Latest News from Women's eNews 4-5-09
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sandra Spady pr@womensenews.org 212-244-1720 April 5, 2009 Watch Our Space: Dominique Soguel is will be filing a three-part series on sex trafficking in South America. Cover Story: Panel Decries Neglect of Sexual Violence in Congo By Dominique Soguel Congo has been described as the worst country to be a woman, due to sexual atrocities being committed in the eastern part of the country. At a New York media event late last month, African panelists tried to rally humanitarian attention. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/admin_previewarticle.cfm?cid=3972 Other news on the Women's eNews site: Cheers and Jeers: News from all over that makes us laugh or work just a bit harder. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., introduced a bill to establish a 15-member federal commission on women; Shiite women in Afghanistan now need permission to leave their homes. http://womensenews.org/admin_previewarticle.cfm?cid=3970 Podcast: http://www.womensenews.org/WEnews.mp3 Please wait 30 seconds for downloading. U.S. Writers Get Canon to Call Their Own By Sarah Seltzer February 2009: female U.S. writers get historic treatment by Elaine Showalter. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3969 Citizen Blogging Boost Zimon into Local Politics By Jackie Bischof Jill Miller Zimon's citizen journalism -- which includes monitoring Rush Limbaugh's recent outreach to female detractors--has spurred her to run for a city council seat in Pepper Pike, Ohio. "Any resident can help make our city better," she says. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3968 Women's Funders Take Cues from Community By Cynthia L. Cooper Commentary: L.A.'s Untested Rape Kits Represent Lost Justice By Sarah Tofte News Layoffs Aren't All Bad for Female Veterans By Sheila Gibbons 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, or call 212-244-1720. 
After researching disparities faced by women and girls, the Women's Foundation of Minnesota is tackling them. The fund conducted a statewide listening tour and plans a policy summit to address issues like child care, family planning and job training. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3967
Human Rights Watch released a report Tuesday finding that Los Angeles County has at least 12,669 untested rape kits sitting in storage facilities. Sarah Tofte, a researcher for that study, calls it a case of major injustice to rape survivors. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3966
The massive layoffs and cutbacks in news operations are taking a toll on women who worked hard to make names for themselves in a male-dominated field. Sheila Gibbons talks to three veterans who have plenty to say, and some silver linings to report. Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3965
