Suu Kyi wins parliament seat in historic Myanmar election
NBC’s Ian Williams reports on the run-up to Sunday’s elections By msnbc.com staff and news services – Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent 15 years under house arrest in…
Read MoreGender Gap? Washington State Has a History of Women Who Lead
By ISOLDE RAFTERY for The New York Times – SEATTLE — It was 2009, floods had inundated western Washington and the state’s politicians were flown up to survey the damage. When asked who would…
Read MoreMedia Offered Guide to Avoiding Sexism in Coverage of Woman Candidates
The Women’s Media Center has released a new Media Guide for its Name It. Change It. project, which works to identify, prevent and end sexist media coverage of women candidates and politicians.…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Native Comes Home to Run for Congress
First in her family to earn a college degree, she is now the first in her family to run for Congress. Gloria Bromell Tinubu, PhD, is a native of Georgetown County, South…
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Idaho: Ultrasounds Are Conducted at Capitol in Support of Abortion Bill
The New York Times – An anti-abortion advocate secured a basement room in the Idaho Capitol to conduct ultrasound procedures Wednesday on six women before an audience of 150. State troopers ejected some…
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In honor of Gloria Steinem’s birthday, author Paula Xanthopoulou makes her ebook available for free
Sunday is Gloria Steinem’s 78th birthday — and no Equal Rights on the U.S. Constitution or Equal Representation in Congress yet, 236 years after independence from the British Empire! Meanwhile, the U.S.A is…
Read MoreHappy Birthday Gloria!
On Sunday, March 25th, the mother of modern feminism, Gloria Steinem, turns 78. Still active, Gloria Steinem participated earlier this month in the Women in the World Summit held in New York.…
Read MoreWomen in the World Summit Highlights Women Across the Globe
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – The third annual Women in the World Summit was held in New York March 8-10, 2012. Hosted and sponsored by Daily Beast and Newsweek Magazine CEO…
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