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Monthly Archives: December 2003

Good News for Women

December 24, 2003 – 6:30 pm

The Nation
column | Posted December 24, 2003
SUBJECT TO DEBATE by KATHA POLLITT
There was plenty of gloomy news for women in 2003. American women make just under 80 cents on the male dollar for full-time, year-round work. We lost Carolyn Heilbrun, Carol Shields, Rachel Corrie, Nina Simone and Martha Griffiths. Russia tightened its abortion laws; in […]

By Leslie | Posted in Estrogen, HRT, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Peri-Menopause, Post Menopausal Women, Psychology, Social/Political, Suppression, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics | Comments (0)

65 Million Girls Unable To Attend School, More Likely To Suffer Abuse

December 19, 2003 – 6:27 pm

Feminist Daily News Wire
December 19, 2003
The United Nations has reported that over 65 million girls around the world are unable to go to school, which then increases the chances that they will die in childbirth, live in severe poverty, or suffer violence and abuse.
According to the report, “because of the persistent and often gender […]

By Leslie | Posted in Education, Holy Hormones Honey! The Greatest Story Never Told, Hormonal Honeys, Psychology, Puberty, Sexual Abuse, Social/Political, Suppression, Teens, Women's History, Women's Politics | Comments (0)