Black Swan events are proliferating for many reasons—notably climate change and the growing scale and interconnectedness of the human enterprise. World population doubled in the last half-century to just under seven billion people, so there are simply more people living in harm’s way, on geologic faults and along vulnerable coastlines. In effect, we have re-engineered the planet and ushered in a new era of radical instability. Advancing and securing women's rights are a key aspect of the solution to these problems.
Is there a link between an anti-choice group goading Facebook followers into sharing their anti-choice savior fantasies and violent anti-choice vigilante justice?
Yesterday and this morning, I spent several hours assisting with clinic defense in Germantown, Maryland, where Dr. LeRoy Carhart comes several times a month to see patients who need late abortion care. The misogyny, naivete and invasiveness of the anti-choice movement were on full display.
Gender Across Borders, in partnership with Ipas and Rewire, will host a series on stigma and sexuality on 20-22 September 2011. We are looking for a diversity of voices to help shine a new light on stigma in this context.
The HHS will require insurance companies to start offering contraception without a co-pay. What does this mean for American women? Also, North Carolina adds itself to the list of mandatory ultrasound states.
