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June 2006
May 2006
- Nepal
women's rights law hailed (BBC 31/5/2006)
- UK
Unmarried couples to get new rights (The Guardian
31/5/2006)
- Outrage
over Irish rape loophole (BBC 31/5/2006)
- Two
Iranian women worlds apart (Globe & Mail
31/5/2006)
- A
history of lesbian superheroes (The Guardian
31/5/2006)
- Breast
cancer study finds fewer doses of radiotherapy
effective (The Guardian 30/5/2006)
- Taking
the 'jihad' to Kashmir's women (BBC 30/5/2006)
- Men
in cervical cancer research (BBC Health 30/5/2006)
- UK
Home abortions 'hit record high' (BBC 29/5/2006)
- UK
Teen mums spurred on to exam success (The Observer
28/5/2006)
- How
we split: It's not just divorcing couples. Now
even unmarried partners are heading for the courts (The
Independent 28/5/2006)
- Don't
despair. Some women pick partners for love not
money (The Independent 28/5/2006)
- UK:
Cameron woos 'political virgins' (The Independent
28/5/2006)
- Palestinian,
Israeli Women Push Bilateral Talks (Women's
eNews 26/5/2006)
- UK
Sexual harassment rife in armed forces (The
Guardian 26/5/2006)
- Women
at war: Mental health toll unknown (CNN 26/5/2006)
- Abortion
Adds to Colombia's Election Turmoil (Women's
eNews 25/5/2006)
- DR
Congo women forced into prostitution to survive (IoL
25/5/2006)
- Breast
cancer drug may be 'too expensive' (The Independent
25/5/2006)
- Ex-wives
win key divorce rulings (BBC 24/5/2006)
- India
tackles child marriages (CSM 24/5/2006)
- NI:
10,000 in 'breast cancer backlog' (BBC 24/5/2006)
- Girls
from broken homes 'less attractive', a study suggests (BBC
Health 24/5/2006)
- Rape,
brutality ignored to aid Congo peace (CNN 24/5/2006)
- Action
women at the heart of WI history (The Guardian
24/5/2006)
- NHS
go-ahead for new breast cancer drugs (The Guardian
23/5/2006)
- UK:
Female gambling addicts 'on rise' (BBC 23/5/2006)
- New
Report: Educating Mothers Saves Children's Lives (Feminist
Daily News Wire 23/5/2006)
- Caesareans
'higher risk' for mother and baby (The Independent
23/5/2006)
- Stage
set for Arab Women's Clubs basketball championships (Gulf
News 23/5/2006)
- British
Girls Gone Wild: 'Ladette Culture' on the Rise (ABC
News 22/5/2006)
- Oprah
Winfrey book deal tops Clinton's $12m (The
Guardian 22/5/2006)
- Coroner
issues baby death warning (BBC Health 21/5/2006)
- Single
minded: I want your baby (but not you) (The
Independent 21/5/2006)
- Anti-abortionists
bombard MP with hate mail and death threats (The
Independent 21/5/2006)
- Film
based on British woman's story of domestic violence
and prison is riddled with inaccuracies (The
Observer 21/5/2006)
- The
feminist battling for men's rights (The Guardian
20/5/2006)
- Lesbian
was victim of gay estate agency's discrimination (The
Independent 21/5/2006)
- Plan
to let carers qualify for full state pension (The
Guardian 19/5/2006)
- Chief
of UN Population Fund calls on imams to promote
rights of women (UN News Centre 19/5/2006)
- First
woman to sail 'wrong way' round world returns (The
Guardian 19/5/2006)
- UK
Birth rate increase may reflect Blair policies,
says expert (The Guardian 19/5/2006)
- Amy
Pascal: An untypical leading lady who's taken Sony
to the top (The Guardian 19/5/2006)
- Kashmir
sex storm: Why protesters have taken to the streets
in war-torn Srinagar (BBC 18/5/2006)
- 'New
deal' for women on pensions (BBC 18/5/2006)
- More
babies for early-30s women (BBC 18/5/2006)
- The
UK's first man to have kids without a female partner (BBC
17/5/2006)
- The
Indian village bucking the female foeticide trend (BBC
17/5/2006)
- "If
victim cries ‘rape’, it’s evidence
enough" (Express India 17/5/2006)
- Fire
career drive targets women (BBC 16/5/2006)
- Ethiopian
girls fear forced marriage (BBC 16/5/2006)
- The
woman who has the power to change Africa (The
Independent 16/5/2006)
- Culture
of violence see Aboriginal girls raped (Reuters
16/5/2006)
- King
warns Saudi media over women (CNN 16/5/2006)
- UK
Health services failing depressed mothers (The
Guardian 15/5/2006)
- Mothers
demand breastfeeding law (BBC 15/5/2006)
- Nigeria:
Female Genital Mutilation Hampers Sexual Pleasure
- Experts (AllAfrica 15/5/2006)
- Iraq
raises stakes for female troops (Philadelphia
Inquirer 15/5/2006)
- Indian
Women Hit Social Walls (LA Times 15/5/2006)
- Postnatal
depression care 'poor' (BBC 14/5/2006)
- Working
mums 'healthier than housewives' (BBC 14/5/2006)
- More
women should have babies at home, not in hospital,
says Health Secretary (The Independent 14/5/2006)
- Home
vs hospital: Where would you rather give birth
to your baby? (The Independent 14/5/2006)
- Britain's
oldest mother-to-be hits out at critics (The
Independent 14/5/2006)
- Study
finds catalogue of failings at Britain's IVF clinics (The
Independent 14/5/2006)
- We
fight for equality, yet balk at the first death
of a woman in action in Iraq (The Guardian
12/5/2006)
- Apprentice
victor Michelle Dewberry says women don't need
to be bolshie to succeed at work (The Guardian
12/5/2006)
- Women
and minorities first. Cameron shows off his 'babes'
list (The Independent 11/5/2006)
- City
worker claims £11m for sexual discrimination (The
Independent 11/5/2006)
- Women
claim Mexico police rapes (BBC 10/5/2006)
- The
woman who took on Zuma (IoL 10/5/2006)
- American
moms demand better work-life balance (Management
Issues 10/5/2006)
- Tyneside: £90,000
boost for abuse victims (BBC 9/5/2006)
- Unequal
opportunities: Do faith schools teach girls and
boys in the same way? (The Guardian 9/5/2006)
- More
babies born to women over 50 (BBC 8/5/2006)
- Probe
into Pill depression link (BBC 8/5/2006)
- Evidence-gathering
in rape cases in crisis, doctors warn (The
Guardian 8/5/2006)
- UK:
Shortage of foster parents leaves children unsettled (The
Independent 8/5/2006)
- S
Africa's Zuma cleared of rape (BBC 8/5/2006)
- Liberia
sex-for-aid 'widespread' (BBC 8/5/2006)
- Nightmare
world of suburban sex slaves (The Guardian
8/5/2006)
- Sex
trafficking op 'rescues 46' (BBC 8/5/2006)
- Women
in Iraq are living a nightmare that is hidden from
the west (The Guardian 8/5/2006)
- Servicewoman
among helicopter crew killed in Basra (The
Guardian 8/5/2006)
- Iran
women sports ruling vetoed (BBC 8/5/2006)
- UK:
Anti-abortionist jailed for photo protest (The
Independent 8/5/2006)
- Carolyn
McCall has been appointed chief executive of Guardian
Media Group (The Guardian 8/5/2006)
- Dora
Thewlis: The Lost Suffragette (The Independent
8/5/2006)
- How
old is too old to be a mother? (The Observer
7/5/2006)
- Labour
apology for all-woman list (BBC 7/5/2006)
- Cosmetic
surgery 'may harm breastfeeding' (The Observer
7/5/2006)
- Toddlers
to help halt teen pregnancies (The Observer
7/5/2006)
- The
new breed of businesswomen who shunned higher education (The
Observer 7/5/2006)
- How
parents' tug-of-war can wreck a child's future (The
Observer 7/5/2006)
- Boys
flocking to be 'ducks' for China's bored housewives (The
Observer 7/5/2006)
- UK
Has First Female Foreign Secretary (Feminist
Daily News Wire 5/5/2006)
- Behind
this outcry lurks the image of a haggard witch
and her demon child (The Guardian 5/5/2006)
- Doctor
defends IVF for woman, 63 (BBC 4/5/2006)
- Morocco
