Women's News from the Web

Airdrie maintains status quo on women's emergency shelter
Airdrie City View
City council will not be taking any steps to bring a women's shelter to Airdrie in the near future. Last December aldermen and the mayor directed staff to report back on the level of need in Airdrie for a women's shelter, whether there is support from ...

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Call for Nominations - Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
OTTAWA, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Status of Women Canada is pleased to launch the Call for Nominations for the 34th Annual Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case. Each year, these awards recognize five individuals, including two ...

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Canada and New Brunswick Ministers for Status of Women Highlight Support ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
OTTAWA, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women will meet today with her provincial colleague Marie-Claude Blais, the Justice Minister, Attorney General ...

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Two young women in New York organize nights for lampooning everything from French love songs to "Act Like A Lady: Think Like A Man." The point is getting a room of people to laugh at what could be upsetting to read alone.

Baylor women complete signing class with guard
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New coach wants OSU women to compete with elite
Yahoo! Canada Sports
''For somebody who grew up in Ohio and coaches women's basketball, this is always the job I've looked at as saying if there was one job I could ever have it would be that one,'' McGuff said at midcourt of the team's arena. ''And if there's one job ...

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As Women's Rights Movement Hits 50, There's More Work to be Done
Voice of America
Over the past five decades, The Feminine Mystique sold more than 3 million copies, and inspired millions of women to fight for their rights. The spark. In 1957, Friedan conducted a survey of her college ... Stephanie Ortoleva, a feminist and human ...

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KATU
Women's rights, 1968 to 2013: Have things really changed?
KATU
The article quotes several women frustrated that they make less money than men for the same job. A copywriter said she makes only $8,000 per year, while her male colleagues earn $11,000. A production “manager” replaced her former boss, a production ...

NUPGE celebrates Equality Day
National Union of Public and General Employees
As Canadian women proved in 1981 by lobbying for inclusion of equality provisions in the Charter, women uniting together can create change. Ottawa (17 April 2013) - April 17, 1982 is an historic day in the struggle for equality rights in Canada, as the ...

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Government Of Canada Salutes Canadian Women in Communications Award ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
OTTAWA, April 17, 2013 /CNW/ - he Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, congratulated award recipients at the Canadian Women in Communications Annual Gala, held in Ottawa ...

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Women and Equality
New York Times
In “Inequality in the quest for feminism,” (Page Two, April 9), Amelia Gentleman asks if feminists have become obsessed with equality in the corporate boardroom and the need to break through the glass ceiling to promotion, to the neglect of women ...

Channel 4 News
Men need to engage in the workplace gender equality debate, says Sandberg
CNN International
New York (CNN) -- Women have long dominated the heated discussion around gender equality. But one group not engaging in the conversation is men, says Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. What's more, in her new bestseller "Lean In," Sandberg argues ...
Equality is a goal for working women - after the laundryThe National
Just do it: Sheryl Sandberg's feminist manifesto at workChannel 4 News
What happened to 'leaning in'? How over a THIRD of US women would rather ...Daily Mail
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The case of Kermit Gosnell is spurring anti-abortion advocates to talk about the brutality of abortion. Pro-choice activists, meanwhile, are busy Tweeting about the "pre-Roe" conditions that led women to the Philadelphia clinic.

Philippine female workers number over a million. Each one has a unique story but taken together they form a fabric of survival, desperation and hope. For those with children, the struggle with estrangement can be intense.

Arkansas Times
Planned Parenthood Representative: Women's Rights 'in Danger Today'
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
On campus Tuesday, Joe Sammons, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, discussed the organization's role in continuing to fight for women's healthcare rights, which he said “are in danger today.” “Each one of you could ...
CMU students talk history, birth controlCentral Michigan Life

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The Nation
Female home based workers demand formal status
The Nation
KARACHI - Speakers at the 3rd annual convention of home-based women workers federation (HBWWF) demanded the government to declare status of 10 million informal workers equal to those of formal sector. Trending Discussions ... The convention held at PMA ...

Wall Street Journal
Judith Grossman: A Mother, a Feminist, Aghast
Wall Street Journal
I am a feminist. I have marched at the barricades, subscribed to Ms. magazine, and knocked on many a door in support of progressive candidates committed to women's rights. Until a month ago, I would have expressed unqualified support for Title IX and ...

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Ohio State hires Kevin McGuff as women's coach
Yahoo! Canada Sports
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Three weeks after signing a long-term contract extension at the University of Washington, Kevin McGuff came home to become the new women's basketball coach at Ohio State. Ohio State, which announced the hiring Tuesday, didn't ...

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ScienceCareers.org
Gender Equality in European Research
ScienceCareers.org
The message that emerges from the oddly named report, She Figures 2012: Gender in Research and Innovation , is hardly surprising: Women are still underrepresented in science. The gap appears to be closing—slowly—but more needs to be done if it is to ...

Slate Magazine
“We're the No. 1 Threat to Women!”
Slate Magazine
Plenty of female stand-ups—Lily Tomlin, Margaret Cho, Maria Bamford, Tig Notaro, and on and on and on—have turned various strains of feminist thinking into comedy. C.K. is hardly unique. But he is fairly rare among male comics in this regard ...