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'Women in the News' Archive
A Collection of National and International News Articles on Women from Online Newspapers like the Globe, the BBC, CNN, etc.
Please feel free to reply to this forum with Comments or News On Women - links or urls!
NATIONAL NEWS
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Film tax credit proposal falls short, evangelist says OTTAWA — A group led by evangelist Charles McVety says a contentious proposal to withhold tax credits from TV shows and films deemed pornographic may not go far enough because the majority of Canadians do not want to fund those types of productions
xtra.ca:
Why gays should worry about policing pregnancy
PERSONAL POLITICAL / Our mantra has always been: our bodies, our choices
National Post Feist takes Junos by storm
Director dares to put a face on illegal immigration Patricia Riggen tells Simon Houpt that Under the Same Moon has attracted both an audience and plenty of critics
Bonnie Stern: Catherine O’Hara’s No-Fry French Fries and other hear... The Appetizer: Many Canadians don’t realize that heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death among women
Globe and Mail: Hillary: so macho, she's 'scary'
Globe and Mail: Bisphenol A - what you need to know Bisphenol A, found in everything from baby bottles to the lining of tin cans, could constitute a danger to human life and health, Health Canada reported last week
Stereotypes about Feminism: Myths About Those Bra-Burning Feminists... Feminists-- ugly, man-hating, whiny women who can't get a man? Not even close. Here are some common stereotypes about feminism.
The Walrus: Shopping for a Marriage First place entry in the 2007 Student Field Notes Contest
Globe and Mail: Ordinary women can change the world
Globe and Mail: Get down girls: At a Dance Dance Party Party event the rules are simple: no booze, no boys – and no judging. Ladies, you're free to let loose
Globe and Mail: The stars come down to earth
A Canadian filmmaker enlisted the help of Cameron Diaz and other celebrities for a series on young heroes making a change in troubled places, including Vancouver
Government of Canada assists female students and senior women in th...
Windor Star: Where the grrrls are "I found myself questioning every so often, 'Where da grrls at?'" she writes in her mission statement. "I want to see and hear more women on the stage; I want to see them taking the mic, the bass guitar and the keys; I want to hear their art come alive."
Montreal Gazette Hard, funny feminism
Tanya Mars wants her portrait as a fire-breathing Virgin Queen to be shown at her funeral. It's beautiful and difficult, she says
Globe: China shuts down 25 websites HONG KONG — China will shut down or punish dozens of video-sharing Web sites for carrying content deemed pornographic, violent or a threat to national security under rules that tighten Internet controls, a regulator said Friday.
Generation Ex: For kids, divorce can be a relief – 'one of the best things' ever
National Post: HOT DOCS: Flirting with the mainstream, embracing the margins
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/factsandarguments"">The step-aside mom 'But Dad, aren't stepmothers supposed to be evil?' my stepdaughter asked her father before our wedding..."
Globe: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/talkingtothetaliban"">Talking to the Taliban Face-to-face with Canada's front-line opponents in Afghanistan describing what motivates them to fight.
National Post WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's big national lead over Hillary Clinton has all but d... in the U.S. presidential race, and both Democrats trail Republican John McCain, according a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
National Post: Today's bullies - yesterday's feminists Until now, a woman and her fetus have been treated as a single legal person. By laying two criminal charges in a pregnant woman's murder, C-484 will validate the unborn baby's existential human uniqueness.by Barbara Kay, Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
National Post: Top Model walks away Andrea Muizelaar overcomes anorexia, survives ...
Globe: China blocks YouTube.com over Tibet videos. BEIJING — Internet users in China were blocked from seeing YouTube.com on Sunday after dozens of videos about protests in Tibet appeared on the popular U.S. video Web site.
Globe: Unleashing our inner demons, site by sickening site: The sex-and-murder nexus is disquieting because it implies that these images (which include torture, teen-sex and death videos, all in a row, as well as close-ups of deformities and injuries) are erotic – as erotic as vomit (and worse) are to Marco Fioroto.
