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Sarkozy Plans To Force Gender Equality On French Boardrooms

The Guardian | Lizzy Davies | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Sarkozy, France, Marie-Jo Zimmermann, Woman, Jean-FrançOis Copé, France Equality, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right party has put forward legislation that would see women make up half the figures in France's leading boardrooms by 2015,...

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Obama Golfs With Melody Barnes: Domestic Policy Adviser Is First Woman To Golf With President Obama

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear | Posted 10.25.2009 | Sports

Read More: Golfing, Washington, Woman, Obama Advisers, Bill Burton, Obama Golf, Obama Staff, Obama Golfs With Woman, Fort Belvoir, Melody Barnes, Golf, White House, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Golf Course, Obama Golf Woman, Female, Obama Melody Barnes, D.C., Sports News

President Obama headed for the links again Sunday, but this time a woman joined him on the green. Melody Barnes, the president's chief domestic polic...

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Sunday Morning Doubts About the Man

Lisa Guest | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Liars, Unconscious, Fear, Hiv, Doubt, Deception, Dating, Oprah, Woman, Man, The Truth?, Relationship Advice, Living News
Lisa Guest

Anyone can say anything. Anyone can come up with a line. With a gift bag gab of wisdom, knowledge and confidence, someone can really cover the world and be quite deceptive. There are those that do it. They make it bad for the rest.

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Woman, 78, Meets Family For First Time

Kennewick woman, 78, meets family for first time | Sara Schilling | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Women, Relationships, Health, Woman, Parenting, Parents, Family, Adoption, Living News

Howell didn't know anything about her birth mother, not even the woman's name. She tried over the years to find out more but came up empty until recen...

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A Female Perspective on Ramadan in Cairo

Annelle Sheline | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Cairo, Hijab, Eid, Woman, Oman, Female, Ramadan, Iftar, World News
Annelle Sheline

I was eager to experience Ramadan in Egypt. I would attempt to fast, but wondered how the experience would feel without the closeness of a family.

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Caster Semenya Gender Test: Outrage, Worry In South Africa Over Report

AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Pretoria, Caster Semenya, Sports, Iaaf, South Africa, Testes, Gender, Hermaphrodite, Man, Female, Track and Field, Male, Woman, Castor Semenya, Castor, Caster Semenya Gender Hermaphrodite, World News

PRETORIA, South Africa — Caster Semenya had heard the taunts and whispers – that she was different from other girls. Now the most intimate...

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The Power of Skin: Shake Your Booty?

Susan Harrow | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Brazilian, Skin, Clothing, Modesty, Disrespect, Revealing Costumes, Woman, Jealousy, Living News
Susan Harrow

I could have yanked down my top. I could have danced seductively too. But that's not me. I want to be taken seriously -- as a woman, I want to be listened to, cherished, not gawked at.

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Writer Wears Burka For One Week: "It Felt Like A Prison"

Daily Mail | Liz Jones | Posted 09.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Islam, Liz Jones, One Week, Woman, Opinion, Burka, Muslim, Style News

Squatting next to me is my burka. It looks so innocuous: just a few yards of black fabric. But, my goodness, how oppressive it is, how suffocating, ho...

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Neda, a Shahida (Martyr) for Freedom

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Martyrdom, Politics, Iran Elections, Shahida Martyrdom, Iranian Oppression, World, Power, Woman, Iran, Freedom, Cnn, Islamic Republic of Iran, Liberty, Mullahs, Iran's Election Results, Shahida for Freedom, Neda, Iran Protests, Iran's Election, Iranians, Umuma, Ummah, Shahida, Martyr, Persians, Madar, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

Neda, I met you on video like the millions of people around the world this past weekend. In your silence, you have spoken to me louder than any voice ever has screaming for liberty and justice.

