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Dear Feminist News Subscriber, Feminist.org has been down for two days because of an aggressive cyber attack. Our site went back up last night. We wanted you to know what happened to the newswire in case you searched for it earlier this week and saw nothing. So we are sending the past two days' worth of news directly to you! Yesterday, we were inspired by our sisters in Iran who, while celebrating International Women's Day, marched and risked their lives to seek the release of women's rights lawyer, journalist, and activist Nasrin Soutadeh from prison. Women, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, lit up Facebook, Twitter, and the Internet paying tribute to the brave women around the world who have also risked their lives in recent protests, demanding equal rights for all. Feminism Lives! Eleanor Smeal President March 8, 2011 Activists March in Iran on International Women's Day Iranian women's rights activists marched and risked their lives today on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day for the release of Iranian women's and human rights lawyer Nasrin Soutadeh, who has spent over six months in prison for allegedly acting against state security, assembling, and collusion with intent to disrupt national security. She was also charged for working with the Center for Human Rights Defenders, which was founded by Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi. Soutedeh's arrest is one in a systematic attack on feminist human rights lawyers and activists in Iran, many of whom have been arrested, prohibited from traveling, and have had their organizations closed. Sotoudeh was arrested in September and received an 11 year prison sentence at her trial November 15. In addition to the 11 year prison sentence, the court has prohibited Sotoudeh from practicing law or leaving Iran for the next 20 years. Before her arrest, Sotoudeh was a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign working to end the legalazed discrimination against women and on the board of directors of the Society for Defense of Children's Rights. Sotoudeh, who has been in Evin Prison since September 4, went on a hunger strike to protest the conditions of her illegal arrest. After ending her hunger strike for a few days, she started a dry hunger strike, protesting her deprivation of her legal rights, such as the right to telephone calls and visits from her family members and her two young children along with the gross mishandling of her case. She broke her dry hunger strike on November 11 and ended her hunger strike, which lasted a total of 50 days, following the trial. One Million Signature Campaign Website 3/8/11; Washington Post 1/10/11; Women in Prison Committee 3/7/11; BBC 1/10/11; International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran 1/9/11; Feminist Daily Newswire 1/10/11 11/16/10 March 8, 2011 Increase in Women in Parliament, Glass Ceiling Remains A survey by Independent on Sunday revealed that women are winning a growing number of seats in parliaments throughout the world, although they still hold far fewer legislative and key cabinet positions than men. Anne-Marie Goetz, a governance specialist at UN Women, clarified, "In most countries there has been stubborn resistance to fair competition by women for prominent positions in public decision-making. The only known means to overcome that has been the use of quotas." Twenty-one of the 25 countries in which women make up over 30 percent of the parliament have used a positive quota system of inclusion. Although Goetz noted that quotas are controversial, she stated that the resulting increases in women's parliamentary presence have "become self-sustaining." Yifat Susskind, executive director of Madre, an international human and women's rights group, pointed out that women parliamentarians expand the scope of issues debated. For example, in Afghanistan, women members of parliament helped to bring the potential closure of women's shelters to international attention. Women's influence is also needed in peace talks, Goetz noted, where they "contribute to the sustainability of the peace." In both Iceland and South Africa, women control almost the same number of parliamentary seats as men. In the Rwandan parliament, women are the majority, holding 56 percent of Rwanda's lower house and 35 percent in the upper house. By contrast, the United States ranks 72 of 188 nations for gender parity in government. In the United Kingdom, tied with Uzbekistan for 53rd, less than one in four members are women. The Independent 3/6/11 March 8, 2011 Same-Sex Marriage Passes MD House Committee After postponing the vote from today, the Maryland House is expected to vote tomorrow on the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which would grant marriage rights to same-sex couples in Maryland. Seventy-one votes are needed for the bill to pass into law The Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee passed the bill, by a vote of 12-10 late last week. House Majority Leader Kumar Barve (D-17) explained, "To me, this legislation is all about family, liberty and respect. I respect the civil liberties of same-sex couples who wish to solemnize their relations and families in the eyes of the law." Joe Solomonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, stated, "We applaud the Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee for ending attempts to hold our families hostage to political maneuvering. Maryland is at the forefront in the fight for equality and will go down on the right side of history." The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act (SB 116) passed the state Senate on February 24 by a vote of 25 to 21. The bill awaits a vote in the Maryland House of Delegates. If the bill is passed by the state legislature, Governor Martin O'Malley (D-MD) has publicly declared that he would sign the bill into law. Currently, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Washington DC allow marriage of same-sex couples. Six states, California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii allow same-sex couples to form civil unions or domestic partnerships, which carry some of the benefits of marriage. Freedom to Marry Statement 3/4/11; Equality Maryland 3/4/11; Human Rights Campaign Statement 3/4/11; Feminist Daily Newswire 2/25/11

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Can a man be a feminist? AlterNet Please help us support women writers.