women preachers appointed (BBC 4/5/2006)
- Israeli,
Palestinian women leaders meet to discuss peace (Haaretz
4/5/2006)
- Filipinas
aim for breast-fed best (BBC 4/5/2006)
- Obituary:
Enid Mumford: Sociologist devoted to making computers
work for people (The Guardian 3/5/2006)
- UNICEF:
Breast Milk Does a Baby Good (Washington Post
3/5/2006)
- New
technique to reduce breast cancer surgery pain (The
Guardian 3/5/2006)
- Europe's
plunging birthrate has become a source of growing
alarm in capitals across the EU (The Guardian
3/5/2006)
- Africa:
Leading Women to Converge for Groundbreaking Conference (AllAfrica
3/5/2006)
- UN-sponsored
Arab regional forum focuses on supporting girls’ education (UN
News Centre 3/5/2006)
- Study
reveals gender divide in use of new media (The
Guardian 3/5/2006)
- Britons
put work and fun before babies (The Guardian
2/5/2006)
- Golf:
Wie will attempt to qualify for men's US Open (ESPN
2/5/2006)
- Women
'not reassured over smears' (BBC Health 2/5/2006)
- Woman
named to a top spot in Israeli cabinet (Philadelphia
Inquirer 2/5/2006)
- Pakistani
rape survivor turned education crusader honored
at UN (UN News Centre 2/5/2006)
- Afghan
women get down to business (BBC 1/5/2006)
- Tax
burden heaviest on working women in Australia (Sydney
Morning Herald 1/5/2006)
- Bangladeshi
Activist Leaves Inspiring Legacy (Feminist
Daily News Wire 1/5/2006)
April 2006
- Muslim
girls in Israel take boxing to the limit (Chicago
Sun-Times 30/4/2006)
- Women
Protest Male MP's Trivialization of Rape in Kenya (Feminist
Daily News Wire 28/4/2006)
- Herceptin
gets European approval in record time (The
Independent 28/4/2006)
- The
drugs cost burden for breast cancer patients (BBC
Health 28/4/2006)
- UK
Couples are being warned about seeking fertility
treatment abroad (BBC 28/4/2006)
- Research
raises hopes for male birth pill (The Guardian
28/4/2006)
- Businesswoman
of the Year rejects 'superwoman' tag (The Independent
28/4/2006)
- It's
30 years since Shere Hite first alerted men & women
to their problem with sex (The Guardian 28/4/2006)
- Cervical
cancer vaccine 'will protect older women' (BBC
Health 27/4/2006)
- Kenyan
women's anger at MP 'slur' (BBC 27/4/2006)
- Nappy
wars: Disposables may be eco worry but helped free
up women's time (BBC 27/4/2006)
- Hello
boys: lingerie leads the fight for Saudi women's
rights (The Independent 27/4/2006)
- German
Woman tried for eight baby deaths (BBC 27/4/2006)
- Sigourney
Weaver urges women to study science (CTV 27/4/2006)
- Iran
clergy angry over women fans (BBC 26/4/2006)
- Saudi
novel breaks sex taboos (BBC 26/4/2006)
- Nurses
'need help over drug-rape' (BBC 26/4/2006)
- Equal-pay
dispute puts Wimbledon under intense fire (The
Times 26/4/2006)
- "Breast
isn't best" (The Independent 25/4/2006)
- Sporting
chance for women as Iran ends spectating ban (BBC
24/4/2006)
- Lebanese
play breaks taboos on Arab women's sexuality (Reuters
24/4/2006)
- Women's
groups angered by Zuma court case (Cape Times
24/4/2006)
- Anti-HIV
Gel for Women May Be Available by 2010 (Feminist
Daily News Wire 24/4/2006)
- Women
find domestic chores are 'therapeutic' (The
Independent 24/4/2006)
- Obituary:
Ellen Kuzwayo:Tireless campaigner for women's rights
in apartheid South Africa (The Guardian 24/4/2006)
- World
urged to fight sex slavery (BBC 23/4/2006)
- No
crackdown on unIslamic dress: Iran president (Washington
Post 23/4/2006)
- Palestinians
Debate Women's Future Under Hamas (Women's
eNews 23/4/2006)
- Throughout
the Arab world, increasing numbers of women are
taking on high-profile national roles in finance & commerce (The
Observer 23/4/2006)
- UK:
Move to ban sacking of pregnant women (The
Observer 23/4/2006)
- Fighting
to change Mexico's culture on abortion (San
Francisco Chronicle 23/4/2006)
- Secret
filming of UK police reveals officers dismissing
rape cases, watching pornography and ignoring calls (The
Observer 23/4/2006)
- Saving
Sarah: How your bone marrow could save a young
bride's life (BBC Health 22/4/2006)
- National
Downshiting Week (The Guardian 22/4/2006)
- Graduate
women 'find more jobs' (BBC 21/4/2006)
- Fear
over 'premature babies rise' (BBC 21/4/2006)
- Three
Northern Ireland Companies achieve Top Scores for
supporting women (BITC 21/4/2006)
- Police
in Tehran ordered to arrest women in 'un-Islamic'
dress (The Guardian 20/4/2006)
- US
anti-war grandmothers on trial (BBC 20/4/2006)
- Men
are barred from Israel's new department store (BBC
20/4/2006)
- Southampton
Woman remortgages home to give excluded girls a
second chance (BBC 20/4/2006)
- Tanzania:
Domestic Violence a Serious Concern - WHO (AllAfrica
20/4/2006)
- Cameron's
drive for women and minority candidates (The
Guardian 19/4/2006)
- United
States is no help to Iraqi women (Seattle Post
19/4/2006)
- Images
of Saudi women startle menfolk in photo show (Washington
Post 19/4/2006)
- Working
together against Gender-Based Violence (Asian
Tribune 19/4/2006)
- Liberia:
Scholarships for Female Students Soon As Pres.
Sirleaf Launches Girls Education Policy (AllAfrica
19/4/2006)
- Zimbabwe:
Domestic Violence: More Radical Approach Needed (AllAfrica
19/4/2006)
- UK:
Why nanny is no longer a dirty word (The Guardian
19/4/2006)
- Flushed
with success, the US anti-abortion movement is
radically expanding its goals (The Guardian
18/4/2006)
- Ginger
raises new hope in fight against ovarian cancer (The
Guardian 18/4/2006)
- Women’s
Rights Focus of Media Conference in Riyadh (Arab
News 18/4/2006)
- Helping
the mothers of Benin (BBC 17/4/2006)
- Report
Shows Continued Violence and Discrimination Against
Afghan Women (Feminist Daily News Wire 17/4/2006)
- UN
launches new programme for girls’ education
in West and Central Africa (UN News Centre
17/4/2006)
- First
woman referee for Welsh cup final (BBC 16/4/2006)
- Author
Muriel Spark dies aged 88 (BBC 15/4/2006)
- South
African Trial Brings Rape into Public View (IWPR
14/4/2006)
- Kashmir
gets its first women's magazine (DNA India
14/4/2006)
- Miss
Iraq forced to go into hiding after death threats (The
Independent 14/4/2006)
- Women
decide on speed-date in seconds (The Independent
14/4/2006)
- Iraq:
Women were more respected under Saddam, say women's
groups (Reuters 13/4/2006)
- Feminists
frown on 'Mademoiselle' (BBC 13/4/2006)
- What
have those top French feminists been doing all
these years? (The Guardian 13/4/2006)
- Skinny
versus curvy: What is the healthiest body shape
for women? (The Guardian 13/4/2006)
- Anger
at no jail plan for abusers (BBC 12/4/2006)
- Woman
wins Herceptin court fight (BBC 12/4/2006)
- Unseen
Anne Frank letters on show (BBC 12/4/2006)
- Botswana:
First Woman Judge - Profile (AllAfrica 12/4/2006)
- One
in Four Married Syrian Women Has Been Abused (Feminist
Daily News Wire 12/4/2006)
- "Women
are still treated more like things than people" (The
Guardian 12/4/2006)
- 91-yr-old
former secret service agent to be given parachute
wings, 63 yrs after being denied them because she
was a woman (The Guardian 12/4/2006)
- Women
prisoners are being given support to talk about
and tackle their eating disorders (The Guardian
12/4/2006)
- Women
'have constant body woes' (BBC 11/4/2006)
- Birmingham
Rep Theatre gets its first female head (The
