Fw: Feminist News Digest: November 24 - 30, 2001

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Subject: Feminist News Digest: November 24 - 30, 2001


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> Top Feminist News - November 3 - November 9, 2001
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> November 30, 2001
> In Bonn, A Call for Afghan Women’s Rights and Government Participation
> “We are not waiting any longer to be invited to sit at these tables where
> peace is being discussed and the reconstruction of our economy,” said Sima
> Wali, a feminist delegate to the United Nations talks on Afghanistan in
> Bonn and Vice President of Sisterhood is Global…
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5990
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> November 29, 2001
> Afghan Women’s Summit to be Held in Brussels
> Fifty Afghan women leaders will convene in Brussels, December 4-5, to
> attend an Afghan Women’s Summit for Democracy....
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5988
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> November 29, 2001
> House Targets Sale of Illegal “Blood” Diamonds
> U.S. House of Representatives voted 408-6 in favor of the Clean Diamond
> Trade Act, which would give the President the power to impose sanctions on
> countries that sell diamonds illegally to fund regional conflict and
> terrorist activities…
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5986
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> November 28, 2001
> Supreme Court Allows Pro-Affirmative Action Decision to Stand
> The Supreme Court will not review a decision of the Tenth Circuit Court of
> Appeals, which approved of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT)
> affirmative action contracting program…
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5984
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> November 28, 2001
> Kidnappings, Rape, and Torture Reported in Kabul
> As Taliban soldiers began to flee Kabul about three weeks ago, they
> kidnapped girls and young women from the area, according to Northern
> Alliance officials and Kabul residents....
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5983
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> November 27, 2001
> Afghan Refugees Still in Dire Need of Humanitarian Aid
> In refugee camps in western Afghanistan, disease has spread like wildfire,
> killing hundreds of children over the past few weeks....
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5978
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> November 26, 2001
> Clayton Waagner Threatens to Kill 42 Abortion Providers
> Clayton Lee Waagner, convicted felon, anti-abortion extremist, and prison
> escapee, was allegedly in Carrollton, Georgia on November 23, 2001....
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5974
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> November 26, 2001
> Women’s Equality Becomes Turkish Law
> The Turkish parliament adopted a revision to the country’s civil code
> formally recognizing women’s equality....
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5976
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> Other Feminist News This Week
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> November 30, 2001 - Catholics for a Free Choice Launches Condoms4Life
> Campaign
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5992
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> November 30, 2001 - Hillary Clinton Hosts Forum for Afghan Women
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5991
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> November 29, 2001 - Lack of Access to Contraception May Be Responsible for
> High Teen Pregnancy Rates
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5985
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> November 29, 2001 - Texas Supreme Court Considers Challenge to Ban on
> Funding for Abortion
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5987
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> November 28, 2001 - Court Upholds Buffer Zones Protecting Clinics in
> Western NY State
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5982
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> November 28, 2001 - Rural Areas Facing Ob/Gyn Shortage
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5981
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> November 27, 2001 - Pope Apologizes for Sexual Abuse of Nuns
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5979
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> November 26, 2001 - Taliban Tortured Afghan Women in Kabul Prison
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5977
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> November 26, 2001 - Afghan Women to Attend Bonn Talks
> http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5975
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