Black Friday
Black Friday Workers Face the Annual Stress Test
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Some started handling “doorbuster” events yesterday, on Thanksgiving. Others are getting up at dawn today. The second of two stories on retail workers’ scheduling stress.
Bosnia
National Gender Gap in 2012 Tied to Safety Net
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Many pro-choice women won their Senate races Tuesday and pro-choice PACs say women punished anti-choice rhetoric. A leading gender-gap analyst says exit polling data suggests it’s still about the role of government.
Crime & Law
Oregon Officer Wife-Abuse Probe Preceded Killings
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A suicide-killing rampage by an Oregon sheriff’s officer in February leaves critics wondering why district attorneys were not involved in a domestic-violence investigation of the officer in 2009 and why he kept his badge and gun.
Arts & Culture
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Tiptoe Around Plan B
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Republican candidates are either dodging discussions of emergency contraception or quietly opposing it. Pro-choice Republicans, however, think front-runners are all more moderate on the topic than the Bush administration.
Arts & Culture
Finnish Women Rule; Abstinence-Only Ed Fails
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(WOMENSENEWS)–CheersFinland now has the most female-dominated government in the world, with 60 percent of the nation’s Cabinet positions occupied by women, the Independent reported April 19. Following national elections in March women now have 84 of the 200 seats in Parliament, which is a Finnish record.President Tarja Halonen, the country’s first female head of state, was elected in 2000. Halonen formally appointed her Cabinet April 19, and now women hold 12 of the 20 advisory posts.”Some governments have been 50-50, but a 60-percent majority of women is internationally very high,” said Jaana Kuusipalo, a University of Tampere political scientist.Men still hold the top ministerial posts of finance, defense and foreign affairs, the Associated Press reported April 17. Tuija Brax was the only women chosen for a top Cabinet post as head of the Justice Ministry. In 1906, Finland became the first European nation to grant female suffrage.More News to Cheer This Week:Segolene Royal is attempting to connect with female voters in her campaign to become the first woman elected president of France, the International Herald Tribune reported April 18.