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Libyan Women Challenge Mindset Created by Tyranny

By Womens Enews Staff ● Employment ● July 29, 2011

Libyans have lived under a dictatorship for over 40 years and the effort to think and act freely doesn’t come easily. In Benghazi, a small women-led group called Express is waging a psycho-social effort to “Get Rid of the Gadhafi Inside You.”

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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.

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.

At 14%, Zambia’s Political Women Stir Controversy

By Dando Mweetwa ● Employment ● July 20, 2011

Zambia’s 14-percent female parliament makes it a regional laggard and leaves women in politics struggling against social disapproval, including by other women.

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.

Sister of Thai Ex-Prime Minister May Win July Vote

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● June 30, 2011

Yingluck Shinawatra may well become Thailand’s first female prime minister after July 3 elections. But women’s rights advocates aren’t enthusiastic, seeing her as a place-holder for her powerful brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in 2006.

Indian MBA Leads Her Village as ‘Headwoman’

By Renu Rakesh ● Employment ● June 7, 2011

A small village in rural India decided it was time for a woman to run the local council. They turned to a 28-year-old MBA whose grandfather had once held the post. Now she’d like to spur infrastructure development and root out corruption.

Survivors of Mumbai Bombings Trained to Recover

By Mehru Jaffer ● Politics ● March 29, 2011

When a group of Indian women start taking computer and English courses in April they will be participating in what organizers describe as a women’s anti-terrorism effort that sprang from the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks of 2008.

Cairo Women Stunned by Male Harassment at Protest

By Jessica Gray ● Arts & Culture ● March 8, 2011

Women’s rights organizers in Cairo suffered a setback on International Women’s Day on March 8. Instead of holding a large rally in Tahrir Square, they were beaten back by hundreds of antagonistic men.

Moseley Braun Losing Steam in Chicago Mayoral Bid

By Jeff Fleischer ● Politics ● February 18, 2011

The club of women who act as mayors of large cities is at its highest point, but the Feb. 22 mayoral election in Chicago doesn’t look likely to boost it further. Carol Moseley Braun has slid far behind Rahm Emanuel.