Lawrence Taylor, The Media, and Human Trafficking
Most of the local news stories gave little to no insight to the aspects of human trafficking apparent in this case, nor the prevalence of this activity on New York City streets.
Category: Women’s Issues
The Mother’s Day Conundrum
The function of caretaking is diminished until it is time to pay the piper – when something goes wrong. Inevitably, the question almost always comes down to, “Where was the mother?”
Women + Politics = Change
Women make up only 17% of the seats in Congress. Internationally, America is ranked 84th in the number of women serving in the national legislature, lagging behind Afghanistan and Cuba.
A Report from “Women in the World: Stories and Solutions” Summit – Part 2
Gloria Steinem has repeatedly stressed the importance of women sharing their personal stories as a way to add their voices to the human record. This was the strength of The Daily Beast’s three-day event.
A Report From “Women in the World: Stories and Solutions” Summit – Part 1
Madeleine Albright’s most arresting comment was the analogy, “Women in a country are like the canary in the coal mine.”
A New Recipe for Heart Health
Today, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. Sudden cardiac death is the most frequent presentation of the disease in women. The statistics from the American Heart Association are eye opening.
“Half the Sky Live” Event Bringing Awareness to Women’s Issues
This March 4th, CARE will be joining forces with the top-selling juggernaut book, Half the Sky. Written by the Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, the authors have been vocal about the need to turn “oppression into opportunity for women worldwide.”
Families Use Social Media to Respond to Gardasil Side Effects
As parents sought to navigate a situation where their healthy daughters had become sick and, in the worse case scenario – died, they turned to the Internet for answers. Scouring the web for information, checking message boards and chat rooms, they found out that their predicament was not isolated.
Thoughts for a New Decade: What I Wish for Women
As we move into a new decade, I can’t help looking over my shoulder at all the things I would like to leave behind.
Day of Action for Women’s Health 1/13/2010
As the average American tries to make sense of the constantly shifting health plan and attendant debates, one issue remains crystal clear. Women’s reproductive rights are being used as a football and bargaining chip in the fight to secure a long awaited health care bill.