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Some time ago, the Harnisch Foundation awarded AlterNet a grant of $15,000 for our Gender Byline Project if we matched that amount from our readers, especially those who are on Facebook.

Help Us Turn $15,000 into $30,000 to support women writers

The reason for the project: In 2011, male writers still dominate the public discourse and have a much higher percentage of bylines in most corporate magazines online and off, even in progressive media. All of the money in this project would pay for content written by women.

Please help us support women writers.

Just last week, Ms. Magazine started a campaign against the New Yorker after the magazine went two full issues with only two or three contributions by female writers, in a close to 150-page magazine.

It's not just the New Yorker. January's issue of Harpers has only three out of 21 stories by women. The Nation's latest print issue has four and a half female bylines out of 17 articles. The Atlantic did a little better, featuring five and a half female bylines, of 18 total stories.

Clearly, extra effort has to be invested in recruiting, assigning to, and developing emerging women writers, especially in areas where they are most underrepresented, such as politics, economics, and foreign affairs. We want to invest money in doing that. But truth be told, we have had a hard time raising this money. So far, only $4,000. 

Please join us -- Invest in women writers now.

Some of you, perhaps more our male readers, might wonder why gender byline fairness is important, given all the other challenges we face. It's a fair question. But this is a personal issue for me and I think it's extremely important. I want to tell you why.

Can I share a personal story?

I want to tell you a personal story about my growing up. I became a "feminist," or let's say I had my "consciousness raised," as a young child, although I didn't quite know what that was at the time. I think I was 7. 

My female cousin was the same age as I, and almost a sibling since our families spent a lot of time together. As we grew, I started getting messages about how I was supposed to act around her: protect her, open the door for her, walk on the outside closer to the street. And there were other, more subtle messages that made me angry, but I didn't know why.

As only a child with a fierce, idealistic sense of right and wrong can be, I tried to resist these messages without knowing what was really going on. But not very successfully. What I knew in my heart then was that my cousin was a better student than I, and much more talented as an artist, a dancer, and in other ways. But to people around us, my development - as the boy - seemed to be more important.

This pattern continued through high school and after. My uncle would give my father cigars when I scored touchdowns during high school football games, while my cousin would cheerlead in semi-obscurity. In student government, I was the president and she the secretary. And when my cousin wanted to go to law school, a conspiracy of her parents and her then-boyfriend convinced her not to go at that point, despite the fact that she was a superb student. Eventually her life took a downswing, involving serious struggles, and I can see a line from those first days when we were kids together.

Help us write a different story for women today.

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Over the years it finally dawned on me why I was frustrated. I was being unfairly deprived -- deprived of the talents, the ideas, the perspective of half of society. Often it was a point of view I very much wanted. Women's voices and writing provided a balance to the macho orientation most successful boy students and athletes received when I was growing up in America.

When I came of age in the early '70s I discovered amazing women writers -- authors of sprawling, multi-layered novels like Marge Piercy and Sara Davidson. I was introduced to the work of brilliant thinkers like Dorothy Dinnerstein, Germaine Greer, and Shulamuth Firestone, whose ideas and social critiques made infinite sense to me, more so than many of the male thinkers did at that point.

The good news is, my cousin righted her life and went on to get her PhD. And in my life, I have sought out women writers, hired them, assigned them articles, because much of their writing and ideas have shaped me. They've been fundamental to who I am and what I value.

So that is why I think battling the gender byline gap -- and it still is severe, we have tons of data to support it -- is a key part of every issue we care about, and a lynch pin to our future success in creating the society we want. It's important for men to get on board, because currently we are being deprived.

If you agree, would you consider making a donation? Help us battle the gender byline gap today.

