These
pages are a work in progress, but I wanted to get the information I have up
so that others can access the information as well. This page is designed to
provide information on issues that are - or should be - important to all women...
I
would also like to say that, as women, we need to learn to work together
to support one another rather than being jealous & spiteful. After all,
we are all more alike than we are different and things will not change
until we become a team working FOR each other rather than AGAINST one another..
Women's
issues:
- Equal rights
- Female genital mutilation
- Violence against women
Women's
health:
Somewhere
in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes. (National Crime
Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice,
1996.)
Women's
advice & Helpful Web sites:
Women's
organizations:
According
to the World Health Organization, violence causes more death & disability
among women aged 15 - 44 than cancer, malaria, and war.
Women's
sports:
Medical
expenses from domestic violence total at least $3 to $5 billion annually.
Women's
travel info. & organizations:
Women
in history:
Every
12 minutes a woman in America dies from breast cancer. (Nat'l
Breast Cancer Foundation Inc.)
Women
& the Great Outdoors:
