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The Missing Piece in a Woman's Nation

Linda Tarr-Whelan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Women, Women's Leadership, Women in Business, Women's Issues, Workforce, Women and Workforce, Nicholas Kristof, Maria Shriver, Business News
Linda Tarr-Whelan

The tipping point is what I call the "30% Solution" -- the point at which women's voices resonate fully to add the affirmative difference of shared experiences and values.

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Berlusconi Offends 100,000 Women

news.aol.com | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Silvio Berlusconi Scandal, Berlusconi Gaffe, Women, Italy, Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi, Berlusconi Gaffes, World News

ROME (Oct. 22) -- More than 100,000 women have signed a petition saying they are offended by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, an initiative launched ...

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If It's Art, Must It Be Pornography?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Women, Children, Books, Writing, Media, Sexual Abuse, Strip Clubs, Pornography, Amazon.com, New Yourk Times, Art, Boston Globe, Reviews, Times Picayune, Eve Ensler, Strippers, Andre Dubus, Book Reviews, New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Vagina Monologues, Books News
Georgianne Nienaber

I'm all for freedom expression even when it comes to veiled pornography, but I don't want to be tricked into buying it for God's sake.

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What Leaders Can Learn from a Baseball Umpire

Leslie Grossman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Yankees, Women, Leadership, New York Rangers, Bank of America, Alberto Gonzalez, New York Giants, Umpires, Kenneth Lewis, Women in Business, Tim McClelland, Politics News
Leslie Grossman

After Game 4 of the ALCS, umpire Tim McClelland admitted that he made two bad calls. I was surprised, because we rarely hear those words from people in power, our so-called leaders.

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Seattle Teen Gives Rwandan Girls The Gift of Education

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Girls, Women, Seattle, Education, Library, Jessica Markowitz, Genocide, Rwandan Education, Schoolchildren, Learning, Rwanda, Impact News

You are never too young to change the world, and Jessica Markowitz is living proof. The Seattle Times reports that Markowitz was just a sixth grader w...

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Reality Check: What's Wrong With This Picture?

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women, Women in Business, The Shriver Report, Business News
Ilene H. Lang

As our workplaces become more female, our business leadership becomes more male. What's wrong with this picture? This is bad news for women -- and for everyone else.

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Women at Work: Insights From Women on the Front Lines of Polish Design

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Furniture, Design, Lighting, Women in Business, Innovation, Gender, Culture, Polish Design, Emerging Economies, Communism, Design Fairs, Eastern Europe, Style, Poland, Eastern-Bloc, Designer-Maker, New Business, Female, Gallery, Soviet Union, Entepreneurship, Style News
Chauncey Zalkin

Design is about people -- the handiwork of the creator, human ingenuity, and the social ramifications of design in use.

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Who is Kidding Whom? The Shriver Report on Women

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Maria Shriver, Women, Housework, Feminism, Inequality, The Shriver Report, Living News
Lisa Solod Warren

Our children and our husbands or partners might benefit from reading the report. Maybe then, they would take us seriously when we say we just can't handle any more on our plate right now.

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Obama: As A Woman, Michelle Had To Make Sacrifices I Didn't Have To (VIDEO)

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama on Women, Women, Women's Rights, Michelle Obama, Obama Women Issues, Family Values, Obama Men Obtuse, Michelle Obama Women's Issues, President Obama, Obama Family, Obama, Women Issues, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says his family is like a lot of others -- in which the men "need to be knocked across the head every once in a w...

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No Slacks In The Office: Gail Collins And Lesley Stahl Relive the Birth of Feminism

wowOwow | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Relationships, Gender Inequality, Lesley Stahl, Power, Feminism, Gail Collins, Inequality, Gender, Living News

With the release of When Everything Changed, Gail Collins's new book, Lesley and Gail recount the amazing revolution of American women from 1960 to th...

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Seven Safety Tips When Booking a Room

Lea Lane | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Solo Travel, World, Health, Safety, Booking a Room, Travel, Living, Hotels, Hostels, World News
Lea Lane

Most vacations are safe and fun. But especially if you're a female solo traveler, keep in mind these seven safety reminders when booking a room anywhere in the world. Then enjoy yourself!

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A Fathers' Instruction Manual: Understanding How Dad Affects How You Relate to Men at Work and in Your Life

Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Father-Daughter Relationships, Women, Families, Daughters, Fathers, Living News
Peggy Drexler

Will a daughter taught to be a hard-charging, take-no prisoners competitor with men have trouble adjusting to the necessary give-and-take with the man with whom she shares a home?

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Delivering a Message to Obama -- from the Women of Afghanistan

Jodie Evans | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Codepink, Women, Obama, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Jodie Evans, Code Pink, Politics News
Jodie Evans

Last week, a long-term CODEPINK supporter phoned to invite me to dinner with Obama. She said, "You went to a war zone to learn what the women of Afghanistan want to say to Obama -- I want to make sure he gets the message."