Guardian 11/4/2006)
- Uganda:
Women Condemn Female Circumcision (AllAfrica
11/4/2006)
- Zimbabwe:
Rape Cases On Rise Countrywide (AllAfrica 11/4/2006)
- Newcastle
Study highlights family violence (BBC 10/4/2006)
- Rape
cautions double over decade (BBC 10/4/2006)
- English
women lose out in Herceptin's 'postcode lottery' (The
Guardian 10/4/2006)
- Seven
out of 10 absent parents pay maintenance for children (The
Guardian 10/4/2006)
- Sham
marriage law breaches rights (BBC 10/4/2006)
- India
sees rise of independent women (BBC 10/4/2006)
- Not
only are women often paid less than men, they also
seem to be less extravagant in their expenses claims (The
Guardian 10/4/2006)
- Outrage
of war widows who face pension cut (The Independent
10/4/2006)
- Cambridgeshire
IVF clinic calling for egg donors (BBC 10/4/2006)
- 29
women and children killed in mosque stampede (The
Guardian 10/4/2006)
- IVF:
How a generation of women is being denied the chance
to give birth (The Independent 10/4/2006)
- What
I know about men... (The Observer 9/4/2006)
- What
I know about women... (The Observer 9/4/2006)
- Who
are you calling a feminist? (The Observer 9/4/2006)
- The
Ladies in the Lords: In a building built for men,
where's a baroness to relieve herself? (The
Independent 9/4/2006)
- Court
rules mother must give children to lesbian ex-partner (The
Guardian 7/4/2006)
- Liberia:
Rape Victims' Voices Not Heard, Aid Workers (AllAfrica
7/4/2006)
- UN
agency calls for strong action following recent
surge in rapes in Kenya (UN News Centre 7/4/2006)
- Antidepression
drugs may raise risk of stillborn baby (The
Guardian 7/4/2006)
- Young
Women Face Culture Shock in First Jobs (Women's
eNews 7/4/2006)
- Calendar
Girls reveal all again (BBC 7/4/2006)
- Women
'outliving men worldwide' (BBC 6/4/2006)
- Helen
and Sylvia, the new face of terrorism (The
Independent 6/4/2006)
- Women
are warned that moving in with a man makes them
fat (BBC Health 6/4/2006)
- Woman
flies to India for hip op (BBC Health 6/4/2006)
- Sri
Lanka banks on poorest women (BBC 6/4/2006)
- Books:
A tale of two genders: men choose novels of alienation,
while women go for passion (The Guardian 6/4/2006)
- JK
Rowling rails at fashion's obsession with weight (The
Independent 6/4/2006)
- Cervical
cancer jab lasts years (BBC Health 5/4/2006)
- US
TV host Katie Couric is to become the first woman
to anchor a US evening news bulletin on her own (BBC
5/4/2006)
- India's
'bride buying' country (BBC 5/4/2006)
- New
book gives an insight into influence of First Lady
Laura Bush (BBC 5/4/2006)
- What's
wrong with being a mother? (The Guardian 5/4/2006)
- Domestic
violence-related homicides remain major challenge
for Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean Net News
5/4/2006)
- Japan
in Solidarity Against Female Genital Mutilation (AllAfrica
5/4/2006)
- Public
bodies need to take note of the new gender equality
duty (BITC 5/4/2006)
- NHS
'putting parents off home births' (The Guardian
5/4/2006)
- More
women having babies at home (BBC 4/4/2006)
- Kuwaiti
women vote for first time (BBC 4/4/2006)
- Women
Key to Literacy in the Home (IPS 4/4/2006)
- Doctor
flies into South Dakota to perform abortions (CNN
4/4/2006)
- Female
'invisible condom' could be the answer to HIV transmission (IOL
SA 4/4/2006)
- Saturday
last week thousands of black women celebrated their
sisterhood at ‘In Celebrations of my Sisters’ (The
Voice 4/4/2006)
- AU's
Darfur troops in sexual abuse probe (BBC 4/4/2006)
- Careers
advice for girls 'biased' (BBC Education 3/4/2006)
- Black
women face a double discrimination at work says
TUC and EOC (Black Britain 3/4/2006)
- Second
Female Presidential Candidate in Yemen (Feminist
Daily News Wire 3/4/2006)
- The
price of being a woman: Slavery in modern India (The
Independent 3/4/2006)
- How
safe is Mumbai for women? (BBC 3/4/2006)
- South
Africa: Women Still Fighting for the Right to Own
Their Own Homes (AllAfrica 3/4/2006)
- Attitudes,
not rules, need changing in rape cases (The
Guardian 3/4/2006)
- SA's
Zuma testifies in rape case (BBC 3/4/2006)
- Raped,
beaten and helpless: UK's sex slaves (The Observer
2/4/2006)
- Michelle,
top woman in a macho world (The Observer 2/4/2006)
- Women
hire private eyes to check on husbands-to-be (The
Independent 2/4/2006)
- US
Mint forks out $9m over sexual harassment of staff (The
Independent 2/4/2006)
- Number
of new fathers changing work hours soars (The
Guardian 1/4/2006)
- Sex
slaves to the market (The Guardian 1/4/2006)
- Pregnancy
does not slow the brain down (The Independent
1/4/2006)
- Bradford:
Surgeon 'could have put breast cancer patients
at risk' (The Guardian 1/4/2006)
March 2006
Jamaica
gets first woman leader - Woman
Joins Presidential Race in Peru - Indians
crack down on gender abortion - Pakistan
gets women combat pilots - Women warned over 'cyber-groping',
whilst many turn to Internet for info - New
pill promises to reduce breast cancer risk - UK: Schemes
aim to narrow gender gap in employment - International
Women's Day celebrated world-wide - Abortion, anti-abortion
& birth rates still high on the agenda - Chechnya's
new PM mandates headscarves for Women - UK: Sex
consent campaign targets men - Spain:
Equality Act requiring 40% women corporate directors
- Jamaica
gets first woman leader (BBC 31/3/2006)
- Woman
Joins Presidential Race in Peru (Yahoo! News
31/3/2006)
- Women
say 'casual sex is immoral' (BBC 31/3/2006)
- Going
steady is better for women, sex survey finds (The
Guardian 31/3/2006)
- Spot
checks on women's pay are scrapped after cash cut (The
Guardian 31/3/2006)
- Feminist
blogs are booming. But are they just playthings
for the rich & well educated? (The Guardian
31/3/2006)
- The
rise of the 'childfree' (BBC 31/3/2006)
- Russians
enjoy baby boom but will they remember granddad? (BBC
31/3/2006)
- Nepal
women hail divorce ruling (BBC 31/3/2006)
- Indians
crack down on gender abortions (CSM 31/3/2006)
- High
Blood Pressure claiming mothers' lives (BBC
Caribbean 31/3/2006)
- Postcode
lottery in rape convictions (The Guardian 30/3/2006)
- Waitress
awarded £124,000 in sexual harassment case (The
Independent 30/3/2006)
- Lad
culture corrupts men as much as it debases women (The
Guardian 30/3/2006)
- First
doctor jailed over India's aborted girls (The
Independent 30/3/2006)
- Pakistan
gets women combat pilots (BBC 30/3/2006)
- Vitamins
'may up pregnancy risk' (BBC Health 30/3/2006)
- Italian
poll stirs up abortion row (BBC 29/3/2006)
- Government
plans trials shake-up to boost rape convictions (The
Guardian 29/3/2006)
- French
government eyes 'le baby boom' (BBC 29/3/2006)
- Women
warned: cyber groping on the rise (Sydney Morning
Herald 29/3/2006)
- Urgent
action needed to break male dominance in Thai Government (UN
News Centre 29/3/2006)
- The
new pro-lifers: Rise in infertility has given huge
boost to the anti-abortion movement (The Guardian
29/3/2006)
- Norway's
welfare model 'helps birth rate' (BBC 28/3/2006)
- New
pill promises to reduce breast cancer risk (The
Guardian 28/3/2006)
- Kenyan
schoolgirls raped on march (BBC 28/3/2006)
- Iranian
Police Attack Women's Rights Activists (Worldpress
Org 28/3/2006)
- Soaring
