Women

• Domestic violence spikes alongside worsening economy May 24, 2009
• Where life's start is a deadly risk May 24, 2009
• Women's clinics see rise in calls and visits May 20, 2009
• Rights-Zimbabwe: Women call for truth, justice and reconciliation May 15, 2009
• Rape is effective weapon of war, US senators told May 14, 2009
• High health costs hit women hardest May 12, 2009
• Afghan rights chief fears vote fraud against women May 3, 2009
• Against sexual violence: solidarity among African women May 2, 2009
• Pollution found in five women leaders May 1, 2009
• 17-year-olds to gain access to Plan B pill April 23, 2009
• Book tells of female US soldiers raped by comrades April 16, 2009
• Amnesty: Nepal govt. fails to protect women human rights activists April 10, 2009
• Female members of Israeli cabinet removed from official photo April 6, 2009
• Syria: Fears over gender-based violence in Iraqi community April 6, 2009
• Tribes helped with preventing violence against women March 30, 2009
• Women farmworkers threaten election boycott March 28, 2009
• Women outnumber, but men have the power in Peru media March 26, 2009
• Senate bill could help women keep homes March 24, 2009
• Federal court orders FDA to expand access to emergency contraception March 23, 2009
• Military rape reports rise, prosecution still low March 17, 2009
• WHO: Thousands of women and childred dying from economic downturn March 14, 2009
• Women in Congo speak out about rape despite taboo March 14, 2009
• Bold new Argentine law on violence against women March 12, 2009
• 'Women at risk' amid economic woes March 7, 2009
• More young girls face rape in Afghanistan March 6, 2009
• Aid group: Rape a growing worldwide problem March 6, 2009
• Financial crisis threatens women's meager gains March 3, 2009
• Women's household chores unpaid, unrecognized March 3, 2009
• Few safety nets for women of color March 2, 2009
• Forced sterilization of indigenous case re-opened in Peru February 20, 2009
• 'Gravity Birth' pulls women to Ecuador hospital February 17, 2009
• DR-Congo: How many more will be raped? February 12, 2009
• Study indicates fewer women reaching corner offices February 11, 2009
• Egypt puts tougher sex-harassment law on agenda February 5, 2009
• Iraqi women's affairs minister resigns in protest February 5, 2009
• Wail of Pakistan girl sounds alarm of abused maids February 2, 2009
• California health insurers discriminate against women, lawsuit contends January 28, 2009
• Funding restored to groups that perform abortions January 24, 2009
• Joining the party: Senate reverses Bush-era pay bias ruling January 21, 2009
• Study: Women mistreated at immigration centers January 20, 2009