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Scariest Thing This Halloween? Extreme Gender Bias Against Women in Politics

Want to hear something that'll chill your blood? Then listen to the way female politicians have been portrayed in recent days by their peers and by the mainstream media. The National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) offers a round-up just in time for Halloween: Gender-stereotyping goblins and...

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About Womens Issues — October 30

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A Generation After Title IX, Some Still Think 'Women Can't Play Sports'

It's been 37 years since Title IX was passed, opening doors for women and girls in higher education and sports. Yet you'd never know it from the views of some college students. In an opinion piece for today's edition of the San Jose University Spartan Daily, staff writer Angela Marino admits t...

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About Womens Issues — October 26

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Philanthropy Friday - Pass It Forward and "Be That Woman"

In tough economic times, how do you inspire people to give? Especially when you're an organization that supports the nebulous concept of "economic empowerment of girls and women"? The Washington Area Women's Foundation (serving the District of Columbia area) realized that animation m...

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About Womens Issues — October 23

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The Shriver Report - "A Woman's Nation" Still Has Far to Go

For me, the fuss about Maria Shriver's report brings to mind Halley's Comet, an event that only happens once in a lifetime. A quick aside/recap: California First Lady and former NBC correspondent Maria Shriver spearheaded a study on the changing roles of contemporary women, conducted in collabor...

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About Womens Issues — October 21

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The Dalai Lama - "The World Will Be Saved By the Western Woman"

About a month ago, the Dalai Lama said something about women that is just now making the rounds on Twitter. His statement, "The world will be saved by the western woman," was delivered during the Vancouver Peace Summit 2009, which opened on the morning of Sunday, September 27th. Alt...

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About Womens Issues — October 20

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Are You Smarter Than a Swedish 6th Grader at Recognizing Gender Discrimination?

A sixth grade class in Sweden, offended by the 2008 Toys R Us catalog, reported the company to the Reklamombudsmannen (Ro), a regulatory agency in that country that oversees marketing... ...

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About Womens Issues — October 16