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Spain Sizes Up Fashion World’s Measuring Stick
Spain is updating its body measurements and encouraging standardization of women’s sizes to make shopping easier. It’s part of the country’s ongoing push for realistic contours in models and mannequins so women can enjoy more self-acceptance.
Cosmetics Industry Ramps Up Safety P.R.
In response to emerging studies that raise warnings about the potentially toxic effects of an ingredient in cosmetics, the industry is ramping up efforts to persuade consumers and lawmakers that its products are safe.
Women Press U.S. Violations at U.N. Rights Review
When the U.N. Human Rights Committee in Geneva reviews U.S. compliance with a civil and political rights agreement this week, advocates will be raising women’s rights violations in a critical shadow report.
Spain’s Easygoing Siesta Burdens Working Moms
Spain’s traditional afternoon nap is key to the country’s reputation for easygoing charm. But women trying to combine career and family say it adds time pressure and the government just set a 9-to-5 schedule for its own employees.
U.S. Doc’s Specialty Is Women with Cut Genitals
Women who have undergone female genital mutilation can be made to feel like clinical curiosities. But at the African Women’s Health Center at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, treatment is delivered with cultural understanding.
Spain’s New Leader Appoints 8 Women to Cabinet
Spain’s new prime minister has made history by assigning half of his cabinet seats to women and backing legislation to fight domestic violence and legalize abortion.
Rape, Abductions on Rise in Baghdad
Amid surging crime in postwar Baghdad, sexual violence and abductions of women appear to be increasing. But with police stations focused on bombing threats, no one is counting the women being attacked or sold into prostitution.
Spain’s Domestic Violence Fatalities Rising
Spain has adopted a wide range of measures aimed at protecting women from domestic violence. But with the number of fatalities threatening to break records this year, Spanish women’s groups say the legislation falls far short of what is needed.
Religious Leader Who Recommended Wife-Beating Sued
Spanish women’s groups, concerned about violence against immigrant women, press charges against a Saudi-born imam who wrote a book that they charge condones violence against women.
