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FEATURE: Women's Caucus Puts Health at Top of Its '09 List
The Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues is lining up a solid bipartisan roster for the next session: female heart disease, human trafficking, sexual and domestic violence, women in the military, a backlog of DNA evidence in rape cases.
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COVER STORY: After Layoffs, Couples Wrestle With Role Reversal
Layoffs in male-dominated sectors are forcing some traditional couples into role reversals. One woman, now the primary earner, says there's been friction, but now he's taken over in the kitchen and she ignores dirty dishes in the sink.
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FEATURE: Rape Victim Presses Case of Police Abuse in Japan
In Japan, rape is often kept hush-hush. But the high-profile case of one rape victim is challenging the silent treatment and raising questions about police practices. 'Jane,' as the victim is known, is suing police who required her to re-enact the crime.
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FEATURE: Media's Lazy Fixations Obscure the Real Michelle
Given Michelle Obama's impressive credentials, Sheila Gibbons thinks the next first lady is bound to be an innovative first lady. But the media's fixation on her as celebrity wife and mom make it hard to know what to expect.
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FEATURE: Seven Who Redraw the Boundaries
Profiles of seven outstanding leaders dedicated to improving women's lives: Amy Sananman, Maria Luisa Sánchez Fuentes, Christine Schuler Deschryver, Marilyn J. Smith, Susan Schiffer Stautberg, Johnnie Walker and Jacki Zehner.
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FEATURE: Seven Who Stretch the Possible
Profiles of seven outstanding leaders dedicated to improving women's lives: Sharon Katz, Lilly Ledbetter, Patrick C. Lynch, Rabbi Diana S. Manber, Anika Rahman, Dr. Linda Randolph and Cathi Rodgveller.
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FEATURE: Seven Who Break the Barriers of Bias
Profiles of seven outstanding leaders dedicated to improving women's lives: Roxanne Mankin Cason, Malaak Compton-Rock, Nadia Farjood, Paula J. Giddings, Sara Gould, Dusti Garrison Gurule and Nancy Hopkins.
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COVER STORY: Women's eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2009
Women's eNews announces today its 21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2009: one man and 20 women dedicating their lives to improving the well-being of all women and girls. They take their work into schools, board rooms, legislative chambers and beyond.
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FEATURE: A Year After Bhutto, Pakistani Women Left in Lurch
A year after the murder of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan, onlookers say women are losing ground politically. Parliament may be 22 percent female, but they say the power structure is hereditary, male-dominated and often partial to feudal justice.
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FEATURE: More Sopranos Needed in Holiday Music and Beyond
Women's eNews editor in chief Rita Henley Jensen was treated to a holiday concert that was both exquisite and a pointed reminder of the need for women to be heard in the churches and in other power centers.
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OPINION: Clinton-Palin 'Change Virus' Spreads Cheer
Caryl Rivers looks back at the '08 campaign season and toasts Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin for helping to speed up a "change virus" that has been improving women's access to jobs, power and media.
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FEATURE: Bush-Era Regs Form 'Undo This' Wish List for 2009
Rescind the global gag rule. Refund U.N. family-planning. Restore contraceptive subsidy. These are just a few of the Bush-era regulations and policies that women's advocates hope will come undone in the early days of 2009.
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FEATURE: Fair Pay Springs Back Onto Agenda of NY Lobbyists
An Obama-era Congress will have at least two chances to act against wage discrimination next year. That raises the hopes of some New York activists, but they say they'll continue to lobby for similar state legislation, just in case.
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COVER STORY: Catholics Push for Mary's Canticle To Be Heard
Catholic reformers hope to restore passages praising Mary and other biblical women to the lectionary used in Sunday Mass. A Vatican synod in October called for a review, providing them hope that women may gain a bigger role in church teachings.
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FEATURE: Pen-Wielding Women Have Powerhouse Year
With new books from Morrison, Lahiri and Gilpin Faust, female writers had a strong showing in '08. Jane Mayer's "The Dark Side" offers an authoritative investigation of the internal arguments about torture, Guantanamo Bay and the Bush-era CIA.
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FEATURE: Bad Corporate News Finds Few Women on Board
The outpouring of bad U.S. corporate news has produced a news gallery of mainly male faces. There's a matching shortage of women on corporate boards, although Rupert Murdoch did tap opera singer Natalie Bancroft for News Corporation last year.
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OPINION: Sasha and Malia Enhance the Horizon for World's Girls
As she looks forward to the U.S. presidential inauguration Ritu Sharma finds herself thinking about girls of color around the world. When she was growing up the princess-like aura of presidential daughters was limited by race. No longer.
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