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NEWS ABOUT: women's shelters

women's shelters stories: 3 news summaries

Bernhard Gets the Boot After Gang Rape Joke About Palin

Not 'a laughing matter,' says charity

Oct 2, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comedian Sandra Bernhard lost her gig at a fundraiser for a Boston homeless women's shelter after making a gang-rape joke about Sarah Palin, reports the Boston Herald. Bernhard joked last month that Palin would be "gang-raped by my big black brothers" if she came to Manhattan; the women's shelter... More »

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rape • Election 2008 • women's shelters • Sandra Bernhard

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Helping girls, rather than treating them as criminals, focus for Children of the Night

Jul 6, 08 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports. Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like... More »

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social services • charity • child prostitution • sex crime • prostitute • teenager • women's shelters • Children of the Night • Lois Lee

OPINION

Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals

Critics irked US has nearly triple shelters
for abused pets

Jun 25, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - With 3,800 animal shelters in the US to only 1,500 shelters for battered women, economist Allison Schrager tackles the disparity in More Intelligent Life. "If we value people more than animals can we ever justify giving to an animal-welfare charity?" she asks, and underlines the complexities that... More »

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charity • domestic abuse • animal • women's shelters • animal shelters

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