News Round Up: October 20, 2009

Health

The cost of being a woman: health insurance gender ratings (Newsweek)

Women have the most to lose if health reform fails (Huffington Post)

Violence

Shocking violence against Native American & Native Alaskan Women (CNN)

UN decries vicious Congo rapes and night attacks (Reuters)

Suicide attack targets women’s cafeteria at Pakistan University (Ms. Magazine)

Muslim widows beaten in Indian village after being labeled witches (BBC)

Economy

Women become the majority of the paid US workforce (Ms. Magazine)

Women-led businesses want a bigger slice of the ‘green’ procurement pie (MSNBC)

Poverty

Is poverty at 40 or 47 million people? Lawmakers consider changes to formula determining poverty (MSNBC)

Women’s Leadership

Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s commentary in support of a National Women’s History Museum (Huffington Post)

Op-ed calls for reversal in policy that woman from serving on the frontline (New York Times)

Philanthropy

Daily Beast blog questions the effectiveness of grassroots philanthropy

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