Sunday, May 24, 2009

Woman appeals ban on female metro drivers


Moscow ~ Reuters
...In its Friday issue, Izvestia reports that a 2000 law bans women from 456 jobs, including stallion-breeding and oil drilling. Russia was the second country in the world to give women full voting rights after Finland.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Author Susan Galleymore on “Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror”


DemocracyNow!
May 10, 2009

Author Susan Galleymore’s son served in Iraq and Afghanistan. For her latest book, Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror, Galleymore traveled to Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, the US, and Israel and the Occupied Territories to interview other mothers about war and its consequences.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Wage Gap Study Arrives in Time for Equal Pay Day


By Dominique Soguel
WeNews correspondent

A state-by-state analysis of male and female earnings provides fresh fodder for today's Equal Pay Day. Among women with college degrees the widest wage gap was in Nevada. The widest wage gap overall was in Wyoming...