THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WOMEN
New Welfare Regs Called Barriers to Single
Moms By Juliette Terzieff - WeNews correspondent
Single mothers with children are the vast majority of
those receiving welfare. New federal regulations will make it harder for them
to find time for further education, time with their children, or even
domestic-violence counseling, advocates say.
Full Story: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2996
Gateways to Safety Scarce for Navajo Women
By Pamela Burke - WeNews correspondent
A Navajo safe-house network for those fleeing domestic
violence, two shelters and a new police training program put band-aids on what
a local police officer calls an epidemic. Fifth in "Dangerous Trends,
Innovative Responses" eight-part series.
Full Story: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2994
Stone Age Had Rocks, Not June-and-Ward
Cleavers By Caryl Rivers - WeNews commentator
Anthropologists who suggest early humans survived by
dint of separate gender roles are grabbing headlines. Caryl Rivers says it
shows the media's fondness for evidence--however dubious--of the species being
hardwired for male dominance.
Full Story: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2995
'Eve-Teasing' Makes India's Streets Mean
for Women By Kavitha Rao - WeNews correspondent
Back in India after 10 years, Kavitha Rao faces the
affronts and fears of "eve teasing," the innocuous-sounding term for
street harassment. Those who fight back occasionally suffer violent reprisals,
but some activists are braving the risks.
Full Story: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2991
Culture Cuddly Dolls Offer Honest Answers
About Anatomy By Courtney E. Martin - WeNews
correspondent
A large family of handmade cloth dolls provide
children with honest answers about anatomy. Adult dolls have genitalia and
pubic hair and mother dolls have breasts that can be snapped onto a baby doll's
mouth to teach the importance of breastfeeding.
Full Story: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2990
* IVF father figure clause is to go *
The government is to abolish the need for fertility
clinics to consider the need for a father when deciding whether to offer IVF.
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/6175501.stm
* UN adopts disability convention *
The UN General Assembly adopts a treaty giving greater
rights to the world's 650m disabled people Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/in_depth/6173073.stm
* Epidurals 'hamper breastfeeding' *
Having an epidural during childbirth is linked to
problems breastfeeding, a study suggests. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/6161727.stm
* Push to boost cancer jab access *
Experts push for cervical cancer vaccines to be made
available to the developing world. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/6173787.stm
* Woman has double hand transplant *
A Spaniard has become the first woman in the world to
receive a double hand transplant. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/6171809.stm