National Post: Women paid significantly less than men
National Post: Uncovering the science of the sexes "These biological factors can't help but influence women's attitudes to their work, including the more common desire among women to work part-time or reasonable hours;" or "Male brains are wired to be more trigger-happy and to feel pleasure when rivals get their due. Could this have an impact on how men experience competition in the workplace?"
Globe and Mail Arts News: Atwood takes on role of Librettist Vancouver production will recount life of native poet Pauline Johnson
National Post: Arnie Gelbart: Censoring Canada's film-makers by stealth: "One can only imagine what would have been the chilling effect of C-10 on a Crash or The Sweet Hereafter"
National Post: Iraqis still ask if U.S. invasion was worth it
Globe and Mail: Student faces expulsion for running study group on Facebook
Globe and Mail: Juggling life as both Mr. Wallet and Mr. Mom Deadbeat dads, ghost dads, Disneyland dads, Santa daddies: The divorce culture is rich in labels, especially ones that reduce men to negative stereotypes.
Globe and Mail: Risk of cancer continues after women halt hormone therapy
Globe and Mail: Women at work: No matter how much they pay, law firms just can't ha...
Globe and Mail: 'Persistent' Polley walks away with top awardsCanadian's directorial debut commands major prizes — best picture and director, best actor and actress
Globe and Mail:
Clinton, Obama face day of reckoning
Globe and Mail Special Feature: The Hillary paradox
Globe and Mail: Women at work: No matter how much they pay, law firms just can't ha...
Globe and Mail: 'Persistent' Polley walks away with top awardsCanadian's directorial debut commands major prizes — best picture and director, best actor and actress
Globe and Mail:
Clinton, Obama face day of reckoning
Globe and Mail Special Feature: The Hillary paradox
Globe and Mail: War Child Canada founder Dr. Samantha Nutt on child...
Globe and Mail: Men do it better: Women give women complicated advice about men, how to play games and trick a guy into dating them.
Guardian Review: Mad, Bad, and Sad Lisa Appignanesi's new book examines the history of women and mental illness.
Globe and Mail: The other cost of battling breast cancer For many women, a diagnosis means facing serious financial hardship, a new study finds
Globe and Mail: My sex drive has dried up The more we fight about sex, the more performance anxiety I feel. He's the only man I've ever slept with, and I wonder if things would be different with someone else.
Globe and Mail: Ex seeks $50-million and alimony, challenges Quebec...
Advisory Council on the Status of Women: "without funding support f...
Globe and Mail: Don't call her first lady: Michelle Obama has an Iv...
Globe and Mail: What is Canada's place in the world?
The National Post: Abaya Monologues: On the streets with Danielle C...
www.universitychronicle.com/media/storage/paper231/news/2008/04/14/..."">FACES OF FEMINISM
Globe and Mail: Bringing Up Baby While Behind Bars
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC News:India's acid victims demand justiceIn Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, the number of acid attacks have been rising. The largest numbers of victims come from the poorest backgrounds and are women who have rejected their husbands, employers or would-be boyfriends.
More needed to combat violence against women The rape and murder of Italian artist-activist Pippa Bacca sheds light on the extensiveness of violence against all women in Turkey
BBC News
Woman driver makes racing history
Women's battle has still not been won Guardian
Independent Women's studies are alive and well Media reports have declared that the subject is dead. But our investigation shows it is surviving – and tackling today's issues.
The Biggest Popularity Contest: The Presidency "So can we get away from this old drama of feminism, post feminism, anti feminism, whatever the hell all of that means anyway?"
College Republicans hold "Anti-Feminist Bake Sale"
Female Misogynist: How feminism and matriarchy are destroying civil... - You won't believe this website - Jenina
L.A Times Children of North Korean women in China face hurdles, rights group ... Because their mothers are there illegally, they often can't attend school. Many are afraid to go outside.