So I don't know if men should be called feminists. That's probably up to women to decide. The important point is that despite the media hype about women out-numbering men in college and grad schools, those with the power and the big salaries in politics, business, and especially the media, are still men. Here's a reminder if anyone needs one: the U.S. ranks 86th across the globe in the number of female elected officials. Don't you agree with me that that is pathetic?  

Please, men and women, consider investing in our "gender byline gap" project. All of the money will go to women writers. We would really like to free up the matching money sitting in a bank account somewhere and get it into the hands of women writers where it can do some good. 

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Weekly Feminist News Digest: 1/10/2010 - 1/14/2010

January 18, 2010 GET NEWSLETTER | DONATE | FOLLOW US The Weekly Feminist News Digest is a service of the Feminist Majority Foundation, made possible through the support of individuals like you. Your contribution is vital to the continued success of our empowering work.

Top Feminist News - 1/10/2010 - 1/14/2010 Jan 14 2011 Military Commission To Recommend Dropping Combat Restrictions for Women The Military Leadership Diversity Commission announced plans to recommend that the Pentagon change its policies to allow women in combat... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12813 Jan 13 2011 Abortion Provider Prohibition Act Introduced in the House Late last week, Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) introduced the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act in the House... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12811 Jan 12 2011 AZ Law Bans Protesters from Victims' Funerals Yesterday, the Arizona State Legislature passed legislation to ban protestors from coming within 300 feet of the funeral services of the victims of the Tucson shootings... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12809 Jan 11 2011 Feminist Dreams of a Young Girl A budding feminist and nine-year-old elementary school politician, Christina Taylor Green, was the youngest of six killed in the shooting that occurred at the "Congress on Your Corner" event sponsored by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12807 Jan 10 2011 Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Receives 11 Year Sentence Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian Human Rights lawyer, received an 11 year prison sentence... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12804 OTHER WEEKLY NEWS Jan 14 2011 - Planned Parenthood's Use of Telemedicine Permitted http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12814 Jan 13 2011 - Decline In Abortion Rate Levels Off http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12812 Jan 12 2011 - Same-Sex Marriage Likely in MD http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12810 Jan 11 2011 - Scott Sisters Released from Jail http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12808 Jan 10 2011 - Anti-Abortion Bills Proposed in FL and NE http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12805 Jan 10 2011 - Sheriff Decries Consequences of Inflammatory "Vitriol" After Tuscon Shooting http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12806 You have received this e-mail because of your interest in women's issues. To unsubscribe, please go to: https://feminist.org/email/unsubDIA.asp 1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801, Arlington, VA 22209 | 703.522.2214 | webmaster@feminist.org

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Weekly Feminist News Digest: 1/3/2010 - 1/7/2010

January 7, 2010 GET NEWSLETTER | DONATE | FOLLOW US The Weekly Feminist News Digest is a service of the Feminist Majority Foundation, made possible through the support of individuals like you. Your contribution is vital to the continued success of our empowering work.   Top Feminist News - 1/3/2010 - 1/7/2010 Jan 7 2011 Women's Rights Activists Protest Anti-Abortion Press Conference Yesterday the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women protested an anti-abortion press conference, held by New York City clergy... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12801 Jan 6 2011 Equal Rights Amendment Press Conference Held Today Today, as the U.S... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12800 Jan 5 2011 Mikulski Sets Record for Women in the Senate Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) will set a record as the longest woman to serve in the Senate when she is sworn in today... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12795 Jan 4 2011 Justice Scalia Speaks Against Equal Protection for Women In an interview with California Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment does not prohibit discrimination against women and gays on the basis of gender or sexual orientation... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12793 Jan 3 2011 First Woman President Sworn Into Office in Brazil On January 1, Dilma Rousseff was sworn into office and became Brazil's first woman president... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12792 OTHER WEEKLY NEWS Jan 7 2011 - Breast-feeding Policy Updated for Federal Employees http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12802 Jan 6 2011 - Tina Tchen Named First Lady's Chief of Staff http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12798 Jan 6 2011 - Boehner Announces Anti-Abortion Agenda http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12799 Jan 5 2011 - UN Women Agency Launched http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12796 Jan 5 2011 - Pakistani Governor Assassinated http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12797 Jan 4 2011 - Health Care Provisions to Take Effect in 2011 http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12794   1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801, Arlington, VA 22209 | 703.522.2214 | webmaster@feminist.org

