<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Hello Ladies &#187; Feminist Forte</title>
	<atom:link href="http://helloladies.com/category/feminism/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://helloladies.com</link>
	<description>The intersection of feminism and life</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:23:59 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
	<div id='fb-root'></div>
					<script type='text/javascript'>
						window.fbAsyncInit = function()
						{
							FB.init({appId: null, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true});
						};
						(function()
						{
							var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true;
							e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js';
							document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
						}());
					</script>	
						<item>
		<title>On My Honor, I Will Try: Girls Scouts Help Build Future Leaders</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/on-my-honor-i-will-try-girls-scouts-help-build-future-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/on-my-honor-i-will-try-girls-scouts-help-build-future-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family friendly work policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gilr sin STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls scouts and STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls scouts build leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glass ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to build leadership capacity in girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women in the workplace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life flexibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Girl Scouts of the USA recently released new research &#8220;ToGetHerThere: Girls’ Insights on Leadership,” revealing young girls see a glass ceiling in today’s society. The research, completed in partnership with GFK Roper, is part of a broader campaign and fundraising effort seeking to create equal representation of women in leadership positions in all sectors and levels of society. The Girl Scouts surveyed 1,000 girls aged 8-17 and found close to three in five girls think that while a woman can rise up in a company, she will rarely be placed in a senior leadership role.  And 8 in 10 girls think the workplace could do a better job of meeting the needs of their female workers. Of course we already know this to be the case. But hopefully, hearing young girls make these same observations will inspire all of us to do more to change the reality. We can tell our daughters all we want that they can grow up and become anything. But they are smarter than that. If they don’t see evidence to support that assertion, why should they believe us? As White House Project founder Marie Wilson often says, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” That [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/on-my-honor-i-will-try-girls-scouts-help-build-future-leaders/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Simple Recap of the Past Week</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/the-week-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/the-week-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Stand with Planned PArenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Komen reverses decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan G Komen and Planned PArenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan G. Komen pulls funds for Planned Parenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's reproductive rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: twitpic.com via Hello_Ladies on Pinterest]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/the-week-in-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Another Heroine of the Week: Congresswoman Jackie Speier</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/another-heroine-of-the-week-congresswoman-jackie-speier/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/another-heroine-of-the-week-congresswoman-jackie-speier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer screenings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congresswoman Jackie Speier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congresswoman Jackie Speier speaks about abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prochoice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan G. Komen pulls funds for Planned Parenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women in Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember Congresswoman Jackie Speier? Last February, during the House debate over Title X funding to family planning service providers including Planned Parenthood, she bravely shared a very personal story about abortion. Today Speier again addressed Congress about Planned Parenthood &#8212; this time to speak out against Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure&#8217;s decision to pull funds from Planned Parenthood. The breast cancer organization, which claims to put the &#8220;highest priority on the women they serve,&#8221; pulled its funding for Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides women with breast health education, screenings, and referrals for mammograms. Here is Congresswoman Speier&#8217;s statement about Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. And here is the speech she made last February. A female leader who speaks powerfully and from the heart &#8211; this is why we need more women in Washington. Click here to support Planned Parenthood.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/another-heroine-of-the-week-congresswoman-jackie-speier/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Heroine of the Week: Janet Howell</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/heroine-of-the-week-janet-howell/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/heroine-of-the-week-janet-howell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandatoru ultrasound before abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Janet Howell proposes amnedment making rectal exams mandatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Senator Janet Howell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia State Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brava to Virginia State Senator Janet Howell who made a statement this week when she proposed an amendment to Senate Bill 484, which would require a pregnant woman to undergo an ultrasound and have the option to view her fetus before having an abortion.  