In Yemen, female activist strives for an Egypt-like revolution

Sudarsan Raghavan writes for The Washington Post: “In a nation where women are considered second-class citizens, [Tawakkol] Karman is determined to produce a nonviolent Egypt-style revolution. . . . As the nation’s most vocal and well-known activist, the…

UN Women Head Unveils Empowerment Agenda

Kanya D’Almeida writes for IPS: “Despite birthing 100 percent of the world’s children, growing 70 percent of the world’s food and performing 60 percent of the world’s labour, women only receive a fraction – a mere 10 percent – of the world’s income.”

LOIS HENRY: This Abortion Bill Needs Fixin’ — Now

Columnist Lois Henry of the Bakersfied Californian writes about HR 3, the dangerous bill introduced in Congress that would not allow federal dollars to be spent on abortion, but as Henry writes, this bill goes much further: “Federal rules have always ma…