Womens Issues

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Communicating with 'A Woman's Nation'

Amy Gershkoff | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Women's Issues, 2010 Elections, A Woman's Nation, The Shriver Report, Women Voters, Campaign Ads, Working Women, Women and Politics, Maria Shriver, Politics News

How should political campaigns communicate with working women? They are an electorate that is increasingly difficult to reach, but upon which all elections now hinge.

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Surgery Risk For 'Perfect Vaginas'

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Sexuality, Women's Issues, Body Image, Women's Health, Surgery, Health, Labioplasty, Vagina, Cosmetic Surgery, Living News

Women are undergoing surgery to create perfect genitalia amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks of the procedure, a report says....

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Women, Poverty And Health: A Vicious Cycle

Irasema Garza | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Working Women, Health Care Reform, Poverty, Health Insurance, Women's Issues, Women, Working Mothers, Politics News

Just as poverty disproportionately impacts women, so too do the flaws in an out-dated health insurance system. Worse, these inequities fuel each other.

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So We're Still Bitches? Eight Ways Women Leaders Can Win in the Perception Game

Fawn Germer | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Leadership, Women's Issues, Communication Tips for Women, Women Success Tips, Women Managers, Women Communication Tips, Communication Skills for Women, Women in Business, Women Leaders, Women in Management, Women Communication Skills, Women's Rights, Living News

I didn't understand that strong, bold women give off an energy that threatens insecure people. We have to watch every word so we aren't misinterpreted. So, here are eight steps to be more effective.

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Mercy Corps, Nicholas Kristof Encourage Book Clubs To Fundraise And Get Active

Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Women's Rights, Half the Sky, Women's Issues, World Hunger, Women's Health, Books, Women and Politics, Nicholas Kristof, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Book Clubs, Mercy Corps, Impact News

Nicholas Kristof and his wife and co-author Sheryl WuDunn take on the cause of female inequality in their new book Half The Sky. They argue that signi...

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Colorado Nonprofit Brings Education to Pakistan's Women And Children

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Developing Nations, Education, Women's Issues, Children, Marshall Direct Fund, Pakistan, Impact News

The Marshall Direct Fund (MDF) was established to eliminate global poverty through investing in females, with the goals of increased school enrollment...

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Kids Say The Darndest Things: "Your Butt Looks Sexy" Creepy? Or A Helpful Reminder I've Still Got It?

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Looking Sexy at Any Age, Sexy Women, Aging Gracefully, Women's Issues, Anti-Aging, Women and Body Image, Body Image, Living News

I hit the big "four O" last year and -- let's face it -- you start to question a few things when you get to that no-longer-in-my-thirties place in life.

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Joanne Lipman: The Mismeasure Of Woman

nytimes.com | JOANNE LIPMAN | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Portfolio, Women's Rights, Women, Portfolio Magazine, Women's Issues, Lipman Women, Joanne Lipman, Lipman Women Issues, Women in Journalism, Women-Journalists, Wall Street Journal, Living News

For the first time, women make up half the work force. The Shriver Report, out just last week, found that mothers are the major breadwinners in 40 pe...

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Reality Check: Women Want Work/Home Equality and Flexibility

Nanette Fondas | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Maria Shriver, Women's Issues, The Shriver Report, Caregivers, Living News

Hoopla has surrounded the news that women have just about reached parity with men, and that women and men agree on much about their evolving roles. Now here comes the reality check.

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A Follow Up: "Hank Moody: For Women Only" (Question)

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Poll, Gender, Cable Television, Media News, Gender Issues, Mad Men, Women, Dating, Relationships, Survey, Don Draper, Cable, Women's Issues, Cable Tv, Hank Moody, Californication, Entertainment News

Despite at times being self-centered, lewd and at times irresponsible, would you date and/or marry Hank Moody?

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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

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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The Importance of Resolution 1888 to End Violence Against Women

Steven W. Barnes | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, UN Resolution 1888, Hillary Clinton, UN Security Council, World News

The recent passage of UN Resolution 1888 shows not just the increasing commitment of the US to multilateralism, but also to its resolve to end the major global crisis of violence towards women.

