We humans mark a milestone today—the world’s population reaches 7 billion. When I was born there were about 2.2 billion people on earth. When my assistant was born there were a little more than 5 billion people on earth. It took just 12 years to go from 6 billion to 7. As the population climbs [...]
The UN has projected that the world’s population will reach 7 billion today, a scary milestone amidst increasing global political and economic instability. More people will only place increased pressure on our environment, on the world’s habitats, forests, and resources such as water. But how does investing in women’s rights tie into slowing the world’s [...]
In 2003, I sat in my eighth grade sexual education class, listening to my teacher explain to us that abstinence was the only way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. As one could predict, later that year one of my classmates, despite having looked terrified during the discussion of STIs, became pregnant at the [...]
6,998,460,833: the world’s current population, according to an estimate by Population Action International (PAI). In anticipation of October 31st, the day the world’s population is predicated to reach 7 billion, I’ve sat at my desk transfixed by PAI’s scrolling ticker, documenting the rapidly increasing population as it approaches a number troubling to reproductive rights activists, [...]
You’re on notice – get yourself and your feminist group to your region’s Feminist Campus Leadership Conference. The conferences will take place in three different locations across the country this November- New England, the Midwest, and the West Coast. Registration is now open on our website so get your head counts finalized and get excited! [...]
The people of Mississippi will vote on typical election issues this year such as who will be their next governor and attorney general, but something besides candidates’ names will appear on the ballot. Two important ballot initiatives will be decided and both have the potential to roll back important rights. The first, Initiative 26, would [...]
On Saturday, October 15, hundreds of people gathered in Richmond, Virginia, to protest the passage of Virginia’s TRAP Laws by the Virginia Board of Health. The protest, which was held in Monroe Park, near Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), brought together the combined forces of progressive students and esteemed women’s activists to form a rallying cry [...]
by AFY_Sarah This blog is part of the HERvotes blog carnival. It seems all anyone can talk about is the new healthcare law (aka “Affordable Care Act”) that passed back in March of 2010. Whether members of Congress and people running for President are promising to repeal the law, or implementation is moving forward, it feels like [...]
by Colleen Eliza This blog is part of the #HERvotes blog carnival The Affordable Care Act was not passed easily. It was a hellish process of misinformation, lobbying from all sides, and compromises that looked more like beleaguered acquiescence. It was a big deal of a bill that did not emerge unscathed, but emerged [...]
by Leah Berkenwald As the Ms. Blog reported yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will require all health insurers to fully cover women’s preventative health services, including birth control. With birth control costing some women hundreds of dollars each year, this measure slightly reduces the financial burden of being a woman. It [...]
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