May, 2009

New America Media Receives $25,000 Kellogg Foundation Grant to Distribute Historic Research Data On Women Immigrants

Ajax World Magazine, 05/01/2009 –

Results of the poll will be discussed and released during an event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 14. At 8:45 a.m., a forum will be held to discuss key aspects of the poll. Kathy Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority Foundation, and Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine, will moderate the forum, which will include panelists Angela M. Kelley, Vice President for Immigration Policy, Center for American Progress; Silvia Henriquez, Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health; Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center; and Sara K. Gould, President and CEO, Ms. Foundation for Women.

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Two Women's Health Groups Criticize President's Budget

Government and Politics Watch, 05/08/2009 –

Officials from two women’s health and family planning groups have released statements expressing concern and disappointment over President Obama’s 2010 budget, released yesterday.

Officials from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health-- said in new releases that they were discouraged that the Obama administration did not seek to strike restrictions on government financing of abortions.

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En las noticias

Bristol Palin y la abstinencia

El Diario, 05/09/2009 –

Esta semana, los medios celebraron El día de la Prevención del Embarazo en Adolescentes entrevistando a Bristol Palin, madre adolescente e hija de la gobernadora de Alaska Sarah Palin, quien trató de convencer a las y los jóvenes que su caso es ejemplo de porque no tener sexo: no puede salir con sus amigos como antes y perdió la oportunidad de asistir a la universidad fuera de Alaska. Read more »

Hyde Amendment Restrictions Impose Harsh Costs on Low-Income Latinas

RH Reality Check, 05/14/2009 –

Last week President Barack Obama released his budget for fiscal year 2010. The document allocates hundreds of billions of dollars to initiatives designed to help struggling families navigate the treacherous waters of recession. The president wisely called for funding cuts to programs consistently proven ineffective, including abstinence-only sexuality education. Regrettably, he forgot to remove an archaic provision that, today more than ever, thwarts the economic survival and undermines healthy living for low-income women across America, the so-called Hyde Amendment.

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The Face of Immigrant Women

The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, 05/15/2009 –

Executive Director Silvia Henriquez on the Brian Lehrer Show, The Face of Immigrant Women

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A New Trend in Motherhood

The New York Times, 05/17/2009 –

Executive Director Silvia Henriquez responds to data about the increase in single motherhood.

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En las noticias

El Diario reconoce liderazgo de la mujer hispana

El Diario, 05/18/2009 –

El Diario honra a Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, sub directora del Instituto Nacional de Latinas para la Salud Reproductiva

Quick Hit: Women Immigrants Aren't Who We Think They Are

Feministing.com, 05/20/2009 –

Silvia Henriquez quoted in this blog post about perceptions of immigrant women.

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En las noticias

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas

El Diario, 05/20/2009 –

“Como persona comprometida con la justicia reproductiva, activista, mujer, latina, hija de un inmigrante, aliada de la causa homo sexual y progresista, me he encontrado cons tantemente confrontada al odio y al miedo”. Read more »