Happy International Women's Day!Here is an article on how IWD started: The First International Women's DayReuters has a "follow the sun" live blog that is following events and news for IWD.Read the Green Party's Platform (currently under revision) on Social Justice which includes Women's Rights.
Tag: women’s issues
Women who have miscarriages now at risk….
The big news of Utah’s Legislators yesterday was the passage of HB12 Criminal Homicide and Abortion, which will make women criminally liable for intentional miscarriages. The subjective nature of the bill brings potential harm to women in this state. Planned Parenthood of Utah, in its memo sent out yesterday after the vote, stated that: During … Continue reading Women who have miscarriages now at risk….
A Bill That Makes Sense? C’mon!
(cross-posted to Utah Legislature Watch)Rep. Jen Seelig, D-Salt Lake City has a piece of legislation in store for this year’s session that will assist women on Medicaid with family planning.Rep. Jen Seelig, D-Salt Lake City, says she will sponsor legislation in the upcoming session of the Utah Legislature to extend family planning services, including birth … Continue reading A Bill That Makes Sense? C’mon!
National Women’s Caucus of the Green Party of the United States
Distributed by the Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org National Women's Caucus of the Green Party of the United States http://greens.org/gp-uswomen/ For Immediate Release Monday, September 29, 2008 Contact: Morgen D'Arc, Spokesperson, 207-761-7797, morgenizer@yahoo.com Linda Manning Myatt, Spokesperson, 248-548-6175, lmmyatt@wowway.com Green Party National Women's Caucus challenges NOW to support the historic McKinney/Clemente presidential campaign … Continue reading National Women’s Caucus of the Green Party of the United States
Send a donation to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin’s name
Someone sent me an email stating that she had made a donation to Planned Parenthood, with great satisfaction, in Sarah Palin's name. A Planned Parenthood donation is tax deductible, where a political donation isn't. And here's the good part: when you make a donation to PP in her name, they'll send her a card telling her that thedonation … Continue reading Send a donation to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin’s name
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Mother’s Day: Reclaiming and Standing With women Globally
Arise then…women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!Say firmly:”We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,For caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have … Continue reading Mother’s Day: Reclaiming and Standing With women Globally
Female Blogger Contest
In celebration of Women's History Month, Women's Voices. Women Vote is honoring women in the blogosphere, through our Women's Voices Making History contest.We're inviting people to nominate their favorite female bloggers through March 21. After the nominating period, we will list the top 10 female bloggers at http://www.wvwv.org and ask you to vote for your … Continue reading Female Blogger Contest
Choice
Today is the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It's also National Blog for Choice Day There are still folks and factions out there who want the government to dictate what a woman can do with her body. It's not right. A woman's body is hers and no entity or individual has the right to … Continue reading Choice
Green Party Speakers Bureau
Yesterday I received a call from the Green Party of the United States Media Team which issued an invitation to me to be on the GPUS Speakers Bureau. I was interviewed on tape last year by the national media team at the GPUS Annual National Meeting in Tucson, AZ. I also was a speaker at … Continue reading Green Party Speakers Bureau
Dee's 'Dotes~Anecdotes of a Green Activist 