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Palin And Alaska Native Women
Posted by Shemuses
Reports are saying that Palin's stands on issues of abortion and sex education may be attracting evangelical voters and perhaps scaring off Clinton supporters. What we haven't heard much about, though, is how her positions on women's health have played out in Palin's home state. Alaska's population is 15.4 percent Alaska Native or Native American - the largest percentage of any U.S. state. That's relevant to a discussion on women's issues for a few big reasons. The rate of rape and sexual assault among Indian women is 3.5 times higher than among women of any other racial group in America. In addition, sexual assault victims in Indian country frequently lack access to basic health resources, including rape kits and screening for sexually transmitted diseases.
Victims Of Genocide In Srebrenica: Women And Children
Posted by srebrenicagenocideinfo
Excerpts from United Nations' Report A/54/549, quote: "... women, including pregnant ones, children and old people aren't spared. Some are shot and wounded, others have had their ears cut off and some women have been raped."
B.C. NDP reserves 25 ridings for female and minority candidates
Posted by Shemuses from CBC
The B.C. NDP has set aside 25 ridings for female and minority candidates to contest in the next provincial election. The selection of the ridings follows a motion at the party's annual convention last November that required the party to nominate women to run in at least 30 per cent of seats not currently held by the NDP.
Who Do We Think She Is?
Posted by Shemuses from Washington Post
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's nomination as the Republican vice presidential candidate has stirred the hypocrite within us. Women judging women. We watch the polls while examining her stockings. We listen to her speech while calculating how many bobby pins hold up her hairdo. We parse her record while commenting on the shade of her lipstick. We measure our child-rearing skills against hers. She's a hockey mom. We are soccer (or swimming or softball) moms. We can give a pretty good PTA pep talk, and nobody asked us to be vice president.
Reports of domestic violence on rise among Canada's soldiers: MP
Posted by Shemuses from CBC
The Canadian military is receiving an increasing number of reports about soldiers acting out violently against their families, according to the NDP defence critic. Dawn Black, who is also MP for New Westminster-Coquitlam in British Columbia, has been collecting serious incident reports filed with the Canadian Forces. They suggest violence in military families is increasing, she told CBC News. "Certainly there's more reports of wife assault and angry soldiers exhibiting the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning from Afghanistan," said Black.
Do Women Have an Inner Glass Ceiling?
Posted by Shemuses from Alternet
That's the reason circulating in the media for why more women aren't in politics. That conclusion is convenient -- and flawed. Imagine this: You are running for Congress, campaigning and trying to carry out all your usual obligations. Then one morning your home burns down. While you and your family escape unharmed, almost every single thing you owned has disappeared. How long would you take before you'd start campaigning again? Six months? A year? Never?
Black and single: Is marriage really for white people?
Posted by Shemuses from CNN
Mrs. Allen had it all. A career she enjoyed, a nice home, two adorable children and a husband. She shared her tools for success with me at an early age. She went to college, got married and waited until she was 26 to have her first child. The perfect life. The perfect plan. It was one I decided to model.
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