BBC News: Darfur women still face rape risk Women and girls in Darfur are still subjected to widespread rape and sexual assault five years after the start of the conflict, Human Rights Watch says.
BBC Feature: Iraq lives: Schoolgirl in BaghdadNoor Salman is 16-year-old Iraqi girl living in Baghdad. She writes about her experiences of life in the five years since the US-led invasion.
Guardian: Internet Miss Bimbo game for girls attacked by parents
National Post: Joyce Arthur: Bill C-484 isn't about protecting pregnant women, it'...
BBC News Nobel winner tear-gassed in Kenya Kenyan police have fired tear gas at dozens of protesters, including Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, during a demonstration in the capital Nairobi.
The Arizona Republic: Cowgirl Up!' show kicks up art-and-gender dust "There has been a bias against women throughout the 20th century, where women were not permitted into exhibitions or art schools. We've moved past that, but that remains the backdrop, and it's not going away. It's across the board, not just in art."
Alternet: The Iraq Legacy: Millions of Women's Lives Destroyed Politicians hoped the Iraq war would see the advance of women's rights. Instead, Iraqi women face violence, sexual abuse and segregation.
BillingsGazette.com: Guest Opinion: Little progress on women's rights in Afghanistan
BBC: China blocks YouTube over Tibet videos
Independent Review: Lars and the Real Girl, (12A) Shy young man brings home his ideal woman – and she's an anatomically correct plastic doll!
BBC: Women in Saudi Arabia should be allowed more basic freedoms, according to a UN anti-discrimination committee.
Saudis open hotel for women only. The Middle East's first women-only hotel has opened in Saudi Arabia
S Arabia eases laws on solo women
BBC: Ghana to expel female protesters A group of Liberian women refugees who were accused by a minister of holding naked protests by the roadside are to be deported from Ghana.
BBC News - Naked protesters to be sent home A group of Liberian women refugees who have held naked protests by the roadside are to be deported from Ghana, a minister has told the BBC.
BBC News:Women Dominate Spanish Cabinet: Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has unveiled his new cabinet, which for the first time includes more women than men.
Al Jazeera: Marina Silva - From Maid to Minister: Focus on the Brazilian Environment Minister's rise to political prominence.
The Moscow Times - Life of the Party Sofka Zinovieff records her Russian grandmother's extraordinary adventures in war, politics and love
Al Jazeera - Rachel Corrie play opens in Haifa An Arabic-language production of My Name is Rachel Corrie, a play based on the writings of a young American woman killed by an Israeli bulldozer, premiered in Haifa, Israel on Sunday..
BBC News - France: Sex for Rent Journalist Ondine Millot uncovers the truth about France's sordid housing crisis
BBC Features: Sexual Capital Mumbai bank offers sex workers hope
The Independent Joan Smith: 'Honour' killings are an outrage we must confront
BBC News: Ugandan prostitute workshop bannedUganda's government has banned a workshop for prostitutes scheduled to start on Wednesday in Entebbe.
Guardian: Cherchez la femme In the popular imagination, French women are independent and yet sublimely feminine. And those in public life - from Sarkozy's new first lady to his socialist rival - reinforce the image. But, says Zoe Williams, there are good reasons why British women shouldn't aspire to be French
The Moscow Times: Treasure Hunt - Women's Day Presents International Women's Day is one of the most important national holidays in Russia.
The Moscow Times: Critical Journalist Held at Airport Natalya Morar, an investigative journalist, was refused entry to Russia at Domodedovo Airport on Wednesday after border guards said she was a threat to national security
BBC News: Iran 'targeting' women activists Amnesty International has called on Iran to stop persecuting people who campaign for women's rights.
BBC News: Woman to conduct Egypt marriages Egypt has appointed a woman to conduct Muslim marriages for the first time.
Globe and Mail: Child rape cases surge in Zimbabwe Child rape has increased 42 per cent in Zimbabwe, the UN children's agency said Wednesday, linking worsening child abuse to family tensions caused by the country's economic meltdown.
