This week, Ellen DeGeneres and Michael Eisner publicly took a stand against conservatives who decry positive portrayals of homosexuality in the media. In the past few months, DeGeneres has become more outspoken about gay and lesbian issues. Acting D.C. Police Chief Assistant Police Chief Sonya Proctor, the highest-ranking woman in the Washington, D.C. police force, was named acting chief yesterday while city officials seek a replacement for Larry Soulsby, who resigned yesterday. Proctor's tenure may not be long, as Congress is pressuring the police force to find a new police chief from outside the city. Of the likely candidates, all are men.
Proctor is the first woman to lead the D.C. force.
When I told them I wanted to be police chief, I was met with laughter. She was subject to a lot of harassment and abuse. In a country torn by war, Rwandan women are fighting back in the hopes of stabilizing their crumbling agrarian economy and improving the status of women. Dowry and marriage laws give Rwandan men ownership of everything women produce, including their children. Kabale and a group of legal experts are working on a law that will give women more property and inheritance rights.