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21 Women Leaders 2013 – Seven Who Shake the Status Quo

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● December 27, 2012

Profiles of seven outstanding women leaders dedicated to improving lives of women and girls: Manal Al-Sharif, Emma Axelrod, Sammi Siegel and Elena Tsemberis, Helen Benedict, Kathy Bonk, Barbara Bridges, Catalina Escobar, Sandra Fluke

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Women’s eNews Announces 21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2013

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Uncategorized ● December 27, 2012

Differing Leadership Key to Thriving Workplace

By Sharon Hadary ● Uncategorized ● October 19, 2012

In this new how-to book on women’s leadership, “How Women Lead” by Sharon Hadary and Laura Henderson, Hadary describes the first time she realized her woman’s viewpoint was valuable.

Hassan Sole U.S. Woman Running for Governor

By Samantha Kimmey ● Uncategorized ● September 29, 2012

It’s a low-ebb year for governor races and New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan is the only woman running to lead a statehouse. If she loses there will be no Democratic female governors left in the country since Gregoire and Purdue are retiring.

Grandmothers Around World Champion Change

By Paola Gianturco ● Uncategorized ● September 28, 2012

From India to Canada to Argentina, grandmothers are fighting for political, economic and social change, says Paola Gianturco in the book “Grandmother Power.” In this excerpt, she describes how they’ve pushed for rights and why grandmothers globally campaign for change.

First Female Presidential Moderator Tapped in ’76

By Marilyn Greenwald ● Arts & Culture ● September 28, 2012

If you think Candy Crowley is under the gender microscopic, just think about Pauline Frederick. She moderated the second Ford-Carter debate. Years before that, in 1956, she was the first female network anchor “man” at a national political convention.

Activists Put Heads Together in Buenos Aires

By Dina Gonzalez ● Uncategorized ● August 31, 2012

A group of women’s rights advocates and city legislators in Buenos Aires have established a new, formal channel of communication. This “Women’s Parliament” holds its second session this month to consider proposals to advance to the legislature.

Meet Argentina’s Rights Blazer Silvia Augsburger

By Jessica Weiss ● Crime & Law ● August 12, 2012

Silvia Augsburger is synonymous with Argentina’s push to the forefront of global human rights. The retired lawmaker recently discussed the need for more change in a country with a deadly abortion ban and political quotas that work like a “ceiling.”

Libyan Elections Give Women a 17% Starting Point

By Dominique Soguel ● Uncategorized ● July 19, 2012

Women’s representation in Libya was bolstered by a “zipper system” calling for male-female parity in parties’ lists of candidates. In a surprise, a liberal coalition edged out Islamists. “Women don’t want to wear the niqab,” says a women’s rights leader.

CEO and Pregnant; Yahoo! But Wait a Minute . . .

By Melody Wilson ● Uncategorized ● July 19, 2012

Marissa Mayer is taking the helm of a major technology company while pregnant. That makes this the perfect opportunity to re-evaluate a broken system for parental leave that has allowed us to lag far behind other countries.