"">BBC: Africa's Lesbians Demand Change Lesbians from across Africa have called on African governments to stop treating homosexuals like criminals.
Radio Free Europe: Iran: Women’s Rights Activists Get Suspended Lashing Sentences A revolutionary court in Tehran has sentenced three women's rights activists to suspended sentences of lashings and six months in prison for charges that include acting against national security.
The Independent Men, women & the secrets of skin colour
BBC: Egypt's doctors take on Mubarak Egypt's longstanding president, Hosni Mubarak, faces a new challenge to his authority from a wave of strikes and signs of middle-class discontent, including a campaign group led by a woman doctor, Mona Mina.
Mother Jones: Throwing Clinton Under the Bus To Spite Mom
The Star: Journalist gets 6-month suspended jail sentence Tehran - An Iranian court has given a women's rights activist and journalist a suspended flogging and jail sentence for disturbing the public order, media reports said today.
BBC: Saudi women 'kept in childhood' Saudi women are being kept in perpetual childhood so male relatives can exercise "guardianship" over them, the Human Rights Watch group has said.
Afghanistan Conflict Monitor: Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: How To Reach the Women
Women Action and Media Conference Blog: Dacia’s Sex Work and Media Representation session
RH Reality Check: Dude, Where Are My Reproductive Rights?
The Rising Nepal: Parties flayed for not fielding women candidates [ 2008-4-4 ]
BBC: IN DEPTH COVERAGE - WOMEN in BUSINESS GLOBALLY
BBC News: Afghanistan's Pop Idol breaks barriers. The fact that a young woman from the birthplace of the Taleban is on stage performing each week says a lot about the way Afghanistan has changed in six years.
Iran's 'diagnosed transsexuals'
BBC NEWS: Homosexual relationships are banned in Iran, but the country allows sex change operations and hundreds of men have elected for surgery to change their lives.
WIP: It Takes a Real Man to Talk to Boys: John Stoltenberg Offers an Alt...
The Huffington Post: On Sexist Media Coverage of Hillary Clinton
Can You Outlaw the Oldest Profession? Britain re-examines the law in the wake of the Suffolk murders of 5 prostitutes.
Al Jazeera International News: Myanmar Bars Suu Kyi From Elections Opposition leader is excluded because she was married to a foreigner.
Associated Press: Saudi woman arrested for having coffee with a man
BBC News: Darfur 'broke my heart' says nurse "So for me, the best of times are seeing my hands make a difference, and having a woman come and rub me on the back and give me a cup of tea and say, 'thank you, my sister'."
BBC News: Female G spot 'can be detected' "For the first time, it is possible to determine by a simple, rapid and inexpensive method if a woman has got a G spot or not"
BBC News: Gang rape spirals in violent Kenya
BBC News: Housewife 'would be paid £30,000:Housewives would be paid...
BBC News: Sperm damage 'passed to children'
BBC News: Profile: Sierra Leone's slum medic
Courier-Journal: Kentucky State Senators Approve Abortion Bill
BBC News: Pleas for Condemned Saudi "Witch"
BBC News: Manila Women Fight Contraception Ban
A question of honour: Police say 17,000 women are victims every year
BBC News: Iran bans female 'Schumacher'.
Johnson tries to defuse embryos bill crisisMinisters were yesterday battling to defuse a growing crisis over whether dissenting Labour MPs should be entitled to vote against parts of the human embryology and fertilisation bill
Brilliantly drawn girls Comics never used to be much fun for their rare female characters, but with more women in the industry, kick-ass heroines are taking over
Guardian: Democrats want clarity, and Clinton's time is running out Breaking up is hard to do, but unless Obama is beaten soundly three times before May 7, it has to be the end of the affair
Guardian: PM to allow free vote on 'ethical' aspects of embryo bill
Guardian: Britain needs to know how deeply its immigrants want to live in thi...