rate of caesarean births linked to legal action
fear (The Guardian 28/3/2006)
- Italian
women shun 'mamma' role (BBC 27/3/2006)
- Anti-abortionists
turn sights on schools and hospitals in US-style
campaign (The Guardian 27/3/2006)
- S
Korea nominates first female PM (BBC 24/3/2006)
- Drug
cuts chances of breast cancer returning, say scientists (The
Guardian 24/3/2006)
- South
Africa Rape Trial Dashes Hope for Change (Women's
eNews 24/3/2006)
- Kenya:
Muslim girls don sporting jilbabs (BBC 24/3/2006)
- Mother's
Day worries for a parent who adopts from abroad (BBC
24/3/2006)
- UK
Budget: Women And Work: Schemes aim to narrow gender
gap in employment (The Independent 23/3/2006)
- France
raises marriage age limit (BBC 23/3/2006)
- Breast
cancer drug cocktail hope (BBC Health 23/3/2006)
- Women's
Suffrage Artifacts Go Online (Women's eNews
23/3/2006)
- Today's
ultimate feminists are the chicks in crop tops (The
Guardian 23/3/2006)
- Women's
Groups Speak Up at World Water Forum (Feminist
Daily News Wire 23/3/2006)
- London
'worst' for pregnant women (BBC 22/3/2006)
- The
life and death of the Tamil woman who struggled
for justice (BBC 22/3/2006)
- Over
4 Million Unsafe Abortions Occur in Africa (AllAfrica
22/3/2006)
- Brown
cuts VAT on contraceptives (BBC 22/3/2006)
- How
foetal movements can help children with school
work (BBC Health 22/3/2006)
- Women
rescued in trafficking op (BBC 22/3/2006)
- Abusive
relationships - Why do men abuse women? (Jamaica
Gleaner 22/3/2006)
- Sierra
Leone [opinion]: International Women's Day And
Sierra Leone's Unsung Heroines (AllAfrica 22/3/2006)
- UK
young women 'out-drinking men' (BBC 21/3/2006)
- Australian
women shrink the pay gap (Christian Science
Monitor 21/3/2006)
- Study:
Treating mom can prevent kids' depression (CNN
21/3/2006)
- UNICEF
official warns of continuing threats to Afghan
women and children (UN News Centre 21/3/2006)
- NI:
Pregnant women 'turning to internet' (BBC 21/3/2006)
- Amazon
accused of anti-abortion bias (The Independent
21/3/2006)
- Saudi
Arabia: Men barred from selling women's lingerie (The
Guardian 21/3/2006)
- Angina
'may be missed in women' (BBC 21/3/2006)
- Female
hair loss treatment hope (BBC Health 21/3/2006)
- Zimbabwe
Delays Needed Tampon Shipments (Feminist Daily
News Wire 21/3/2006)
- Menstrual
problems are 1 of the 4 most common reasons why
women of reproductive age see their GP (BBC
20/3/2006)
- Hearing
for abortion bid mother (BBC 20/3/2006)
- Abortion
row at Catholic hospital (BBC Health 20/3/2006)
- PanAfrica:
$600m for Girls' Education (AllAfrica 20/3/2006)
- Africa:
'Care needed' for Aids children (BBC 20/3/2006)
- British
couples desperate for children travel to India
in search of surrogates (The Guardian 20/3/2006)
- Chechnya's
New Prime Minister Mandates Headscarves for Women (Feminist
Daily News Wire 20/3/2006)
- China:
Women emerge as major consumer force in sports (China
Economic Net 20/3/2006)
- Mothers'
job prospects are worst of all, new research suggests (The
Observer 19/3/2006)
- UK:
Families and working women likely to be Budget
winners (The Independent 19/3/2006)
- Uneven
breasts linked to cancer (BBC Health 19/3/2006)
- Where
women get real respect (The Observer 19/3/2006)
- Mothers
sue over gender test that promised 99.9% accuracy (The
Guardian 18/3/2006)
- Two
women die in US of infection after taking abortion
pill (The Independent 18/3/2006)
- Period
misery for Kenya schoolgirls (BBC 17/3/2006)
- Blogger
puts guide to abortion online (The Independent
17/3/2006)
- Clarion
Call for a UN Women's Agency to Address Inequity
Crisis (AllAfrica 17/3/2006)
- L'Oréal
buys Body Shop for £652m (The Guardian
17/3/2006)
- Anti-rape
ads mean well, but making men entirely responsible
for sex implies that women are incompetent (The
Guardian 16/3/2006)
- Philippine
Congresswoman Charged with Rebellion; Women's Movement
Declared Illegal (Women's Media Centre 16/3/2006)
- Woman
sells ad rights to pregnancy on eBay (Globe & Mail
16/3/2006)
- Afghanistan's
feared woman warlord (BBC 16/3/2006)
- Now
men have a body-image problem (The Independent
16/3/2006)
- The
death of a spouse may not affect people quite as
severely as thought, US study suggests (BBC
15/3/2006)
- Give
the UN's Reins to a Woman (Washington Post
15/3/2006)
- Dads
asking, but failing, to spend more time with their
kids (Management Issues 15/3/2006)
- Mexico
Compensates Rape Victim for Denying Her Right to
an Abortion (Feminist Daily News Wire 15/3/2006)
- Sex
consent campaign targets men (BBC 14/3/2006)
- Tackling
domestic violence - at work (BBC 14/3/2006)
- Move
to give women carers fair pension deal (The
Guardian 14/3/2006)
- New
Prize for UK's Female-Led Ethical Businesses (Women's
eNews 14/3/2006)
- Quality
test for Zimbabwe tampons (BBC 14/3/2006)
- Cameron
warning to Tories on women MPs (The Guardian
14/3/2006)
- Efforts
to get children in England eating more healthily
are stymied by poor cookery lessons (BBC 14/3/2006)
- Protests
for Women's Rights Mark International Women's Day
Across Asia (Feminist Daily News Wire 13/3/2006)
- Sex
violence policy has failed - minister (The
Guardian 13/3/2006)
- School
science held back by battle of the sexes (The
Independent 13/3/2006)
- California
weighs up cost of electing first lesbian bishop (The
Guardian 13/3/2006)
- Women
in Iraq Increasingly Attacked for Not Wearing Headscarves (Feminist
Daily News Wire 13/3/2006)
- UN
commission urges immediate release of all women,
children detained in war (UN News Centre 13/3/2006)
- Abortion
battle lines drawn in Mississippi (BBC 12/3/2006)
- Judges
told: slash jail terms for rapists (The Observer
12/3/2006)
- Forced
marriage ban lacks support (BBC 12/3/2006)
- South
Africa: Top Women Slate Zuma Trial (AllAfrica
12/3/2006)
- Women
go private to get 'miracle' drug (The Observer
12/3/2006)
- Fathers
fight for family flexi-time (The Observer 12/3/2006)
- Chile
inaugurates female leader (BBC 11/3/2006)
- Malaysia
female 'apartheid' row deepens (BBC 11/3/2006)
- Global
gender gap for entrepreneurs (Management Issues
10/3/2006)
- Glass
ceiling stretches around the world (Management
Issues 10/3/2006)
- Japan's
domestic abuse cases rise (The Guardian 10/3/2006)
- Nigerian
Women Take Centre Stage On International Women's
Day (AllAfrica 10/3/2006)
- As
UNICEF laments violence in Africa one scientist
says apartheid to blame in the south (Black
Britain 10/3/2006)
- Pregnant
women should take more calcium, says study (The
Guardian 10/3/2006)
- Women's
Day Marked in Namibia (AllAfrica 10/3/2006)
- Women's
Groups Criticize UN's Commitment to Gender Equality (Feminist
Daily News Wire 9/3/2006)
- Iran's
women intensify their demands for equal rights (BBC
9/3/2006)
- Sex
dolls fight Mexican machismo (BBC 9/3/2006)
- US
men fight child support laws (BBC 9/3/2006)
- Whose
embryo is it anyway? (The Guardian 9/3/2006)
- Europe
offers women a raw deal at work (Management
Issues 9/3/2006)
- South
Africa: Activists Lament Aids And Rights Abuses
On International Women's Day (All Africa 9/3/2006)
- International
Women's Day in pictures (Globe & Mail 9/3/2006)
- Breast
milk 'won't halt obesity' (BBC Health 9/3/2006)
- Suffragette
