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For some black women, economy and willingness to aid family strains finances
The Great Recession carried special pain for black women like Jane Ladson. She had always been the one her family turned to when they needed help, and she didn’t hesitate to give it. She helped pay for weddings and rent. She made room for her nephew when her brother died of AIDS. And even now in her 50s, she took in a baby that wasn’t her own. Read full article >>
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Saudi women push challenge to driving ban
Saudi women leading a campaign against the kingdom's ban on female driving are calling on the courts to take up their lawsuits demanding the right to drive.
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Political and economic turmoil threaten women's progress
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (IPS) - As UN Women celebrated its first birthday, its executive director Michelle Bachelet stressed that political upheaval and shrinking budgets are no excuse to push back the hard-won gains made by the women's movement globally.
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Pregnant Women Over 50 'Do Pretty Well' Study Finds
The average age of women becoming mothers has risen in the United States, and in the last 20 years, a few women have even entered motherhood in their 60s.
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AP Interview: US women call Egypt captors 'kind'
Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out his cigarette in the car when a hostage said the smoke was bothering her.
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Women bishops supported by march
Anglican women clergy are to rally in Westminster later at a march supporting plans to introduce women bishops.
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Women Gain In Business, But Perceptions Hinder Advances
On one level, opportunities for women in business are brighter than ever in Asia. China, for instance, has the world's largest number of self-made women billionaires.
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Scientists show positive effects of affirmative action policies promoting women
Interventions to promote women have continuously been criticized as ineffective and inhibiting performance. Economists have now rejected this criticism; they conducted a series of experiments which examined the efficiency and effects of various interventions to increase women's willingness to enter competition.
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Women's Professional Soccer League Suspended for 2012 Season: A Female's Reaction
The Women's Professional Soccer League has made a shocking decision to suspend all league operations for the 2012 season . The suspension of activities is believed to be the result of complicated legal and financial matters.
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Women Gain In Business, But Perceptions Hinder Advances: Marjorie Yang
On one level, opportunities for women in business are brighter than ever in Asia. China, for instance, has the world's largest number of self-made women billionaires. Funding appears to be more readily available than ever, too (see related story here). Yet there are deeper social problems that hold women entrepreneurs back. ??Marjorie ??Yang, the chairman ...
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