Women’s Issues
A Setback for Pakistani Women
POLITICO – LAHORE, Pakistan — The amazing thing is that she stayed. For the past nine years, Mukhtar Mai has lived in the same village where she was allegedly dragged into a house, raped and pushed out naked, while 200 higher-caste tribesmen sat in approval nearby and her father was too frightened to save her. Mai…
Read MoreFemale Genital Mutilation In Kenya: Local Girls Fight Back Against The Controversial Rite
Huffington Post – Two teenage girls in Kenya have attempted an unprecedented rebellion by refusing one of the most controversial rites of local womanhood: genital mutilation. As the Guardian is reporting, the procedure has bewildered Westerners, who “find it incomprehensible that a mother would allow her daughter to be so brutally amputated with all the risks of infection,…
Read MoreHead of Surgeons Group Resigns Over Article Viewed as Offensive to Women
New York Times – The president-elect of the American College of Surgeons resigned his position Sunday after weeks of controversy surrounding a Valentine’s Day editorial he wrote touting the mood-enhancing effects of semen on women during unprotected sex. In a statement sent by e-mail to The New York Times, the surgeon, Dr. Lazar Greenfield, said his many…
Read MoreWomen’s Rights on Trial
Will 3 women on The Supreme Court make a difference with pro-business court? By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine– More than 100 women have come forward to accuse retail giant Walmart of gender discrimination of pay and promotions at the company that raked in $14.1 billion in profits last year. The class action lawsuit, now before…
Read MoreGloria Feldt Explores Strategies for Women to Embrace Power
Feminist author and women’s social justice activist, Gloria Feldt explores ways women can equalize their gender power in politics in her new book, No Excuses, 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power. Earlier this year, the gender balance in the American workforce tipped toward women: For every man who receives a bachelor’s…
Read MoreKeyBank Donations to Supreme Court Since Appeals Verdict
KeyBank Donations to Supreme Court Justices Since Appeals Verdict
Read MoreBeing a Woman Veteran
by: Kayla Williams (From the diaries – promoted by Brandon Friedman) On Wednesday, I was honored and proud to be invited to the SHOUT! Art by Women Veterans show put on in San Francisco by Swords to Plowshares, a great organization. It was amazing for me to be around so many other women veterans at…
Read MoreStudy: Women Lawmakers Outperform Men
By Erika Lovley, Politico Are women more effective lawmakers than men? That’s the preliminary conclusion of a study conducted by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Chicago, who say that on average, women in Congress introduce more bills, attract more co-sponsors and bring home more money for their districts than their male counterparts…
Read MoreVA Failing to Serve Women Warriors
By Paul Rieckhoff for Huffington Post – Exec. Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America If you blinked, you could’ve missed it. With the media’s obsession over Michael Jackson’s death and Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings plastered across cable news shows, an important story might have skipped your radar. This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative…
Read MoreWork-Life Balance Debate Rages
Hard-nosed Biz Guru Says “No” Women Can’t Have it All – While Shipman/Kay Say Women Need to Re-Write the Rules By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine The debate rages on whether or not women can have successful careers while balancing a family and home life. In their new book, Womenomics, journalists Claire Shipman and Katty…
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