President:         Eleanor Smeal
Chair:             Peg Yorkin
Vice President:    Toni Carabillo
Secretary:         Judith Meuli
Treasurer:         Rae Wyman
Coordinator:       Katherine Spillar
Co-Editors:        Eleanor Smeal
                   Jyotsna Sreenivasan
                   Jennifer Jackman

Expo '96 for Women's Empowerment, February 2-4, 1996

An historic, first-of-its-kind event, Expo ’96 for Women’s Empowerment will bring together feminists from every sector of society, showing the strength and depth of the feminist movement.

Women Mobilize for Affirmative Action

To defeat a California initiative that would wipe out state affirmative action programs for women and minorities, the Feminist Majority has joined with the YWCA of the USA, the National Organization for Women and a host of women’s and civil rights groups.

Newsbriefs

National Domestic Violence Hotline to Start, SAT Gender Bias at U.C.-Berkley, All-Male College Case Goes to Supreme Court.

Closing the Gender Gap on the Internet

Feminist Majority launches award winning site.

Government Memo Suggests Anti-Abortion Conspiracy

The long-awaited sentencing of anti-abortion extremist and attempted murderer Shelley Shannon has shed new light on the apparent web of extremists in the United States.

Take Feminist Action!

National and local actions feminists can take to make our belief in women's rights count.

Women in Police Conference Kicks off Leadership Program

Kicking off a two year women in police leadership development program, the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Police Leadership for the 21st Century conference for over 200 women in law enforcement will be held November 11-14 in Washington, DC.

RU 486 Wins Global Praise from Women

Researchers, physicians, and feminist advocates from China, France, Sweden, Great Britain, Norway, and the United States heralded the use of RU 486 (mifepristone) as a method of early abortion and called for increased availability of the compound worldwide at a Feminist Majority Foundation-sponsored panel during the recent Fourth World Conference for Women NGO Forum in China.

Methotrexate May Offer New Abortion Method

Two recently published studies provide new evidence that the anti-cancer drug Methotrexate, in combination with Misoprostol, a prostaglandin, may be an effective method of early abortion.

Feminist Majority is Connecting on Campus

Nine college and universities around the country have a new presence on campus this fall: the Feminist Majority Campus Connections, started by former Feminist Majority interns.

Bipartisan Congress Abandons Poor Women and Children

The Senate has joined the House of Representatives in approving a welfare plan that would end the Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) program.

Republicans Slash Medicaid, Medicare to Fund Tax Cuts for Wealthy

Claiming that Medicaid is growing too fast for the nation to afford, both the House Commerce Committee and the Senate Finance Committee have voted to end the federal guarantee of Medicaid benefits for the poor, elderly, and disabled.

Global Report

New Advances for Women in UN Platform, Feminist Majority Foundation Attends Largest-Ever Global Women's Conference, Panels Assemble Leading Feminsts from Around the World, Gender Equality Raises Quality of Life, Youth Participation Soars at the Fourth Annual Conference on Women.

Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice Takes Off Around the Country

On the heels of Rock for Choice’s critically-acclaimed first major label release, Spirit of ‘73: Rock for Choice, Sony 550 Records in conjunction with Rock for Choice will promote nearly 50 concerts this fall.

Book Review

A personal history of the abortion rights movement.

Sweatshops: Female Slavery in the U.S.

Most of us probably reacted with horror when we read about the Los Angeles garment worker sweatshops raided in August by government officials.

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