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Monika Mitchell: Leadership: It's a Female Thing

2012-02-22T16:10:53Z

The event marked a shift in action -- we are tired of waiting for men to open the door for us. Ladies and gentlemen ... in the 21st century, we are opening the doors for ourselves.

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Catholic Universities Sue Feds

2012-02-22T11:09:07Z

Four colleges have filed lawsuits against the federal government over the new policy by the Obama administration mandating that employees of religious...

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Emily Pease: The Invisible Woman: It's Time We Had A Talk

2012-02-22T12:02:32Z

In Matthew, we find the story of a woman who is healed merely by touching Jesus' cloak so that she can lead a new life. It's a beautiful story, and even more so if we consider her affliction: she had been bleeding for years.

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Jen M.L.: Why It Sucks to Be a Woman Today

2012-02-21T19:12:18Z

Don't let these men make laws that affect your bodies without at least speaking up -- for or against. Let them know how you feel and let them know what you want.

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Marianne Mollmann: The Dangers of Being Female

2012-02-21T15:33:11Z

This month was big on bad news for women.

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Alexis Sclamberg: Could You Go A Day Without Makeup?

2012-02-21T17:54:02Z

I don't know about you, but I rarely leave the house without makeup. I've even submitted to the mighty makeup brush on occasion before my morning run

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Elly Pradervand: Giving Credit Where It's Due Is Part of Empowering Rural Women

2012-02-21T17:19:44Z

In spite of all the negative stories in the media these days, of which some are very alarming, there are in the world millions of innovative rural women entrepreneurs who care, give and daily struggle to overcome poverty and hunger in their communities.

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Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks: Woman: Person or Property?

2012-02-21T15:18:57Z

Think for a moment about the entire verbal output of all the candidates in the Republican debates of the last few months. Did you hear any candidate say anything at all about women's rights, except to call for cutting them back?

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Miles Mogulescu: Warning: Republicans May Be Dangerous to Women's Health and Safety

2012-02-21T14:44:32Z

The social conservative wing of the Republican Party has also long contained a strong strain of hostility to sex for purposes other than procreation and a fear of women being able to control their bodies without the dominance of men.

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Carolita Johnson: or is it?

2012-02-20T00:43:07Z

Don't fall asleep!

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner: Sex, Contraception, Motherhood & the Current Madness

2012-02-21T02:39:41Z

Make no mistake, this current backlash against full coverage for contraceptive health care is really a backlash against the increasing empowerment of women -- and against mothers, in particular.

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WATCH: Women Respond To All-Male Birth Control Hearing

2012-02-21T10:46:33Z

House Representative Darrell Issa poured gasoline on a fire when he convened an all-male panel to discuss Obama's new birth control rule, and the crit...

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Daisy Khan: Training Afghani Imams to End Violence Against Women

2012-02-21T11:02:07Z

Last month, I sent our program manager to Afghanistan to conduct an on-the-ground assessment of our pilot program. I was inspired by the stories she recounted. They painted a far different picture than the tragic stories that I have continually heard.

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Lois Alter Mark: An Open Letter to Republican Women

2012-02-19T20:06:58Z

Dear Republican Women,

I have always believed in the power of sisterhood, and have taken pride and solace in the fact that women look out for each ot...

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Shayna Zamkanei: What's Good for Solomon Is Baad for the Afghans

2012-02-20T12:27:16Z

When talk of "abandoning" so-called baad victims to their fate becomes a way to legitimize NATO's further involvement in Afghanistan, we should be conscious of the way "saving Afghan women" can become yet another trope for imperialism.

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Bethany St. James: Flawed Inspiration

2012-02-19T18:51:59Z

The fact is that we are, more often than not, much harder on ourselves than anyone else is. In my experience, men and women often believe that being attractive on the outside has something to do with being attractive on the inside.

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It's About Contraception, Stupid

2012-02-17T15:00:46Z

Over a hundred leaders convened this Thursday in Washington, D.C. to attend the annual Latino State of the Union: Roundtable on Law, Policy and Civil ...

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Marge Baker: Aspirin as the New Birth Control: The GOP War on Women Reaches New Lows

2012-02-17T17:08:08Z

The right is staging an all-out assault on women's rights while they have control of the majority of state legislatures, the House and a determined minority in the Senate. The GOP's presidential candidates are promising to join it if they get elected. We can't let them succeed.

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'Women Are Not Livestock'

2012-02-16T16:50:25Z

A bill that would impose stricter operation standards on health care centers that perform abortions is being pushed through the Illinois House Agricul...

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Katie Halper: Ten Deep Thoughts on the All-Male Panel on My Vagina

2012-02-16T16:03:00Z

I'm really glad women aren't allowed to testify at this hearing, which is about their bodies. It's a dangerously slippery slope and I think we all know what comes next: box turtles are allowed to testify.

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Margie Omero: On Birth Control, GOP Male Leaders Woefully Out of Touch, Except With Other GOP Men

2012-02-16T15:37:53Z

Today a Congressional hearing ignited when House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (CA) refused to seat a female witness after hearing an all-male panel of birth control coverage opponents, calling the witness unqualified.

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