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Iran Woman
Beats Cleric
Who Told Her
to Cover Up

Iran Woman Beats Cleric Who Told Her to Cover Up

He's hospitalized for 3 days: report

(Newser) - En route to a local mosque, an Iranian cleric saw a woman he believed was inappropriately dressed, so he warned her to cover up. "You, cover your eyes," she replied, instead putting her dukes up and giving him a shove. "I fell on my back on the...

Augusta National
Adds 1st Women

Aug 20, 2012 10:33 AM CDT

Augusta National Adds 1st Women

Condoleezza Rice, Darla Moore become first female members

(Newser) - For the first time in its 80-year history, Augusta National Golf Club has female members. The home of the Masters, under increasing criticism the last decade because of its all-male membership, invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become the first women in...

With 66% of US Gold,
Women Romped in London

OLYMPICS

Aug 12, 2012 9:14 AM CDT

With 66% of US Gold, Women Romped in London

Great results from 40 years of gender-equality laws, say experts

(Newser) - With women accounting for nearly 66% of America's gold medals this Olympics—not to mention 56% of US medals overall—London 2012 represents something of a golden age in women's athletics, reports the Los Angeles Times . Their best previous showing was 43% of golds, back in 2000, a...

Pelosi: Spirits
of Women
Suffragists
Visited Me

Aug 9, 2012 2:34 PM CDT

Pelosi: Spirits of Women Suffragists Visited Me

'At last we have a seat at the table,' they told her at the White House

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi has a story she likes to tell, and it's a strange one. She swears the ghosts of American suffragists visited her in the White House, reports CNSNews . Pelosi seems sincere in the telling, and she's spoken of the experience a number of times in speeches. (CNS...

Scantily-Clad
Women Protest
Hooker Taxi Law

Jun 15, 2012 2:47 PM CDT

Scantily-Clad Women Protest Hooker Taxi Law

Cab drivers who carry prostitutes could lose licenses, have to pay $10k fine

(Newser) - Can you tell who's a hooker at a glance? The lovely ladies protesting outside New York City Hall yesterday don't think you can. About a dozen bartenders and shot girls donned their sexiest evening wear to protest a new proposal that would impose stiff penalties on New York...

Amelia Earhart: A Heroine for 'the Century of Women'

Amelia Earhart:
Our Model for
'the Century
of Women'

opinion

Jun 10, 2012 3:36 PM CDT

Amelia Earhart: Our Model for 'the Century of Women'

Jane Mendelsohn: Earhart's image can lead the way

(Newser) - Amelia Earhart was so much more than a daring pilot who tried to circumnavigate the globe. She was "a symbol, a myth, a star on which to hang our fantasies," writes Jane Mendelsohn in the New York Times . Mendelsohn "was inspired by Earhart to do something that...

In Debate on
Women's Issues,
Men Do the Talking

Jun 1, 2012 3:58 PM CDT

In Debate on Women's Issues, Men Do the Talking

Study: Most quotes in media about women's topics are by males

(Newser) - When it comes to debate in the media over women's issues, most of the quotes are by... men. A new study shows that when women's topics such as abortion, Planned Parenthood, and birth control are discussed in print and on TV, males are quoted around five times more...

Female Soldiers
Sue Over Combat Ban

May 24, 2012 10:42 AM CDT

Female Soldiers Sue Over Combat Ban

With 130 women killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, combat roles evolving

(Newser) - Two female army reservists filed suit against the US military yesterday, claiming the policy preventing women from serving in combat is unconstitutional, reports Reuters . Being banned from combat "solely on the basis of sex" violates their Fifth Amendment rights and "restricts their current and future earnings, their potential...

Afghan School Girls
Sprayed With Poison

May 23, 2012 2:20 PM CDT

Afghan School Girls Sprayed With Poison

More than 120 students, three teachers hospitalized

(Newser) - One hundred and twenty-two Afghan school girls and three teachers were sprayed with poison and hospitalized today, the latest in a long string of poisonings designed to deter girls from going to school. The poison induced dizziness, vomiting, and headaches, and made some girls pass out, but "generally they...

Saudi King
Fires Adviser After Remarks on Women

May 12, 2012 7:34 AM CDT

Saudi King Fires Adviser After Remarks on Women

They're getting too much freedom, he said

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has dismissed an ultraconservative adviser after he publicly criticized reforms aimed at easing restrictions on women. Sheik Abdul-Mohsen al-Obeikan had told a local radio station that officials were working to Westernize and secularize the country's laws by "legalizing taboos." The "situation...

