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Recent study done in New Zealand shows that the native men do not approve of women working full time after having children. Eighty three per cent of respondents approved of married woman working full-time before they have children but only 2 per cent approve of full-time work when women have children under school age. Professor [...]
Very often Sen. Barack Obama messages about the equality of women in African nations both as a matter of human rights and of economic developments. Same point he has made with both a Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai and the Kenyan equivalent of a Girl Scout. During his and his family’s stay in Kenya, [...]
Frank Fahey, minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform said that more women are needed in public positions to make decisions on national policies. According to the statistical data 2%, increase in the number of women has been recorded as compared to the previous year. As Mr. Fahey says, ‘I [...]
Women groups in New Delhi, India presented the recommendations to the Planning Commission, keeping gender equality and gender justice as the central goal of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. The recommendations have been prepared in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Development, UNIFEM and the United Nations Development Programme. It also recommended the strengthening [...]
An NGO called Prakalpa, in Orissa, India held a workshop yesterday where they discussed about the violence against women and the delay in redressal of their grievances. Several women advocates, teachers, writers and social activists participated in the workshop where Mr Biplab Mishra, secretary of Prakalpa, made a presentation on Swadhar Shelter Home and Helpline [...]
Experts from the British Fertility Society are of the view that severely overweight women should be denied access to free fertility treatment in England and Wales and obese women must lose weight before being offered the chance to try IVF. Before taking the IVF treatment, the women are advised to undergo a programme of diet [...]
Recent research done by U.S. scientists suggested for the first time that a woman’s weight could affect the course of the disease. And in here, the disease refers to Ovarian Cancer. The research was reportedly the first to identify weight as an independent factor in ovarian cancer disease progression and overall survival, suggesting that there [...]
In Utah, the Renaissance Society, American Express and the Women’s Business Center hosted a high tea at Hotel Grand America today in honor and celebration of Renaissance Women and Visionary who made a difference. Renaissance Awards was also given to outstanding businesswomen in the community. The Families and Work Institute and the Twiga Foundation also [...]
Recently, it has become known that women in the U.S. military and related institutions are at significant risk of being sexually assaulted, harassed and raped, by their fellow service members. Sexual assault survivors and their advocates have called for systematic change that will provide for their safety by analyzing incidents of violence against women in [...]
According to government-sponsored research, Australia’s top companies have made little progress in getting women into the boardrooms. The 2006 Australian Census of Women in Leadership, conducted by the Federal Government’s Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA), shows there has been only incremental improvement in the number of women board directors since the [...]
