A weeklong symposium on gender called “Equality Forum†will start from tonight. Philadelphia Daily News reports: Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will be honored as a role model, men and women of faith will gather at historic Christ Church, and gay choruses will celebrate 25 years of making music during this week’s Equality Forum Symposium. Equality [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Apart from Imus…
In a timely analysis, Media Matters for America points out that the tradition of racism and sexism making (air)waves through prominent media personalities is neither new nor should come as shocking, after Don Imus. Indeed, personalities such as Glenn Beck, Neal Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Michael Savage, Michael Smerconish, and John Gibson have been [...]
For an All Gender Bathroom
LGBT community fights to make bathrooms accessible for members of both genders, reports Daily Orange. Bryce Renninger wanted people to talk, to reconsider traditional gender boundaries. So in November he helped make two single-occupancy bathrooms in Watson Hall gender-inclusive. “The big thing is this gets some awareness, and I don’t think people had really thought [...]
TBN at Rutgers focuses on domestic violence
“Women Unite! Take back the Night!†This is how Take Back the Night was observed at Rutgers. Daily Targum reports: As the sun went down on New Brunswick last Thursday, nearly 100 women took George Street by storm as they marched in support of women’s rights as part of the Take Back the Night event. [...]
Domestic violence is not women’s fault
Dr Mary Spooner, founding director of The Change Centre has a commentary about DV published today in the Caribbean News, that’s worth checking out. The phenomenon of domestic violence is more deeply embedded in our lives than we might care to admit. However, domestic violence is not women’s fault; it is a construct of our [...]
Does abuse lead to murder?
Sarah Fortney probes into the possibilities of domestic abuse leading to murder, in a report for Frederick News-Post. Between three and five children are killed by their parents each day in the U.S., according to the American Anthropological Association. Although only a third of family murders involve women as killers, according to a study by [...]
UGA settles harassment lawsuit involving former athletes
UGA settles harassment lawsuit involving former athletes The Associated Press The University of Georgia has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former student who filed a $25 million sexual harassment lawsuit after claiming school officials were slow to respond to an alleged assault involving three athletes. Tiffany Williams contended the school failed to take action [...]
Take Back the Night addresses sexual violence
Take Back the Night addresses sexual violence One in four women and one in seven men will be sexually assaulted in his or her lifetime. On Thursday, the University of Massachusetts’ annual Take Back the Night addressed this frighteningly real fact. Co-organizer of the event and senior Legal and Women’s Studies Major Emma McAlary said, [...]
How do domestic violence and substance abuse connect?
Dean Dyer reports the connection between DV and substance abuse. The connection between domestic violence and substance abuse was explored during the recent monthly meeting of the White County Meth Task Force. As part of the regular meeting a panel discussion was held looking a domestic violence in the area. The panel was made up [...]
Authors to address domestic violence
Shannon E. Kolkedy for Central Daily reports New York Times best-selling author Tawni O’Dell will address themes of domestic violence Sunday as part of a special community event featuring almost a dozen local authors. The event, which is a joint effort between WPSU-FM’s “BookMark,” the Centre County Women’s Resource Center and the Pennsylvania Center for [...]
