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Nurse's Aide Brings Fears of Police to SurfaceA spate of negative publicity raises the question of whether police are using excessive force against women. |
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Women Add Union Sectors, Fueling Labor RevivalWomen are adding sectors such as home health care, child care and nursing to union ranks. |
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Hillary's Bias Problems Have Deep Cultural RootsHillary Clinton's campaign is pulling at the deep cultural roots of gender bias. |
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Spain Sizes Up Fashion World's Measuring StickSpain is updating its body measurements and encouraging standardization of women's sizes to make shopping easier. |
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Ex-Husband Appeals Jewish-Divorce Landmark RulingEx-husband challenging Canadian Supreme Court judgment heralded as a major boost in global cause for Jewish women's stronger religious divorce rights |
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Potomac Defeat Brings Diehards to Hillary's SideIn the wake of Hillary Clinton's poor showing in the Potomac Primary, some women's rights leaders are rallying to her side. |
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Hillary's Pre-Tuesday Coverage Was Far From SuperIt was a Super-Twofer week, with Super Tuesday following fast on the heels of the Super Bowl. |
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In NYC, Church Joins State in Preventing AbuseReligious leaders are often the first to hear cries for help from family abuse victims. |
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Female Choreographers Face Slippery Career StepsAs the country's dance capital, New York attracts droves of choreographers. |
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Legal Standards Target Protective-Order BreakdownsAmerican Bar Association's new standards for domestic-violence victims designed to instruct lawyers on how to help their clients outside the courtroom |
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Obama's Wave Crests on Support of Anti-War WomenA gulf is widening between established women's rights leaders who back Clinton and anti-war activists who say Obama is better for women. |
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Somalis Recall Islamic Rule as Brief Visit of PeaceSince the U.S.-backed ouster of Somalia's short-lived Islamic government, women have been caught in the crossfire of renewed conflict. |
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Sudanese Bachelors Share Questions About FGMOn a recent trip to Khartoum, Meghan Sapp found herself in the middle of a frank discussion about female genital mutilation with a group of bachelors |
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Scandal Spotlight Doesn't Flatter Spitzer's WifeA governor's high-profile confession of using a prostitute should not require his wife's presence, says Sandra Kobrin. |
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Custody Cases Put Under Supreme Legal WatchDue process violations in family court are usually appealed to state courts. |
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Do Caucuses Serve Women? Onlookers Debate ItThe Clinton campaign has said caucuses unfairly exclude women with young children and late-shift jobs. |
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Title IX Awards Raise Colleges' Bias LiabilityA string of jury awards in Title IX cases at Fresno State University should serve as a warning sign for other schools. |
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New-Improved Women's Agency Vies for U.N. PriorityA U.N. review panel in 2006 called for the creation of a comprehensive women's agency to oversee all U.N. efforts on behalf of women. |
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Indian City Opens Doorway to Female Hindu PriestsWhile women are barred from Hindu temples in some parts of India, women in Pune are studying the priesthood at two schools & conducting ceremonies |
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Women's Credit Profiling Called Costly, IgnoredProfiling women with good credit histories as subprime borrowers has so far attracted less notice than other forms of lending discrimination. |