News Round Up: February 1, 2010

Politics

Women and girls programs exempted from President’s proposed spending freeze (Women’s E-News)

Reaction to Lebanon’s quota for women candidates in municipal elections (Daily Star)

Education

New study in Ghana shows that free sanitary protection provided to school girls improves their participation in school (VOA)

Haiti

New program for food aid in Haiti targets women (NPR)

Sexual violence and human trafficking occuring in Haiti’s emergency shelters (Times Online)

Women’s Leadership

Helen Thomas marks 50 years at the White House (NPR)

Afghanistan

U.S. Military working with women-owned businesses in Afghanistan (New York Times)

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