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Discrimination Against Women

A Holiday Message for Obama

Susan Bulkeley Butler | Posted 02.05.2013 | Women
Read More: John F. Kennedy, Women's Rights, Women, Lincoln Chafee, Women's Issues, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, President Obama, McKinsey & Company, Equal Pay, Title IX, Women in Business, Obama, Paid Maternity Leave, Discrimination Against Women, Mckinsey, President's Commission on the Status of Women, Equal Rights Amendment, Jfk, Women in Leadership, Women News
Susan Bulkeley Butler

In 1961, Jacqueline Kennedy began the tradition of selecting a theme for the official White House Christmas tree. John F. Kennedy, meanwhile, started something else during that holiday season: On Dec. 14, he established the President's Commission on the Status of Women.

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What's Really Standing In The Way Of Women's Career Advancement

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 05.17.2012 | Women
Read More: Career & Money, Women in the Workplace, Office Discrimination, Career Advancement, Women Career Advancement, How Marriage Impacts Career, Women at Work, Women Workplace, Working Women, Women Sponsorship, Men Marital Structure, Marital Structure, Discrimination in the Workplace, Discrimination Against Women, Sex Discrimination Workplace, Women and Workplace, Job Discrimination, Women News

Even as this year’s Fortune 500 list included a record number of female CEOs, and urban, single women in their 20s are out-earning their male peers,...

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If You Could See Israel Naked

Bradley Burston | Posted 03.03.2012 | World
Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion, Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, Haaretz, Segregation, Judaism, Bradley Burston, Beit Shemesh, Israel, Palestinians, Religion and Politics, Discrimination Against Women, Messiah, World News
Bradley Burston

If we could see the Jewish world naked, we might well see a new Judaism emerging this new year, stripped of xenophobia and 19th century clothes for 21st century issues. In the long run, it could save the Jewish people from extinction. If we're lucky, it could save Israel as well.

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India: Single Women Break Their Silence

Inter Press Service | Nitin Jugran Bahuguna | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: India, Lebanon, India Widows, Women's Rights, Foreign Affairs, India Women, Inter Press Service, India's Single Women Break Their Silence, Single Women in India, Customs Against Women, Discrimination Against Women, Women in India, World News

By Nitin Jugran Bahuguna NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (IPS) - It has been more than eight years since the January 2001 earthquake struck the Indian state of G...

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Full Transcript of Hillary Claiming Sexism Worse than Racism in Campaign

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Racism, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Hillary, Barack Obama, Sexism, Lois Romano, Washington Post, Discrimination Against Women, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

In the Washington Post, Clinton briefly hit "sexism" in media coverage of her campaign as "deeply offensive to millions of women," but she went much further.

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