News Round Up: March 4, 2010

Economy

Female faces of the recession in Mexico; jobless rate forces Baja women to wait for work (San Diego Union Tribune)

Commentary on women’s history in the workplace (Women’s e-news)

Panel featuring Women’s Funding Network’s Chris Grumm calls for greater gender equality in the economy (Financial Planning)

Philanthropy

Wall Street Journal article on the next generation of philanthropists featuring the Lovelight Foundation

Kayrita Anderson of the Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation and Barbara Mosacchio of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation on combating poverty in Atlanta

Gender Equality

Op-ed advocates for gender-neutral Oscars (New York Times)

Violence

Conclusion of NPR’s series on campus rape – myths that make it hard to stop campus rape

The Economist on rising rates of gendercide

Women’s Leadership

Mohegans name first female chief in over 300 years (AP)

Vital Voices coverage of the third day of the Commission on the Status of Women

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