Howell&#8217;s amendment would have required men to undergo a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before getting a prescription for erectile dsyfunction drugs. Proponents of the mandatory ultrasound before abortion argue its part of informed consent – making sure a woman seeking an abortion knows her legal rights and alternatives, and to be sure the confused little lady really understands what she is undertaking. Perhaps Howell just wanted to make sure that men, distressed by their sexual dysfunction, were clear about the risks of Viagra and the choices they had – like abstaining. Or maybe, she just wanted to make the point that no one should control another person’s body or create legislation requiring unnecessary and invasive procedures on another human being. Not surprising, Howell&#8217;s amendment failed and the bill passed the Senate Education and Health committee. However according to the Richard Times-Dispatch, a new amendment, &#8220;being formulated by Democrats would require a physician to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/heroine-of-the-week-janet-howell/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In Support of Reproductive Rights on Roe v. Wade Anniversary</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/in-support-of-reproductive-rights-on-roe-v-wade-anniversary/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/in-support-of-reproductive-rights-on-roe-v-wade-anniversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog For Choice Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog for choice day 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roe anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roe v. wade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling which made abortion legal in the United States, we are participating in NARAL Pro-Choice America&#8217;s Blog for Choice Day by answering the question: What will you do to help elect pro-choice candidates in 2012? It&#8217;s an important question. According to NARAL, in 2011 26 states enacted anti-choice measures. And in the GOP presidential primary race, four anti-choice candidates are vying for the nomination. In the good news category, on Friday the Obama administration announced it would uphold a ruling that will provide women access to birth control with no co-pays as part of the  Affordable Care Act. And today, President Obama issued a statement reaffirming his commitment to protecting a woman’s right to choose.  It read, &#8220;While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue- no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant woman and mothers, reduce the need for abortion, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption.  And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.&#8221; And ultimately, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/in-support-of-reproductive-rights-on-roe-v-wade-anniversary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Do You Feel Safe Running Alone?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/do-you-feel-safe-running-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/do-you-feel-safe-running-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hello ladies personal responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mothers who run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running at night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sherry Arnold Montana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women runners]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post, &#8220;Personal Responsibility,&#8221; first appeared on Hello Ladies in October 2010. It is the most popular post we&#8217;ve written in the 2 years since we started this blog. We are reposting it following the disappearance of Sherry Arnold, a female jogger from Montana. Arnold, a mother and teacher, went for an early morning run last Saturday and never returned. One of her running shoes was found on the side of the road and she was reported dead on Friday. Law enforcement officials are not sharing many details while they investigate but news outlets are reporting two men are in custody. We decided to repost this after reading the reaction to Arnold&#8217;s death by some other female runners. Women are asking other women what do you do to feel safe running alone?  And the answers vary from carry a cell phone and id bracelet, bring pepper spray, run with a dog or a partner, leave a note behind with your route and running outfit, to carry a gun. Wow, it&#8217;s amazing what women  feel the need to do to stay safe. In &#8220;Personal Responsibility&#8221; we wrote about being harassed while running at night and asked, &#8220;Why is it &#8230; that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/do-you-feel-safe-running-alone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Women Newsmakers in 2011</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/nine-top-stories-involving-women-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/nine-top-stories-involving-women-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 year in review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Betty Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding in public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren enters Mass Senate race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender wage gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geraldine Ferraro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[massachusetts senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mikulski longest serving woman senator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[target nurse-in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories Involving Women in 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top women news in 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walmart v. dukes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women in 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's reproductive rights under attack in 2011. Speaker John Boehner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another year almost over, another few cents narrowing the wage gap. Here’s a look back at some of the stories that impacted or involved women in 2011: Reproductive rights under attack: Three days into the year we wrote, &#8220;Congressman John Boehner (R-Ohio) will become Speaker of the House Wednesday and women should pay attention. &#8230; In fact, he represents a significant threat to women’s reproductive rights.