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		<title>The Female Factor: Women&#8217;s Influence Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/the-female-factor-womens-influence-worldwide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Wolf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women of the world, unite: The International Herald Tribune has launched a year-long series called The Female Factor, a project examining the most recent shifts in women&#8217;s power, prominence and impact on societies around the world. The series aims to take readers on surprising journeys where women&#8217;s worlds intersect, whether they are in the western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Hope for Progress Among U.S. Delegates to UN Meeting</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/new-hope-for-progress-among-u-s-delegates-to-un-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Loubet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women have been stymied for years in efforts to achieve U.S. ratification of CEDAW, the UN treaty to eliminate discrimination against women. Now, meeting at the UN, U.S. women hope to regain influence in establishing rights for women around the world. 
The theme of the 54th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deepa Mehta: A Woman Making History</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/deepa-mehta-a-woman-making-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca Stanger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 Women Making HistoryIn recognition of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, Women’s Media Center is profiling 30 extraordinary women making history.  Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support WMC Exclusives — every dollar raised will go directly toward hiring women writers to comment on major news stories and report topics often neglected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Chile, Bachelet Steps Down</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/in-chile-bachelet-steps-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maxine Lowy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maxine Lowy
Michelle Bachelet’s presidency comes to a tumultuous end less than two weeks after her country withstood an 8.8 magnitude earthquake. Here, the author assesses what her term in office has meant for women in Chile and what lies ahead.
The massive earthquake that struck Chile before dawn February 27 prompted the government to declare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: A Woman Making History</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/president-ellen-johnson-sirleaf-a-woman-making-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jehmu Greene</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/?p=4103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[30 Women Making HistoryIn recognition of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, Women’s Media Center is profiling 30 extraordinary women making history.  Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support WMC Exclusives — every dollar raised will go directly toward hiring women writers to comment on major news stories and report topics often neglected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want Equal Rights? The Truth Is &#8211; Just Take Them!</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/want-equal-rights-the-truth-is-just-take-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Feldt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If women want any rights more than they&#8217;s got, why don&#8217;t they just take them, and not be talking about it.&#8221; —Sojourner Truth, former slave, abolitionist, Methodist minister, and early U.S. women’s rights leader
International Women’s Day began 99 years ago. With so much progress accomplished since 1911, yet so much more remaining to be done, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Increasingly Included In News Stories, But Still Rarely Telling Them</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/women-increasingly-included-in-news-stories-but-rarely-telling-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Epstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to a panel on Tuesday afternoon dedicated to the increasingly widespread and meticulous Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) which has, since 1995, produced volunteer-driven international research on women&#8217;s representation in news media. The project is gigantic, and they only do it every five years, so it was a real honor to be present – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Elders” Fight Misuse of Religion to Oppress Women and Girls</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/elders-fight-misuse-of-religion-to-oppress-women-and-girls/</link>
		<comments>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/elders-fight-misuse-of-religion-to-oppress-women-and-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Schnall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marianne Schnall
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson say women and girls are the victims of dangerous practices too often justified in the name of religion and tradition. They are members of a prestigious international group that is spotlighting the issue.
Violence against women and girls is an international epidemic. According to the United Nations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Girl Media “Kicks It Up!” with Julie Foudy</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/global-girl-media-%e2%80%9ckicks-it-up%e2%80%9d-with-julie-foudy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachell Arteaga</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Give a girl a camera and watch a woman grow.”
-  Kgomotso Matsunyane, T.O.M. Pictures, South Africa
Yesterday, Global Girl Media (GGM) Cofounder and Executive Director Amie Williams, Program Director Kamala Lopez and Director of Content and Distribution Therese Steiner organized an intimate brunch in New York City with Guest of Honor Julie Foudy in the lovely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benazir Bhutto: Uncensored and Unfettered</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/benazir-bhutto-uncensored-and-unfettered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharmeen Gangat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sharmeen Gangat
As a Pakistani American, the author has come to understand Benazir Bhutto over the years in different contexts. So she was surprised to discover fresh insights in a new documentary about the slain charismatic leader.
I was already of several minds about Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in the world to have led a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti: The Land of the Unknowns</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/haiti-the-land-of-the-unknowns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mana Lumumba-Kasongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Mana Lumumba-Kasongo
An ER doc from Atlanta describes her mind-numbing experience in Haiti and explains what the island nation needs from us now.
It has been several weeks since my return from participating in the Haitian relief effort.
As I attempt to regain a life of normalcy, I am bombarded by questions from well-meaning individuals. &#8220;Did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sirleaf to Seek Second Term</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/sirleaf-to-seek-second-term/</link>
		<comments>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/sirleaf-to-seek-second-term/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruthie Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ruthie Ackerman
First elected after a powerful women’s peace movement forced the end of years of brutal civil war in Liberia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is asking for a second term to continue with the enormous challenge of rebuilding her country. 
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf surprised and even angered some Liberians recently when she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Elects First Woman President</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/costa-rica-elects-first-woman-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Epstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the landslide victory of Costa Rica&#8217;s first female president, women throughout the Central American country are ecstatic. Wrapped in a National Liberation Party flag, Costa Rican Laura Urena exclaimed at the victory celebration, &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t be happier&#8230;It will give new opportunities to women all over the country.&#8221;
While her gender may make her a symbol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micro-lender Fonkoze to the Rescue in Haiti</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/01/micro-lender-fonkoze-to-the-rescue-in-haiti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peggy Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Peggy Simpson
Able to quickly reach a well-developed network of women throughout the country, an alternative banking system performs while the Haitian economy is in shambles. 
A micro-credit program and banking system for more than 200,000 women in Haiti has come to the rescue of the overall economy in the wake of the devastating earthquake. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;She wanted women to hold their heads high&#8221;: Haiti Mourns the Deaths of Three Women&#8217;s Rights Leaders</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/01/she-wanted-women-to-hold-their-heads-high-haiti-mourns-the-deaths-of-three-womens-rights-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Epstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As CNN reported yesterday, the women&#8217;s rights community – and the world at large – mourn the deaths of three exceptional leaders in Haiti&#8217;s women&#8217;s rights movement. The nation has been plagued with gender-based violence; a survey of Haitian women and girls showed an estimated 72 percent had been raped, and at least 40 percent of the [...]]]></description>
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