A Collection of National and International News Articles on Women from Online Newspapers like the Globe, the BBC, CNN, etc.
Please feel free to reply to this forum with Comments or News On Women - links or urls!
NATIONAL NEWS
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080417.wfilm17/BNStory/National/home">
Film tax credit proposal falls short, evangelist says OTTAWA — A group led by evangelist Charles McVety says a contentious proposal to withhold tax credits from TV shows and films deemed pornographic may not go far enough because the majority of Canadians do not want to fund those types of productions
xtra.ca:
Why gays should worry about policing pregnancy
PERSONAL POLITICAL / Our mantra has always been: our bodies, our choices
National Post Feist takes Junos by storm
Director dares to put a face on illegal immigration Patricia Riggen tells Simon Houpt that Under the Same Moon has attracted both an audience and plenty of critics
Bonnie Stern: Catherine O’Hara’s No-Fry French Fries and other hear... The Appetizer: Many Canadians don’t realize that heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death among women
Globe and Mail: Hillary: so macho, she's 'scary'
Globe and Mail: Bisphenol A - what you need to know Bisphenol A, found in everything from baby bottles to the lining of tin cans, could constitute a danger to human life and health, Health Canada reported last week
Stereotypes about Feminism: Myths About Those Bra-Burning Feminists... Feminists-- ugly, man-hating, whiny women who can't get a man? Not even close. Here are some common stereotypes about feminism.
The Walrus: Shopping for a Marriage First place entry in the 2007 Student Field Notes Contest
Globe and Mail: Ordinary women can change the world
Globe and Mail: Get down girls: At a Dance Dance Party Party event the rules are simple: no booze, no boys – and no judging. Ladies, you're free to let loose
Globe and Mail: The stars come down to earth
A Canadian filmmaker enlisted the help of Cameron Diaz and other celebrities for a series on young heroes making a change in troubled places, including Vancouver
Government of Canada assists female students and senior women in th...
Windor Star: Where the grrrls are "I found myself questioning every so often, 'Where da grrls at?'" she writes in her mission statement. "I want to see and hear more women on the stage; I want to see them taking the mic, the bass guitar and the keys; I want to hear their art come alive."
Montreal Gazette Hard, funny feminism
Tanya Mars wants her portrait as a fire-breathing Virgin Queen to be shown at her funeral. It's beautiful and difficult, she says
Globe: China shuts down 25 websites HONG KONG — China will shut down or punish dozens of video-sharing Web sites for carrying content deemed pornographic, violent or a threat to national security under rules that tighten Internet controls, a regulator said Friday.
Generation Ex: For kids, divorce can be a relief – 'one of the best things' ever
National Post: HOT DOCS: Flirting with the mainstream, embracing the margins
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/factsandarguments"">The step-aside mom 'But Dad, aren't stepmothers supposed to be evil?' my stepdaughter asked her father before our wedding..."
Globe: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/talkingtothetaliban"">Talking to the Taliban Face-to-face with Canada's front-line opponents in Afghanistan describing what motivates them to fight.
National Post WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's big national lead over Hillary Clinton has all but d... in the U.S. presidential race, and both Democrats trail Republican John McCain, according a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
National Post: Today's bullies - yesterday's feminists Until now, a woman and her fetus have been treated as a single legal person. By laying two criminal charges in a pregnant woman's murder, C-484 will validate the unborn baby's existential human uniqueness.by Barbara Kay, Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
National Post: Top Model walks away Andrea Muizelaar overcomes anorexia, survives ...
Globe: China blocks YouTube.com over Tibet videos. BEIJING — Internet users in China were blocked from seeing YouTube.com on Sunday after dozens of videos about protests in Tibet appeared on the popular U.S. video Web site.
Globe: Unleashing our inner demons, site by sickening site: The sex-and-murder nexus is disquieting because it implies that these images (which include torture, teen-sex and death videos, all in a row, as well as close-ups of deformities and injuries) are erotic – as erotic as vomit (and worse) are to Marco Fioroto.
