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Business Women Add Tech Gadgets to Juggling Act

By Amy Rogers Nazarov ● Employment ● September 18, 2007

Armed with handy gadgets and the latest laptop, female entrepreneurs are investing in technology and praising it for pushing profits and aiding work-life balance. They also say it’s tough to keep up with rapid advances, particularly on the Web.

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Web Offers Mother Lode of Data for Parents

By Womens Enews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● May 8, 2007

Mothers are surfing the Net these days and an explosion of sites offers advice on everything from shopping for strollers to political activism on behalf of family-friendly policies. Just as important is the chance for parent-parent contact.

Young Latinas Have Webzine to Call Their Own

By Suzanne Batchelor ● Arts & Culture ● December 26, 2006

Four years ago two journalism students in Austin, Texas, decided that young U.S. Latinas need a magazine to call their own. Today they produce a Webzine and run workshops that train girls and teens to report, edit and keep asking questions.

Bus Beating Puts Orthodox Women on Online Alert

By Ruth A. Seligman ● Politics ● December 22, 2006

An e-mail listserv for activist Orthodox women caught on early to the story of a woman who was attacked on a Jerusalem bus for disobeying custom and not moving to the back of the bus. Subscribers compare the woman to Rosa Parks.

Hi-Tech Stalking Devices Extend Abusers’ Reach

By Marie Tessier ● Uncategorized ● October 1, 2006

The case of a Seattle woman who was stalked by her estranged husband shows how controlling personalities can use cell phones, spyware and GPS technologies to terrorize their victims. First in “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.

E-Mail Health Alerts Spread Help and Hoaxes

By Molly Ginty ● Health & Science ● September 7, 2006

E-mails health alerts have special appeal to women, who share them with friends and family. But while some alerts are helpful, health advocates say many are bogus and spread unnecessary anxiety. Online resources can help weed fact from fiction.

Child Pornography Dodges Detection on Web

By Sandra Kobrin ● Arts & Culture ● December 8, 2005

Child-porn ads–the bulk of which feature girls, some under 5–are pouring into e-mail in-boxes. The $3 billion global industry is concentrated in the U.S. and operates through temporary Web sites and online credit card payments.

Agency Flooded with Pleas to Save Data on Women’s Work

By Marie Tessier ● Uncategorized ● April 28, 2005

The government’s plan to eliminate some data collection on women’s and men’s work patterns–now in a final comment period–has sparked the indignation of women’s groups and drawn the attention of economists.

Support Groups for Women with HIV Ease Isolation

By Robin Hindery ● Health & Science ● August 24, 2004

From Internet chat rooms to small-town community centers, HIV/AIDS support groups for women are challenging the notion of what it means to be infected with the virus and are working to combat the often painful isolation of victims.

Women Go Blogging and Find Freedom of Speech

By Karen Trimbath ● Uncategorized ● August 2, 2004

Many more women than men start and maintain personal online journal postings known as Web logs, or blogs for short. Female bloggers of all ages say they provide a great means of self-expression and forum for social-policy discourse.