Women Reach Top of Police Ranks, Growth Still Slow
More women are being appointed to leading roles in the nation’s policing ranks, but the growth of women in large law enforcement agencies has remained slow.
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Women in Business Ask: Are Women More Ethical?
At Harvard’s 12th annual Dynamic Women in Business conference, experts debate whether women at the top of the corporate ladder are driven by different economic or ethical concerns.
Rowers Push Limits for Breast Cancer Survivors
A Boston researcher is studying whether repetitive upper-body exercise contributes to secondary lymphedema, a nonfatal but incurable side effect of breast cancer surgery. Her subjects: rowers at next weekend’s Head of the Charles Regatta.
Reebok’s Star Kicks Its Human Rights Image
Reebok, the sneaker manufacturer that heavily promotes its human rights campaign, leaped to defend its superstar endorser, Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson, after he was arrested this summer on 14 counts of assault and making terrorist threats.
Spouse Abuse in South Asian Marriages May Be High
A recent study finds domestic violence surprisingly pervasive in the South Asian immigrant community–where forced marriages are common. Also, update on Planned Parenthood president threatened with jail for refusing to turn over pregnancy tests results.
Two Magazines Deliver Teen Voices As They Really Sound
Two very different magazines offer female teens a place to produce the words of their peers for the world to read and an opportunity to be part of something larger than themselves.
Girls Taking Over Army Junior ROTC
Looking for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T, more and more high school girls are enrolling in the U.S. Army’s Junior ROTC program–and in many cases playing leading roles in their schools’ corps.