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Ladies, If Sarah Palin Ever Makes Sense Again on Issues Impacting Women, We Must Move More Quickly to Support Her

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexism, Al Sharpton, Bristol Palin, Cbs, Sarah Palin, 2012, Woman, A-Rod, Comedy, Msnbc, Feminism, The Late Show, Liberals, Don Imus, Cynthia McKinney, Feminists, Politics, Nappy Headed Hoes, Shock Jock, Democrats, Neal Brootz, Racism, Women, Palin, Sarah Palin and David Letterman, Wabc, Republicans, Conservatives, Wfan, Alaska Governor, David Letterman, Women-Exploitation, Tina Brown, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

For the first time since she has been in the public spotlight, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was able to talk her way into an issue that really resonated with the masses.

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Bringing Women's Stories Into The Abortion Debate

Huffington Post | Katie Saddlemire | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Woman, Women, Doctor, Stories, Citizen Journalism, Tiller, Abortion Debate, Living News

Since Dr. George Tiller was killed on Sunday, the abortion debate has returned to the limelight. Pundits and public officials discussed when life r...

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Seven Friendship Recovery Affirmations

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 06.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Fractured Friendships, Friend, Friendship, Women, Recovery, Living News, Failed Friendship, Woman, Relationship News, Female, Loss, Affirmation, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Most friendships don't last forever. If you are reeling from a failed friendship or one that seemed to drift apart, here are some thoughts to help you get over the hurt.

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Concerned About Coerced Abortions? Try Saying No to Cesarean Surgery

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Ethics, Birth, Abortion, Women, Coercion, Pregnant, Cesarean Section, Woman, Pregnancy, Legislation, Reproductive, Cesarean-Section, Health, Cesarean, Hospitals, Missouri, Episiotomy, Medical Costs, Medicine, Vbac, Politics News
Lynn M. Paltrow

The rise in cesarean surgery rates has not been accompanied by overall improvements in maternal or child health and creates risks to pregnant women and babies that do not exist with vaginal births.

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How PersonhoodUSA Will Hurt All Pregnant Women

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: North Dakota, Abortion, Women, Fetus, Carder, Pregnant, Personhood, Personhoodusa, Lynn Paltrow, Woman, Politics News
Lynn M. Paltrow

What supporters of PersonhoodUSA don't mention is that if the unborn have legal personhood rights, pregnant women won't. This means that pregnant women lose their basic civil rights.

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Picking Gwen Ifill: McCain's Latest Stunt?

Chris Goldberg | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pbs, Pro Obama, Vice Presidential Debate, The Breakthrough Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, Sarah Palin, Gwen Ifill, Woman, Fox News, Journalist, Joe Biden, Right Wingers, African American, Politics News
Chris Goldberg

Maybe John McCain is a lot savvier at picking a debate moderator than he is at picking a running mate.

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"Women, Power and Politics": How Have Women in Politics Changed the U.S. and the World?

Maria Hinojosa | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Ashley Judd, Chile, Rwanda, Women, Michelle Obama, Tina Brown, Woman, Sarah Palin Vice President, Girls, Politics, Sherry Lansing, Maria Bartiromo, Sarah Palin, Women and Politics, Michele Bachelet, Jeanne Shaheen, Maya Angelou, Sarah Palin Reaction, Media News
Maria Hinojosa

For me, Palin's nomination raises a significant question: Is a woman candidate always a women's candidate? How would she fight for women's causes?

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Fema

Buddy Winston | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Woman, Fema, Vp, Hurricain, Female, Obama McCain, Palin, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Buddy Winston

Coincidence? ...

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With Palin, McCain Makes It A Race

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Woman, Alaska, Obama, Mccain, Experience, Biden, Palin, Palin Vp, Sarah Palin Vice President, Palin Biden, Gov Palin, McCain Palin, John McCain, Sarah Palin Reaction, Home News
Jennifer Donahue

McCain did the only thing he could have done to reset the race. Palin gives teeth to being pro-life, having a Down Syndrome child. Her eldest of five enlisted in the Army last year. And Gov. Palin is a hunter.

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Female Activists Quiet on Woman Vice President

Allison Stevens | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Organization for Women, Vice President, Ferraro, Clinton, Mccaskill, Woman, Obama, Sebelius, Napolitano, Smeal, Politics News
Allison Stevens

Instead of backing one of the many other women who could take Clinton's place as Obama's right-hand woman, womens' rights activists prefer to continue licking their wounds.

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