Ladies Of The Nightly News
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/30/nightly_newswomen/
10/29/08
Salon.com: How the most electrifying campaign of our time changed everything for Katie Couric, Campbell Brown and Rachel Maddow.

Three State Ballot Initiatives Push Choice to Edge
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3798
10/30/08
Women’s eNews: Activists warn that Roe v. Wade is in jeopardy like never before. Nov. 4 ballot measures would require parental notification before an abortion in California; give fertilized eggs full legal status in Colorado; and ban most abortions in South Dakota.

Landmark U.N. Resolution On Equality Stuck On Paper
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44510
10/29/08
IPS: Civil society groups are urging the U.N. to fully implement a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for greater women’s participation in conflict prevention, resolution and peace-building.

CNN Gets Virtual for Election Night
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6609823.html?nid=3347
10/30/08
Broadcasting & Cable: In a television news landscape where high-definition cameras and 3D graphics have become commonplace, CNN still has a few technical surprises in store for viewers of its election night coverage.

Voters To Decide Hot-Button Ballot Issues
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Vote2008/story?id=6139793&page=1
10/30/08
ABC: From abortion to affirmative action to gay marriage, more than 150 hot-button social issues will be on the ballot in 35 states this Election Day.

Sarah Palin ‘Not Going To Let Women Down’
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=6142799&page=1
10/30/08
ABC: Sarah Palin says she doesn’t know why most women don’t support her candidacy or why others believe she is unqualified to be vice president, but she says that makes her determined to keep fighting.

Women Buying Health Policies Pay A Penalty
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/us/30insure.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
10/29/08
NY Times: Striking new evidence has emerged of a widespread gap in the cost of health insurance, as women pay much more than men of the same age for individual insurance policies providing identical coverage, according to new data from insurance companies and online brokers.

The Road From Wasilla: An Old Abortion Fight Revisited
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/opinion/30thu4.html
10/29/08
NY Times: Any day now, President Bush’s secretary of health and human services, Michael Leavitt, is expected to deliver a parting blow to women’s reproductive freedom: new regulations further limiting access to abortions, contraceptives and accurate information about reproductive health care options.

Saudi Arabia To Build Its First Women’s University
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE49S65L20081029
10/29/08
Reuters: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Wednesday launched the construction of the first women-only university in the conservative Islamic state.

Gender Pay Gap ‘Still Too Wide’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7699099.stm
10/30/08
BBC:More needs to be done by the government to bridge the gender pay gap, women’s rights campaigners have said.

Indonesian Lawmakers Pass Anti-Porn Bill
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103001246.html
10/30/08
AP via Washington Post: Indonesia’s parliament passed a bill banning pornography Thursday, ignoring opposition from lawmakers and rights groups who worry it will be used to justify attacks on artistic, religious and cultural freedom.

UNMIL Reports Increase In Gender-Based Violence In Liberia
http://www.theliberianjournal.com/index.php?st=news&sbst=details&rid=626&comesOfTheHome=1
10/30/08
Liberian Journal: UN Police Commissioner, Mr. Henrik Stiernblad, says statistics available show that gender-based violence cases are now being reported more frequently in Liberia as compared to the past.

Life Expectancy Gender Gap Closes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7699457.stm
10/30/08
BBC: The gap in life expectancy between men and women in the UK is narrowing, official figures show.

Web Site Designed For Women With HIV/AIDS
http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/1272869.html
10/29/08
News & Observer: Too often, it is when women show up for prenatal exams that they discover they are HIV positive, or sick with full-blown AIDS. Even more common, the women are black or Hispanic, and in long-term relationships they believed were monogamous.

Our Vote To End Cervical Cancer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102903476.html
10/30/08
Washington Post: Preventing, treating and defeating cancer are among the greatest scientific challenges and personal triumphs of our time. And right now, we have the power to save our mothers, sisters and daughters from a type of cancer that claims a life every two minutes globally.

Working Through It
http://www.theroot.com/id/48610
10/30/08
The Root: A guide to battling breast cancer while managing your career.

On ‘Oprah,’ Jones Admits To Mistake
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/sports/othersports/30mjones.html?em
10/30/08
NY Times: Marion Jones gave her first interview since being released from prison for lying to federal investigators, saying on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Wednesday that she believes she could have won her medals at the 2000 Olympics without performance-enhancing drugs.

Sorenstam Wants To Inspire Chinese Women
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103000924.html
10/30/08
Washington Post: Ten-times major winner Annika Sorenstam hopes her presence in China for two weeks will help inspire young women golfers in the world’s most populous country.

Stamina On Foot And In Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/sports/othersports/30marathon.html?ref=sports
10/29/08
NY Times: Much of Magdalena Lewy Boulet’s life sounds like a fairy tale. She spent her first 15 years in Poland under Communist rule followed by three years in West Germany. She then moved to California, where she earned a college scholarship as a runner and met and married the man of her dreams. Next, she became an American citizen and made the United States Olympic team for the Beijing Games.