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Hanging with Motherhood Writer-Director Katherine Dieckmann

Thelma Adams | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Manhattan, Women, Women in Film, Mothers and Sons, Motherhood, Uma Thurman, Parenting, Mothers and Daughters, Screenwriting, Parenthood, Punk, Screenwriters, Mike-Leigh, Katherine Dieckmann, Joan Didion, Women Directors, Working Moms, Entertainment News
Thelma Adams

I was frustrated by the absence of movies where a mother is the lead and her issues are the film's main focus, where she is a significant character expressing her soul and existence.

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Equality: Past, Present and Future

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: National Women's History Museum, Women, Elinor Ostrom, Women's History, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, New York News
Rep. Carolyn Maloney

Of the 211 statues in our nation's Capitol, only 11 are of female leaders. This is not because great women didn't exist. It is simply the case that we can do a great deal better in telling the whole story.

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Arianna Discusses The Challenges For Women As They Rise In The Workforce (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Arianna Women in the Workforce, Women, Arianna, Arianna Video, Suze Orman, Faye Wattleton, Living News
Huff TV

Arianna joined Suze Orman and Faye Wattleton on CNN's Anderson 360 tonight to discuss the great strides women have made in the workforce as well as th...

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Women Have The Most To Lose if Health Reform Fails

Julie Menin | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Women, Women's Health, Health Care, Politics News
Julie Menin

Women are a majority of the country's population. And yet, the messaging from the Obama administration on what women stand to gain and lose in the health care debate has been terrible.

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Don Draper: For Women Only, Please Respond

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Mad Men, Women, Cable, Women's Issues, Sexism, Cable Television, Gender Issues, Survey, Cable Tv, Tufts, Poll, Don Draper, Culture Change, Gender, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

I am associated with the Culture Change Institute, a Tufts based group founded by Sam Huntington and Larry Harrison, which examines various cultures r...

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Peaceful Revolution: The Business of America's Women Is Business

Nanette Fondas | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Women Workers, Women, Women Business Owners, Female Entrepreneurs, Living News
Nanette Fondas

Women held 34.9 percent of all jobs 40 years ago; today we hold 49.8 -- any day now you will hear that we've passed the 50 percent mark. So hats off to women starting, sustaining, and working in women-owned businesses.

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Guys: How To Help Your Loved One Beat Breast Cancer

John W. Anderson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Women's Health, Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Wellness, Breast Cancer Awareness, Relationships, Living News
John W. Anderson

You're a guy, and your loved one has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. She could be your wife, your mom, your sister, your daughter, your friend, your coworker. What the heck are you going to do?

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Reclaiming Femininity

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Disappointment, Feminism, Femininity, Sleep Deprivation, Family, Happiness, Sleep, Living News
W. Hunter Roberts

As we probe, we begin to find answers to Freud's age-old question: What do women want? It is not, as Freud suspected, exactly what men want. Beneath their achievement-oriented lives, most women crave passion, beauty, connection, and a sense of the sacred.

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Women: We Are Still The Out Crowd

Leslie Grossman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Career Women, Gender Inequality, Sex, Careers, Discrimination, Power, Exlusion, Leslie Grossman, Gender, Living News
Leslie Grossman

Recent headlines remind me again that things are far from equal in the power suites of America. What's worse is so many men are not even aware of what they say or what they do publicly to exclude women.

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Maria Shriver's Report on American Women: After the Cheery Headline, Gloomy Trends

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Gloria Steinem, David Gregory, Women's Health, Jobs, Women, Maria Shriver, Sexism, Media News
Jesse Kornbluth

Does "The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything," instigated by Maria Shriver, describe a 50/50 nation? Parity between the sexes? I don't think so.

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The Secret Dialog Of Women

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Lose Weight, Women's Rights, Comfort Eating, Women, Living News, Women's Issues, Weight Gain, Healthy Diet, Healthy Body, Mindful Eating, Diet, Childhood Eating Problems, Women and Body Image, Over-Eating, Stress Eating, Communication Between Men and Women, Eating Matters, Body Image, Women's Health, Health, Yo-Yo Dieting, Living in the Moment, Diet Advice, Eating Mindfully, Weight Loss, Health Tips, Women and Power, Powerful Women, National Eating Disorders Association, Eating Disorder Prevention, Living News
Susan Harrow

Weight loss coach Kathrine Brown's mission is helping women of power and influence who are holding themselves back. She does this by detecting the subtle sabotaging dialogs that decrease their power.

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Somalia: Islamists Whip Women For Wearing Bras

Reuters | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Somalia Violence, Women, Women's Rights, Islam, Violence Against Women, Islamic Radicalism, Somalia, Somalia Terrorists, Islamic Extremists, World News

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline Islamist group al Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting ...

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