For the first time in 20 years, a woman — CNN’s Candy Crowley — will moderate a presidential debate. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/presidential-debate-moderators-2012_n_1772503.html/
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I am pleased to see Helen got appropriate media attention on passing. She was a power house. Here is an excerpt from an article on her life: “Helen Gurley Brown unquestionably changed the face of women’s media. She transformed Cosmopolitan when she served as its editor-in-chief of from 1965 until 1997, wrote books that championed
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A good article on gaming – here is an excerpt: “There’s so much to learn about harassment in video game culture…Sexual harassment is an under-reported abuse in the videogame world for an important reason: Victims don’t want to bother. In order to report abuse, victims have to stop playing, find the form to fill out, actually
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Here is a summary of how far gender equality took us in the recent Olympics. Here is an excerpt: “Yet equality is hardly at hand. At the Olympic level, there are still more men at the Games, and more sports for men. The Winter Olympics are behind the Summer Games. Women accounted for 40.7 per
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News from around the world thanks to Womens eNews! http://womensenews.org Women in North Korea are now allowed to ride bicycles, reported NBC News Aug. 17. The activity was banned for women in 1996 because it was not feminine. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/17/13331864-women-allowed-on-bicycles-as-n-korea-turns-wheels-of-change?lite The Center for Women Policy Studies released seven papers examining reproductive rights in contexts ranging from
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“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen (Anthem)
Keli Goff wrote a great article on how harsh we are to pretty women. If beautiful women can not access their power, what hope is there for the rest of us? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keli-goff/does-the-media-pick-on-pr_b_1776191.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share
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A new collective is producing a steady stream of comic strips about their own findings of gender bias. Topics range from the male domination at Marvel to female creators using male-sounding names.By Sarah Seltzer, WeNews correspondent, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. http://womensenews.org/story/arts/120803/ladydrawers-creates-big-picture-cartoon-bias
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Here are the remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Lakshmi Puri, at the High Level Ministerial meeting ‘Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: the power behind successful sustainable development’ Rio de Janeiro, 20 June 2012.http://www.unwomen.org/2012/08/gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment-the-power-behind-successful-sustainable-development/
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