tea service auctioned for £6,000 (The
Guardian 9/3/2006)
- Singapore
rejects maids' day off (BBC 9/3/2006)
- Campbell
promotes female high-fliers (The Independent
9/3/2006)
- Girl
'angers' Muslim elders with classical Indian dances (BBC
9/3/2006)
- How
accessories have saved fashion industry (The
Independent 9/3/2006)
- This
is your life (if you are a woman) (The Independent
8/3/2006)
- In
pictures: International Women's Day (BBC 8/3/2006)
- Ten
women reveal the differing challenges they face
in their daily lives (The Independent 8/3/2006)
- It's
a woman's world (The Independent 8/3/2006)
- Women's
literature: The next chapter (The Independent
8/3/2006)
- In
the UK, yet more women's weeklies (Media Life
8/3/2006)
- EU's
gender gap still wide open (BBC 8/3/2006)
- UK
Government plans anti-rape campaign (The Guardian
8/3/2006)
- Drunken
sex can be rape (The Sun 8/3/2006)
- UN:
Women denied representation, making war on poverty
hard to win (The Independent 8/3/2006)
- US
State's abortion ban fires first shot in a long
war over women's rights (The Guardian 8/3/2006)
- From
its Headquarters to its furthest field work, UN
marks Women’s Day (UN News Centre 8/3/2006)
- Survey
names top U.S. companies for women (Management
Issues 8/3/2006)
- Malaysia
women 'suffer apartheid' (BBC 8/3/2006)
- Mexican
rape women 'denied help' (BBC 8/3/2006)
- Zuma
South African rape trial reveals a culture of silence (Black
Britain 8/3/2006)
- Norway
shatters the glass ceiling - but will it promote
women's cause? (The Independent 8/3/2006)
- Chileans
Watch for a Cultural Shift With Their First Female
President (LA Times 8/3/2006)
- Only
one British female in four calls herself feminist (The
Independent 8/3/2006)
- Egypt:
Illiteracy Still Rife Among Rural Women (AllAfrica
8/3/2006)
- Uganda:
Millions of Women And Children Living Rough - Unicef (AllAfrica
8/3/2006)
- Zambia:
More Needed to Help Sexually Abused Women (AllAfrica
8/3/2006)
- Iraqi
Journalist to be honoured on Women's Day (Gulf
News 8/3/2006)
- UN:
Nepal's war weighs on women (CNN 8/3/2006)
- Wales:
Women 'missing out' on top jobs (BBC 8/3/2006)
- Afghan
women still suffer widespread mistreatment, including
rape, murder and forced marriage (The Independent
8/3/2006)
- Report
on the status of Afghan women (Globe & Mail
8/3/2006)
- Why
every woman needs a wife (The Independent 8/3/2006)
- At
least 1 in 3 women will be beaten, coerced into
sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime (The
Independent 8/3/2006)
- Firms'
fears over fertility treatment leave (The Independent
8/3/2006)
- Barbie
doll gets live stage show (BBC 8/3/2006)
- Ensure
consent for sex, men told (BBC 7/3/2006)
- Woman
loses frozen embryos fight (BBC 7/3/2006)
- SA:
Zuma's 'rape' accuser questioned (BBC 7/3/2006)
- US
state tightens abortion laws (BBC 7/3/2006)
- Behind
the baby gap lies a culture of contempt for parenthood (The
Guardian 7/3/2006)
- Int'l
Women's Day: SA: More Female Voices On Screens,
Airwaves And Pages (AllAfrica 7/3/2006)
- A
woman's guide to success in the Kremlin (The
Guardian 7/3/2006)
- WWI
aircraftswoman dies aged 107 (BBC 7/3/2006)
- Women
on Afghan buses to get new deal under UN-backed
programme (UN News Centre 7/3/2006)
- Big
hitting Smiths head formidable list in battle for
Orange prize (The Guardian 7/3/2006)
- Can
you choose your baby's sex? (The Independent
7/3/2006)
- Women
need support as well as equal pay (The Guardian
7/3/2006)
- Ice
Hockey: Martin to break gender barrier in Sweden (Globe & Mail
7/3/2006)
- International
Women's Day Africa: Handful of Nations Rejects
Politics As Usual (AllAfrica 6/3/2006)
- Spain:
Equality Act requiring 40% women corporate directors (Spain
Herald 6/3/2006)
- Wal-Mart
bows to pressure to sell morning-after pill in
US (The Guardian 6/3/2006)
- Desperate
Feminist Wives: Why wanting equality makes women
unhappy (Slate 6/3/2006)
- SA
court hears of 'rape' by Zuma (BBC 6/3/2006)
- Why
mothers should be offered caesareans (The Observer
5/3/2006)
- Why
can't our women artists earn as much as the men? (The
Observer 5/53/2006)
- The
obstacles facing women living and working in Iran (BBC
5/3/2006)
- A
life ended by child traffickers (BBC 4/3/2006)
- Marital
rows 'harm heart health' (BBC Health 4/3/2006)
- Breast
screen treatment concerns (BBC Health 3/3/2006)
- Palestinian
women wonder what the rise of Hamas might mean (BBC
3/3/2006)
- USA
State to give birth control to the poor (Detroit
News 3/3/2006)
- Pope
to 'reflect' on roles for women in church (NZ
Herald 3/3/2006)
- Is
this the face of France's first Madame la Présidente? (The
Guardian 3/3/2006)
- VAT
'to be cut on contraceptives' (BBC Health 3/3/2006)
- Woman
to renew Herceptin battle (BBC Health 3/3/2006)
- Asylum
Seeking Women speak out in the UK (Black Britain
3/3/2006)
- Rape
in time of war is not new, but only recently has
anyone tried to do anything about it (The Guardian
3/3/2006)
- Human
Rights Group Blasts Unwarranted Detention of Libyan
Women and Girls (Feminist Daily News Wire 3/3/2006)
- Saudi
driving ban on women extends to golf carts (The
Guardian 3/3/2006)
- Rwanda
leads UN rankings for biggest number of women parliamentarians
in the world (AllAfrica 2/3/2006)
- South
Africa: Sexual Assault Hidden in Culture of Silence (AllAfrica
2/3/2006)
- US
jails 'shackle pregnant women' (BBC 2/3/2006)
- How
Africa's first elected female leader is faring
in Liberia (BBC 2/3/2006)
- Yummy
mummies leave a bad taste for young women (The
Guardian 2/3/2006)
- South
Africa’s black gay community fearful after
lesbian murdered (Black Britain 2/3/2006)
- Extra!:
Women's History Month (CNN 1/3/2006)
- Profiles
in Women's History (CNN 1/3/2006)
- Is
giving birth becoming a spectator sport? (BBC
1/3/2006)
- Hysterectomy
inquiry reveals 25-year scandal of silence (The
Guardian 1/3/2006)
- UK
pay gap of black & ethnic minority women has
not been addressed, says a campaign group (Black
Britain 1/3/2006)
- Unicef
Calls On All Zimbabweans to Halt Horror of Violence
Against Women (AllAfrica 1/3/2006)
- "Female
Genital Mutilation Serious Problem in Ethiopia" (AllAfrica
1/3/2006)
- Libya
rape victims 'brainwashed' (NZ Herald 1/3/2006)
- Comedian
Linda Smith dies of cancer, aged 48 (The Guardian
1/3/2006)
Feb 2006
Women make gains in politics - UK Pay Report
highlights gender pay gap - Jamaica to get female
leader - first gay wedding in SA - St Hilda's admits
men - First woman in Baseball Hall of Fame - Call
for UN Women's agency - Woman gives birth at 62 -
UK: Fall in teenage conceptions - UK: Drop in Divorce
Rate - UK: Births out of wedlock pass 40% - Some
progress for Saudi & Afghan women - Women half the
population but fifth of news - Boom in women owned
business - King, first US woman to lie in state -
Fight against FGM - Betty Frieden dies
- Women
politicians 'making gains' (BBC 28/2/2006)
- Young
women told to raise their sights on pay (The
Guardian 28/2/2006)
- It
really won't do to blame women for Britain's pay
gap (The Guardian 28/2/2006)
- "Breaking
the gender barrier" (Management Issues
28/2/2006)
- Birthing
suit 'could save lives' (BBC Health 28/2/2006)
- Wales:
Six jailed for sex acts with girl (BBC 28/2/2006)
- Marks & Spencer
