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HPV Vaccine Not Frequently Recommended for Black Girls
Despite its reputation as a “strong weapon in prevention,” the HPV vaccine may not be benefiting adolescent females equally, a new study has found. According to researchers at...
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Racial Attitudes and Opinions on Healthcare Reform
As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear a case involving the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care overhaul, social scientists are asking a disturbing...
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Rejecting the Rhetoric of the “Second Shift” and Insisting on Equity
By Sara Hosey At a recent meeting of a feminist group of which I am a member, a colleague referred to me as an example...
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White Picket Fences, White Innocence
By Sikivu Hutchinson Black children in America are never innocent. Innocence looks like Dick and Jane, our bright-eyed tour guides through the idyll of green...
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Brazil's Poor Receive Free Plastic Surgery
Brazil is the second biggest consumer of plastic surgery in the world. Cosmetic procedures have become so widespread that doctors are now offering them to...
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Native American Women Lack Access to Plan B
A report by the Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center says women living on Native American reservations face major obstacles to accessing Plan B...
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We Be: Black Feminism and Embodiment (Part 3 of Can Black Feminism Be Quantified)
(This is the third installment of a four part series read part one and part two here.) Series Intro: “Contemporary Black feminism is the outgrowth...
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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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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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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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Personhood For Women: Is this Personal Enough?
By Soraya Chemaly Melissa McEwan recently started a Personhood for Women petition suggesting that “a person identifying as a woman and/or having a uterus shall retain all of the full,...
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Who’s going to sing a black boys’ song?
For Trayvon, Michael and Martin, and all other black boys sable mappings cover him like an ethno-alien cartogram dipped deeply and precisely in ebony...
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Coming Into Consciousness
By Miani Giron In the three years that I’ve been involved in the Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) my awareness and outlook on social issues have...
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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...