Editor Departs China Magazine After High-Profile Tussle
11/10/09
NY Times: The pioneering editor of the top Chinese business magazine has left her post with plans to start anew, after a tussle for control involving much the same mix of political and financial intrigue that she made her mark uncovering.

The Stupak Amendment: An Assault On Women
11/9/09
RH Reality Check: Once again the United States Congress has turned its back on women.

Burma Claims It Will Release Aung San Suu Kyi
11/9/09
Guardian, UK: Diplomat says jailed opposition leader will be allowed to organise her party for elections next year.

Latin American Leaders Seek To Rein In Media, Press Group Says
11/6/09
NY Times: Populist leaders in Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their critics in the media.

Abortion An Obstacle To Health-Care Bill
11/9/09
Washington Post: Some Democrats vow to block final passage if amendment stays.

The GOP’s Women Problem
11/9/09
Politico: Conservatives say they pushed Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York’s 23rd District a week ago because of her left-of-Republican social views, and not because she is a woman.

Labels And Gay Benefits In Health Bill
11/8/09
NY Times: Lower taxes for gay couples who receive health benefits from employers.

Rody Alvarado’s Odyssey
11/9/09
NY Times: After 14 years, Rody Alvarado finally has the full support of the United States government in her struggle to find safe haven here.

Rise In Reported Cases Of Women Committing Child Sex Abuse
11/9/09
NY Times: The number of children reporting sexual abuse by women to Childline has more than doubled over the past five years.

Sex Toys Arouse Outrage At Duke
11/6/09
Salon: A call by university researchers for vibrator-seeking women has the local religious community hot and bothered.

Group Documents Sexual Assaults In Iran Post-election Crackdown
11/7/09
NY Times: An international human rights group said that it had documented three cases of sexual assault against people arrested during Iran’s postelection turmoil.

Alarm At Zimbabwe’s Growing Child Sex Abuse
11/9/09
BBC: Zimbabwean pediatrician Robert-Grey Choto spends most of his day counseling sexually abused children at a clinic in the capital, Harare.

Despite Living Longer, Women Get Lesser Care – WHO
11/9/09
Reuters: Despite living six to eight years longer than men, women receive poorer quality care throughout their lives, particularly as teenagers and elderly people.

Do Women Write ‘Female’ Poetry?
11/9/09
Guardian, UK: This was discovered at Aldeburgh poetry festival, as a compelling question, and not just to women.

Can A Boy Wear A Skirt To School?
11/8/09
NY Times: Dress code conflicts often reflect a generational divide, with students coming of age in a culture that is more accepting of ambiguity and difference than that of the adults who make the rules.

‘Wanda’ Off To Good Start In Ratings
11/8/09
Variety: Fox’s new late night show nabs solid bow.

Alice S. Rossi, Sociologist And Feminist Scholar, Dies At 87
10/8/2009
NY Times: Alice S. Rossi, a noted sociologist and feminist scholar who was a founder of the National Organization for Women, died on Tuesday.

NFL Must Apply High Standards To Raiders Coach Cable
11/4/09
USA Today: Tom Cable, the controversial head coach of the Oakland Raiders, should be suspended immediately for acknowledging on Sunday that he slapped his first wife with an open hand more than 20 years ago.