National Post: Women paid significantly less than men
National Post: Uncovering the science of the sexes "These biological factors can't help but influence women's attitudes to their work, including the more common desire among women to work part-time or reasonable hours;" or "Male brains are wired to be more trigger-happy and to feel pleasure when rivals get their due. Could this have an impact on how men experience competition in the workplace?"
Globe and Mail Arts News: Atwood takes on role of Librettist Vancouver production will recount life of native poet Pauline Johnson
National Post: Arnie Gelbart: Censoring Canada's film-makers by stealth: "One can only imagine what would have been the chilling effect of C-10 on a Crash or The Sweet Hereafter"
National Post: Iraqis still ask if U.S. invasion was worth it
Globe and Mail: Student faces expulsion for running study group on Facebook
Globe and Mail: Juggling life as both Mr. Wallet and Mr. Mom Deadbeat dads, ghost dads, Disneyland dads, Santa daddies: The divorce culture is rich in labels, especially ones that reduce men to negative stereotypes.
Globe and Mail: Risk of cancer continues after women halt hormone therapy
Globe and Mail: Women at work: No matter how much they pay, law firms just can't ha...
Globe and Mail: 'Persistent' Polley walks away with top awardsCanadian's directorial debut commands major prizes — best picture and director, best actor and actress
Globe and Mail:
Clinton, Obama face day of reckoning
Globe and Mail Special Feature: The Hillary paradox
Globe and Mail: Women at work: No matter how much they pay, law firms just can't ha...
Globe and Mail: 'Persistent' Polley walks away with top awardsCanadian's directorial debut commands major prizes — best picture and director, best actor and actress
Globe and Mail:
Clinton, Obama face day of reckoning
Globe and Mail Special Feature: The Hillary paradox
Globe and Mail: War Child Canada founder Dr. Samantha Nutt on child...
Globe and Mail: Men do it better: Women give women complicated advice about men, how to play games and trick a guy into dating them.
Guardian Review: Mad, Bad, and Sad Lisa Appignanesi's new book examines the history of women and mental illness.
Globe and Mail: The other cost of battling breast cancer For many women, a diagnosis means facing serious financial hardship, a new study finds
Globe and Mail: My sex drive has dried up The more we fight about sex, the more performance anxiety I feel. He's the only man I've ever slept with, and I wonder if things would be different with someone else.
Globe and Mail: Ex seeks $50-million and alimony, challenges Quebec...
Advisory Council on the Status of Women: "without funding support f...
Globe and Mail: Don't call her first lady: Michelle Obama has an Iv...
Globe and Mail: What is Canada's place in the world?
The National Post: Abaya Monologues: On the streets with Danielle C...
www.universitychronicle.com/media/storage/paper231/news/2008/04/14/..."">FACES OF FEMINISM
Globe and Mail: Bringing Up Baby While Behind Bars
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC News:India's acid victims demand justiceIn Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, the number of acid attacks have been rising. The largest numbers of victims come from the poorest backgrounds and are women who have rejected their husbands, employers or would-be boyfriends.
More needed to combat violence against women The rape and murder of Italian artist-activist Pippa Bacca sheds light on the extensiveness of violence against all women in Turkey
BBC News
Woman driver makes racing history
Women's battle has still not been won Guardian
Independent Women's studies are alive and well Media reports have declared that the subject is dead. But our investigation shows it is surviving – and tackling today's issues.
The Biggest Popularity Contest: The Presidency "So can we get away from this old drama of feminism, post feminism, anti feminism, whatever the hell all of that means anyway?"
College Republicans hold "Anti-Feminist Bake Sale"
Female Misogynist: How feminism and matriarchy are destroying civil... - You won't believe this website - Jenina
L.A Times Children of North Korean women in China face hurdles, rights group ... Because their mothers are there illegally, they often can't attend school. Many are afraid to go outside.
