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Tiger Re-Masters Sexist Sponsorships at Augusta

By Lynn Hecht Schafran ● Arts & Culture ● April 5, 2010

Never mind that Tiger Woods is back at the Augusta National Golf Club, which excludes women. Lynn Hecht Schafran says the more troubling spectacle is sponsors’ re-embrace of tax-deductible discrimination.

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Roeder Gets Life; Canada Stints on Minority’s Care

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● April 3, 2010

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Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion extremist who murdered Dr. George Tiller, one of the handful of American physicians who performed late-term abortions, was sentenced to life in prison in a Wichita, Kan., courtroom on April 1. He will not be eligible for parole for more than 50 years, the Los Angeles Times reported April 1.

We’d Be Fools Not to Reminisce about Oscar Night

By Jennifer Merin ● Arts & Culture ● April 1, 2010

April brings five fine movies directed by women, but first Jennifer Merin wants to look back at director Kathryn Bigelow’s big night at the Oscars. Will it change the stats of a male-dominated industry heavily patronized by women?

U.N. Envoy Paves Diplomatic History for Women

By Amy Lieberman ● Arts & Culture ● March 30, 2010

They work like stepping stones to pave a major fresh path in women’s history: First 1325, then 1820, now 1888. These are U.N. resolutions that in the past 15 or so years have put wartime sexual violence on the international policy map.

Harvard Women Laugh Last; Cholesterol Meds Risky

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● March 26, 2010

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More women are faculty members at the engineering and law schools, as well as at Harvard College and at the Radcliffe Institute following Dr. Lawrence Summers’ resignation as Harvard president in 2006, reported The New York Times on March 13.

Summers’ statement in 2006 that women do not perform as well as men in math and science created a maelstrom of controversy resulting in his resignation.

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Women of Faith Called to Invest in Women, Girls

By Deborah Richardson ● Arts & Culture ● March 26, 2010

Women of faith recently joined secular feminists, social activists and philanthropists at a meeting in Dallas. Deborah Richardson says they came away resolved to put their collective spirit and financial power behind the sacred needs of women and girls.

War Crimes Amnesty Adds to Afghan Women’s Grief

By Aunohita Mojumdar ● Arts & Culture ● March 25, 2010

Afghanistan’s amnesty for war criminals is not playing well in a therapy theater group for Kabul women victimized by years of violence. They wait for a form of justice while perpetrators of violence get impunity and a chance to hold positions of power.

U.S. Under Scrutiny; Haiti Post-Quake Rapes Rise

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● March 19, 2010

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that, for the first time, the United States will participate in what’s called the "universal periodic review" process, run by the U.N. Human Rights Council, The Washington Post reported March 18. The United States will submit itself to the process this fall, in which the nation’s record, including that on women’s rights issues, might be judged.

For Better or Worse, ‘Sister-Swapping’ Persists

By Bijoyeta Das ● Arts & Culture ● March 19, 2010

Berdel–also known as sister swapping and parallel weddings–is dwindling but still practiced. One woman says the tribal custom, which is controlled by a male elder, may have led to her wedding, but it’s not what she wants for her daughters.

WWII Aviators Honored; Cambodian Rape Rate Rises

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● March 12, 2010

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Female pilots who flew planes during World War II got long-overdue recognition March 10 when they received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor given by Congress, in a ceremony on Capitol Hill, The Kansas City Star reported March 10. About 200 women who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, were on hand. Most of the women are now in their late 80s and early 90s.