"womens-reservation-bill" Articles & Blogs:
National Women’s History Museum bill moves to the Senate
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This is pretty cool. The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill (HR 1700) that would set the stage for a National Women’s History Museum to be built on the National Mall. It now moves to the Senate. The House passed HR 1700 on a v...[Read on] |
Wesleyan women’s rights activist shot and killed
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Johanna Justin-Jinich, a Wesleyan student, was shot and killed yesterday by Stephen Morgan, a man who had been harassing and possibly stalking her. He walked into the bookstore where she worked and shot her. He has not yet been apprehended, and may be ta...[Read on] |
Summit signs Bill Condon to direct 4th film in the Twilight saga
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I can’t say I am surprised, but I have to say I am dismayed. Summit has signed Bill Condon — who I believe is a very talented director and I have seen all his movies — to direct the 4th film in the Twilight saga – Breaking Dawn. There is a p...[Read on] |
Taxes On Cosmetic Surgery Target Women
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How would you feel if you were going for a surgical procedure and had to pay taxes on it? It may just be the case. This issue is stirring up in the media with supporters and protestors alike. The subject with taxes on elective surgeries ...[Read on] |
India's economy and women's influence
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What a great time to be in India! I am having the good fortune of visiting this great country for the next couple of weeks and it is such an exciting time. On March 8, which is International Women's Day, The Women's Reservation Bill was the topic of di...[Read on] |
Is Bill O’Reilly’s Feud with Jennifer Aniston His Oddest Ever?
| Bill O’Reilly and Jennifer Aniston are now in a public feud. (In case you had any bets riding on whether/when this match-up would come to fruition, now is the time to collect.) In conjunction with her new film about sperm donation and pregnancy, Ani...[Read on] |
Bill Paxton Can Defend Polygamy, But He Can't Defend Sarah Palin
| Photograph by Lacey Terrell/HBO.Bill Henrickson, the serial polygamist played by Bill Paxton on HBO's critically-lauded series Big Love—season three was just released on DVD—may seem like a flawed and unsympathetic character. But despite his u...[Read on] |
The Time is Now: Women Can't Wait for Health Reform
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Today, the House of Representatives released its much-awaited final health care legislation. The following is a statement by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC):
“The House bill marks another historic step o...[Read on] |
How Stupak could still make it into the health care reform bill
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In the past week, much has been written about Senator Harry Reid and how he rode in on his white horse to save women from the evils of the Stupak Amendment. While it may seem like some of the Stupak-Pitt storm has cleared, women's rights advocat...[Read on] |
Quick Hit: Grading the White House on Women's Issues
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Our girl Samhita is quoted in this recent Forbes piece about the White House and Women's Issues.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, 32, executive editor of feministing.com, believes female support is slipping. "Using reproductive rights as a bargaining chip was a bi...[Read on] |
Florida bill would make abortion punishable by life in prison
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Rep. Charles Van Zant wants to criminalize abortion
Oh, Florida.
Sponsored by Rep. Charles Van Zant (R-Palatka), HB 1097 would criminalize abortion, and make for no exceptions for rape or incest. And then there's this:
Except in cases where a woman's...[Read on] |
Some good news about women and health care (for a change)
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The Women's Health Amendment was passed by the Senate yesterday with a vote of 61-39. Woot!
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) proposed this amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will require all health care plans to cover women's...[Read on] |
Sharon Stone and Bill Clinton Help Raise $4.5 million to Fight AIDS at Cannes
| Last night's amFAR fundraiser, at the Hotel du Cap, was the most glamorous evening of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Bill O'Reilly Is (Still) An Asshole
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I know its never good to take to heart the words of a bigot- so I won't . Yet I can't help sharing this clip: a despicable piece within which O'Reilly claims Jennifer Aniston's honest words on single parenthood, are "destructive to society".
Watch are...[Read on] |
Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill
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Abortion compromise, subsidies must be improved in conference
Today, the Senate voted 60 to 39 to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The following is a statement by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women's Law Center...[Read on] |
Women's 2009 Books Enjoyed a Banner Year
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Female writers in all genres and at all levels--from blockbusters to thought stirrers--have won a generous portion of this year's critical acclaim, sweeping up a large percentage of the major prizes and, partially thanks to a spate of new f...[Read on] |
History Is on Women's Side in the Workplace
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(WOMENSENEWS)--A flurry of February headlines announced, just in time for Women's History Month, that for the first time women outnumber men on the nation's payrolls.
Second-paragraph perspective pointed out that is mainly because of the depleted employe...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Fran Drescher
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The star of The Nanny (I’m still waiting for her next sitcom) took her focus on health care and cancer (she is a uterine cancer survivor) to Capitol Hill yesterday to get Senators on board of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010. The bill will eliminate c...[Read on] |
The Special Relationship doesn’t do justice to Hillary Clinton
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Here’s a bit about something that’s been bothering me for a couple of days since I saw the film on HBO.
I remember being excited when they announced the cast for The Special Relationship, the third in the trilogy of Michael Sheen taking on Tony Bla...[Read on] |
Are Americans Too Stupid to Survive the Recession?
| This is no time to hoard nuts.Imagine that you are the bill-payer in a household that, like many in America, has run up a sizable debt over the past 10 years, even though things were going well for you for most of that time. Now you’re in a predicam...[Read on] |
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