BBC News: Darfur women still face rape risk Women and girls in Darfur are still subjected to widespread rape and sexual assault five years after the start of the conflict, Human Rights Watch says.
BBC Feature: Iraq lives: Schoolgirl in BaghdadNoor Salman is 16-year-old Iraqi girl living in Baghdad. She writes about her experiences of life in the five years since the US-led invasion.
Guardian: Internet Miss Bimbo game for girls attacked by parents
National Post: Joyce Arthur: Bill C-484 isn't about protecting pregnant women, it'...
BBC News Nobel winner tear-gassed in Kenya Kenyan police have fired tear gas at dozens of protesters, including Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, during a demonstration in the capital Nairobi.
The Arizona Republic: Cowgirl Up!' show kicks up art-and-gender dust "There has been a bias against women throughout the 20th century, where women were not permitted into exhibitions or art schools. We've moved past that, but that remains the backdrop, and it's not going away. It's across the board, not just in art."
Alternet: The Iraq Legacy: Millions of Women's Lives Destroyed Politicians hoped the Iraq war would see the advance of women's rights. Instead, Iraqi women face violence, sexual abuse and segregation.
BillingsGazette.com: Guest Opinion: Little progress on women's rights in Afghanistan
BBC: China blocks YouTube over Tibet videos
Independent Review: Lars and the Real Girl, (12A) Shy young man brings home his ideal woman – and she's an anatomically correct plastic doll!
BBC: Women in Saudi Arabia should be allowed more basic freedoms, according to a UN anti-discrimination committee.
Saudis open hotel for women only. The Middle East's first women-only hotel has opened in Saudi Arabia
S Arabia eases laws on solo women
BBC: Ghana to expel female protesters A group of Liberian women refugees who were accused by a minister of holding naked protests by the roadside are to be deported from Ghana.
BBC News - Naked protesters to be sent home A group of Liberian women refugees who have held naked protests by the roadside are to be deported from Ghana, a minister has told the BBC.
BBC News:Women Dominate Spanish Cabinet: Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has unveiled his new cabinet, which for the first time includes more women than men.
Al Jazeera: Marina Silva - From Maid to Minister: Focus on the Brazilian Environment Minister's rise to political prominence.
The Moscow Times - Life of the Party Sofka Zinovieff records her Russian grandmother's extraordinary adventures in war, politics and love
Al Jazeera - Rachel Corrie play opens in Haifa An Arabic-language production of My Name is Rachel Corrie, a play based on the writings of a young American woman killed by an Israeli bulldozer, premiered in Haifa, Israel on Sunday..
BBC News - France: Sex for Rent Journalist Ondine Millot uncovers the truth about France's sordid housing crisis
BBC Features: Sexual Capital Mumbai bank offers sex workers hope
The Independent Joan Smith: 'Honour' killings are an outrage we must confront
BBC News: Ugandan prostitute workshop bannedUganda's government has banned a workshop for prostitutes scheduled to start on Wednesday in Entebbe.
Guardian: Cherchez la femme In the popular imagination, French women are independent and yet sublimely feminine. And those in public life - from Sarkozy's new first lady to his socialist rival - reinforce the image. But, says Zoe Williams, there are good reasons why British women shouldn't aspire to be French
The Moscow Times: Treasure Hunt - Women's Day Presents International Women's Day is one of the most important national holidays in Russia.
The Moscow Times: Critical Journalist Held at Airport Natalya Morar, an investigative journalist, was refused entry to Russia at Domodedovo Airport on Wednesday after border guards said she was a threat to national security
BBC News: Iran 'targeting' women activists Amnesty International has called on Iran to stop persecuting people who campaign for women's rights.
BBC News: Woman to conduct Egypt marriages Egypt has appointed a woman to conduct Muslim marriages for the first time.
Globe and Mail: Child rape cases surge in Zimbabwe Child rape has increased 42 per cent in Zimbabwe, the UN children's agency said Wednesday, linking worsening child abuse to family tensions caused by the country's economic meltdown.
