Women’s studies proponents struggle for an in at community colleges, where some students think the discipline might be about housekeeping and child care. Fourth in a series on women and education.
The backlash to Larry Summers’ belittling comments about female scientists has been a boon for a new Web site that encourages students and professors to check out the under-representation of women on their own science faculties.
A husband-and-wife team on a reality-TV show offered the spectacle of an apparently emotionally abusive relationship. This type of abuse is not illegal and experts say many women who suffer it are not taken seriously.
Women in countries hit hardest by the tsumani face heightened risks of rape and other forms of violence and unmet health needs. Advocates are launching fund-raising appeals and relief efforts to help them.
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