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There’s Still a Gap in Who’s Minding Your Money

By: Carol Khouri | January 30, 2013

Women’s work force participation and entrepreneurship are both roaring ahead. But while these gaps are closing, women still have a big problem with financial planning. Let’s resolve to change this in 2013.

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Millions Goes to Girls; Taliban Shoots Teen

By: WeNews Staff | October 12, 2012

International Day of the Girl
Credit: Ontario Women’s Directorate on Flickr under CC 2.0

(WOMENSENEWS)–

Arts & Culture

Voters Let Women Decide in Recent Abortion Poll

By: Samantha Kimmey | August 27, 2012

A poll commissioned by Republicans for Choice asks “who decides” a woman’s right to abortion. It’s not a question other polls are asking this year and the results indicate strong support of a woman’s right to choose.

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Migrant Rape Furor in Israel Makes This Job Harder

By: Leigh Cuen | June 13, 2012

The Hagar and Miriam Project has helped African migrant women in Israel since 2007. It has always operated on a shoe string, but the aftermath of an anti-immigrant backlash to cases of rape in Tel Aviv has brought fundraising to a standstill.

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Female ‘Stereotype Threat’ Brain Drains U.S. STEM

By: Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett | May 25, 2012

Negative perceptions are still choking off women’s access to careers in science, technology, engineering and math. But if girls are encouraged in the early grades they will benefit, along with the U.S. economy.

Crime & Law

Obama Addresses Sex Violence at Holocaust Museum

By: Rochelle G. Saidel | April 27, 2012

The founder of Remember the Women Institute finds the president’s remarks significant given the context. That’s because the sexual violence that occurred during the Holocaust is still not widely recognized.

Arts & Culture

17th Century Princess Broke Off Conjugal Relations

By: Elizabeth C. Goldsmith | April 19, 2012

After the dangerous delivery of her third child, Marie Colonna decided it was time to protect her own longevity. Excerpted from “The Kings’ Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin.”

Arts & Culture

21 Leaders 2012 – Seven Who Leverage Power

By: WeNews Staff | December 30, 2011

Profiles of seven outstanding leaders dedicated to improving lives of women and girls:
Susan Blount,
Nancy Duff Campbell– Marcia D. Greenberger,
Joe Keefe,
Yousriya Loza-Sawiris,
Natalia Oberti Noguera,
Sue Osthoff,
Juhu Thukral

Work

Croatia’s Jobless Women Say ‘Hope is Very Low’

By: Cyrille Cartier | December 16, 2011

Croatian women over 50 and those of childbearing age are having a tough time finding work in an economy saddled with a jobless rate of over 17 percent. Two women from either end of the age spectrum talk about the job bias they live with.

Arts & Culture

New Meds Slow Breast Cancer; U.S. Curbs Plan B

By: WeNews Staff | December 10, 2011

(WOMENSENEWS)–
Cheers
Breast cancer experts cheered two new medicines that significantly delay the time until women with very advanced cases get worse, reported Bloomberg Businessweek Dec. 7.

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