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	A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE (From Feminists for Life). You may think you know what "feminist" history or philosophy is, but you haven't heard the whole story. Feminists for Life has a fresh perspective and some fascinating historical research that will make you proud to label yourself a feminist! The early feminists, some of whose names are very familiar to you, and others whom you have yet to meet, were overwhelmingly pro-life. The links below will take you to the PDF file of the selected issue of The American Feminist. Once you're there, you may either use the arrows at the bottom to take you to the Herstory page or click on the Bookmarks tab on the left and click on the featured feminist's name. Jane Addams, 1860-1935 Summer/Fall 2004, pg. 38 Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906 Spring 1998, pg. 19 Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973 Spring 2004, pg. 22 Dorothy Day, 1897-1980 Winter 1999-2000, pg. 20 Matilda Joslyn Gage, 1826-1898 Winter 1997-98 Angelina Weld Grimke, 1880-1958 Summer 2000, pg. 17 Fannie Lou Hamer, 1917-1977 Spring 1999, pg. 20 Dr. Charlotte Denman Lozier, 1844-1870 Fall 1997 Sarah F. Norton and Eliza Bisbee Duffey Fall 1999, pg. 20 Breda O'Brien 1962- Spring/Summer 2002, pg. 3 Graciela Olivarez, 1928-1987 Summer 1998, pg. 18 Alice Stokes Paul, 1885-1977 Summer 2001, pg. 3 Susan LaFlesche Picotte Winter 2002-2003, pg. 23 Cicely Saunders, 1918- Summer 1999, pg. 16 Juliet Stillman Severance Fall 1998, pg. 19 Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815-1902 Fall/Winter 2003, pg. 24 Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815-1902 Spring 1996 Lois Weber 1879-1939 Fall 2000, pg. 21 Frances Willard, 1839-1898 Fall 2001, pg. 21 Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797 Winter 1998-1999, pg.21 For a few quick quotes, check out Voices of Our Feminist Foremothers found on Feminists for Life. A teenage girl is 10 times more likely to attempt suicide if she has had an abortion in the last six months than is a comparable teenage girl who has not had an abortion. -- Garfinkel, et al., Stress, Depression and Suicide: A Study of Adolescents in Minnesota, (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Extension Service, 1986) Is it time to have another look at abortion? After Affects of Abortion Post Abortion Psychological Issues Poverty and Abortion Suicide and Abortion Women Who Abort Is Abortion Still Dangerous?
	LINKS DEALING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: ACOG Violence Against Women Site American Institute on Domestic Violence Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Battered Women’s Justice Project CAVNET – Communities Against Violence Network Community United Against Violence – Abuse and Religion Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence Department of Justice's Violence Against Women Office Domestic Violence State Coalitions Donate A Phone End Violence Against Women - Johns Hopkins University Center for Communications Programs Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute (FVSAI) Family Violence Prevention Fund Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence Institute for Law and Justice Jane Doe, Inc. Legal Momentum Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse /MINCAVA National Center for Victims of Crime National Clearing House for the Defense of Battered Women National Coalition Against Domestic Violence National Network to End Domestic Violence National Resource Center on Domestic Violence National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime U.S. DOJ - Violence Against Women Office LINKS TO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS RESOURCES: Amnesty International Women's Learning Partnership Women, Law & Development International International Human Rights Law Group Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Women's Environment & Development Organization Women's Human Rights Resources, University of Toronto Web Portal on Gender and HIV/AIDS Women Living Under Muslim Laws Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development Forum for Women, Law and Development (Nepal) Tenaganita (Malaysia) Aurat Foundation (Pakistan) Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (Pakistan) Asian Migrant Centre (Hong Kong) Komnas Perempuan [National Commission on Violence Against Women] (Indonesia) TWC2 (Singapore migrants group) HOME (Singapore migrants shelter) Black Women's Health Imperative Genre en Action Arab Women Connect Resources from the University of Minnesota Library on WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, G.A. res. 34/180, 34 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 46) at 193, U.N. Doc. A/34/46, entered into force Sept. 3, 1981. Arabic || Chinese || French || Japanese || Russian || Spanish || ratifications from Womenwatch || Current ratifications available by U.N. subscription || ratifications from U.N.H.C.H.R. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, G.A. res. 54/4, annex, 54 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 5, U.N. Doc. A/54/49 (Vol. I) (2000), entered into force Dec. 22, 2000. Arabic || Japanese || Russian || Spanish || ratification information from U.N. site || Current ratifications available by U.N. subscription Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Commission on the Status of Women, U.N. Doc. E/CN.6/1999/10 (1999). Arabic || French || Russian || Spanish Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 193 U.N.T.S. 135, entered into force July 7, 1954. Arabic || Chinese || French || Russian || Spanish || Current ratifications available by U.N. subscription Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, Adopted by the 2nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, Maputo, CAB/LEG/66.6 (Sept. 13, 2000); reprinted in 1 Afr. Hum. Rts. L.J. 40, entered into force Nov. 25, 2005. Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, G.A. res. 3318 (XXIX), 29 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 31) at 146, U.N. Doc. A/9631 (1974). Arabic || Chinese || French || Russian || Spanish Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, G.A. res. 48/104, 48 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 217, U.N. Doc. A/48/49 (1993). French || Japanese || Russian || Spanish Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action, A/CONF.177/20 (1995) and A/CONF.177/20/Add.1 (1995). French || Japanese || Russian || Spanish Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, G.A. res. 55/25, annex I, 55 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 44, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (Vol. I) (2001). Arabic || French || Russian || Spanish Protocol to Prevent, Supress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, G.A. res. 55/25, annex II, 55 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 60, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (Vol.I) (2001). Arabic || French || Russian || Spanish Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, G.A. res. 55/25, annex III, 55 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 65, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (Vol. I) (2001). Arabic || French || Russian Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women, 1438 U.N.T.S. 51, entered into force March 17, 1949. Spanish Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights of Women, 1438 U.N.T.S. 63, entered into force March 17, 1949. Spanish Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Women, O.A.S. Treaty Series No. 4, 38, entered into force Aug. 29, 1934. Spanish Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women, 33 I.L.M. 1534 (1994), entered into force March 5, 1995. ratification information || Informacion acerca de la ratificacion The Human Rights of Women: A Reference Guide to official United Nations Documents French || Spanish United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Trafficking, E/2002/68/Add.1 (2002). Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidelines on International Protection: Gender-Related Persecution within the Context of Article 1a(2) of the 1951 Convention and Its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, U.N. Doc. HCR/GIP/02/01 (2002). 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