According to Dr. Devra Davis, Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh, efforts to prevent cancer in this country have been stymied by political and corporate pressure. She tells the sordid tale in her new book, “The Secret History of the War on Cancer.”
Here are some of the highlights:
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A new study published in the journal Cancer found that,
“(W)hite women with more advanced breast cancer were more than four times more likely to take the breast cancer drug tamoxifen and three times more likely to receive chemotherapy than African-American women. These supplemental therapies are recommended after breast cancer surgery to kill any cancer cells […]
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Among the tens of thousands of people being detained in prisons in Iraq are an unknown number of women. On a recent visit to Baghdad Prison, Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashem found women suffering from contagious diseases due to lack of medical care being held in overcrowded conditions.
In violation of international law, many women are […]
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I have had this nagging feeling of dis-ease about Ken Burns’ WWII documentary , but it wasn’t until I read Heart’s post on the subject that I realized why. I’m sure it was just a silly little oversight (and yes that is dripping with sarcasm) but oops, it seems he forgot to make any […]
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Press Release from the Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran (WFAFI):
BOSTON, MA-Â -A court in the Iran’s second largest city, Mashad, has sentenced to death by stoning a mother-of-three for having an extra-marital affair, the government’s Daily paper Quds reported September 27, 2007. She is facing imminent execution by being buried up to her chest […]
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Many thanks to FPN member Hisako Motoyama for forwarding this press release:
Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Center (AJWRC) has released the following statement on 3 October and sent it to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Burmese (Myanmar) Ambassador in Tokyo.
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STATEMENT:
We protest against the violent crackdown of the peaceful demonstrations and the killing of […]
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This article from IRIN gives a shocking (although not surprising) look at intimate violence against women in Palestine:
“Palestinian female victims of domestic violence have little chance of escaping their situation or bringing the perpetrators to justice as they face a legal system stacked in favour of the accused and a prevailing attitude that places blame […]
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Once again, you need a magnifying glass to learn anything about women in Burma/Myanmar. My grateful thanks to Dr. Lynette Dumble of the Global Sisterhood Network for passing along this scant and easily missable mention of the participation of women in the uprising in that country. As is so often the case, women in this […]
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Marianne Schnall has written a thought-provoking review of last month’s “Women, Power and Peace,â€? at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York. She writes,
“The need to define a new paradigm of power, especially in order to create peace, is critical for progressive women. “The only point of having power, it seems to […]
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Please note, this is the second time in as many weeks that Canada has harrassed women peace activists.
WASHINGTON - October 3 – Two well-respected US peace activists, CODEPINK and Global Exchange cofounder Medea Benjamin and retired Colonel and diplomat Ann Wright, were denied entry into Canada today (Wednesday, October 3). The two women […]
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