and New Look are both about to launch major maternity
wear ranges (The Guardian 28/2/2006)
- Car
seat for under-10s to be compulsory (The Guardian
28/2/2006)
- Malawi
Agency BLM Distributes 20,000 Female Condoms (AllAfrica
28/2/2006)
- African
American Women Gain Ground in Sciences (Women's
eNews 28/2/2006)
- Employers
urged to do more for women (Opportunity
Now News 27/2/2006)
- Criticism
for women's pay report (BBC 27/2/2006)
- PM
urges progress on UK pay gap (BBC 27/2/2006)
- Empowering
women is key to development, Fréchette tells
UN Commission (UN News Centre 27/2/2006)
- Gains
push women to 16.3 pct of world's lawmakers (Reuters
27/2/2006)
- Jamaican
PM? Portia Simpson: Profile (BBC Caribbean
27/2/2006)
- SA
couple look forward to gay wedding (BBC 27/2/2006)
- Most
cot deaths due to accidental suffocation, says
US study (The Guardian 27/2/2006)
- Young
Saudi women get help to start up their own businesses (BBC
27/2/2006)
- St
Hilda's students vote to admit men (The Guardian
27/2/2006)
- Divorced
father brings test case to publicise shared parenting
deal (The Guardian 27/2/2006)
- Project
Lifts Curtain on East Bloc Women's Past (Women's
eNews 27/2/2006)
- Octavia
Butler, prominent science fiction author, dies
at 58 (AP 27/2/2006)
- Is
the on-site creche the key to work/life balance
or just another way to tie us to our desks? (The
Guardian 27/2/2006)
- Baseball
Hall of Fame Elects First Woman (Yahoo! News
27/2/2006)
- Female
Pilots Get Their Shot in the Iraqi Skies: Men Say
Women Are Proving Skills in Direct Combat (Washington
Post 27/2/2006)
- UN
Envoy Calls for Creation of UN Women's Agency (AllAfrica
26/2/2006)
- Why
the pay gap never went away (The Observer 26/2/2006)
- Jamaica
to get first woman leader (BBC 26/2/2006)
- Teenage
girls demand better sex education (The Observer
26/2/2006)
- Fertility
fears: 'I thought my fibroids had cost me the chance
of children' (BBC 26/2/2006)
- Want
to get on, girls? Marry beneath you (The Observer
26/2/2006)
- Cash
fears lead to fall in divorce rates (The Observer
26/2/2006)
- The
eye-watering treatments and cost of female pampering (BBC
25/2/2006)
- Temp
work 'harms women's health' (BBC Health 25/2/2006)
- Sex
discrimination at work hits men too (The Guardian
25/2/2006)
- Sheryl
Crow has breast cancer op (BBC 25/2/2006)
- L'Oréal
plans takeover bid for Roddick's Body Shop empire (The
Guardian 24/2/2006)
- The
lives of Emmeline Pankhurst & daughter Christabel,
who helped win women the vote, commemorated (BBC
24/2/2006)
- Could
a South Dakota law really end US abortion rights? (BBC
24/2/2006)
- A
Ghanaian tells why she chose to have an illegal
termination (BBC 24/2/2006)
- Parents
will pay 'up to £43,000' to live near good
school (The Guardian 24/2/2006)
- Colombian
gets four years' jail for grabbing woman's bottom (BBC
24/2/2006)
- Peacekeeper
sex abuse 'too high' (BBC 24/2/2006)
- Women
battle for sumo recognition (BBC 23/2/2006)
- Uganda's
first lady running for election shows gender shift
in African democracies (The Guardian 23/2/2006)
- Twice
as many men as women start civil partnerships (The
Guardian 23/2/2006)
- US
state takes aim at abortions (BBC 23/2/2006)
- Midwives
call for epidurals fee (BBC 23/2/2006)
- USA:
Woman, 62, gives birth to 12th child (The Guardian
23/2/2006)
- Fall
in teenage conception rate (BBC 23/2/2006)
- Afghan
Legislator Calls for Enforcement of Chaperones
for Women (Feminist Daily News Wire 23/2/2006)
- Obituary:
Betty Heathfield - Miners' heroine who organised
women's support groups to sustain the strikers (The
Guardian
22/2/2006)
- Breast
screening 'a life-saver' (BBC Health 22/2/2006)
- NZ:
Women's mags thrive amid declines (NZ Herald
22/2/2006)
- 'Retired
husband syndrome' blamed for rise in Japan divorces (BBC
22/2/2006)
- Councils
fund 'panic rooms' for domestic violence victims (The
Guardian 22/2/2006)
- Victims
of domestic abuse helped to stay in their homes
by creation of a reinforced 'sanctuary' (The
Guardian 22/2/2006)
- Zimbabwean
play has challenged how a woman should react in
situations of adultery (BBC 22/2/2006)
- Men
urged to report brothels using trafficked women (The
Guardian 22/2/2006)
- Veil
power: Saudi Arabia, sexual apartheid rules. But
things are changing ... (The Guardian 21/2/2006)
- Births
out of wedlock 'pass 40%' (BBC 21/2/2006)
- UN
- It’s time for a woman Secretary General (AWC
21/2/2006)
- NZ:
Suicide rate in young women increases (NZ Herald
21/2/2006)
- Young
men stay home as women go in search of a toyboy (The
Times 21/2/2006)
- Southern
African Development Community Pushes for Affirmative
Action to Accelerate Gender Equality (AllAfrica
21/2/2006)
- Forced
abortions for Netherlands Antilles teenage women? (Caribbean
Net News 21/2/2006)
- UK:
Drive to help young women trafficking victims (BBC
21/2/2006)
- Drives
to ban gay adoption heat up in 16 US states (USA
Today 20/2/2006)
- Romance
novels for women get frankly sexual (USA Today
20/2/2006)
- USA:
Mississippi plans to put the names & faces
of convicted sex offenders on roadside billboards (BBC
20/2/2006)
- Hormone
may block premature birth (BBC Health 20/2/2006)
- International
fight against FGM pushes African activists to a
new juncture (Women's eNews 20/2/2006)
- Cancer
vigil woman meets minister (BBC Health 20/2/2006)
- India's
feisty untouchable woman (BBC 19/2/2006)
- UK
baby shortage will cost £11 billion (The
Observer 19/2/2006)
- 'No
woman priest' move defended (BBC 19/2/2006)
- Palestinian
Women MPs vow to change face of Hamas (The
Guardian 18/2/2006)
- Bosnian
film about women raped during Balkans war wins
the Golden Bear award at Berlin Film Festival
(BBC 18/2/2006)
- Iranian
Film Director Mixes Soccer With Women's Rights (Yahoo!
News 17/2/2006)
- Italy
rape ruling draws criticism (BBC 17/2/2006)
- Interview:
Cristina Page, author of controversial new book
about the state of sex, morality & abortion
rights in America (Alternet 17/2/2006)
- Jamaica
reassures same-sex marriages will remain illegal (Black
Britain 17/2/2006)
- Herceptin
maker asks for licence (BBC 17/2/2006)
- Sally
Clark doctor wins GMC case (BBC 17/2/2006)
- "Luton
Fashion Week" - do catwalk creations filter
down to the High Street? (BBC 17/2/2006)
- Women
'get more headache drugs' (BBC Health 16/2/2006)
- "Abortions
at home are safe" (The Guardian 16/2/2006)
- £43,056
- the cost of bringing up a child (The Guardian
16/2/2006)
- Australia
ends abortion drug 'ban' (BBC 16/2/2006)
- Dean
considers blessing gay couples in civil partnerships (The
Guardian 16/2/2006)
- Nowadays
it's marriage that's more likely to bring about
equality between men & women (The Guardian
Comment 16/2/2006)
- USA:
Pregnancy Remains Heavy Load for Working Women (Women's
eNews 16/2/2006)
- With
Nearly Four Million Dead, Is World Watching Congo? (AllAfrica
15/2/2006)
- South
African women demand reform of outdated rape laws (BBC
15/2/2006)
- USA:
More single women buy their own homes (USA
Today 15/2/2006)
- Half
the Population, A Fifth of the News (Inter
Press Service 15/2/2006)
- Wales:
Women losing out in pay league (BBC 15/2/2006)
- Woman
loses Herceptin court bid (BBC 15/2/2006)
- USA:
Women Hold Fewer State Govt Posts Than Men (Yahoo!
