Just finished watching tonight’s Women, War & Peace, the five-part series on the toll of war and even the toll of working toward peace that women pay. Tonight’s episode, Peace Unveiled, was about the women of Afghanistan and their plight over this last 10 years of the US-led war there. (Indeed, it’s the 10th anniversary…
Take Back the Night is happening today at UNLV!
Is it something in the air? If you think there is no War on Women, you haven’t been paying attention to the full-scale attack on Planned Parenthood — which is nothing short of an indictment on women’s reproductive health care. And it’s not just about PP, people. The GOP is willing to let pregnant women…
*Trigger warning* October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. I’m sure there’s some feminist blogger bylaws somewhere that say that I am obligated to write about DV month. And up until about 7 pm last night, I wasn’t going to. I just didn’t feel like I could find a new way to write about domestic violence….…
For the second year in a row, Nevada ranks first in the rate of women murdered by men. According to a new report by the Violence Policy Center, the data shows that our state has the worst record. Of the 35 homicides that happened in Nevada in 2009 (the period studied for the report), most…
Tomorrow is SlutWalk Las Vegas, the local grassroots event modeled after the similarly named Slut Walks that have been happening across North America since earlier this year. Here’s the background: SlutWalk originated in Toronto in April as a march in response to the recommendation by police officers that if young women wanted to avoid sexual…
*TRIGGER WARNING* Is it just me or has there been an explosion of sexual violence cases in the news lately? What the hell is going on out there?! A 15-year-old girl was raped and brutally murdered (multiple stab wounds and the body was set on fire!) while walking home in her neighborhood this week. Her…
As a new school year starts, it’s a reminder to brush up on some common sense tips for on-campus safety. This comes courtesy of RAINN. For on-campus resources at UNLV, contact the Jean Nidetch Women’s Center and their new 24-hour CARE line for victims of violence: RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), the nation’s…
Until there’s an end to violence, we need services like this one. SCS supports the work that is happening on the UNLV campus and hopes that it will provide solace and help to those who need it: Starting Aug. 29, UNLV will launch a 24-hour campus hotline for victims and survivors of sexual assault, dating…
Has it really been two years since Dr. George Tiller was shot while walking into a Kansas church by an anti-choice terrorist*? A frequent name in lists of “targets” on anti-choice terrorist websites, Tiller worked at a medical clinic in Wichita, Kansas which was known as one of only three nationwide that provided abortions after…
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