News Archive - by date

An archive of stories that appeared on the IWM site. Many of the sites providing the stories maintain an archive so we thought rather than lose the story, we would maintain this archive of links. Hopefully, they will continue to work. We can then all look back to see how the news developed. We do check links from time to time but please let us know if any are not working - thanks. Back to News/Features | Go to News Archive - by category

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June 2006

• European managers perpetuating gender gap (Management Issues 13/6/2006)
• Iran police beat women activists (BBC 12/6/2006)
• Women have crucial role to play in reducing high rate of HIV among Africans in the UK (Black Britain 12/6/2006)
• UK: Too many have for too long been getting away with rape (The Guardian Comment 12/6/2006)
• Will African women reach their potential? (BBC 12/6/2006)
• Guatemala Pressed to Investigate Surge in Killings 0f Women (Women's eNews 12/6/2006)
• UK: Labour's leadership handover must include more women, says Harman (The Guardian 12/6/2006)
• From dysfunctional dyke to designer doll - Lesbians on TV (The Guardian 12/6/2006)
• Time for rethink on the clitoris (BBC 11/6/2006)
• Contraceptive pill aid for women (BBC 10/6/2006)
• UK: More than a third of IVF patients paid more than they expected for treatment (The Times 10/6/2006)
• High court reserves judgment over a lesbian couple seeking British recognition of their marriage (The Guardian 10/6/2006)
• UK Sex case pioneer had to fight the law as well as male 'jokes' (The Times 10/6/2006)
• Bahraini Government Appoints First Woman Judge (Feminist Daily News Wire 9/6/2006)
• Sierra Leone's forgotten 'bush wives' (BBC 9/6/2006)
• NHS drug watchdog backs Herceptin (BBC 9/6/2006)
• US approves cervical cancer drug (BBC 9/6/2006)
• Australian jailed for sex slavery (BBC 9/6/2006)
• Goodbye to an all-girls institution (BBC 9/6/2006)
• Sentences for rapes after 'intimacy' cut (The Times 8/6/2006)
• Advice on cutting rape sentences is criticised by victims' groups (The Independent 8/6/2006)
• For the women of Iraq, the war is just beginning (The Independent 8/6/2006)
• Iraq Women's Report Calls Violence Enemy No. 1 (Women's eNews 8/6/2006)
• Bahrain woman heads UN assembly (BBC 8/6/2006)
• India child marriages flout law (BBC 8/6/2006)
• What Do Muslim Women Want? Western Rights, but Not Western Culture (ABC News 7/6/2006)
• Somalian charged after circumcising daughter (IoL 7/6/2006)
• Lesbian couple battle to have marriage recognised (The Independent 7/6/2006)
• UN agency welcomes new advance of women’s rights in Nepal (UN News Centre 6/6/2006)
• Iran's female football fans yet to win equality (BBC 6/6/2006)
• Women queue up to join Johnson-Sirleaf's army (The Guardian 6/6/2006)
• Only radical action will end centuries of male domination, says Africa’s first female president (Black Britain 5/6/2006)
• Breast cancer drug 'a life-saver' (BBC 5/6/2006)
• New vice squad to tackle airport sex-slave auctions (The Independent 5/6/2006)
• Top women cheated by pay gap (The Observer 4/6/2006)
• Thirty-two women among Kuwait election candidates (Reuters 4/6/2006)
• Bring our boys home: Women against the war (The Independent 4/6/2006)
• Women-only college could admit men (The Observer 4/6/2006)
• Bush calls for gay marriage ban (BBC 3/6/2006)
• Female mutilation is 'birth risk' (BBC 2/6/2006)
• Australia celebrates baby boom (BBC 2/6/2006)
• Japan fertility hits record low (BBC 1/6/2006)
• Forced marriages, domestic violence contribute to female suicide in Turkey (UN News Centre 1/6/2006)

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)