Children of a murdered Mexican woman are haunted by the domestic homicide they witnessed. But the crime remains unsolved, in what the grandmother calls a culture of impunity. The first of two stories on femicide in Mexico.
Women are almost twice as likely as men to hold subprime mortgages. That means the ability of many to hang on to their homes could be tied up with Senate action–expected this month–on a bill to reduce mortgage payments.
Marketing to women rarely recognizes the extent of women’s buying power, technical savvy or confidence. Given our media saturation, Sheila Gibbons says it would help girls and women if advertisers addressed them with more respect.
At NPR, Iran Davar Ardalan has helped bridge the gap between the estranged countries of Iran and the U.S. Her memoir coming out this month, “My Name Is Iran,” describes the efforts of women in her family to do the same.
Public schools are experimenting with single-sex education on a small scale, but the nation’s biggest pilot project in California has shut down. A study found some benefits to girls and boys but said the schools failed to address gender equity.
In a desert nation of conservative Bedouin tribes, activists are trying to scrap the time-honored law that gives men light sentences for murdering female relatives for offenses to family honor. The new king opposes these “honor killings.”
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