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  • July 2007

    • India Elects First Female Prez

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 21, 07 3:30 PM CDT

      India Elects First Female Prez

      India elected its first woman to the largely ceremonial office of president today, in a landslide vote among parliament and state politicians. Pratibha Patil's supporters hail her victory as a breakthrough for women's rights in the country, while critics assert her reputation is already marred by a slew of personal and financial scandals. More »

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      women's rights  • presidency  • domestic violence  • electoral college

  • May 2007

    • High Court Curbs Pay Bias Suits

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 30, 07 4:55 AM CDT

      High Court Curbs Pay Bias Suits

      The Supreme Court severely limited the right of women to sue employers over pay discrimination in a stormy 5-4 decision yesterday. A lone woman employee at a tire factory sued because she was paid less than male coworkers over her long career; the court held that such charges must be filed within the 180-day window proscribed by the Civil Rights Act. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • women  • civil rights  • discrimination  • women's rights  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg  • Civil Rights Act

    • Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control

      newser  |  Time  |  May 29, 07 7:50 AM CDT

      Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control

      Just weeks after Pope Benedict XVI decried contraception as a threat to the future of Latin America on his visit to Brazil, Brazil's president announced that the government would subsidize birth control pills at private pharmacies so poor women can have "the same right that the wealthy have to plan the number of children they want." More »

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      religion  • women  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Brazil  • Latin America  • women's rights  • birth control  • contraception  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  • birth control pills

    • Suicide Rises Among Young Chinese Women

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 15, 07 8:13 AM CDT

      Suicide Rises Among Young Chinese Women

      Young, rural women in China are killing themselves at startling rates. In a country whose overall suicide rate is double the American, suicides are shooting up among young wives caught between the promise of modernizing cities and the traditional subservience of women that persists in the countryside. "Whenever their dreams and reality don't match, they attempt suicide," says a nonprofit worker. More »

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      China  • women  • suicide  • women's rights  • abuse  • suicide rate  • modernization

    • Presidential Peck Sets Off Iranian Sex Scandal

      newser  |  Fox News  |  May 2, 07 4:00 PM CDT

      Presidential Peck Sets Off Iranian Sex Scandal

      Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is at the center of an unlikely sex scandal today, after being caught on camera kissing the hand—even if it was gloved—of a retired schoolteacher. Ahmadinejad's sexy faux pas, at a ceremony honoring the country's teachers, is a violation of Shariah law, hard-liners say. More »

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      Iran  • scandals  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • sex scandal  • sex  • women's rights  • indecency  • Sharia law

  • April 2007

    • Abortion Ship To Sail Again

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Apr 25, 07 3:52 PM CDT

      Abortion Ship To Sail Again

      The "abortion ship" is returning to international waters after a three-year hiatus, offering early-term procedures to women whose countries ban them. The Dutch nonprofit Women on Waves will distribute abortion pills to women up to seven weeks pregnant on the ship, which was prevented from docking in Lisbon in 2004 by a Portuguese navy blockade. More »

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      abortion  • abortion rights  • women's rights  • hospitals

  • March 2007

    • Afghan Women Choose Death by Fire

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 16, 07 11:42 AM CDT

      Afghan Women Choose Death by Fire

      A new human rights report suggests that self-immolation is on the rise among Afghan women, who believe setting themselves on fire is the only sure way to end their agonized lives. The study interviewed the family members of 800 such women, who reported that rape, domestic violence, and accusations against their honor drove them to choose hellish death. More »

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      Afghanistan  • women  • human rights  • women's rights  • domestic violence

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