Obama’s Other Transition: Handling A Tougher Press Corps
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/09/AR2008110902094.html?sid=ST2008111000071&s_pos=
11/10/08
Washington Post: Barack Obama figured out early on that he had better limit his media consumption before it consumed him.

The Next, Pro-Choice Cabinet?
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/11/07/the-next-prochoice-cabinet
11/10/08
RH Reality Check: Now that election excitement has died down, the attention of the politically obsessed has turned to speculation about who might be tapped to fill key leadership positions in President-Elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet.

Lewis Reaches Out To Women Raped For Supporting Zimbabwe’s Opposition
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081110.wzimbabwe10/BNStory/International/home
11/10/08
Globe and Mail: Former United Nations ambassador Stephen Lewis is spearheading an effort to bring to justice perpetrators of politically motivated sexual violence in Zimbabwe, a powerful addition to existing attempts to hold Robert Mugabe’s regime accountable for gross human-rights violations.

A Question Of Whether No News Is Good News
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081110.wafghanmedia10/BNStory/Afghanistan
11/10/08
Globe and Mail (Canada): The argument raged for weeks in the dingy newsrooms and dusty Afghanistan bureaus of major international news organizations: What to do about the kidnapping of Mellissa Fung?

Right-Wing Media Feeds Its Post-Election Anger
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-onthemedia9-2008nov09,0,800478.story
11/10/08
LA Times: Many on the losing end of last week’s election want to hold on to their anger. And there are those in the media — led by the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity — only too ready to feed that animus, along with their own ratings.

Despite Presidential Losses, Women In Politics Score Gains
http://www.freep.com/article/20081110/NEWS07/811100394/1001/NEWS
11/10/08
Detroit Free Press: On top of all the insults, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Sarah Palin lost their campaigns for president and vice president, respectively.

Back Home, Palin Finds Landscape Changed http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/us/politics/09palin.html?scp=1&sq=Back%20Home,%20Palin%20Finds%20Landscape%20Changed&st=cse
11/8/08
NY Times: Adored by many national conservatives, Ms. Palin is a prospect for a presidential run in 2012, supporters say. Caricatured by opponents, she is a candidate for political oblivion, say others.

Voting For Reproductive Freedom
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09sun3.html?ref=opinion
11/9/08
NY Times: Voters in three states did the right thing last week by defeating dangerous anti-abortion measures on their ballots.

A Role That Nicely Suits The Next First Lady
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110701022.html
11/9/08
Washington Post: For anyone who believes that a first lady can speak volumes with her style or thinks that she ought to champion this country’s garment business from the atelier to the mass marketer, Michelle Obama did both Tuesday night.

Up The Ladder? How Dated, How Linear
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/jobs/09pre.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
11/8/08
NY Times: Did you ever think that something was one way for the longest time, and then one day realize that it was no longer that way?

Ada Louise Huxtable, The Dean Of Architecture Critics, Discusses New York http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/nyregion/thecity/09huxt.html?scp=1&sq=Her%20New%20York&st=cse
11/7/08
NY Times: Ada Louise Huxtable is, hands down, the dean of American architectural criticism. In her many books and columns for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books and The Wall Street Journal (where she continues to serve as architecture critic), Ms. Huxtable has brought a sharp, skeptical, receptive eye and a nuanced writing style to the task.

Security A Top Agenda In Arab Women Organisation Conference
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=370726
11/10/08
Malaysian National News Agency: When the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital Abu Dhabi, hosts the second Arab Women Organisation (AWO) conference Tuesday, the status of women and human security from an Arab and international perspectives will be a top agenda amid the conflict-ridden Middle East region.

Pakistan’s Home Workers’ Union Starts Paying Off
http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3817
11/10/08
Women’s eNews: Ten million women in Pakistan work by the piece for pennies a day. Two years ago they began organizing and in August they formed a union. A group of blanket-makers have gotten their middleman to pay higher prices.

POLITICS-BENIN: Women Left Out Of New Govt
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44628
11/8/08
IPS: “Every change is a step backwards in this new era. It’s disheartening,” is Claire Houngan Ayémona’s response to Benin’s newly-appointed cabinet.

VENEZUELA: Budgets Take On A Woman’s Face
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44618
11/7/08
IPS: As Venezuela increasingly incorporates a gender perspective in its public budgets, issues like the paving of roads and the construction of schools are being joined by new priorities such as teen pregnancy and domestic violence prevention programmes when it comes to spending.

Women Given Alternatives To Pill
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7719154.stm
11/10/08
BBC: Women using contraception will be asked to try alternatives to the pill under plans to cut the number of unwanted pregnancies in Scotland.

Midwife School In Mexico Finds Itself In Vanguard
http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3816/context/cover/
11/09/08
Women’s eNews: At the only degreed midwifery program in Mexico, women train and then return to their rural roots. It is right in line with a recent United Nations push to fill a global shortfall of 334,000 midwives and improve maternal health outcomes.

Have The Baby Dear, I’ll Just Watch
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/fashion/09love.html?scp=1&sq=Have%20the%20Baby%20Dear,%20I’ll%20Just%20Watch&st=cse
11/7/08
NY Times: “It’s a girl.” Those three words should have been spoken by our midwife in the hospital, not by my wife in our bathroom.

Change The Networks Want To Believe In
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel10-2008nov10,0,3229787.story
11/10/08
LA Times: The election played havoc with prime-time schedules, so TV executives hope a ratings rebound is coming in its wake.

Miriam Makeba, Singer, Dies At 76
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/world/africa/11makeba.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
11/10/08
NY Times: Miriam Makeba, a South African singer whose voice stirred hopes of freedom among millions in her own country though her music was formally banned by the apartheid authorities she struggled against, died overnight after performing at a concert in Italy on Sunday. She was 76.

Glenn Close Honored For Work In Hollywood
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4A92M920081110
11/10/08
Reuters: The Hollywood Reporter on Monday said it honoring actress Glenn Close for her contributions to entertainment when the industry newspaper unveils its widely-watched list of powerful women in showbusiness next month.

Venus Williams Wins WTA’s Season-Ending Event http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/sports/tennis/10tennis.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin
11/10/08
NY Times: Venus Williams rallied to win the Sony Ericsson Championships for the first time on Sunday. For the first time, the women received the same prize money as the men will at their season-ending Masters Cup, which began Sunday in Shanghai.