&#8221; And indeed 2011 saw some of the most aggressive attacks on women&#8217;s reproductive health. Ashley Portero at the International Business Times has a round up of the staggering number measures related to reproductive health introduced in 2011 including: H.R. 3 with its disturbing &#8220;forcible rape&#8221;  language (as if all rape isn&#8217;t forcible?) H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act, or as some are called it, the Let Women Die Act. The Heartbeat Bill, which would ban abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat- before many women even know they are pregnant. Two fetuses were witnesses at an Ohio legislative committee contemplating this bill. And of course, the attack on Planned Parenthood. Rape and intimate partner violence a very real threat: Speaking of women&#8217;s health, in November the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released The National [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/nine-top-stories-involving-women-in-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>If I Were Santa</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/if-i-were-santa/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/if-i-were-santa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Work Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence victims needs hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[massachusetts senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paycheck fairness act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratify CEDAW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence against women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace equality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If I were Santa, I&#8217;d be making my list and checking it twice. And here are the gifts I would give: For Our Daughters: The gift of self-esteem and positive role models The mass media perpetuates a message that women and girls’ value comes from beauty and sexuality – and it affects us. Sixty-five percent of women and girls have an eating disorder. Eighty percent of the op-ed pages are dominated by men. The number of women in senior management positions globally has gone from 24 to 20 percent from 2004 to 2009. For Corporate America: More women in leadership positions There is a large, and growing, body of research connecting women at the tops of organizations to a strong bottom line performance. However, women comprise 53 percent of new hires, but only 37 percent of managers, 26 percent of vice-presidents, and just 14 percent of executive committees. &#160; For Working Mothers: Flexible work arrangements &#8230; and a day of rest The life of a working mother is challenging. Flexible work arrangements give parents the ability to work more flexibly and better manage the challenges of work and family. For Working Families: Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act According to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/if-i-were-santa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Catholic Bishops Are in Washington, and My Uterus, Again</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/the-catholic-bishops-are-in-washington-and-my-uterus-again/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/the-catholic-bishops-are-in-washington-and-my-uterus-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Bishops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church lobbying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church tax exempt status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conscience clause Catholics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Sebelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no co-pay contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama meets with Catholic Bishops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[separation of church and state]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The all-male Catholic Bishops are weighing in on women&#8217;s reproductive rights again. This time they are upset about a requirement in the Affordable Care Act mandating employers offer free contraceptive coverage as part of health insurance policies beginning next August. While there is an exemption in the law for some religious employers, primarily churches that employ mostly people of the same faith, the bishops say it is too narrowly defined and “even the ministry of Jesus and the early Christian Church would not qualify.” They want to see the exemption broadened to include universities, hospitals and clinics associated with religious organizations. Doing so would take away a key aspect of healthcare reform from countless women. Said U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Service Kathleen Sebelius when the administration first announced the requirement last summer, “These historic guidelines are based on science and existing literature and will help ensure women get the preventive health benefits they need.” But now it appears the White House is reconsidering. Following a meeting between Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and President Obama, The New York Times reported, “Several lawmakers said administration officials had left them with the impression [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/the-catholic-bishops-are-in-washington-and-my-uterus-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gentlemen, It&#8217;s Called Rape Culture</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/gentlemen-its-called-rape-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/gentlemen-its-called-rape-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Paterno supporters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penn State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penn State child abuse scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=5944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A coworker was discussing the Penn State scandal. He was so angry. “Don’t the student rioters and Paterno supporters have any sympathy for the victims,” he asked? “Don’t they understand how hard it must be for the victims to see and hear them defend the coach?” A friend from college posted about Penn State on his Facebook page. He questioned why the media refer to what Jerry Sandusky did in the shower as sex instead of rape. He was amazed some Penn State supporters favored the football program over the well-being of the victims. A listener called in to a sports radio program I was listening to during my commute to work. He just couldn’t comprehend how so many people knew about Sandusky’s actions and didn’t make him stop. It&#8217;s called rape culture gentleman, and it sucks. And because I&#8217;ve been writing about women&#8217;s rights for the last four years I am unfortunately familiar with it. I get the anger you are feeling over what happened at Penn State. I feel it too &#8211; I read the grand jury report and I cried.  Sadly, I don&#8217;t share you&#8217;re shock and disbelief over the way Penn State handled the accusations. Nor [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/gentlemen-its-called-rape-culture/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

