Tagged: women

Public Safety
4:47 pm
Thu February 14, 2013

Anti-Violence Groups Rally at State Capitol

More than a dozen non-profit groups working to end violence against women and girls gathered at the state capitol this morning to bring focus to a harrowing United Nation's statistic; 1 in 3 women in the world will be raped or beaten in their lifetime. The gathering was part of the One Billion Rising anti-violence movement led by Eve Ensler, Author of the Vagina Monologues. 

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1:11 pm
Thu January 17, 2013

KUER News Pod: Thursday January 17, 2013

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar steps down, the Utah Supreme Court puts a hold on the reunion of Terry Achane and his 2-year-old daughter, and Utah women continue to trail their male counterparts in college graduation rates.

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KUER Local News
1:07 pm
Thu November 29, 2012

KUER News Pod: Thursday November 29, 2012

Legislators and lobbyists debate women’s health and abortion, three men, including a University of Utah graduate student file a lawsuit against their conversion therapists, and the Utah Division of Water Quality puts an end to the Red Butte oil spill cleanup.

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Healthcare
8:33 am
Thu November 29, 2012

Legislators, Lobbyists Debate Women's Rights

There was little agreement between the panelists at a debate Wednesday night at the University of Utah over lawmakers’ recent decision to increase the state’s abortion waiting period.

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Female Corrections Officers
9:45 am
Mon August 6, 2012

Women in the Utah Department of Corrections

Corrections officers in Utah are predominantly male. It’s a job that many believe requires traditionally masculine attributes like brute strength and force.  But less than a quarter of Utah Correction’s officers are female and that statistic does not begin to tell the entire story.

The Utah Corrections officer training program is the same for both men and women. The profession has become significantly more amiable for both sexes using verbal tactics and well-established boundaries between inmates and officers.

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KUER Local News
1:58 pm
Thu June 7, 2012

KUER Newspod: June 7, 2012

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In today's episode the Salt Lake City Council is looking at eliminating free on-street parking after 6 PM, the Intermountain Medical Center is opening a women's health clinic, and book store owner Betsy Burton gives her take on Mark Haddon's new no

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