Wikio - Women

How do Muslims view women's rights? (Christian Science Monitor)

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:18:12 GMT

Many Muslims believe that women should have the right to vote and to hold any job outside the home that they qualify for.

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Explore : Women's rights, World

How do Muslims view women's rights? (OTB News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:36:18 GMT

Many Muslims believe that women should have the right to vote and to hold any job outside the home that they qualify for. Share This

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Celebration of the International Day of the Family in the European Parliament. Anna Záborská MEP and Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP (EPP ED)

epp-ed@europarl.europa.eu — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:42:30 GMT

T he European Parliament today joined the celebrations on the occasion of the International Day of the Family in the framework of a meeting organised by Anna Záborská MEP, Chairwoman of the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee of the European Parliament, and Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP, Chairwoman of the Family and Protection of Childhood Intergroup.

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Negating Nadine (All About Nothing)

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:49:41 GMT

Over at Liberal Conspiracy (still love that name!) Sunny and the crew are taking on MP Nadine Dorries and her devious campaign to end a woman's right to choose. LC has been running a week of some slightly lengthy but very well put together research covering her ‘campaign’ and her idiotic responses to the counter arguments [...]

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Sierra Leone: Action Aid Condemns Marginalizing of Women (All Africa)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:52:22 GMT

Women's right coordinator Action Aid International (AAI) Tuesday condemned the marginalizing of African Women.

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Explore : Africa, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Women's rights

When Expedience Trumps The Sisterhood (The Moderate Voice)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:41:24 GMT

The fur is again flying in the feminist sandbox over the other big endorsement that Barack Obama received on Wednesday, this one from the National Abortion Rights Action League. NARAL's endorsement statement called Obama: “A strong advocate for a woman's right to choose throughout his career in public office. He steadfastly supports and defends a woman's right to make the most personal, private decisions...

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I would love to attend a debate between Ken Epps and Joyce Arthur (JivinJehoshaphat)

noreply@blogger.com (Jivin J) — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:48:00 GMT

Ken Epps on his bill to punish individuals who commit acts of violence against pregnant women and their unborn children: There is something seriously wrong with our system when the so-called "right" to end a pregnancy takes away another pregnant woman's right to have her wanted baby protected in law..... So why do the opponents of C-484 resort to scare tactics and misrepresentations of the law to...

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‘Honour’-based violence conference (Pickled Politics)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:53:56 GMT

Yesterday I attended a conference on ‘honour’-based violence (HBV), which was organised by the charity IKWRO (Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation). It was an excellent event and was very well organised by Diana Nammi, Joanne Payton et al from IKWRO. The speakers were interesting, and ranged from policemen to CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) employees to charity workers. While there was enough...

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Obama Endorsed by John Edwards and NARAL (VivirLatino)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:18:26 GMT

Barack Obama had a good day yesterday. First he snagged the endorsement of the the U.S.'s foremost pro-choice organization, NARAL. "There are few more tireless defenders of women's rights in this country than NARAL Pro-Choice America and I'm proud to...

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Women's Rights Under Fire (Cruella-blog)

noreply@blogger.com (Cruella) — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Sorry for not posting for a while - I've been applying myself a little more practically to some of the issues which I am normally discussing here. In particular the abortion law in the UK which despite being forty years old and in desperate need of updating* are in fact in danger of being rolled back. A cross-party group of MPs including of course all the devoutly religious ones and all the devoutly...

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Obama on Women's Rights (bjkeefe)

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:57:00 GMT

Here's Obama speaking to Planned Parenthood, on 17 July of last year. Seems like a good speech to review in light of his endorsement by NARAL yesterday. The speech is about 24 minutes long. It's part inspiration, part policy, and contains very clear statements of his positions on issues of choice, other women's rights, and science. ( alt. video link ) (h/t: Ta-Nehisi Coates )

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How to manage opposite sex (The Sun)

Thu, 15 May 2008 01:58:14 GMT

WE reprint 1943 guide to women at work, and suggest a new version for managing men

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Mothering Magazine Wins TWO Maggie Awards! (Workerette)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:10:32 GMT

Many congratulations to the staff over at Mothering magazine for their achievements - including the recent announcement of winning two more Maggie awards for their kudos case. The Maggies are pretty big in the magazine publishing world. Can you say OSCAR level? Chuh! And the fine folks over at Mothering definitely deserve the honor, let me tell you. If you're tired of being spoon-fed the mainstream...

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NARAL endorses Obama (Feministing)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:09:14 GMT

From the endorsement : "Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC is proud to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president. Sen. Obama has been a strong advocate for a woman's right to choose throughout his career in public office. He steadfastly supports and defends a woman's right to make the most personal, private decisions regarding her reproductive health without interference from government or politicians....

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NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC Endorses Barack Obama (Raising Kaine - Front Page)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:19 GMT

I just received this from the NARAL Virginia people. Good news for anyone who cares about a woman's right to control her own body. NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC Endorses Senator Barack Obama for President Washington, D.C. - NARAL Pro-Choice America, the political leader of the pro-choice movement with more than one million member activists in all 50 states, today announced that its political action...

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Obama gets NARAL endorsement (Political Ticker)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:26:47 GMT

(CNN) — Barack Obama has picked up the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America, an organization that has supported Hillary Clinton in the past. "Sen. Obama has been a strong advocate for a woman's right to choose throughout his career in public office," NARAL President Nancy Keenan said in a statement Wednesday. "He steadfastly supports and defends [...]

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The military's disingenuous talking points on women's rights (Feministing)

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:33:06 GMT

Last month the NY Times reported that the Defense Department fed talking points to former generals who appeared on cable news. Now the DoD has released a lot of those talking points to the public. Alyssa Rosenberg went through the documents , and found that a number of them instruct the generals to trumpet all the awesome stuff the U.S. military is doing for women in Iraq and Afghanistan -- painting...

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Roundup: Sebelius vs. Archbishop, Women's Rights and our Planet (RHRealityCheck.org blogs)

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:45:57 GMT

Gov. Sebelius asked to stop communion, Global women's rights essential to sustainability, Abortion rights in Northern Ireland.

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Day 988: They Take Away Yet They Give … (Maitri's VatulBlog)

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:45:34 GMT

NOT FUNNY: I’ve got your “education and training” right here, John McCain, you awful, misogynistic douchebag. Now make employers pay me what they pay a guy for doing the same work! And thanks for setting women's rights back about half a century in the minds of your supporters. Ugh. FUNNY (Thanks, Slate!): Bill [...]

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Menu Plan Monday: 12 May 2008 (Workerette)

Mon, 12 May 2008 23:39:02 GMT

Every Workerette knows how important it is to plan ahead and try to streamline things like grocery shopping , meal preparation, and kitchen storage in order to (hopefully!) add a few more minutes to the day. Hopefully with Menu Plan Monday you'll be able to get some ideas for things to put on your own future menus - or maybe you'll become inspired to streamline things around your own house with menu...

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Explore : Women at Work