Posts Tagged ‘Women’
Remembering Wilma Mankiller
Wilma Mankiller, 64, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation in modern times, whose leadership on social and financial issues made her tribe a national role model, died April 6 at her home in Adair County, Okla. She had metastatic pancreatic cancer. via [Read More]
South African Musical Legend Miriam Makeba, “Mama Africa” Passes
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for 30 years under apartheid, died after a concert in Italy. She was 76. In her dazzling career, Makeba [Read More]
Military Is Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers ‘Suicide’
According to the Department of Defense, 41 of the 99 U.S. military women who have been killed in Iraq died in “noncombat-related incidents.” Of the 99 U.S. military women killed in the Iraq theater, 41 were women of color (21 African-Americans, 16 Latinas, three [Read More]
The Trials Minority Women Face Serving in the Military
A third of female veterans are women of color. Three of them share their stories of systematic racial discrimination.read more | digg story [Read More]
NY Bill to Declare Abortion a Fundamental Right for Women is Top Legislative Priority for Gov. Spitzer
So this morning I hear this on Democracy Now! Pro-choice activists are gathering around the country today to mark the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. In Albany, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is addressing the Family Planning Advocates of New York [Read More]
UN Launches Campaign to End Violence against Women
At least one out of every three women in the world is likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime and one in five women will become a victim of rape or attempted rape. Trafficking, sexual harassment, female genital mutilation, dowry murder, [Read More]
