Womens Media Center
This year, only 13.5% of Congressional guests on the five major Sunday morning talk shows have been women.
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News or Press Release
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.
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Womens Media Center
In his controversial sermon at St. Peter’s last week, Reverend Raniero Cantalamessa expressed no concern for Catholic Church policies that endanger women, writes Angela Bonavoglia, author of “Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church. more...
Womens Media Center
In the last week of October, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made headlines and sparked anger in travels to Israel and Pakistan. Her role some weeks earlier was less controversial yet critically important, as she led UN diplomats forward in an action that could ease the suffering of countless women and girls living in conflict zones around the world.
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The Real Deal on Health Care
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If you only read one article about what's wrong with the economics of health "care" in the United States, this is a good candidate for the one. more...
So why are there so few female chess grandmasters?
Sheville Staff
Don't you just hate that stupid question about why there are so few women chess grandmasters? Grumble no more! Merim Bilalic, himself a chess fan, researched it - and you'll want to read the results!
J. Lee Lehman
One of the hottest issues in privacy is the policy of the Department of Homeland Security that allows for the seizure of laptops and other electronic devices from anyone entering the country - citizen or not. Needless to say, this policy has been justified by claiming national security and the war on terrorism. What is perhaps more amazing is that, despite the specific constitutional injunction against unreasonable search and seizure, this policy has been upheld by a US appellate court! These are seizures
without cause - any agent can seize any laptop or cell hpone for any reason, require passwords to be given, copy an file, or even take the unit and maybe send it back weeks or months later, with no explanation. This is outrageous. While there have been hearings the Summer eelated to this issue, nothing has been done to curb this. Is everybody asleep at the wheel?
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North Carolina Women United
Sheville Staff
NC Women United is ...
a consensus-based coalition of organizations committed to achieving full equality and empowerment for women
Our activities include sponsoring Women's Agenda Assemblies, Women's Advocacy Day, and producing a Legislative Report Card.
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