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Inspiring Girls to Lead Governments
The Women and Girls Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania is sponsoring a program called “GirlGov,” which is designed to encourage young women and girls to get involved in politics. The program will send 16 girls, ages 13 through 17, to the state capital to shadow...
Working Women, Happier Families
A recent report by the Pew Research Center has reignited the debate over gender roles within heterosexual marriages. Due to significant changes in educational and employment statistics between men and women, the economic roles between spouses is changing. The study...
CBS Plans to Air Anti-choice Ad During Super Bowl
This year’s Super Bowl is mired in controversy revolving around CBS’s plans to broadcast an ad featuring Florida football star Tim Tebow which will most likely contain an anti-abortion message. The network’s decision is being protested by prominent women’s...
Olympic Committee Leaves Female Ski Jumpers Out in the Cold
Jessica Jerome is the U.S. champion in ski jumping, but unlike her fellow American athletes Ryan Malone (hockey), Sasha Cohen (figure skating) and Apolo Anton Ohno (speedskating), she is not training for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. The International Olympic...
Three Leading Women Activists Perished in the Haitian Earthquake
Among the deceased in Haiti are three feminists who dedicated their lives to working for such rights for women. Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin, and Anne Marie Coriolan founded three of the country’s most significant women’s advocacy organizations. Merlet, former...
