All posts by Catherine Morrisey
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World Water Day: Clean Water Empowers Women, Girls
March 22 is World Water Day, but for many people around the world, securing safe drinking water is still not obtainable. While unsafe water effects...
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Clinton Opposes Afghan Peace That Ignores Women's Rights
Any peace deal in Afghanistan that excludes women or tries to roll back their rights is doomed to fail, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said....
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Moroccan Women Demand Reform After Rape Victim's Suicide
As women the world over gathered last week to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, women in Morocco gathered to protest the death...
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Black Women at Greater Risk of Dying from Breast Cancer
There is overwhelming evidence suggesting white women are more likely than blacks to get breast cancer in the first place, but that fact hasn’t alleviated...
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Women Ask for Health Advice on Rick Perry's Facebook Page
Rick Perry’s Facebook page is drawing thousands of comments pointedly taking him to task for cutting off federal funds for women’s health programs because some clinics...
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Saudi Women Allowed to Compete in London Olympics
A Saudi Arabian newspaper says Crown Prince Nayef has approved plans for the country to send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time...
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Police Rescue 24,000 Women, Children from Chinese Sex Trafficking Ring
A year after the Chinese government started targeting human trafficking, the country’s security ministry reported that in the last year police had rescued 24,000 women...
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Women Pay More for Health Insurance
Women still pay more than men for the same health insurance coverage, according to new research and data from online brokers. While new health care...
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Important Record for Female Congressional Rep
Now in her fifth decade of public service, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) has been in office long enough to see many milestones come and go....
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Women Use Graffiti Art to Protest Egyptian Government
After playing an integral part of the revolutionary efforts last year, Egyptian women fear their rights will not be incorporated into the country’s political reforms....
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Violence Against Women Act Comes Under Fire
Republican aides emphasize that their bosses are not against the Violence Against Women Act, originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized at least twice by Congress....
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Women Experiencing Discrimination in Agricultural Industry
Women around the world are doing incredible amounts of labor-intensive work to ensure their own survival and the survival of their families. The opportunity to...
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Wisconsin Legislators Tie Single Parenthood to Child Abuse
As if it weren’t hard enough already to be a single mom — or dad — a new bill in Wisconsin is associating single parenthood...
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Rick Santorum to Puerto Rico: "Speak English"
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told Puerto Ricans on Wednesday they would have to make English their primary language if they want to pursue U.S....
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The System is What's Crazy
Shortly after starting my graduate program at Arizona State University, it became clear I would need to go back on medication for anxiety. Diagnosed for...
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Classifying Grief as a Mental Illness
Is grief a disease? That is one of the crucial questions psychologists are asking as the American Psychiatric Association revises its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...
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Canadian Study Shows Police Need Help Interacting with Mental Health Patients
People living with a mental health problem or illness report a variety of experiences interacting with police in British Columbia, suggesting a need for better...
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New York Medicaid Cuts to Hurt Mental Health Services
Influential African-American legislative leaders are pushing to get New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration to relax a cost-cutting measure that they say forces patients to...