News 15/2/2006)
- Women
less likely to become professors in Sweden (Swedish
News in English 15/2/2006)
- Many
student nurses quit courses (BBC Health 15/2/2006)
- Over
a hundred women arrested after Zimbabwe Valentine's
rally (Black Britain 15/2/2006)
- Saudi
Arabia: Parliament denied debate on women drivers (The
Guardian 14/2/2006)
- The
thought of spending Valentine's Day alone can drive
some folk to irrational extremes (BBC 14/2/2006)
- Why
Japanese women dislike Valentine's Day (BBC
14/2/2006)
- Liberia:
Women Express Displeasure Over FGM (AllAfrica
14/2/2006)
- Three
shaken baby deaths to be reviewed (BBC 14/2/2006)
- India
'to register all marriages' (BBC 14/2/2006)
- Nigeria: "Abortion
Claims 55,000 Women Yearly" (AllAfrica
14/2/2006)
- Ladies'
toilet for women truckers (BBC 14/2/2006)
- Joan
of Arc 'relics' to be tested (BBC 14/2/2006)
- Data
say estrogen may not raise risk of heart disease (Boston
Globe 14/2/2006)
- Alice
Walker: Outlaw, Renegade, Rebel, Pagan (AlterNet
14/2/2006)
- More
contraceptive advice urged (BBC 13/2/2006)
- Women
Enter Business Sector in Afghanistan (LA Times
13/2/2006)
- Young
lovers in Shanghai, are turning to cosmetic surgery
as a Valentine's Day present (BBC 13/2/2006)
- Wedded
bliss 'only lasts a year' (BBC 13/2/2006)
- Fertility
drug use booms in China (BBC 13/2/2006)
- Gasping
cells theory of cot death (BBC 13/2/2006)
- Wives
were key in civil rights struggle (Atlanta
Journal 12/2/2006)
- Shaken
baby convictions will stand (The Observer 12/2/2006)
- Free
testing kits for a variety of sexually-transmitted
diseases could be made available on UK high streets (BBC
12/2/2006)
- Wales:
Top midwife's natural births call (BBC 11/2/2006)
- Bollywood
film breaks sex and marriage taboo (The Guardian
11/2/2006)
- Vatican
abortion treaty brings down government (The
Guardian 11/2/2006)
- One-hour
breast implant operations raise concerns (The
Guardian 11/2/2006)
- Women
Still Can't Jump in Winter Olympics (Village
Voice 10/2/2006)
- '4
Million Women Trafficked Yearly' (AllAfrica
10/2/2006)
- Teen
Girls Tell Their Stories of Sex Trafficking and
Exploitation in USA (ABC News 10/2/2006)
- California:
Women 'underutilized' in executive roles, study
says (Mercury News 10/2/2006)
- A
lawyer who stabbed his wife to death has been cleared
of murder (BBC 10/2/2006)
- Serial
snogging puts teens at deadly risk (The Guardian
10/2/2006)
- India
rape girl accuses teachers (BBC 10/2/2006)
- Former
swimming coach admits carrying out sexual assaults
on young children over a 50-year period (BBC
10/2/2006)
- DRC:
Rape On the Rise in North Kivu, As Fighting Displaces
70,000 (AllAfrica 10/2/2006)
- Obesity
crisis prompts leading food firms to add health
labels (The Guardian 9/2/2006)
- Treat
Rape As Crime Against Humanity, Women Urge (AllAfrica
9/2/2006)
- Child
Support Agency to be replaced (The Guardian
9/2/2006)
- English
sexual infection rates highest in UK (The Guardian
9/2/2006)
- Study:
Male circumcision may protect women from AIDS (CNN
9/2/2006)
- "1
in 3 Women Have Had an Abortion, and I'm One of
Them", Says Australian Democrats leader (Sydney
Morning Herald 9/2/2006)
- USA:
Young women form anti-abuse group (CNN 9/2/2006)
- Bollywood
veteran, Nadira, dies (BBC 9/2/2006)
- Boom
in women-owned businesses (Management Issues
8/2/2006)
- UK:
Nursery costs soar, charity says (BBC 8/2/2006)
- Scotland:
Child protection shake-up planned (BBC 8/2/2006)
- Premature
babies 'can defy odds' (BBC Health 8/2/2006)
- Ugandan
Women Poverty Levels Alarming - Expert (AllAfrica
8/2/2006)
- Japan
PM cools on female succession bill (BBC 8/2/2006)
- Tanzanian
Govt Bans Miniskirts (AllAfrica 8/2/2006)
- Canada:
Hormone therapy gets limited nod for menopause (Globe & Mail
8/2/2006)
- Obituary:
Judith Hubback, Coming to Jungian clarity through
a feminist experience (The Guardian 7/2/2006)
- Why
are the highest ranks of arts administration still
dominated by men? (The Guardian 7/2/2006)
- Compromise
over women bishops 'discriminatory' (The Guardian
7/2/2006)
- Fashion
with a conscience tries Africa for size (The
Guardian 7/2/2006)
- Polish
woman fights abortion case (BBC 7/2/2006)
- Gene
mutation test predicts likelihood of early menopause (The
Guardian 7/2/2006)
- Australia
to debate abortion drug (CNN 7/2/2006)
- In
praise of... family planning (The Guardian
Leader 7/2/2006)
- 'Every
wife's silent question - Is this all?' Extract
from Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (The Guardian
7/2/2006)
- 'I
felt like falling to my knees and thanking her
ghost for all she did,' Feminist writers pay tribute
to Betty Friedan (The Guardian 7/2/2006)
- The
Betty I knew by Germaine Greer (The Guardian
7/2/2006)
- Care
workers face vetting scheme (BBC 7/2/2006)
- Wales:
Sex trafficking is 'real problem' (BBC 7/2/2006)
- Concern
over womb cancer increase (BBC Health 7/2/2006)
- International
Court of Justice elects first woman president (Ireland Online 6/2/2006)
- Britain
defies US with funding to boost safe abortion services (The
Guardian 6/2/2006)
- UNICEF
hails progress toward ending female genital mutilation (UN
News Centre 6/2/2006)
- Author
Zadie Smith has won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers'
regional award for best book (BBC 6/2/2006)
- Obituaries:
Betty Friedan - American feminist who defined the
women's struggle in political terms (The Times
6/2/2006)
- Cash
woe of breast cancer women (BBC Health 6/2/2006)
- New
powers to force absent fathers to pay child maintenance (The
Guardian 6/2/2006)
- Sharp
rise in number of deaths of young women in Botswana (BBC
6/2/2006)
- Dumping
your wife is now as easy as trading your car (The
Guardian 6/2/2006)
- Woman
tells court Herceptin Drug refusal 'a death sentence' (BBC
6/2/2006)
- Increasing
demand for more black women on public sector boards (Black
Britain 6/2/2006)
- Dutch
Party Sticks to Ban on Female Candidates (Women's
eNews 6/2/2006)
- Kashmir:
Schools bring hope for quake children (BBC
6/2/2006)
- Coretta
Scott King becomes the first African-American and
the first woman to lie in state at the Georgia
Capitol rotunda (Chicago Tribune 5/2/2006)
- Hillary
Clinton raises millions for 'doomed' tilt at presidency (The
Observer 5/2/2006)
- Divorce
deals - by Mrs 50 Per Cent (The Observer 5/2/2006)
- Female
Coffee Growers Find New Freedoms in Peru (Women's
eNews 5/2/2006)
- Girl
first to win state prep wrestling title over boys (ESPN
5/2/2006)
- Legal
battle for right to have cancer drug (The Observer
5/2/2006)
- How
young is too young for the catwalk? (The Observer
5/2/2006)
- US
feminist Betty Friedan dies aged 85 (BBC 4/2/2006)
- Mourners
honour Luther King wife (BBC 4/2/2006)
- Baby
rusks contaminated with banned pesticides (The
Guardian 4/2/2006)
- Chocolate
bars to carry 'health warnings' on wrapping (The
Guardian 4/2/2006)
- Schoolgirl's
religious dress case to go before Lords (Education
Guardian 3/2/2006)
- Free
childcare 'reducing choice' - CBI (BBC 3/2/2006)
- Cuts
and staff shortages put maternity care pledge at
risk (The Guardian 3/2/2006)
- China:
Under house arrest: blind activist who exposed
forced abortions (The Guardian 3/2/2006)
- Don't
work with men, Muslim clerics tell Indian women (The
Guardian 3/2/2006)
- Dramatic
fall in Zimbabwe HIV infections: About 49% fewer
young women test positive (The Guardian 3/2/2006)
- UK
Doctors 'prescribing Herceptin' (BBC 3/2/2006)
- UK
childhood vaccination programme being extended
to protect against disease which causes blood poisoning,
meningitis & pneumonia (BBC 3/2/2006)
- US
supreme court nears crucial abortion ruling (The
Guardian 2/2/2006)
- UN
official calls for legislation to equalize women’s
access to housing (UN News Centre 2/2/2006)
- Chlamydia
texts 'speed up help' (BBC Health 2/2/2006)
- Sexual
health clinics 'cannot meet demand' (The Guardian
2/2/2006)
- Portugal
blocks lesbian marriage (BBC 2/2/2006)
- China
ban for Memoirs of a Geisha (BBC 2/2/2006)
- Elderly
couple reunited after council separation (The
Guardian 2/2/2006)
- Wal-Mart
is being taken to court over the sale of morning-after
pills in USA (BBC 2/2/2006)
- Babies
given drugs untested on the young (The Guardian
2/2/2006)
- Family
planning row in Guatemala (BBC 2/2/2006)
- Obituary:
Wendy Wasserstein: Playwright who put women's life
choices under the lens (The Guardian 1/2/2006)
- A