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Weekly Feminist News Digest: 12/6/2010 - 12/10/2010

December 10, 2010 GET NEWSLETTER | DONATE | FOLLOW US The Weekly Feminist News Digest is a service of the Feminist Majority Foundation, made possible through the support of individuals like you. Your contribution is vital to the continued success of our empowering work.   Top Feminist News - 12/6/2010 - 12/10/2010 Dec 10 2010 DADT Blocked in Senate, Introduced As Stand-Alone Legislation The National Defense Authorization bill failed to receive the necessary 60 votes to overcome the Republican filibuster yesterday... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12770 Dec 9 2010 Bulletin: DREAM Act Vote Cancelled in the Senate The Senate cancelled the vote scheduled on the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM) Act today, raising possibility that it will not be voted on this year... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12769 Dec 8 2010 LGB Students More Likely to be Punished by Schools and Police A study conducted by Yale University and released by the American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students are 40 percent more likely to be punished by schools, police, and the justice system than heterosexual students... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12765 Dec 7 2010 Possibility of DREAM Act Taken Up by Congress This week, Congress is expected to take up the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM) of 2009.The DREAM Act, introduced by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) in 2001, would give eligible immigrants conditional permanent resident status and the opportunity to attend college or join the military... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12763 Dec 6 2010 Proposition 8 Hearing Today A three-judge panel of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear an appeal today in the ongoing Proposition 8 legal battle... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12761   OTHER WEEKLY NEWS Dec 10 2010 - TV Interview Scheduled of Iranian Woman Sentenced to Death for Adultery http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12771 Dec 9 2010 - DREAM Act Passes in the House http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12767 Dec 9 2010 - EU Ministers Reject Plan to Extend Maternity Leave http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12768 Dec 8 2010 - Democrats Dismayed At Tax Cuts http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12766 Dec 7 2010 - Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Wal-Mart Gender Discrimination Case http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12764 Dec 6 2010 - Demonstrators Gather for Dr. Carhart's First Day at MD Clinic http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12762   1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801, Arlington, VA 22209 | 703.522.2214 | webmaster@feminist.org VISIT OUR SISTER SITES   Feminist Campus »    Go Inside Ms. Magazine »   Feminist Majority »

Weekly Feminist News Digest: 11/29/2010 - 12/3/2010

December 3, 2010 GET NEWSLETTER | DONATE | FOLLOW US The Weekly Feminist News Digest is a service of the Feminist Majority Foundation, made possible through the support of individuals like you. Your contribution is vital to the continued success of our empowering work.     Top Feminist News - 11/29/2010 - 12/3/2010 Dec 3 2010 Deficit Commission Vote Today The bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform voted this morning on a plan to reduce the federal deficit by $828 billion or cutting it in half by the year 2015... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12758 Dec 2 2010 First Woman Attorney General Elected in California San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris claimed her victory on Tuesday in the November 2 race for California State Attorney General... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12756 Dec 1 2010 Pentagon Study Finds DADT Repeal Poses Minimal Risk US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen released the Pentagon study on Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) yesterday... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12754 Nov 30 2010 MN State Representative Found with Gun at Planned Parenthood Minnesota State Representative Tom Hackbarth (R), who has a zero rating from NARAL and a 100 percent rating from Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, was stopped by police after a Planned Parenthood security guard called the police because he noticed a man had parked his car in the Planned Parenthood parking lot and walked down a nearby alley carrying a gun in a hip holster... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12752 Nov 29 2010 IVAWA Vote in the Senate Tomorrow The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote on the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) tomorrow... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12750 OTHER WEEKLY NEWS Dec 3 2010 - Senate Takes Action Against Child Marriage http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12760 Dec 2 2010 - Civil Union Bill Passes in Illinois Senate http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12757 Dec 1 2010 - Unemployment Insurance Benefits Expired http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12755 Nov 30 2010 - Boston Superintendent of Schools Delays Decision to Set up Single-Sex Academies http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12753 Nov 29 2010 - Sixty-Nine Afghan Women Elected to Parliament http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12751   1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801, Arlington, VA 22209 | 703.522.2214 | webmaster@feminist.org VISIT OUR SISTER SITES   Feminist Campus »    Go Inside Ms. Magazine »   Feminist Majority »

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