an abusive relationship, mothers showed …
“A month ahead of the 2010 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) review summit at the United Nations, some women’s groups are voicing concern that member states’ commitment to women’s issues is insufficient and slowing progress towards gender parity worl…
