Women's Movements

Special Interview with Jane Roberts on International Women's Day

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 1:50pm

March 12, 2010 posted by admin

Jane Roberts, the woman behind 34 million friends of UNFPA, gave a special interview on Chicago Public Radio for International Women's Day. "Gender inequality is the moral scourge of the age," said Roberts. Due to gendercide, sex-selective abortion, and other human rights atrocities, there are 100 million missing girls in the world. To listen to the interview, click here. As Roberts said, "when the world takes care of women, women take care of the world." I think that's something we can all get behind!


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International Women’s Day – beyond celebration, a day of advocacy

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 1:37pm

Originally posted by Ruth Schechter on 03/07/10 on Gender News from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University

 After decades of marches, boycotts, lobbying and rallies, did the protests of the past 40 years really make a difference? Do protests still work? Can women still advocate change through social activism?

Timing is Key in Successful Social Movements


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Women’s Suffrage, Political Responsiveness and Child Survival in American History

Submitted by kpeterson on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 2:15pm

Women’s choices appear to emphasize child welfare more than those of men. This paper presents new evidence on how suffrage rights for American women helped children to benefit from the scientific breakthroughs of the bacteriological revolution.

URL: 
http://www.stanford.edu/~ngmiller/suffrage.pdf

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Gloria Jacobs is Executive Director of the Feminist Press, a non-profit publisher affiliated with the City University of New York. The Press has been publishing books by and for women around the globe for 36 years, and also publishes WSQ, the Women’s Studies Quarterly. A journalist, author and feminist activist, Ms. Jacobs was for many years the Executive Editor of Ms. magazine. She is the co-author, with Barbara Ehrenreich and Elizabeth Hess, of Re-making Love: The Feminization of Sex, which analyzed the convergence of the women’s movement and the sexual revolution. Her articles have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Guardian (UK), Mother Jones, Working Mother, and New York Woman. Working as a consultant for the United Nations, she edited and wrote several major reports on the status of women around the world.

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"Passing the Torch"

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:27pm
Member Organization: 
Center for the Education of Women
Date/Time: 
03/22/2010

Location: School of Social Work, Educational Conference Center 1080 S. University Avenue

Presentation "Chicana por mi Raza: Uncovering the Hidden History of Chicana Feminism"

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:17pm
Member Organization: 
Center for the Education of Women
Date/Time: 
03/17/2010

Location: CEW, 330 E. Liberty Street

 

Pondering the Bigelow Nomination in Larger Context

Submitted by jmumbey on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 3:00pm

The Huffington Post
Melissa Silverstein • February 8, 2010

International Women's Day

Submitted by jmumbey on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 1:01pm
Member Organization: 
Legal Momentum
Date/Time: 
03/08/2010

International Women's Day

DIFFICULT DIALOGUES II

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 3:33pm
Member Organization: 
National Women's Studies Association
Date/Time: 
11/11/2010 - 11/14/2010

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