Discrimination

Report: Female Circumcision in Iraqi Kurdistan Still High

06/30/2010

TIME: A new study highlights the widespread practice of female genital mutilation in Iraq's most prosperous and stable region.

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Report: Minnesota Women Still Earn Less Than Men With the Same Jobs

06/17/2010

Minnesota Public Radio: A new report by the Women's Foundation of Minnesota shows wide disparities for women when it comes to income, leadership positions, economic status, and health.

Read the article and listen to audio here (offsite link)

Forum Tackles Films’ Unfair Portrayal Of Women

06/17/2010

Daily Independent: African Women’s Development Fund launches a forum to challenge the negative portrayal of women in Nigerian films.

Report: Women Still Target of Discriminatory Laws

03/05/2010

USA Today: Equality Now says many nations have failed to repeal discriminatory laws against women regarding marriage, economic and personal status, and violent acts including rape.

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News Round Up: July 13, 2009

Fixing the economy: It's women's work | Obama names Alabama woman for surgeon general post | Single-dose Plan B OK'd | Women in the News Roundup: July 13, 2009

Today’s roundup has a mix of older news and a healthy dose of features and commentary on the economy. Sports fans: LPGA updates at the bottom. Happy reading!

The Economy:

BBC’s Katty Kay and ABC’s Claire Shipman say women hold the keys to worldwide economic recovery (Washington Post Opinion):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR200907...

News Round Up: July 9, 2009

Wal-Mart and green jobs for women | Will abortion sink U.S. health care reform? | Boycott Berlusconi! | Women in the News Roundup: July 9, 2009

Interesting views all around today on philanthropy, the economy, health and single motherhood. Happy reading!

Health:

A TIME Magazine article looks at whether abortion coverage could sink a health care reform plan:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1909178,00.html

Amnesty International released a report yesterday calling Peru’s maternal morbidity rate ‘scandalous’ (CNN):
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/peru.pregnant.mortality/

News Round Up: June 30

Male nonprofit leaders earn more than females| Bush/Cheney last all-white-male team? | News Round Up-June 30, 2009

Scroll down for headlines about the issues that women’s fund work on. New to this edition – Women’s Fund Blog Round Up – a quick digest of what women’s funds are blogging about during the day.

Happy reading!

Women’s Health:

The People’s Weekly World says that for women health reform is about work and wages
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/16175/

News Round Up: June 24, 2009

NBC's glamorizes philanthropy | Saudi girls get 'permission' to play | Women's long road in Iran

A relatively quiet day in the news with a number of interesting features on sports, philanthropy and Iran. Happy reading!

The Economy and Poverty:

A New York Times article tracks efforts to overcome homelessness in New York City:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/nyregion/24homeless.html?_r=1&ref=nyre...

National Council for Research on Women President Linda Basch calls for more women in finance (Christian Science Monitor):
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0624/p09s02-coop.html

Fonds pour les Femmes en Méditerranée/ The Mediterranean Women’s Fund

The Mediterranean Women’s Fund was created in January 2008 through the initiative of women who have been involved for many years in promoting women’s rights in the Mediterranean region.

Starting from their experiences of trying to finance their projects or those of other associations in Algeria, France, Turkey, Morocco and in Palestine, they have found that it is necessary to create a structure in order to provide financial support for the women’s rights movement in the region.

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