by Mary Robbins, Program Associate,
and Robin Reed, Online Outreach Manager,
National Women's Law Center
A New Jersey initiative will help the state's women veterans by providing them with business training and loan assistance to enable them to become entrepreneurs, as reported by NJ.com (via Young Women Misbehavin').
Dallas, Texas, leads the United States in the percentage of repeat births by teen girls, reported the Dallas Morning News (via Reproductive Rights Prof Blog). Earlier this year, a report concluded that the Texas public school system is creating a generation of “sexually illiterate” students through abstinence-only education (taught in 94 percent of public schools in Texas).
Fair Game News interviewed a professional woman squash player about her experience with the game and the difference in prize money awarded in the men's and women's tournaments.
Jump Off the Bridge launched an online book club, Radical Readers & Feminisms for Dummies (via Women's Health News).
Ebuz at Title IX Blog highlighted a new book about the gender dynamics of college athletics departments, specifically the tensions for female coaches.
In an effort to counter the protests happening at abortion clinics, NARAL Pro Choice America held a virtual rally to support Dr. LeRoy Carhart, an abortion provider who has been outspoken about the need for reproductive health care.
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