INOW Internet Services, based in Milpitas, has introduced WomenChat.com, a new chat club for women. The site is intended to be a forum for women's issues, including politics, health, fashion, sports, family, career, romance, and hobbies and will be international in scope. The web site also includes an extensive links page and an e-mail post office. The address is http://www.womenchat.com. Contact: WomenChat Sales Manager Lisa Reed at info@womenchat.com or 408-946-6895.
(CEDAW is the UN's Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The treaty has been passed by 136 countries; President Carter signed it, but it has never been ratified by Congress. Presently it languishes in Sen. Helms's Senate Foreign Relations Committee.)
Thursday, Oct. 30, 1997, 4:30--6:30 pmThe hearing will address women's human rights with a focus on health, domestic violence and economic development. The hearing will also highlight strategies for local collaboration.
Prior to the hearing there will be a TRAINING ON CEDAW at WILD about national and local relevance. It will be held on Friday OCTOBER 17 from 10 am to 1 pm. If anyone is interested in signing up or would like any more information please call the information line: (415)837-1113, ext 18.
This sixth annual event focuses on the challenges of balancing personal and professional demands. Keynote speakers are radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Mars program manager Donna Lee Shirley, actresses Kate Mulgrew and Janet Leigh Brandt, and "First Wives Club" author Olivia Goldsmith. Seminar topics include politics (with Arianna Huffington and Dee Dee Myers), business and personal success, the internet, health, communication, global perspectives, violence, mentoring, children, women in film, women in sports, women as donors, family-friendly workplaces, and media.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, in its Sept. 18 issue, features several articles focused on the need to address the rise in crime rates among girls. Arrests of teen-age girls have been rising faster than those of boys in recent years, and one in every four juveniles arrested is female. At the same time, federal funds for prevention programs may dry up under new legislation that focuses on punishment and incarceration rather than prevention.
The article includes arrest statistics and extensive information about programs nationwide, changes in government funding, and recent foundation grants. If you would like a copy, contact the Chronicle of Philanthropy at 1255 Twenty-third Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. Web site is www.philanthropy.com.
This online update, published weekly in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, covers events, resources, and information related to follow-up to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women and the issues covered in the Platform for Action document. You are encouraged to send in information and news to Judy Kramer at jahkramer@aol.com. Past updates are available on the web at http://womenswork.org/beijing-sf/