Katie Buckland Comments on Domestic Violence Increase During Super Bowl
By cwlc, CWLC News, Domestic Violence, February 5th, 2010This week’s Parade Magazine debunks some Super Bowl myths. Read the article for Katie’s comments on domestic violence. http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/100207-the-truth-behind-super-bowl-myths.html
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National Girls & Women in Sports Day – February 3
By cwlc, CWLC News, February 3rd, 2010The National Girls & Women In Sports Day (NGWSD) is a day for girls and women to celebrate their participation in sports and athletics. When Title IX was enacted in 1971, one in 27 girls in high school participated in athletics. Today, one in three girls participate in high school athletics.
The positive influence of sports extends beyond the field.
High school girls who participate in team sports are less likely to drop out of school, smoke, drink, or become pregnant, and are more likely to go to college. The skills gained from sports participation, including teamwork, leadership, and discipline, are crucial as women progress in the corporate world at higher levels than ever before. Eighty percent of female managers of Fortune 500 companies have played organized…
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STATEMENT ON THE CONVICTION OFDR. GEORGE TILLER’S MURDERER
By Katie Buckland, CWLC News, Reproductive Justice, January 29th, 2010“It is a great day for the American system of justice. The jury sent a clear message that we are a pro-choice nation. And by deliberating only 37 minutes, it is clear that they saw the defendant as the cold blooded murderer that he is.”
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Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
By cwlc, CWLC News, January 22nd, 2010Thirty-seven years ago, the Supreme Court overturned a Texas interpretation of abortion law, making abortion legal in the United States. The Roe v. Wade decision placed the decision of reproductive health with a woman and her doctor. More formally, it holds that a woman, with her doctor, can choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without restriction, and with restrictions in later months, based on the right to privacy.
There are only estimates of how many women died from illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade, but one death due to a woman not being able to exercise her reproductive choice is one death too many. There are roughly 140 million women and girls currently living in the U.S. under the age of 40 that do…
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By cwlc, CWLC News, Domestic Violence, January 5th, 2010On 12/29/09, Linda Stasi, columnist at the New York Post (www.nypost.com) commented on Charlie Sheen’s continuing to profit from ‘bad behavior’. Below are excerpts from the column. What are your thoughts?
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Nothing says “holiday joy” like jail for TV’s most famous men.
Late Thanksgiving night, the highest-paid (not to mention the randiest) man in all of sports got into a domestic dispute with his wife, crashed his car, got clubbed by said wife (literally) and ended up snoring on the side of the road before being hauled away, ruining Thanksgiving and the lives of his wife and Tiger cubs, not to mention his career.
On Christmas morning, the highest-paid (even randier) actor on TV wrecked Christmas for his (legally drunk) wife Brooke Mueller and their twins by attacking said…
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Which Way LA Interview
By Katie Buckland, CWLC News, October 22nd, 2009Last night I had the opportunity to discuss The Shriver Report on KCRW’s “Which Way LA”. Click on the below link if you are interested in listening.
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One Young Woman’s View Regarding the Burqa
By cacilia, CWLC News, Gender Discrimination, July 17th, 2009The debate in France over religious coverings was once again revived as Sarkozy proclaimed that the burqa “is not a religious sign” but rather, “a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement…and will not be welcome in France.”
Though this declaration is not so shocking in light of France’s law, passed in 2004, banning Islamic veils or so-called “ostentatious religious symbols” from schools, coming from a country steeped in the principles of liberté, egalité, and fraternité, France’s aggressive campaign for secularism leaves one to seriously contemplate whether Sarkozy has overstepped the boundaries of religious and personal freedoms.
During a speech earlier this month in Cairo, President Obama urged Western countries “to avoid dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear,” further stating, “we cannot disguise hostility towards…
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By cacilia, Gender Discrimination, July 17th, 2009On June 22, French President Nicolas Sarkozy elicited a wave of criticism by supporting a controversial push to ban women from wearing the burqa in public in France. Speaking to Parliament, Sarkozy declared that, “the burqa is not a religious sign. It is a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement….It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic.” Sarkozy’s comments have sparked debate on the role of the burqa and its relation to women’s rights.
There are some women who are forced to wear the burqa. Even when burqa wearing is not required by the state, many women’s husbands and families do require them to wear the burqa through threats and use of force. As many will agree, when a woman is…
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Posted in Gender Discrimination | 1 Comment | Read Full Post »I’m wearing green tomorrow. Are you?
By Vicky Barker, CWLC News, Gender Discrimination, June 18th, 2009Right now, millions of Iranians are risking everything to rise up and demand a real democracy, one where their votes are counted fairly. Once again the world is reminded that regardless of gender, race, religion or nationality — the yearning for self-determination is universal.
After the towers came down on 911, I remember the candlelight vigils and moments of silence all over the world, ordinary people in far away places stopping in solidarity to share our grief with us. Green is the color they are wearing in Iran to demand democracy. Wear green with them.
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The Buying and Selling of Human Beings for Sex and Labor
By cacilia, Violence Against Women, June 17th, 2009The State Department’s annual report on human trafficking (“Trafficking in Persons Report”) found that the current economic crisis has increased the worldwide trade in human beings — including young children — for sex and labor. The report, released this week, estimates that at least 12.3 million adults and children are victims of forced sex and labor every single year. This number is almost certainly too low as most victims live and work out of sight — in the outskirts of society and humanity. More than half of all victims are women and girls.
In today’s Washington Post, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, wrote about the devastating effects of trafficking and of her experiences holding “12-year-olds who had been trafficked and were dying of AIDS.” To many of…
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