Bush Ideology Hurts Women Worldwide - Groups

[G_j]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0420-03.htm

Published on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 by the Inter Press Service

Bush Ideology Hurts Women Worldwide - Groups
by Marty Logan

MONTREAL - U.S. President George W Bush can talk a good line on women's issues but his performance is a flop, said U.S. groups Monday in a preview of this weekend's March for Women's Lives in Washington.

Grading the Bush administration in four areas -- its emergency plan for HIV/AIDS, global women's rights, international family planning and support for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) -- the organisations argued that the president sometimes makes all the right noises but rarely follows up by taking the correct steps.

The groups -- Feminist Majority, Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO) and the Centre for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) -- said ideology, not evidence, is driving Bush's performance in these areas, and predicted that hundreds of thousands would turn out at the march Sunday to protest his approach.

For the first time since the marches began in the 1970s, this year's event will focus on international issues, said Ellie Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority.

..more..

[revcarol]

1. In Bush's own church, the United Methodist Church,

the Board of Church and Society is supporting the world's women against Bush.

[G_j]

2. that is good to hear. n/t