3-decade law banning pregnant girls from attending
school has been scrapped by MPs in Zanzibar (BBC
1/2/2006)
- Ballet
dancer Moira Shearer, who starred in movie The
Red Shoes, has died aged 80 (BBC 1/2/2006)
- Herceptin
campaigner in Welsh Assembly protest (The Guardian
1/2/2006)
- Women
reveal concerns over HRT (BBC Health 1/2/2006)
- About
40 Japanese lawmakers in Tokyo rally to protest
against allowing women to ascend to the throne (BBC
1/2/2006)
- Malawi:
Abuse of Women And Girls a National Shame (AllAfrica
1/2/2006)
- Gender
Equality is Rwanda's Priority (All Africa 1/2/2006)
Jan 2006
Coretta Scott King dies - Half of Chile's
cabinet are women - Wendy Wasserstein dies - Women
in Pakistan run in marathon - Halonen re-elected
in Finland - Norway law demands 40% women in boardrooms
- Fathers 4 Justice end campaign - Shelley Winters
dies - Liberia's Sirleaf first African female leader
- Obituary:
Coretta Scott King (BBC 31/1/2006)
- Coretta
Scott King, widow of US civil rights leader Martin
Luther King, has died aged 78 (BBC 31/1/2006)
- Women
get half Chile cabinet jobs (BBC 31/1/2006)
- Playwright
Wendy Wasserstein dies (BBC 31/1/2006)
- London
Business School launches business centre for women (Management Issues 31/1/2006)
- Boy,
14, admits raping four girls in park (The Guardian
31/1/2006)
- Hospital
asks for external inquiry into childbirth deaths (The
Guardian 31/1/2006)
- Indian
actress sues 'lad mag' over underwear photo (BBC
31/1/2006)
- Japan's
husbands head home early for Beloved Wives Day (BBC
31/1/2006)
- Dame
Judi heads UK Oscar charge (BBC 31/1/2006)
- "Talking
about abortion time limits is just a new way of
peddling the pro-life position" (The Guardian
Comment 31/1/2006)
- Scotland:
Rape law change plan put forward (BBC 30/1/2006)
- Law
Lords should set guidelines on the division of
assets in high value divorce cases (BBC 30/1/2006)
- Pakistani
women race peacefully (BBC 29/1/2006)
- Pope's
olive branch to divorcees (The Observer 29/1/2006)
- U-turn
on plan to take babies from refugees (The Observer
29/1/2006)
- Finns
narrowly re-elect Halonen, the country's first
woman leader (BBC 29/1/2006)
- Cancer
woman's Herceptin protest (BBC 29/1/2006)
- UK:
Hewitt against abortion changes (BBC 29/1/2006)
- UK:
Women demand tougher laws to curb abortions (The
Observer 29/1/2006)
- Village
of widows: Female victims of Thai insurgency now
living together for support (BBC 28/1/2006)
- "Many
Cameroonian Laws Don't Favour Women" (AllAfrica
28/1/2006)
- New
book presents the positive role of Caribbean mothers
in the UK (Black Britain 27/1/2006)
- Islamic
activists arrested at protests against plans to
allow women to run alongside men in Lahore marathon (BBC
27/1/2006)
- Afghan
MP says she will not be silenced (BBC 27/1/2006)
- Actress
Nicole Kidman becomes Goodwill Ambassador for UN
women’s agency (UN News Centre 26/1/2006)
- Anxious
fathers increase the pain of caesareans (The
Guardian 26/1/2006)
- Albania:
a step forward for justice for women (Amnesty
International 26/1/2006)
- US
releases Iraqi women prisoners (BBC 26/1/2006)
- Telling
the time on a woman's body clock (The Guardian
26/1/2006)
- Last
march for Argentine mothers (BBC 25/1/2006)
- New
centre to fight family violence opens in Afghanistan
with UN help (UN News Centre 25/1/2006)
- UK:
Woman sues trust for cancer test blunder (The
Guardian 25/1/2006)
- Women
in the UK need better careers advice (Black
Britain 25/1/2006)
- Female
Dutch MP defies Muslim pressure (BBC 24/1/2006)
- Kenyans
break with tradition to join the dating game online (BBC
24/1/2006)
- Famed
Italy priest held for rape (BBC 24/1/2006)
- Beijing
parents hire 'grannies' as nannies head home (BBC
23/1/2006)
- French
women defy macho garages (BBC 23/1/2006)
- One
woman's fight to adopt the Romanian orphan she
loves (BBC 23/1/2006)
- Mother
loses abortion 'right to know' case (The Guardian
23/1/2006)
- Scotland:
Equal pay could raise council tax (BBC 23/1/2006)
- Flaming
Norah! Is that what men have to go through? (The
Observer 22/1/2006)
- Afghan
women celebrate freedom - with driving lessons (BBC
22/1/2006)
- UK:
Calls for smacking ban rejected (BBC 22/1/2006)
- Bias
against men in the workplace (The Observer
22/1/2006)
- New
Law in Norway Requires Women to be 40 Percent of
Corporate Boards (Feminist Daily News Wire 20/1/2006)
- Heart
disease & diabetes linked to stress in the
office: Women five times more likely to have risk
factors (The Guardian 20/1/2006)
- Why
having a baby means lower pay and prospects (The
Guardian 20/1/2006)
- Liberia's
new leader pledges to crackdown on the scourge
of rape (BBC 20/1/2006)
- Japan
bill to let women on throne (BBC 20/1/2006)
- Oxfam
finds women more generous givers than men (The
Guardian 20/1/2006)
- UN
Police: Georgian policewomen’s initiative
is a model for the region (UN News Centre 20/1/2006)
- Judges
uphold five-year jail term for wife killer (The
Guardian 20/1/2006)
- Women
who return to Jamaica after jail in the UK find
life is tough (BBC 19/1/2006)
- Africa:
Women leaders: Rights for all women or only ruling
women? (Pambazuka Editorial 19/1/2006)
- Chilean
Women Celebrate Signs of Rapid Change (Women's
eNews 19/1/2006)
- Nigeria
to outlaw same-sex unions (BBC 19/1/2006)
- Large
rise in infant sofa deaths (BBC 18/1/2006)
- UN
report asks governments to improve data collection
to better women’s lives (UN News Centre 18/1/2006)
- Private
firms to chase CSA debts (BBC 18/1/2006)
- Four
out of five absent fathers pay nothing for children (The
Guardian 18/1/2006)
- Fathers
4 Justice to end campaign (BBC 18/1/2006)
- US
reviews minors' abortion law (BBC 18/1/2006)
- Chile:
New leader vows to make half her cabinet female (The
Guardian 18/1/2006)
- Sexual
violence against women & children is being
used to break the will of the population that remains
in Darfur, says Glenys Kinnock (The Guardian
18/1/2006)
- Saudis
allow women to watch football match (BBC 18/1/2006)
- Could
Segolene Royal become France's first female president? (BBC
18/1/2006)
- Israel
appoints second woman Foreign Minister (BBC
18/1/2006)
- Women
in Italy March for Abortion Rights (Feminist
Daily News Wire 17/1/2006)
- UK:
New law to permit small brothels (BBC 17/1/2006)
- Bachelet
vow on gender equality (BBC 17/1/2006)
- Islamic
clerics are hotly debating exactly what sexual
practices are acceptable (The Guardian 17/1/2006)
- Abducted
girl repeatedly attacked (BBC 17/1/2006)
- UN
official says Sudan should adhere to women’s
anti-discrimination treaty (UN News Centre 16/1/2006)
- Dutch
MPs to decide on burqa ban (BBC 16/1/2006)
- Obituary:
Shelley Winters, Hollywood Actress (Daily Telegraph
16/1/2006)
- Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf has been sworn in as Liberia's
president, making her Africa's first elected female
leader (BBC 16/1/2006)
- The
woman taking Chile's top job (BBC 16/1/2006)
- Africa:
Vaginal Douching Increases HIV Risk (AllAfrica
16/1/2006)
- Close
to 50 Million Children in Africa With No Access
for School (AllAfrica 16/1/2006)
- Nanny
state: Why Chinese-speaking childminders are all
the rage in New York (BBC 16/1/2006)
- Women
killed in Sri Lanka attack (BBC 16/1/2006)
- 'Too
few' school psychologists (BBC 16/1/2006)
- Tennis:
Venus slumps to shock early exit in Oz Open (BBC
Sport 16/1/2006)
- African
churches fight allegations of child abuse and violent
exorcisms (The Voice 16/1/2006)
- Nigeria:
Anambra Women Go Nude in Protest (AllAfrica
14/1/2006)
- Kenya:
'Here, Rapists Can Get As Low a Sentence As a Fine...' (AllAfrica
11/1/2006)
- Yemen
Has First Woman Presidential Candidate (Feminist
Daily News Wire 6/1/2006)
- Female
equality: Norway shows up UK's slow route to smashing
glass ceiling (Opportunity News 6/1/2006)
- 3.9
million dead from war in Democratic Republic of
Congo: The Lancet (UN Mission in DR Congo 6/1/2006)
- Health
Trainers against health inequality succeed in Black
and Ethnic Minority Communities (Black Britain
5/1/2006)
- USA:
Federal Law Protects Battered Women From Housing
Discrimination, Court Rules (ACLU 4/1/2006)
- Afghan
Women's Rights Editor Released From Prison (Feminist Daily News Wire 3/1/2006)
- Free
treatment is the key to survival: Médecins
Sans Frontières is running a campaigning
clinic in Lagos, Nigeria (The Guardian 2/1/2006)
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