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Paid Family Leave in California: All is Not Well

By Susan Rose ● Employment ● September 2, 2013

No better time than Labor Day to take a new critical look at the nation’s first Paid Family Leave Act. I hailed our state’s law in this space over a year ago. Today I want to backtrack and emphasize the crying need for awareness and implementation.

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Reebok Drops Rapper; Sex Assaults Trigger Suicides

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● April 13, 2013

Reebok drops hip-hop artist Rick Ross due to his misogynist lyrics. Also, two female teens, one in the United States and the other in Canada, committed suicide after making allegations of sexual assault.

Gay Marriage Laws OK’d; Planned Parenthood Snared

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● June 1, 2012

The U.S. appeals court in Boston ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, while the anti-choice group Live Action released a video against Planned Parenthood.

Success Today Built on Pill, Feminism, New Economy

By Kay S. Hymowitz ● Arts & Culture ● April 1, 2012

In this excerpt from “Manning Up,” Kay S. Hymowitz gives background on modern belief that work can be enriching in, “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Businesswomen.” In the first part of the chapter, she makes the case that in the past, work failed to utilize both men and women’s capabilities.

Lap-Band Complications Could Tie Up Nation’s E.R.

By Alizah Salario ● Employment ● March 14, 2011

The FDA’s recent expansion of gastric-banding weight-loss surgery to millions more Americans could burden the nation’s E.R. with complications that patients discuss in online forums, such as vomiting and abdominal pain. The third of three stories.

Is Black History Month Doing Us Any Good?

By Kimberley Allers Seals ● Arts & Culture ● February 21, 2011

Bangladesh Praised for Reducing Acid Attacks

By Karsten Strauss ● Politics ● January 28, 2011

Bangladesh is singled out from neighboring India and Cambodia for taking stronger measures to stop acid attacks on women in a report released Thursday. The attacks to disfigure and isolate victims are called acts of gender terrorism.

U.S. Students Design Ultrasound for Ugandan Midwives

By Raymond Baguma ● Arts & Culture ● January 21, 2011

A low-cost ultrasound system is on its way to Uganda in early summer. Produced by students at the University of Washington, it’s intended to help midwives battle the high death rate in the country’s rural areas.

Sharing the Wealth: Female Philanthropists Open Up

By Womens Enews Staff ● Politics ● September 25, 2009

(WOMENSENEWS)–Some years ago, while reading through the letters of 19th century suffrage leaders, I uncovered a sad but shocking fact: It was largely men who funded the suffrage movement.

After Gaining Financial Savvy, Now She Funds It

By Lindsay Shea ● Politics ● September 25, 2009

Lindsay Shea didn’t know her own wealth for decades. After mastering her own finances she began funding projects for women, some of which offer financial literacy training to others.