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Stigma part of breast cancer's grip on poor
WASHINGTON - Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" - and with him, the family's income.
Nations:Mexico Malawi Rwanda Source:(AP)
2009-11-02
Battle over face veil brewing in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Rokaya Mohamed, an elementary school teacher, would rather die than take off her face veil, or niqab, thrusting her to the forefront of a battle by government-backed clerics to limit Islamism in Egypt.
Nations:Egypt Saudi Arabia Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-02
What do South Korean women really want?
Seoul, South Korea - Suddenly, this sprawling metropolis of approximately 10 million people is advertising itself as "women friendly" - and that's not a come-on to the millions of men for whom the term might have quite another connotation.
Nations:South Korea People:Lee Myung-Bak Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-10-27
Berlusconi sparks feminist backlash in Italy
ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's cutting remark about a female rival's lack of beauty has stirred a rare public backlash from thousands of Italian women who had largely kept silent about the prime minister's womanizing and sex scandals.
Nations:Italy People:Silvio Berlusconi George Clooney Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-20
Banner Nobel year signals progress for women
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A banner year for female Nobel laureates highlights incremental but steady progress for women in science's mostly male bastions, say experts who point to greater funding and career opportunities for women than ever before.
Source:(AFP)
2009-10-13
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