News Round Up: July 8, 2009
A good number of stories today discuss women and leadership – especially in politics. Also, quite a bit of news happening today regarding women in Afghanistan. Women’s sports fans: scroll to the bottom of the e-mail!
Women’s Leadership:
The New York Times interviews U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on being a woman on the nation’s top court:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12ginsburg-t.html
Elect Women Magazine urges more women leaders – for fewer sex scandals:
http://www.electwomen.com/?p=2137
Comic aside (Maureen Dowd channels Sarah Palin):
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/opinion/08dowd.html?em
Washington Post reporter Sally Quinn blasts Sarah Palin:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/sally_quinn/2009/07...
The Washington Post follows Michelle Obama in Russia – and reports on women’s reactions to her visit:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR200907...
Will former New Hampshire AG Kelly Ayotte run for the U.S. Senate on the GOP ticket? (MSNBC):
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/07/1988803.aspx
Leadership on the Blogs:
Marie Wilson looks back at Robert McNamara’s career and calls on increased women’s political leadership (Huffingtonpost.com):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marie-wilson/a-false-divide-between-he_b_2...
Feministe looks at what women’s urban policy looks like:
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/07/08/what-does-feminist-urba...
Violence:
A new U.N. report says Afghan women are increasingly being attacked, raped (Christian Science Monitor):
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0708/p06s13-wosc.html
The Afghan government has altered a law that was to allow for rape within marriages (BBC):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8141420.stm
The head of Afghan Women’s Mission decries Feminist Majority Foundation’s decision to call on an expansion of peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan (Feministing):
http://community.feministing.com/2009/07/the-feminist-veil-on-the-afgha....
Orthopedic surgeons can determine whether a woman has been abused (CTV Canada):
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090708/orthopedic_...
Marian Wright Edelman blames adults for the rise in youth violence (Seattle Times):
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009429670_webviolencesu...
Health:
An editorial in The Telegraph (UK) says poor policy is to blame for high rates of teenage pregnancies:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/5771161/Teenage-pregna...
A feature in American Prospect looks at the rising trend of home birthing:
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=delivering_affordable_health...
A new study says AIDS is the leading cause of maternal deaths in Zimbabwe (PlusNews – South Africa):
http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85187
An opinion piece in the Albany Times-Union (New York) says reproductive rights groups want to harm women:
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=817713&category=O...
Sri Lankan doctors credit midwives with decreasing that nation’s maternal morbidity rate:
http://www.spot.lk/article4826-promoting-safer-childbirth-sri-lankan-suc...
Education:
Ms. Magazine reports an Alabama county has finally ended its sex-segregated school classes:
http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=11800
Pakistani girls’ surpassed boys in the national secondary school tests (Daily Times – PK):
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\08\story_8-7-2009_pg11_6
Philanthropy:
A New York Times ‘Your Money’ feature looks at the opportunities of teaching philanthropy to children:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/your-money/04shortcuts.html?src=linkedin
Sports:
A Wall Street Journal report looks at unconventional strategies being used by LPGA players:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020426170457427453053932102...
The Philadelphia Daily News discusses controversy surrounding the LPGA commissioner:
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/sports/20090708_LPGA_s_showcase_event_op...
The New York Times looks at the marketing challenges the new Women’s Professional Soccer League faces:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/sports/soccer/08league.html?hpw
Economy:
Muslim women in Kashmir are putting aside their veils to participate in airline cabin crew training (Reuters):
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5671BK20090708
A New York Times Editorial urges U.S. President Obama to push G8 leaders to action on major issues:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/opinion/08wed1.html
Global Call to Action Against Poverty calls on G8 ministers to focus investment on women (InterPress News Service):
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47580
Did I miss anything? Drop me a line!
