Read more women's rights stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1503/womens-rights.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:21:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73777/time-to-drop-kick-the-dems-ladies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Democrats got their health care package through, but not before selling women down the river (again) by "restricting access to abortion in unprecedented ways," complains Kate Harding in Salon . The latest betrayal is just more evidence that it's time for women to dump the Dems, "who act exactly like...http://www.newser.com/story/73777/time-to-drop-kick-the-dems-ladies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 3:59:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71789/pulitzer-winner-nan-robertson-dead-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Nan Robertson died yesterday at 83, apparently of heart disease. Robertson is best known for a vivid recounting of her battle with toxic shock syndrome in the Times Magazine , which netted her the Pulitzer in 1983, and The Girls in the Balcony , a book...http://www.newser.com/story/71789/pulitzer-winner-nan-robertson-dead-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 13:20:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69702/strip-clubs-lap-dances-part-of-corporate-life-in-uk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sex industry has become a mainstream part of corporate culture in Britain and is damaging workplace equality, a report from a women's group finds. Researchers found that many firms authorize the use of expense accounts for entertaining clients in lap dancing and strip clubs, and that most strip clubs...http://www.newser.com/story/69702/strip-clubs-lap-dances-part-of-corporate-life-in-uk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 6:00:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68799/sudan-woman-tried-for-pants-gets-fined-not-flogged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sudanese woman arrested in July for wearing pants has been fined around $200 but will not receive the 40 lashes once threatened, CNN reports. Lubna Hussein, an erstwhile UN worker who resigned in order to waive immunity and challenge her prosecution, says she will not pay the fine and...http://www.newser.com/story/68799/sudan-woman-tried-for-pants-gets-fined-not-flogged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 9:51:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68207/insurgents-reverse-afghan-womens-political-gains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfghan women streamed to the ballot boxes five years ago, and in some districts female turnout was even higher than male. But the flood of women voters that delighted aid groups dried up this year, reports the Washington Post , and many of the segregated female polling stations had few if...http://www.newser.com/story/68207/insurgents-reverse-afghan-womens-political-gains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 8:23:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67884/malis-president-bails-on-womens-rights-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMali's president says he won't sign a controversial new law that gives more rights to women, the BBC reports. President Amadou Toumani Toure says he supports the so-called family law, which Muslim leaders have denounced as the devil's work, but is sending it back to parliament for review. "I have...http://www.newser.com/story/67884/malis-president-bails-on-womens-rights-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 8:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67616/afghan-elections-a-setback-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor women, Afghanistan's recent elections appear to have been more of a setback than a step forward. Early reports strongly suggest that voter turnout fell more sharply for women than for men in last week's polls. Election observers blame Taliban attacks, a dearth of female election workers, and the closure...http://www.newser.com/story/67616/afghan-elections-a-setback-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 10:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66806/its-time-to-start-taking-hillary-seriously.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton’s trip to Congo was meant to help fulfill a promise to focus on women’s issues, but it seems to have turned on one woman's issues. Though “there could have been no more dramatic setting,” writes Judith Warner in the New York Times , “back home, all anyone could talk...http://www.newser.com/story/66806/its-time-to-start-taking-hillary-seriously.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 8:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62588/thank-women-for-irans-revolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans like to thank Barack Obama or George Bush or even Twitter for Iran’s revolution, but the real movers and shakers are Iran’s women, writes Anne Applebaum in the Washington Post. They’ve spent years organizing and campaigning for equal rights, and their presence in the streets “could strike the deepest...http://www.newser.com/story/62588/thank-women-for-irans-revolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:25:28 CDT