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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

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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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

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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Industry-Wide Intervention at Executive Level Needed

Emme | Posted 10.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Emme Model, Thin, Karl Lagerfeld, Womens Health, Model, Women's Issues, Ralph Lauren, Magazines, Style News

The controversy around ex-Ralph Lauren model, Filippa Hamilton's ungainly distorted advertising campaign image this week has caused quite a stir. Sad to say, It's nothing new.

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As Women's Leadership Evolves, So Do We

Fawn Germer | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Corporate Women, Women's Leadership, Corporate-Women, Women's Movement, Women's Issues, Women's History, Working Women, Women in Business, Leadership Issues, Career Advice for Women, Women's Leadership Issues, Women's Leadership Conference, Living News

I was 17 years old and a guppy reporter for The Bradenton Herald when my editor sent me on my first assignment in the field. "You're going to interview Gloria Steinem," she told me.

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The Hypocrisy of David Letterman

Jane Shure | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Working Women, Power, Women's Issues, Work, Sexual Harassment, David Letterman, Media News

Let's not just turn a blind eye to this situation simply because we appreciate David Letterman's humor and want to continue to be entertained by him. This isn't simply a case of philandering.

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What Do Muslim Women Want?

Naomi Wolf | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Women, Queen Rania, Muslim Women, Women's Issues, Women and Politics, Muslims, Naomi Wolf, Muslim Womens Rights, Muslim, World News

The Muslim women leaders I've spoken to do not say, "Please tell the West to save us." They are too busy making egalitarian, modernist new worlds of their own, with an Arab, and often Islamic, imprimatur.

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Zapping Size Zero: An Open Letter To 'Average' Women

Carleton Bryant | Posted 10.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Glamour Magazine, Humor, Women's Body Issues, Glamour, Women's Issues, Body Image, Women's Body Confidence, Beauty, Size Zero, Size 0, Style News

The fact is that most guys like the curvier form of so-called "average" women. That's because they don't look like they'd snap like a dry twig if guys tried to cuddle with them.

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How Working Mothers Handle Life: Pew Study

Pew Social & Demographic Trends | Kim Parker | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Happiness, Women's Issues, Family Values, Working Mothers, Working Women, Women in Business, Working Families, Stress Reduction, Family, Working Moms, Gender Roles, Living News

Working mothers in particular are ambivalent about whether full-time work is the best thing for them or their children; they feel the tug of family mu...

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The Violence is Horrifying, Let's Do Something About It

Esta Soler | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, International Violence Against Women Act, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, World News

The International Violence Against Women Act was introduced in the last Congress, with bipartisan support. Following today's hearing, we expect it to be introduced again. This time, it must not languish.

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The Ambiguity in Women's Lives

Tabby Biddle | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: The-Sad-Shocking-Truth-About-How-Women-Are-Feeling, Women, Women's Issues, General Social Survey, The Cinderella Complex, Women and Happiness, Working Women, Marcus Buckingham, Maureen Dowd, Hillary Clinton, Women and Power, Colette Dowling, Arianna Huffington, Blue Is the New Black, Women Entrepreneurs, Living News

Is it possible for women today to be independent, ambitious, successful career women and at the same time still be taken care of and "protected" by a partner?

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Women Moving Millions: The Girls Give Back, Big Time

Kari Henley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Indiana University, Women's Rights, Women, Giving Circles, Women's Issues, Charity, Featured Contributor, Women in Business, Giving, Philanthropy, Service, The Giving Life, Living News

In the last 30 years, women's median income has increased over 60%, and more women are becoming educated, and dedicated to giving back. Their studies report that women are less likely to seek recognition, and more likely to want to be involved directly in the causes they support.

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A Changing Tide of Opinion for Girls and Women

Sarah Brown | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Women's Rights, Women, General Assembly, Women's Issues, Women's Health, UN General Assembly, Sarah Brown, World News

Where the lives of girls and women are at risk or compromised, understanding that we must and can save them is the means by which we will save and care for everyone.

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