FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sandra Spady pr@womensenews.org 212-244-1720 April 12, 2009 Watch Our Space: Stacy Bannerman, whose husband is deployed in Iraq, says the national instruction about veteran domestic violence and post-traumatic stress syndrome. Cover Story: Indian Politician Is 'Bibi' to Female Survivors By Aditi Bhaduri A politician in rural India has risen from the violent Nandigram land clash in 2007. She wants to help fellow resisters, particularly female survivors of rape and sexual assault, who have not received financial awards recommended by the High Court Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3978 Other news on the Women's eNews site: Cheers and Jeers: Same-Sex Marriage Wins in Vermont; Nepal Activists Unprotected by Government. News from all over that makes us laugh or work just a bit harder. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3977 Podcast: http://www.womensenews.org/WEnews.mp3 Please wait 30 seconds for downloading. Ecuador Sex Workers Target HIV-AIDS Prevention By Dominique Soguel Sex workers in Ecuador are building a national labor network and trying to curb HIV-AIDS, while dealing with the growing presence of minors and undocumented workers in brothels. The first of six stories on Ecuador's sex industry. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3976 Commentary: Canada's Leadership in Pay Equity Eroding Job Losses Closing Door to Female Homeownership By Sharon Johnson ââ¬Â¨ Essay: She's Young, Black, Beautiful and STD-Free By Malena Amusaââ¬Â¨ Commentary: Title IX Legal Muscle Stretches Beyond Locker Room Commentoon by Ann Telnaes Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes is once again brilliantly sharp. See this week's Commentoon at: http://www.womensenews.org Permissions to reprint and repost Women's eNews content are always available. Just click on the copyright.com link at the bottom of each of our pages. Questions? Visit our reprint FAQ's: http://www.womensenews.org/reprint_faq.cfm About Women's eNews Women's eNews is a prize-winning nonprofit news service supported by its readers and other donors. Launched in 1999, the independent media outlet provides news coverage unavailable anywhere else of substantive issues of particular concern to women and their allies. Rita Henley Jensen is founder and editor in chief. For more information or to inquire about subscribing, permissions to reprint or licensing arrangements, please contact Sandra Spady at 212-244-1720 or e-mail her at sandra@womensenews.org. For interviews with Women's eNews editor in chief Rita Henley Jensen, e-mail her at rita@womensenews.org,
By Emanuela Heyninck
Emanuela Heyninck, pay equity commissioner of Ontario, speaks out against a threatened erosion of wage rights for Canadian women in traditionally female occupations. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3975
Heavy job losses in March are raising the specter of more missed mortgage payments. Men suffered the worst unemployment, but women's personal finances tend to be more precarious, which could put them in the middle of the next foreclosure wave. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3974
It may be national awareness month for sexually transmitted disease, but Malena Amusa has had the topic on her mind for more than a year as she upholds her commitment to staying STD-free. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3973
By Theresa Mooreââ¬Â¨
Obama has established the White House Council on Women and Girls and the economy is really rough. Theresa Moore says that combination makes it a particularly good time to look at Title IX and remember it is more than a law about sports. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3971