by Rhonda Copelon When one compares what is done to a woman in an advanced domestic battering cycle and to prisoners …
by Diana Whitten Women on Waves, an organization that uses a ship to help women in countries where abortion is …
by Barbara J. Gislason The Revolution Occurs Within: Manifesto of an Animal Lawyerby Barbara J. Gislason Admitting to ourselves that we …
by Susan Yanow At a conference on women’s health care needs in fall 2008, a woman whom Ill identify as Marcia …
by Leslie Kanes Weisman Women’s actions through the years demonstrate that they understand how the appropriation of space is a political …
by Marion Banzhaf What can feminists expect, or demand, from foundations in the coming years? Foundations lost approximately 30 percent of …
by Jennifer Baumgardner I was finishing a writing and film project breaking through the contemporary silences about abortion experiences when …
by Susan Faludi Back in 1986, when the media was busy scaring unwed career women with tales of a looming …
by Ariel Dougherty A quote from UNICEF fills the screen of the 2002 film, Women, The Forgotten Face of War: “A few …
By Loretta Ross I have spoken on many campuses in the wake of the “Genocide Awareness Project,” which displays posters …
By Sally Roesch Wagner What Is Terror To Women? by Susan Faludi Back in 1986, when the media was busy scaring …
by Mary Lou Greenberg Much of women’s lives has to do with terror – living with it, facing it, and …
By Annie Sprinkle In 2003 Green River Killer Gary Ridgeway confessed to having strangled ninety women to death and having …
by Cathy Albisa When gender and poverty intersect, the failure to protect economic and social rights gives rise to the …
by Carol J. Adams Several years ago, for one week’s time, I was a circuit rider working against domestic violence. …
By Ellen Snortland Women are terrorism experts. Females all over the world, in developed and developing countries, deal with the …
by Jana Leo From the author:This book is primarily the narration of my individual reflection on an event. It is …
by Carolyn Gage 2003: A journalist contacted several writers, including me, about the impending invasion of Iraq: How was the war …
by Mahin Hassibi Long before the French revolutionaries legitimized terror and terrorizing as an instrument of subjugation, men had discovered …
By Kathryn Joyce, Esther Kaplan, Sunsara Taylor, Cindy Cooper As I stood listening to Sarah Palin speak inside a stadium …
By Linda Stein In this edition of On The Issues Magazine on What is Terror To Women, the artwork of Martha Rosler is …
by Jan Goodwin It’s impossible to imagine the sheer terror that five Pakistani women went through at the end of …
by Eleanor J. Bader To the anti-abortion movement, standing outside clinic doors and bellowing at patients and staff that they …
by Edna Adan Ismail A very distraught old woman came to Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland, appealing to …
by Melissa Nalani Ross In my work on civil and human rights, especially with immigrant populations, I was contacted recently …
by Rachel West On election day many hope for a transformation away from the politics of war, greed and repression. …
by Sallie Bingham The statistics about violence against women in the United States have a deadly sameness that can numb …
By Tawanda Mudzonga Zimbabwe has always been ruled by fear and violence. Our political history reveals government again and again …
by Merle Hoffman I have been on the psychological defensive since Sarah Palin was chosen as the Republican Vice Presidential …
by Alexis Greene Recently, while walking on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where I live, I saw a woman …
OTI Online provides a forum for artists to exhibit their art, including moving images and audio, as well as stills. …
Poems by Kirsten Rian and Juditha Dowd Reading Poems By Girl Mothers in Sierra Leone – by Kirsten Rian It …
By Melynda H. Barnhart Feminist debates about sex work, prostitution, and sex trafficking raged long before the debate was enshrined …
By Simon Fisher The need for a youth-focused and culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS educational platform is urgent. Despite growing infection rates, youth-centered prevention …
By Carol Stuart The St.James Infirmary is one of the first of its kind — an occupational health clinic for …
by Victoria Neilson When “Cristina” calls Immigration Equality, where I am the legal director, she’s called the right place for …
By Yifat Susskind Human rights, feminism, literature and science are all aspects of our common human heritage. Women in the …
By Stephanie Gilmore Sexual violence is a problem on this campus!” “Your silence will not protect you!” “What do we …
By Loretta J Ross I believe President Obama should show strong leadership in repealing the Hyde Amendment that prohibits public funding for …
By Galen Sherwin Laurel Simons, (not her real name) who lives in a small town in Western New York, was …
By Adrien Hilton Almost 40 years ago, the New York radical feminist group Redstockings pledged in its manifesto: “This time we are …
By Lu Bailey I am saddened by today’s pop-culture version of feminism, and especially by the number of women who …
by Charlotte Bunch Violence against women is an issue that has come onto the global agenda from the grassroots level …
by Merle Hoffman As a person who feels that war should be the strategy of last resort, I still like to …
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Edited by Linda SteinArt by Judith K. Brodsky On The Issues Magazine provides an Online forum for artists to exhibit …
by Merle Hoffman In our Spring ’09 edition, On The Issues Magazine writers and artists discuss feminist and progressive values …
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by Eleanor J. Bader Our Bodies, Ourselves started with a small group of strangers talking to one another at a …
by Mary Lou Greenberg “Lines in the Sand” can be either personal or political — or most often, both. Both …
by Cindy Cooper What revolutions do we need? “We still need the feminist revolution,” Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority …
by Jennifer S. Macleod Many established institutions and forces in our country are still fighting desperately against the Equal Rights …
by Rebecca Chalker The Ancient Greek aphorism, “Know yourself,” was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Whatever this …
by Donna Schaper I am interested in an overall reversal of course when it comes to preparation for sexual intimacy, …
By Lauren Guy McAlpin A young woman, we’ll call her Amanda, walked into an agency she saw advertised in her …
by Pam Chamberlain When I was in college, a group of radical women dressed as witches ran around major U.S. …
By Irasema Garza In the struggle for gender equality, the legal victories have been historic. Women’s employment and educational rights …
by Jessica T. Solomon What if the people responsible for protecting our nation, writing our laws or discovering new medicines …
by Lois Uttley Twelve years ago, Jane Van de Bogart took a stand: Kingston Hospital in rural Ulster County, NY, …
by Emily May HollabackNYC started in 2005 the way a lot of good revolutions must begin – as conversations with …
by Gloria Feldt Were you thinking we were done with elections and could take a few minutes to celebrate a …
By Sarah Hackley Instead of a time of hope, pregnancy too often means death for women in developing countries. In …
by Loretta J. Ross I’m not a policy wonk. I am very ill suited to talk frequently to legislators to …
by Donna Schaper Attach fair and just policies to the “emergency” economic stimulus bills and you will find a powerful …
Submitted to and Rejected by: The Los Angeles Times By Carol Downer International Women’s Day on March 8 has special …
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