Kuwaiti Women Win Passport Rights

In a landmark decision the Constitutional Court of Kuwait has granted women the right to obtain passports.  Previously, women in Kuwait could only obtain passports and travel documents with the consent of...

Gender Equality: Clinton Global Initiative

"No country can prosper if it leaves half its people behind."~ Melanne Verveer,  US State DepartmentGender Equality is being emphasized as the societal ramifications of this agenda were discussed at the CGI...

The Women’s Crusade

Shameless mag references below a piece by the NYT on the importance of global feminism in increasing opportunities for women all over the world. Shameless commends this piece for drawing attention to women's issues in the developing world, about which our awareness in the...

Pregnant staff face new wave of bullying in recession

"Maternity leave has always been problematic for female professionals. But in the teeth of recession, pregnant women - and working mothers - are under threat as never before." Well this is disappointing news, to say the least. They say that in a recession, the vulnerable are...

2010 Olympics Women Ski Jumping IOC Omission Ruled Discrimination

The BC Supreme Court has ruled that while the International Olympics Committee (IOC) exclusion of women's ski jumping in the 2010 Games is discrimination, forcing the committee to allow women ski jumping is outside of the court's jurisdiction. The ruling was made by Justice...

Major Push to Allow Women's Boxing in London 2012 Games

    The International Amateur Boxing Association voted yesterday in favor of including Women's Boxing in the London 2012 Olympic Games. Boxing is the only sport out of the 26 summer sports that does not include female athlete's. AIBA president Ching-Kuo Wu said...

Muslim woman deemed too submissive to be French; incompatible with French Equ...

I'm not sure, but this may be the first case of its type on the world. This is bound to be a very controversial decision."PARIS (Reuters) - France has denied citizenship to a veiled Moroccan woman on the...

Study: Feminism is bad for your health?

A new study out of Sweden suggests that women who have equal job titles and salary to their male counterparts suffer more illness and disability than those women who don't. The studies also suggested that women's...

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