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This is about how women are able to multi task at home better than men. At the end though it states that the women are more stressed about it and men thought it was a positive experience.

Maybe there should be a change to women managing our companies to further help everyone, rather than merely trying to make profit.

This article is about how women are rare in the higher seats of the business world. Their numbers are declining in the recession.

A recent article in The Economist argues that quotas used by some European countries to increase the numbers of women on corporate boards are the wrong way to promote women. While I take issue with the article, the subject of quotas stirs up ...

I like that she makes the statement about Congress needing to be diverse; that doesn't mean all women, it means a more equal mix.

This is a good article on the treatment of women in the middle east.

Double standards within our own government. What is legal for a man is illegal for a woman.

Good article about women in the workplace.

Very troubling study involving troubling content on TV

This article talks about women who were suspended from work and condemned in religious settings all because of driving.

An article about the rights about Afghanistan women.

The "shocking" lack of women on the boards of the UK's biggest companies was highlighted on Thursday by analysis claiming that at the current pace of recruitment it would take 20 years for one in three of directors in the boardroom to be female.

A news article about the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia.

Incredible that this sort of thing is so commonplace in our world. Unthinkable in the U.S.

According to this article, men are very overconfident and women underestimate their performance. This is some of the reason for more men being in leadership roles.

Showcasing some of the great strides that have been made in this area 3 women receive the Nobel Peace Prize

In a ceremony in Oslo that repeatedly invoked gender equality and the democratic strivings of the Arab Spring, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was presented to three female activists and political leaders on Saturday for "their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights" as peacemakers.

Women in Israel stand up for what they believe is right.

On the anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325, on Women, Peace and Security, the UN Security Council is holding an Open Debate today on the theme of Women's Participation and Role in Conflict Resolution and Mediation.

Nearly 1.7 million Liberians, almost half of them women, will have a chance to vote in this week's elections, the first organized nationally since the end of the country's civil conflict in 2003.

Questioning whether gender has played a role in who has gotten the axe during the "financial downturn" 

Language in the workplace with emphasis towards women.

When thinking about advertising and people's views of objectifying women, I thought of this billboard. The woman, Jenifer Robb, who they mention in the article, is a friend of mine. I personally loved the ad and didn't feel objectified in the slightest. I found it funny that the one woman who made such a stink about it actually caused more people to go to the store.