Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h4VDPXC11017; Sat, 31 May 2003 09:25:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 09:25:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sed874a3.070@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2608] newstories for your students X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.4 Beta Status: O Content-Length: 3165 Lines: 82 The following are some articles related to women's issues and their corresponding websites. If the articles are too difficult for your students to read, they may be great articles to read out loud to them in order to generate critical thinking and writing skills. FEATURE: In the States Native American Veterans Honored Today - By Peggy Simpson - WeNews correspondent Native American women who served in the military will be honored for the first time this Memorial Day at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1343 --------------------------------------------------------- FEATURE: In the States AIDS Bill to Export 'Abstinence Only' to Africa - By Peggy Simpson - WeNews correspondent The effectiveness of a five-year, $15 billion, program to combat HIV-AIDS overseas may have been damaged, some fear, after congressional debate left it freighted with lobbyists' religious beliefs about sex, condoms and abstinence. http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1344 --------------------------------------------------------- OPINION: Commentary Critics Aside, 'Military Moms' Are Here to Stay - By Caryl Rivers - WeNews commentator Some may be calling for an end to "military moms," but a military sociologist has found that women's participation in the armed forces rises amid demographic factors now present in the U.S. http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1345 --------------------------------------------------------- FEATURE: In the States Early Warnings on Abortion Enter 2004 Campaign - By Allison Stevens - WeNews correspondent Democratic presidential hopefuls warn that a woman's right to choose will not survive a second term of the Bush administration. Meanwhile, pro-choice advocates within the GOP see the issue as a liability for their party in 2004. http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1346 --------------------------------------------------------- FEATURE: International UN: Women Gain in Political Clout, Lag in Schooling - By Ginger Otis - WeNews correspondent A new report by the United Nations indicates that women are gaining political power around the world, while they continue to suffer unequal access to education and employment. http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1348 --------------------------------------------------------- COVER STORY: In the States Campuses May Be Developing Tactics to Hide Rapes - By Gretchen Cook - WeNews correspondent Harvard University reversed its decision to make reporting a sexual attack on campus more daunting. Elsewhere, however, students receive little support for prosecuting their assailants and may be actively discouraged from pursuing a claim. http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1342 --------------------------------------------------------- Outrage of the Week Catholic Archdiocese Withdraws Award from Lesbian - http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1341 Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy MSC 6A0360 Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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