Women's eNews

24/10/2024

“The Equal Rights Amendment will actually do something; it is a promise of a better future where everyone in this country is treated equally under the law.”

22/10/2024

In today's Women's eNews:

These artists (and others) are holding the door open for other disabled femme artists, and the arts and culture world is beginning to take notice.

12/10/2024

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took office this week as her country's first woman leader, announced a package of reforms on Thursday aimed at bolstering women's rights in a country with some of the world's highest levels of gender violence.

29/09/2024

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25/09/2024

https://womensenews.org/2024/09/birth-alert-indigenous-newborns-still-apprehended-in-canada/

"What happened decades ago isn’t part of our history, it is an irrefutable part of our present.”

22/09/2024

“We’re in a situation where we are given an opportunity to hope again.”

22/09/2024

22/09/2024

Such hypocrites!

19/09/2024

In today's Women's eNews:

“We’re in a situation where we are given an opportunity to hope again.”

11/09/2024

The rapid expansion of online and remote education has been a game-changer, particularly for women with disabilities who have long been excluded from traditional educational settings.

03/09/2024

In today's Women's eNews

He keeps getting the science very, very wrong, especially when it comes to gender

22/08/2024

“I'm a person. I have feelings just like everybody else. And my disability does not define me.”

22/08/2024

https://womensenews.org/2024/08/the-male-pill-a-game-changer/

It reflects an important shift in the assumption that contraception is primarily the responsibility of women.

11/08/2024

This , the National Domestic Violence Hotline highlights the importance of supporting working moms, especially those impacted by domestic violence.

Moms are paid just 71 cents for every $1 paid to dads. If you add the pay moms lose while providing unpaid care, the number drops to 49 cents.

Close the wage gap.

08/08/2024

In today's Women's eNews:

“I'm a person. I have feelings just like everybody else. And my disability does not define me.”

05/08/2024

Our Executive Director, Lori Sokol, writes about why white women must learn from , particularly when it comes to keeping us all safe from Authoritarian rule. In today's Newsweek:

For decades, Black women have consistently served as a reliable voting base for the Democratic party.

01/08/2024

Beautiful Curly Me, Atlanta-based toy and media company founded by 12-year-old Zoe Oli, is expanding with the launch of a new line of dolls.

29/07/2024

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Happy Disability Pride Month - thanks for your consideration and for sharing this announcement with your networks:

The 2024-2025 Women's eNews Loreen Arbus Accessibility is Fundamental paid Fellowship. Thanks Lori Sokol

Calling all aspiring journalists with disabilities who identify as femaile:

Now, more than ever, it is important for disabled journalists to reframe the debate and take back the narrative on authentic representation across all forms of media - including journalism.

Each year, Women’s eNews teams up with The Loreen Arbus Foundation, EIN SOF Communications and Lights! Camera! Access! (LCA) to create this opportunity for two aspiring journalists who identify as female – one over 50 years old; one under 50 years old.

Here is the link to the 2024 - 2025 Women’s eNews Application Form -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRXWZS33Q_d8zHohbVVMnxHtbvya8IDLJkhMlKMGe-wy0qOA/viewform

The deadline is Friday, July 26, 2024 at 9:00 pm ET/6:00 pm PT - the 34th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA34).

A disability-savvy select group of judges with disabilities will review applications submitted from individuals applying for the two Fellowships. Beginning in October 2024, Women’s eNews will train the two Fellows who identify as female to research, report, edit and post their work on the Women’s eNews website. Two articles per month will be published (one from each Fellow) according to its editorial calendar that will illuminate the intersectionality of women and disability.

A digital compendium of the published work will be compiled, designed and distributed at the end of each year. The compilation will also be distributed to Women’s eNews subscription list of 50,000, promoted on social media, such as Facebook, LinkedIn and on Twitter (75,000 followers) and posted on the Women’s eNews website (reaching about 3.5 million each year).

What folks are saying…..

“Having worked under Lori Sokol, Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of Women's eNews Fellowship program, I gained valuable insight into covering disability content. Taking part in Women's eNews Fellowship is highly recommended."- Trelanda "Tree" Lowe, Editor-in-Chief LCA Newsletter and Marketing Team.

Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] if you have any questions.

Two finalists who are not selected for the 2024-2025 Women’s eNews Fellowship have the opportunity to intern with the LCA Marketing Team - more details to follow.

Write on! and thanks for your consideration.

Team Women’s eNews

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28/07/2024

'The relationship between bans and devastating violence against women is undeniable. States with abortion bans have higher rates of peripartum homicide; calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline went up 98% since Roe was overturned; there are thousands of rape-related pregnancies each year in states with abortion bans; and states with bans are likely to have other policies that endanger women, like a failure to remove fi****ms from domestic abusers. -
Jessica Valenti

7.26.24

24/07/2024

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White women, answer the call! It's time to show up for Kamala Harris.

17/07/2024

Vance: “I certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally.”

Today, reporting in CNN revealed that in 2022, J.D. Vance unequivocally called for a national abortion ban, stating in newly uncovered audio that he “certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally.” Vance adds that he is “sympathetic” to the view that a national ban was necessary to stop women from traveling across states to obtain an abortion.

15/07/2024

Happy International Nonbinary Peoples Day!