Ratings raise TV news sexism questions
With all the women in television news on both sides of the camera, you would think sexism was an issue relegated to the 20th century.
Gaza TV women protest at threats
Palestinian television journalists have protested for a second day in Gaza against threats by a shadowy Islamist group to decapitate female presenters.
Nigerian Feminists Press for An End to Domestic Abuse
Some women’s rights groups in Nigeria are stepping up their campaign against domestic violence, which includes the physical and psychological abuse of women in the home. The NGO’s say the government must use its political will to end the abuse of women ,which they say endangers the family.
Supreme Court Ruling Brings Split in Antiabortion Movement
In a highly visible rift in the anti-abortion movement, a coalition of evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic groups is attacking a longtime ally, Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson.
Women can be as violent as men, says Lessing
Doris Lessing, the novelist and feminist icon, said that women could be warmongers and as violent as men, in a speech yesterday.