Full Coverage: Womens Issues
News Stories
- Genital mutilation 'still common' BBC - Tue, Jun 10, 2003
- Indian women join elite police BBC - Tue, Jun 10, 2003
- Congo's Warring Factions Leave a Trail of Rape NY Times (registration req'd) - Mon, Jun 09, 2003
- Air Force Academy Releases New Sex Assault Policy Reuters - Sat, Jun 07, 2003
- Policy Shift on Handling of Complaints at Air Force Academy NY Times (registration req'd) - Sat, Jun 07, 2003
Feature Articles
- Welcome to the New Newspaper for Women ArabNews - Mon, Jun 09, 2003
- At Muslim Prom, It's a Girls-Only Night NY Times (registration req'd) - Mon, Jun 09, 2003
- Working Mothers Sway Senate Debate, as Senators NY Times (registration req'd) - Sat, Jun 07, 2003
- Africa's Women Beginning To See Progress in Politics Washington Post - Fri, Jun 06, 2003
- From a Prim Jordanian Girlhood to the Wild Blue Yonder Washington Post - Fri, Jun 06, 2003
- Making It on Their Merits Business Week - Thu, May 29, 2003
Opinion & Editorials
- Guns offer false security USA TODAY - Wed, Jun 11, 2003
- We the Women Know that Language Matters Newsday - Tue, Jun 10, 2003
- Women work, shop at Wal-Mart Miami Herald - Fri, Jun 06, 2003
- The courage to tell Baltimore Sun. - Thu, Jun 05, 2003
- A step backward for Iraqi women? Capital Times - Wed, Jun 04, 2003
- War on domestic abuse is being lost through words Buffalo News - Wed, Jun 04, 2003
Related Web Sites
- Amnesty International USA Women’s Human Rights Program
- focuses on promoting women’s human rights within Amnesty's mandate.
- WomenWatch
- gateway for UN information on women's issues.
- State of the World's Mothers 2001
- compares the well-being of mothers and children in 94 countries. Areas covered include health status, use of contraception, literacy and political participation. From Save the Children.
- UN Human Development Report 1995
- examines disparities between women and men around the world, and attempts to measure the empowerment of women in economic and political terms.
- Human Rights Watch: Women's Rights Division
- includes news, publications, and information about ongoing campaigns.
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- established to conduct policy relevant research on women's lives and to inform and stimulate debate on issues of importance for women.