Today’s roundup is extensive, due to the long holiday weekend. Happy reading!

An Influential Woman:

The New York Times profiles Michèle A. Flournoy, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Pentagon:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/us/04flournoy.html?em

Economic Security:

The New York Times profiles a program in the city that aims to help homeless people, many of them single women with children, on the path to economic security:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/nyregion/06homeless.html?ref=nyregion

Many states are threatening to shut down their women’s commissions (Women’s eNews):
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/4062

The Boston Herald reports an increasing number of women veterans are becoming homeless:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/07/06/more_fe...

A program in Atlanta mentors recipients of state aid on how to manage their finances (Atlanta Journal-Constitution):
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/07/05/savings07051...

The Yemen Post reports many women there are unpaid for their labor and unemployment for women is rising:
http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=1006&MainCat=5

The Associated Press reports on a faith-based program in North Carolina that is being forced to cut services, mostly to single women parents:
http://www.reflector.com/news/state/economy-slashes-church-program-for-s...

An editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls on Missouri to direct more money toward children and families:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/st...

The Economy on the Blogs:


The New York Times’ Economix blog chimes in on the “he-cession” conversation:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/the-he-conomy-do-men-take-t...

Violence:

A feature in the Sacramento Bee shows how economic abuse is domestic violence:
http://www.sacbee.com/crime/story/1999224.html

An opinion in The Korea Times (U.S.) discusses a prominent case of domestic violence in South Korea:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/07/137_48002.html

Construction on a 44-unit affordable housing project for single moms who are survivors of DV is part of the Ontario government’s $52-million housing initiative (Toronto Star):
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/661330

One Ohio community is seeing a spike in DV cases and says the poor economy is to blame (Middletown Journal):
http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/police-see-increas...

Gulf News (UAE) reports from India on efforts to end domestic violence:
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10329165.html

From the Blogs:


Vital Voices summarizes a report showing acid burn attacks against women in Pakistan are on the rise:
http://vitalvoicesonline.org/blog/2009/07/06/women-in-pakistan-face-a-ri...

Health:

USAToday reports on a study showing women are more likely than men to consider cost when seeking health care:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-07-05-medicalofficer_N.htm

Uganda is outlawing female genital mutiliation (AFP):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/ugandahealthwomenpolitics

The Toronto Star reports on the deadly consequences HIV+ Ugandan women face when informing their partners of their status:
http://www.thestar.com/news/globalvoices/article/660631

A feature in Fortune outlines the uphill battle to market and sell the female condom:
http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/02/smallbusiness/selling_female_condom.fsb/

Many factors that contribute to maternal deaths during childbirth in Zimbabwe are preventable, reports The Standard:
http://www.thezimbabwestandard.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...

A column in The Manila Times questions whether health care is a woman’s right or a privilege?
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/july/05/yehey/opinion/20090705o...

Health on the Blogs:


Reproductive Health Reality Check discusses the lack of human rights for incarcerated pregnant women in the U.S.:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/07/06/giving-birth-chains-the-sh...

Education:

The Washington Post reports on a trial effort to spark online girls-only education:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/05/AR200907...

Pakistan is launching a new effort aimed at increasing scientific knowledge – especially for girls (Dawn):
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakis...

The Buffalo News profiles a project aimed at connecting upstate New York families with girls in Tanzania who are in need of schooling:
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/723227.html