Women

• Afghan women turning to suicide in greater numbers: report January 6, 2010
• Israel's treatment of Ethiopians 'racist' January 5, 2010
• United States: Senate should act on rape investigations December 14, 2009
• Uganda government outlaws female circumcision December 12, 2009
• OAS court condemns Mexico probes of women slayings December 10, 2009
• Group: Mugabe loyalists raped women during vote December 10, 2009
• Pregnant, in prison, and denied care December 10, 2009
• Video testimonials document politically motivated sexual violence in Zimbabwe December 10, 2009
• Senate rejects abortion restriction amendment December 8, 2009
• Plight of Afghan women may worsen as war effort is stepped up, warns report December 7, 2009
• Dominican Republic - Women facing increased risks December 2, 2009
• French plan to force gender equality on boardrooms December 2, 2009
• Ghana -Cell phones cut maternal deaths December 1, 2009
• Religious right launches fresh assault on US abortion rights November 30, 2009
• Nigeria failing to end discrimination against women November 28, 2009
• Mexico: Manufacturing poverty for women November 26, 2009
• "Gray Lady of Bagram" to boycott her terrorism trial November 19, 2009
• Woman awarded nearly $3 million in rape claim against Halliburton/KBR November 19, 2009
• Lack of health care worsens women's life quality: WHO November 9, 2009
• Women still sidelined in economic decision-making October 27, 2009
• Bolivia: Politics, a risky business for women October 27, 2009
• Uganda: Female circumcision still a vote winner October 19, 2009
• Oklahoma abortion law to put patients' details online October 18, 2009
• South Asia women's peace offensive October 18, 2009
• First woman wins Nobel Prize for economics October 11, 2009
• India: Kerala women are battered wives October 6, 2009
• India - Kerala women are battered wives October 6, 2009
• Health, Africa - If men were dying en masse . . . October 5, 2009
• Peru - Guinea pigs spell independence for women October 2, 2009
• Iraqi widows yearn for new lives September 30, 2009
• US seeing more female homeless veterans September 25, 2009
• Women in business begin to shine in Lebanon September 15, 2009
• United Nations approves long-awaited new women's agency September 14, 2009
• Venezuela - Women recycle for income and environment September 12, 2009
• Kenya - A glove to save a mother's life September 12, 2009
• Nigeria - Human trafficking rises sharply September 11, 2009
• Many women targeted by faith leaders, survey says September 10, 2009
• Female port protesters sue over strip searches September 9, 2009
• Pakistan: Domestic violence bill draws mixed reactions September 7, 2009
• Farmers sell wives after crops fail September 7, 2009