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News Round Up: November 5, 2009

Study shows women own 28 percent of U.S. businesses | Rihanna speaks out

Economy

A newly released study from The Center for Women’s Business Research says more than one in four businesses is owned by women (New York Times)

An article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution says the complex U.S. economy is disproving many myths about the American lifestyle

Violence

R&B star Rihanna seems to have embraced a role as domestic violence educator, according to a U.S. News and World Report journalist

NPR African correspondent Ofeibia Quist-Arcton discusses covering the recent rape attacks in Guinea

Militants in Pakistan’s restive border region with Afghanistan bomb a girls’ school (AFP)

A soldier responds to a recent New York Times series on women soldiers with her own experience as a woman at war 

Health

A Women’s eNews report says water is the key to reducing maternal mortality rates in many countries

Sports

The head of South African track sport has been suspended for lying about 800m winner Caster Semenya’s gender

National Organization of Women urges NFL to suspend Oakland Raiders coach over alleged violence against women 
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