Read more women's shelters stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32077/womens-shelters.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:27:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38938/bernhard-gets-the-boot-after-gang-rape-joke-about-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComedian 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 heard...http://www.newser.com/story/38938/bernhard-gets-the-boot-after-gang-rape-joke-about-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Oct 2008 7:59:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31591/teen-prostitutes-find-help-at-la-shelter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"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 other social-service types," said...http://www.newser.com/story/31591/teen-prostitutes-find-help-at-la-shelter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Jul 2008 5:27:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30897/battered-women-deserve-help-over-animals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith 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 make...http://www.newser.com/story/30897/battered-women-deserve-help-over-animals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Jun 2008 16:30:06 CDT