Egypt Bill:
Husbands Can
Have Sex With
Dead Wives

Apr 27, 2012 3:31 AM CDT

Egypt Bill: Husbands Can Have Sex With Dead Wives

Necrophilia is 'halal,' says cleric

(Newser) - Husbands who aren't into lively sex would have the option of making love to their dead wives under a bill before the Egyptian parliament. The "Farewell Intercourse" bill would permit a husband to have sex with his wife up to six hours after her death. Theoretically, women could...

150 Schoolgirls
Poisoned in
Afghan Attack

Apr 17, 2012 10:19 AM CDT

150 Schoolgirls Poisoned in Afghan Attack

Militants suspected of striking again

(Newser) - About 150 Afghan girls were poisoned today after drinking the water at their Takhar province school, in what officials believe was a deliberate attack by Islamist militants opposed to educating girls. "We are 100% sure that the water they drunk … was poisoned," an education department spokesperson tells...

Sex Service: We Help
Gals Get Better Grades

Apr 7, 2012 2:59 PM CDT

Sex Service: We Help Gals Get Better Grades

Bib:Love offers free sex to female students

(Newser) - Free sex—a valuable service for women? Three business students in Germany say the answer is yes. The trio at the University of Mannheim have started a service called Bib:Love that offers free one-night stands to stressed-out female students, Der Spiegel reports. Their posters, which promise "Good Grades...

Hundreds of Afghan Women Jailed for 'Moral Crimes'

Mar 29, 2012 12:55 AM CDT

Hundreds of Afghan Women Jailed for 'Moral Crimes'

Karzai government not making progress, rights groups says

(Newser) - More than a decade after the Taliban regime was ousted, Afghanistan is still imprisoning hundreds of women for "moral crimes" like running away from their husbands, according to Human Rights Watch. The group interviewed scores of women in Afghan prisons, and found that many were there because they had...

GOP Lawmaker
to Women: Back
the Democrats

Mar 24, 2012 2:13 PM CDT

GOP Lawmaker to Women: Back the Democrats

Rep. Richard Hanna co-sponsored the Equal Rights Amendment

(Newser) - Republican Rep. Richard Hanna has a little advice for women voters: Give your money to the Democrats. "I'll tell you this: Contribute your money to people who speak out on your behalf, because the other side—my side—has a lot of it," said Hanna at an...

3 Nations to Send First Female Athletes to Olympics

Mar 21, 2012 6:24 PM CDT

3 Nations to Send First Female Athletes to Olympics

Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Qatar expected to have women compete in London

(Newser) - This summer's Olympics in London may be the first in which every nation will send at least one female athlete, reports the New York Times . That's because three Muslim holdouts—Saudi Arabia, Brunei, and Qatar—are expected to grudgingly make the concession. Don't expect full teams: Saudi...

Teen Forced to Marry Rapist Commits Suicide

Mar 16, 2012 1:03 AM CDT

Teen Forced to Marry Rapist Commits Suicide

Moroccan activists push for change in law

(Newser) - Women's rights activists in Morocco say Amina Filali was raped three times: first by a man, then by tradition, then by the law. The 16-year-old killed herself by drinking rat poison after being forced to marry the man who raped her when she was 15, AP reports. A section...

GOP Handing 2016 to Hillary

Maureen Dowd

Mar 14, 2012 9:57 AM CDT

GOP Handing 2016 to Hillary

Maureen Dowd thinks Republicans have a bout of 'mass misogyny'

(Newser) - On Saturday, Hillary Clinton took a resounding shot at Republicans. "Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me," she said. "It doesn't matter what country they're in or what religion they claim. They want to control women." Clinton isn't supposed...

In Afghanistan, Feuds
Settled by Enslaving Girls

Feb 17, 2012 1:50 PM CST

In Afghanistan, Feuds Settled by Enslaving Girls

'Baad' is illegal, but prevalent in lawless regions

(Newser) - When she was 8 years old, Shakila was abducted by men with AK-47s, who beat her, starved her, put her to work, and intended to force her to bear children. Why? Because her uncle had run off with the wife of a local strongman, and that strongman had demanded payment....

Israeli Mag Sexes Up
Orthodox-Women Clash

Feb 10, 2012 12:37 AM CST

Israeli Mag Sexes Up Orthodox-Women Clash

BelleMode makes conflict hot

(Newser) - Get ready for the fireworks. An Israeli fashion magazine is adding steamy scenes to the ongoing clashes between women in Israel and ultra-Orthodox Jews who have been harassing them to dress more modestly and move to the back of buses in Israel. In the BelleMode spread, ultra-hot young male models...