Women with Opioid Addiction Live with Daily Fear of Assault, Rape
NPR

It's an assault active drug users often don't report out of shame, distrust of police, or fear they'll be labeled a "cop caller" and have trouble buying heroin. It's an injury women say they can't figure out how to prevent. And it's one few doctors think to ask about, and thus rarely treat.

Bloom Time: The London Floristry Scheme Helping Refugee Women
The Guardian

Bread and Roses, a social enterprise aims to help female refugees gain new skills and work experience, and practice their English

How a Woman's Appearance Affects Her Career
CNN

While many women lighten their hair, replace glasses with contact lenses and wear high heel shoes to make themselves look more attractive in the workplace, Silicon Valley CEO Eileen Carey did just the opposite.

Mitch McConnell Knows That the GOP Has a Problem with Women
Washington Post

The Republican Party, particularly in the Senate, sorely lacks diversity. Of the party's 52 Senate seats, only five are held by women and only three by people of color. Thirty-three of the GOP senators are age 60 and over. This absence in diversity was probably notable to McConnell because it was reflected how Americans voted in 2016 — and there's some concern about how people will vote in the 2018 midterm elections, when quite a few seats are up for grabs.

DACA Protesters Plan to Continue the Fight

by Sawyer Phillips

Signs in Spanish and English bobbed over the heads of DACA protestors in the early September humidity. “Undocumented and unafraid” and “Justicia y dignidad para los inmigrantes” (justice and dignity for immigrants) were just a few of the messages posted on banners. The emotion was thicker than the air. More than one hundred demonstrators gathered in front of the White House on Tuesday to protest President Trump’s decision to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

Trump Gender Gap, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Cuts, Girl Scouts vs. Boy Scouts

This week on To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, our panelists discuss Trump’s approval among men and women, cutting the teen pregnancy prevention program and allowing girls to join the Boys Scouts.

On the panel this week joining host Bonnie Erbe is: Carrie Lukas, President, Independent Women’s Forum; Lara Brown, Associate Professor, George Washington University; Manal Omar, CEO & Founder, Across Red Lines & Truman National Security Fellow; Rina Shah, Republican Strategist

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