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McCormick New Writers Program
(WOMENSENEWS)–Women’s eNews provides news coverage focused on issues of particular concern to women, top-flight journalism that is unavailable anywhere else. That’s the cornerstone of our...
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Recession Shrinks Safety Net for Immigrant Women
BOSTON (WOMENSENEWS)–Isa Woldeguiorguis says the current recession isn’t causing anyone to become abusive, because it is a learned behavior. "Someone who uses violence will use it in an economic...
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Lawmakers Get Lesson in Curbing Economic Abuse
WASHINGTON (WOMENSENEWS)–Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a Democrat from California, learned about economic abuse in families at a young age. As a teenager, the congresswoman saw her mother struggle to overcome...
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U.N.’s Wallström Says Congo Will Be Her First Stop
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)–Margot Wallström’s two-year U.N. assignment to stem sexual violence in conflict areas begins March 1, with an immediate focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo. "I will be...
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‘Whistleblower’ Dirties Hands in Rebuilding Bosnia
(WOMENSENEWS)–We were set up in a hotel in the northern hills of Sarajevo, Bosnia. First thing the next morning, a bus wound us down the narrow, cobbled street into the city center for our weeklong...
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Jordan’s Choice of Maya Moore Helps All Team Players
(WOMENSENEWS)–Nike’s Jordan brand announced the addition of a new athlete on its 25-person star roster this summer, and it’s not another guy. In a highly publicized press conference in May, Maya Moore...
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‘Blood and Honey’ Is Cathartic for Bosniak Actor
(WOMENSENEWS)–Before working in "In the Land of Blood and Honey," I didn’t have the strength to speak about the Bosnian war. I lived through it as a young person, and — for better or worse — youth...
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Women Violated in War Denied Memorials
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)–As a participant at the nongovernmental organization forum that accompanied the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, I witnessed a delegation of...
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Meet Argentina’s Rights Blazer Silvia Augsburger
Credit: Jessica Weiss ROSARIO, Argentina (WOMENSENEWS)–On a cold Monday morning in June, some 50 women from various political backgrounds gathered in this Argentine port city to talk about gender...
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National Gender Gap in 2012 Tied to Safety Net
A young woman turns in her ballot on Election Day 2012 Credit: Jason Pramas for Open Media Boston, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). (WOMENSENEWS)–The failed U.S. Senate candidacies of Indiana...
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