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News Round Up: October 2, 2009

If Oprah says so it must be true: women matter | First Senate Foreign Relations Hearing on International Violence Against Women | Women and the News Roundup: October 2, 2009

Women’s Leadership

If Oprah says so it must be true: women matter (Tonic)

Violence

Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds first ever hearing on international violence against women (Vital Voices)

Health

Mothers of Ethiopia part III: battling pregnancy complications (Huffington Post)

Mothers of Ethiopia part IV: inside a rural health post (Huffington Post)

Who is looking out for women’s health (USA Today)

Economy

Unemployment rate at 9.8 percent, highest since 1983 (Washington Post)

Internet café in Baghdad caters to women (USA Today)

A dearth of women philosophers (New York Times)

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