[ad_1] Female filmmakers have shown that they can create important content by producing independent films that make their voices heard, but only 17% currently hold these positions. Further, only 2% are women of color, and only 8% are disabled female filmmakers. Further, according to Women In Hollywood (2020), female writers with disabilities represented only 1%…
[ad_1] Medical science is making astonishing strides in the extension of life. Surgeons at the University of Maryland have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified pig heart to a human. The surgery, done in January, was a major step for research on transplants between species, known as xenotransplantation. The complex procedure was performed on a man…
[ad_1] Big Brother caught them. They are being charged with a felony for removing, concealing, or abandoning a body, plus two misdemeanors: Concealing the death of another person, and false reporting. At first, you may think that the people being charged with these crimes are guilty of committing pre-planned, horrific acts. You may even feel…
[ad_1] On Saturday, October 8th, exactly one month before Election Day, women and their allies will turn up in force in cities across the country for a massive nationwide “Women’s Wave” day of action meant to rally supporters of reproductive rights ahead of the 2022 midterms. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to show…
[ad_1] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On October 26th, Women’s eNews will honor ’21 Leaders for the 21st Century’ at its 22nd Annual conference in New York City. The 2022 honorees were selected due to their unbridled COURAGE by standing up to long-standing patriarchal barriers in leadership, tearing down employment obstacles for people with disabilities, and for those who have not…
[ad_1] This September, the public comment period on proposed Title IX changes ended. The Department of Education will now consider more than 235,000 comments before issuing their final regulations. Many of the comments concern the rules’ interpretation of “sex-based” discrimination, which the Department has said includes discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This stance resembles…
