Women & the U.S. Military in East Asia

Women & the U.S. Military in East Asia

Women & the U.S. Military in East Asia Key Points   Negative effects of U.S. militarism on women and children in East Asia include sexual exploitation, physical and sexual violence, and the dire situation of many Amerasian children. Instead of seeing U.S....
Khaki and Blue: A Killer Combination

Khaki and Blue: A Killer Combination

Khaki and Blue: A Killer Combination U. S. police brutality abroad   An Iraqi woman in her 70s had been harnessed and ridden like a donkey by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib after being arrested without charge in July 2003. Law enforcement violence is not limited to...

Women of Color and Welfare

Women of Color and Welfare From: Working Hard, Staying Poor, published by the Women of Color Resource Center Welfare reform reduced welfare rolls by more than half, dropping the number of welfare recipients from 4.6 million to 2.4 million by 1999. However, while many...

Sweatshops & Women of Color

Sweatshops & Women of Color A sweatshop is a workplace where workers are subject to: extreme exploitation, including the absence of a living wage or benefits, poor working conditions, such as health and safety hazards, and arbitrary discipline. The U.S. General...