Women's News from the Web

Edmonton Journal
Harper Government Supports Women's Economic Prosperity in Saint John
Canada NewsWire (press release)
"Through the Economic Action Plan 2013, the Government of Canada continues to focus on what matters most to Canadians - creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity," said Minister Ambrose. "That is why we are taking action to help women across ...
Federal grant aims to help women facing “honour” violenceEdmonton Journal
Government taking action to end violence against womenPembroke Daily Observer
Federal cash to fight violence against womeniNews880.com

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Tensions are rising between secular Tunisian women and political Islam. "There is no room for the opposition and women to participate in building the country we want," says one critic.

Ottawa Citizen
Column: It's always great drama when Canada plays USA in women's hockey
Ottawa Citizen
Canada's Gillian Apps collides with USA goalie Jessie Vetter and Lisa Chesson in the 1st period as Team Canada defeated Team USA 3-2 in their opening game of the world women's hockey championships. Photograph by: Wayne Cuddington , Ottawa ...
Canada's women down USA in SO at world hockey championshipTSN
Canada's women down US, 3-2 in shootout, to open world hockey championshipHamilton Spectator
Canada, US renew bitter rivalry at women's hockey worldsCBC.ca
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The 2003 Iranian Nobel Laureate said that the main obstacle for post-revolutionary Arab women is a "patriarchal culture" that imposes a false interpretation on Islam.

Ottawa Citizen
Canada edges US to open women's world hockey championship
Ottawa Citizen
With captain and team leader Hayley Wickenheiser out of the game because of an apparent injury, Canada began defence of its women's world hockey championship with a stirring 3-2 comeback victory against the United States. Jennifer Wakefield scored in ...

LIVE: Team Canada vs. USA, women's world hockey
Ottawa Sun
Team Canada meets arch-rival U.S.A. Tuesday night to kick off the women's world hockey championships in Ottawa. Follow all ... Also joining the team tonight is Andrew DiRienzo, our sports intern who is assisting with the women's world coverage this week.

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Women's rights see patchy progress across Arab world in wake of revolutions
The Japan Times
Tunisia: Women's legal rights have not changed since the revolution in 2010-11 but it took violent street protests before the new constitution was rewritten to enshrine full equality. The ruling Islamist Ennahda party has 42 women among its 89 ...

Canada women's ice hockey team will wear Livestrong jerseys
The Guardian
The Canada women's ice hockey team have confirmed that they will proudly wear black and yellow Livestrong jerseys in their first game of the world championship, against the USA in Ottawa on Tuesday. Players and coaches said they harbored conflicting ...

Thirty-plus years have passed. Now the director of federal contract compliance for the Department of Labor is focused on getting U.S. women a 7-percent piece of all skilled trade jobs performed, a goal first set in 1980.

Ernst & Young launches Entrepreneurial Winning Women in Canada to take ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
"The statistics are troublesome because we're missing an opportunity to drive business, create jobs and contribute to the economy," says Carrie Marchitto, Ernst & Young's leader of Entrepreneurial Winning Women in Canada. "We launched Entrepreneurial ...

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Vancouver Sun
Canada preparing to defend women's world hockey championship gold
Vancouver Sun
So host Canada's goal at the 2013 women's world hockey championship in Ottawa is to defeat their rival to open the tournament Tuesday and again in a likely meeting between them in the April 9 final. "The key is to find ways to beat the U.S. two games ...

Ottawa Citizen
Women's hockey in Canada has come a long way from pretty in pink
Ottawa Citizen
Canada's women's team and the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships are back in Ottawa, 23 years after the great publicity stunt that helped direct the National Capital Region and the rest of the nation to the idea that women could also play the game.

And that can be life-saving in a place such as Gujarat, India, where 40 percent of brides are under 20 and anemia is a major threat. A three-year awareness campaign shows how much can be changed by education and information.

A psychotherapist resumes testimony April 2 on why Jodi Arias was a victim of domestic violence.

Gender equality remains a touchy subject in the far South, law forum learns
The Nation
Some Thai-Malay Muslim women spoke up about the lack of gender equality in the deep South, citing domestic violence, a lack of women in politics and local community leadership. One Thai-Malay-Muslim woman from the South who participated in the event ...

Afghanistan's Declining Human Rights Crisis Further Threatened
The International
The mission mandates “to protect citizens and their human rights, especially those of women and children” while “providing humanitarian and development assistance.” The UN Security Council unanimously renewed the mission to continue until March of this ...

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CTV News
Canada prepares to defend gold at women's world hockey championship
CTV News
OTTAWA -- Win one, lose one, is the current state of the women's hockey rivalry between Canada and the U.S.. Neither country has been able to win two in a row against the other over the last three years. If one wins in the preliminary round at an ...
Canada routs Sweden in warm-up for women's hockey worldsCBC.ca
Canada blanks Sweden in women's hockey championship tuneupOttawa Citizen
Team Canada Preview: 2013 Women's World ChampionshipsThe Hockey Writers

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Sun News Network
Why some women 'trip for bad boys'
Sun News Network
MONTREAL -- Some women are embarrassed if their significant other lands in jail, others however, actively pursue incarcerated men. "All inmates will tell you that there are women who trip for bad boys," said Stephane Lamarche, a former prisoner who ...

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The Express Tribune (blog)
Dear women, equality comes with a price!
The Express Tribune (blog)
Pakistan is now producing more female doctors than male ones and it is not a good sign. According to some of the senior doctors and medical staff, Pakistan's health system had won the gender equality battle at the cost of productivity. More women are ...

Globe and Mail
Canada routs Sweden in women's world hockey championship warmup
Globe and Mail
Natalie Spooner struck twice as Canada shut out Sweden 8-0 on Saturday in a warm-up game for the women's world hockey championship. Goaltender Shannon Szabados earned the shutout victory for the Canadians, while Jayna Hefford, Haley Irwin, ...