News Round Up: October 13, 2009

Women's Funds Focus on Economic Security | Breast Cancer is a Disease not a Marketing Opportunity | Who says Women can't do Math and Science? | Women and the News Roundup: October 13, 2009

Women and Philanthropy

Women’s Funding Alliance on investing in women, who are disproportionately affected by the recession (Seattle Times)

Vermont Women’s Fund is featured in article on helping women gain financial independence (VT Digger)

Women’s Leadership

A conversation with Carol Greider on winning a Nobel Prize in science (New York Times)

Who says women can’t do math and science? (Forbes)

Health

Report finds unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually (AP)

Abortions decline but access to contraception remains uneven (Christian Science Monitor)

Economy

Brazil has Latin America’s worst wage gap for women and minorities (Christian Science Monitor)

Colorado’s minimum wage set to fall (Denver Post)

Breast Cancer is a disease not a marketing opportunity (Jezebel)

UN

UN chief renews call for women’s equality (AP)

Violence

Immigrant survivors of abuse seek freedom (Women’s e-news)

Victims of domestic violence face evictions after reporting abuse (Chicago Tribune)

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