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U.S. institutions are partnering with Saudi Arabia to achieve earlier detection of breast cancer, the No. 1 killer of women in that region. Similar programs are also being planned for the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Morocco.
This Labor Day, working women face a stubborn gender-based wage gap. State legislators around the country have introduced bills to close the gap, but opponents argue the proposals are difficult to enforce and will discourage business investment.
Dan Brown’s “Da Vinci Code,” which opened as a movie on May 19, is just the latest challenge to women’s lowly status in religion. The female place in sacred history, according to a group of researchers, goes beyond wife, mother and follower.
In the United Arab Emirates a booming economy and progressive government offer women wider employment and educational opportunities. But some young women say traditional attitudes keep them from venturing too far from home.
Women from minority and low-income communities are pursuing higher education in greater numbers than ever before. But budget cuts may eliminate many of the programs that are helping these female teens succeed. Fifth in a series on education.
As high-school students take the new version of the SAT this month, some wonder if higher-level math and a new writing component–in which females have tended to do better on than other tests–will close a gender gap in college-entrance test scores.