"">BBC: Africa's Lesbians Demand Change Lesbians from across Africa have called on African governments to stop treating homosexuals like criminals.
Radio Free Europe: Iran: Women’s Rights Activists Get Suspended Lashing Sentences A revolutionary court in Tehran has sentenced three women's rights activists to suspended sentences of lashings and six months in prison for charges that include acting against national security.The Independent Men, women & the secrets of skin colour
BBC: Egypt's doctors take on Mubarak Egypt's longstanding president, Hosni Mubarak, faces a new challenge to his authority from a wave of strikes and signs of middle-class discontent, including a campaign group led by a woman doctor, Mona Mina.
Mother Jones: Throwing Clinton Under the Bus To Spite Mom
The Star: Journalist gets 6-month suspended jail sentence Tehran - An Iranian court has given a women's rights activist and journalist a suspended flogging and jail sentence for disturbing the public order, media reports said today.
BBC: Saudi women 'kept in childhood' Saudi women are being kept in perpetual childhood so male relatives can exercise "guardianship" over them, the Human Rights Watch group has said.
Afghanistan Conflict Monitor: Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: How To Reach the Women
Women Action and Media Conference Blog: Dacia’s Sex Work and Media Representation session
RH Reality Check: Dude, Where Are My Reproductive Rights?
The Rising Nepal: Parties flayed for not fielding women candidates [ 2008-4-4 ]
BBC: IN DEPTH COVERAGE - WOMEN in BUSINESS GLOBALLY
BBC News: Afghanistan's Pop Idol breaks barriers. The fact that a young woman from the birthplace of the Taleban is on stage performing each week says a lot about the way Afghanistan has changed in six years.Iran's 'diagnosed transsexuals'BBC NEWS: Homosexual relationships are banned in Iran, but the country allows sex change operations and hundreds of men have elected for surgery to change their lives.
WIP: It Takes a Real Man to Talk to Boys: John Stoltenberg Offers an Alt...
The Huffington Post: On Sexist Media Coverage of Hillary Clinton
Can You Outlaw the Oldest Profession? Britain re-examines the law in the wake of the Suffolk murders of 5 prostitutes.
Al Jazeera International News: Myanmar Bars Suu Kyi From Elections Opposition leader is excluded because she was married to a foreigner.
Associated Press: Saudi woman arrested for having coffee with a man
BBC News: Darfur 'broke my heart' says nurse "So for me, the best of times are seeing my hands make a difference, and having a woman come and rub me on the back and give me a cup of tea and say, 'thank you, my sister'."
BBC News: Female G spot 'can be detected' "For the first time, it is possible to determine by a simple, rapid and inexpensive method if a woman has got a G spot or not"
BBC News: Gang rape spirals in violent Kenya
BBC News: Housewife 'would be paid £30,000:Housewives would be paid...
BBC News: Sperm damage 'passed to children'
BBC News: Profile: Sierra Leone's slum medic
Courier-Journal: Kentucky State Senators Approve Abortion Bill
BBC News: Pleas for Condemned Saudi "Witch"
BBC News: Manila Women Fight Contraception Ban
A question of honour: Police say 17,000 women are victims every year
BBC News: Iran bans female 'Schumacher'.
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Oh yeah this looks like a good idea Jenina. Could we post a photograph into the forum - so many possibilities with women in the news and lots of good faces.... We could change it whenever a good photograph presented itself..... must check it out!
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Hi R - Tried to upload image but it only shows when you open the forum. Works for textboxes (National/International/Women in the Arts) as we discussed so I will start to put photos there and see if I can figure out how to post a pic to appear on the main page of the forums as well. Cheers! J
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I'm loving all the pix you've got attached to the International News Jenina. Looks great on the main page and adds a very colourful touch when you move into the actual forum. Had a brilliant lunch at the Afghan Women's Organization today by the way... what a fabulous bunch of women!
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