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Malala Yousafzai and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot were the top two spots on CNN’s list of the 10 women who shaped 2013. Also this week, abortion rights protestors were beaten by police in Spain.
President Obama has nominated Janet L. Yellen to lead the Federal Reserve. She would be the first woman in charge of the nation’s money supply. In Chicago a sheriff’s office has been accused of conducting videotaped strip searches without due cause.
Four sisters won a court of appeals case to inherit their father’s property in Botswana this week. But author Sushmita Banerjee was killed in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban militants.
A bill has been introduced that will limit chain-of-command oversight of military sexual assault cases. But a study found that front-page New York Times stories cited far more male than female sources.
The Supreme Court heard arguments March 27 in a case that challenges the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.
In good news, feminism is spreading among female voters in the United States. Meanwhile, two Connecticut high school football players stand accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
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