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Bahrain’s Young Women Keep the Revolution Aloud

By Courtney C. Radsch ● Employment ● July 27, 2011

Bahrain’s revolution is muffled by a combination of Saudi influence and U.S. reticence. Several young women–from both inside and outside the troubled kingdom–are overcoming the forces of silence.

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Entrepreneur Brews Up Coffee and Wi-Fi in Ramallah

By Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● July 20, 2011

Ramallah’s sole chain of coffee shops–ZAMN–was started by Huda El-Jack, who moved there in 2003 as a trailing spouse and saw a business opportunity when she couldn’t find a good cup of coffee. She’s now eyeing more towns in the West Bank.

Women with Assets Demand Inclusive Company Boards

By Heather Arnet ● Employment ● July 11, 2011

Women are scarce on the corporate boards of leading companies; just 15 percent. As shareholders and networkers we can apply financial and social pressure to change that.

Gadhafi Said to Order Forces to Rape Villagers

By Womens Enews Staff ● Employment ● June 19, 2011

Victim testimonies and recovered material from Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists point to the widespread use of rape as weapon of war in Libya. Hundreds of women have given testimony; some of which has reached the International Criminal Court.

Family Planning Hits Culture Gap in Rural Nepal

By Kamala Gautam ● Health & Science ● May 19, 2011

Nepal has halved its fertility rate over 30 years, but rural women are still experiencing many pregnancies and scant help during labor. One woman’s story made it onto a radio station and helped save her life.

New Anti-Choice Laws Are Strangling Roe v. Wade

By WeNews Staff & Apophia Agiresaasi ● Health & Science ● April 22, 2011

Anti-choice state measures are effectively nullifying Roe v. Wade, a Slate columnist writes this week. That’s because pro-choice activists are reluctant to bring legal challenges that could wind up in an unfriendly Supreme Court.