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Women have been using the Internet to find each other online, build communities and push aside the gatekeepers to power. None of that is possible if access is left up to Internet service providers, as a January court ruling allowed.
Net neutrality is a principle that everyone reading this article must understand and defend. Without it, you might be reading something that a male-owned corporation preferred you to see; something about lip gloss, perhaps.
Republican female organizers are using “Ning” communities and other social networking tools to rally voters to produce what they hope will be a Republican surge in Congress, one that carries many GOP women into breakthrough positions.
Information technology is one of the fastest growing professions, yet women are leaving the field in huge numbers. One woman who is now on a job search said men in her company often expect her to play a secretarial role.
Sarah Palin’s effective use of Facebook is echoed in the campaign trainings conducted by the National Federation of Republican Women, which put growing emphasis on Internet technologies.
As union members face growing financial stress, some expect contract negotiators to intensify the push for family-friendly benefits. A Web site launched earlier this month is there to help. The first of two stories.
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The Church of England published draft regulations to allow women to be consecrated as bishops, Agence France-Presse reported Dec. 30. Bishops pushed through the proposal despite a looming schism between church factions and threats from 1,300 clergy members to resign if women become bishops. Women have been ordained as priests since 1994.
“Bad-mommy” bloggers update maternal angst and virtually and viscerally connect with each other in ways previous generations could only dream of. Many at the recent BlogHer conference left their keyboards behind for some quick reality checks.
Older women are chatting, keeping up through social networking sites, blogging about the politics and asserting their online place. One 72-year-old blogger objects to this article being written by someone under 60.
Web pages for those escaping domestic violence are coming online all the time. One new site offers a chilling photo gallery. Another caters to those suffering violence from a law enforcer. Part of our “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.