Semenya Retains Title; Somali Stoned to Death (WOMENSENEWS)-- Cheers South African runner Caster Semenya--who underwent gender verification tests this summer--will retain her gold medal, title and prize mo..
Ensler's 'Emotional Creature' Starts Off in I.. MUMBAI, India (WOMENSENEWS)--In her new play \"I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Lives of Girls,\" which had its world premiere here on Nov. 12, playwright ..
Kissling's Menstruation Blog Talks All About It (WOMENSENEWS)--Elizabeth Kissling, president of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, says she's used to people saying: \"You study what?\" Since the 19..
Politics of Burka and Niqab Heat Up in Canada VANCOUVER, Canada (WOMENSENEWS)--Salma Siddiqui recalls her grandmother habitually wore a burka in her native Pakistan decades ago. \"She was of the old school ..
Jobless Benefits Will Now Reach More Women (WOMENSENEWS)--In 41 states, unemployed men are more likely than women to collect unemployment insurance benefits, according to a May 2009 study by the New-Yor..
Iraq Trains Female Cops; HIV Top Threat to Women (WOMENSENEWS)-- Cheers In Iraq, 50 women became the first female graduates Nov. 9 of the country's police officer training academy, The New York Times rep..
Ageist Health 'Reforms' Can Be Lethal (WOMENSENEWS)--A recent Boston Globe cartoon by Joe Martin shows two people sitting at a table, a balding man looking up from a paper at a woman. He says, \"Acc..
Afghans' 'Bravest Woman' Calls on U.S. to Lea.. (WOMENSENEWS)--Surrounded by powerful men twice her age, Malalai Joya, then 27 and the youngest person elected to the Afghan parliament, raised her hand to spe..