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11 hours ago
Fiona Phillips had a high-profile job as a presenter on GMTV and two small children when her mother – and then her father – developed Alzheimer's disease. By Emine SanerIt is only when you look back, says Fiona Phillips, that you see there were signs. Her mother, Amy, was diagnosed with early on[...]
11 hours ago
18th-century Bethlem – chains, belts, purges, bleeding and thousands of visitors gawping at the inmates. Nell Leyshon on the asylum that inspired her latest playMy new play, Bedlam, about to open at the Globe, is set in a fictionalised Bethlem, in the mid-18th century, a time when psychiatry had y[...]
11 hours ago
'I soon learned never to express hunger around them and to eat in secret, thereby developing an inextricable emotional link between what I ate and my ability to be loved'In my head I am thin. I just haven't quite got there yet. As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, t[...]
18 hours ago
Three suspected sex traffickers arrested as police free 15 women in major crackdown on Belfast brothelsFifteen women have been rescued from sex traffickers in a major crackdown on brothels in Northern Ireland, it was announced today.The women, who are from EU countries, were being forced to work as [...]
18 hours ago
Three sex trafficking suspects arrested after PSNI rescues 15 women from EU countries in crackdown on 'modern-day slavery'Fifteen women have been rescued from sex traffickers in a crackdown in brothels in Northern Ireland, it was announced today.The women, who are from EU countries, were being force[...]
20 hours ago
(HealthDay News) -- For the first few months, newborns need sustenance from either breast milk or formula. Since breast milk contains disease-fighting antibodies, the womenshealth.gov Web site says breast-feeding may help reduce the risk of these health
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20 hours ago
Beyond the hype about ambitious women on their way to billionaire status, there are many struggling just to get byThe cover of this week's Newsweek proclaims Chinese women the "power sex", and promises to reveal the secret behind their "overwhelming ambition". Apparently Chinese women are far more s[...]
22 hours ago
I have an overwhelming theme in the advice I write–and that is, stop whining and blaming others and take responsibility for your own choices. So, when I hear women whining about being discriminated against I always have to stop and wonder, is it
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23 hours ago
WALIKALE, DR Congo (AFP) - Suspected rebels have raped at least 242 women within a few days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province, according to an American medical charity. Rapes and beatings took place at the end of July and
Yahoo! News via Moreover.com News 23 hours ago
NHS Birmingham East and North is launching an integrated campaign to urge women to have three alcohol-free days a week for three months. The '3 Days Booze Free' campaign is part of a drive to reduce the number of women aged 35 to 55 being admitted to
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1 day ago
At the recently concluded International AIDS conference in Vienna, Austria, there was an emotional call to eradicate Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV. Participants were particularly charged when Austria, which hosted the conference, presented
AllAfrica.com via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
UNAMID conducted several focus group discussions and interviews with key stakeholders as part of the 10-year impact study on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). The landmark document ensures that the promotion of women's
AllAfrica.com via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
Liow: Take measures to rid premises of aedes mosquitoes Medicine dispensed in 10mins 42 pupils down with food poisoning 265 dengue outbreak sites declared 42 pelajar asrama keracunan makanan Two dengue deaths last week Perokok digalakkan makan
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1 day ago
British Beer and Pub Association said 2009 saw the sharpest decline in alcohol consumption since 1948The UK has seen its biggest fall in alcohol consumption in 60 years, according to new figures from an industry body.The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said 2009 saw the sharpest year-on-year[...]
1 day ago
Analysis: Female teachers may rule our classrooms, but too few are making it all the way to the top job. Irena Barker reports on the great school sex scandal A lot has happened in the 40 years since the heights of bra-burning feminism. Legislation
Times Education Supplement via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is concerned that some women’s advocates remain ignorant of the implementation and existence of the Domestic Violence Decree 2009 which came into effect from 1 December 2009. “This
Fiji Government via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
) Authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are continuing to arrest and jail civil society activists while persecuting and prosecuting independent lawyers, the reported today. Human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh "With a majority of Iranian human
Payvand Iran News via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
The other day I was busily fomenting extremism and evil by home schooling my child and I ended up having to take a break in order to partake in an even further act of extremism: Telling the Truth. I noticed two leftist feminists unwittingly, as always,
Human Events Online via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
PETALING JAYA: Employers and employees have different views on whether husbands should be allowed to share their wives’ maternity leave. For a mother of two and senior executive in a listed company, the “co-sharing” of maternity leave is a
Malaysian Bar via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is lauding employers such as Johns Hopkins Hospital, which has policies supporting working mothers who breastfeed after they return to work. The department says such policies lead to a reduction in
SmartBrief via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
Show us Last week, some guy with a TV show named Glenn Beck hosted a big rally in Washington DC. It was about "Restoring America" or something, and most of the people in attendance happened to be white Christians. This Glenn Beck character really gets
411mania.com via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
A woman is unemployed. She has two boys. She's a single mother, and she suffers from a rare form of diabetes but isn't able to afford the medication. Oh, and did I mention that she's starting to suspect that she's pregnant? This is the tragic story with
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1 day ago
Knox I et al. – In the presence of tongue tie, two categories of signs/symptoms arise: those related to nipple trauma and those related to ineffective breast emptying and low infant intake. Untreated tongue tie can lead to untimely weaning and its
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1 day ago
Middle East Journal of Family Medicine, 09/02/2010 Free full text Elghblawi E et al. – This paper explored the relationship between women's empowerment, and domestic violence, and it found that Women's empowerment variables were significantly
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1 day ago
VENICE: The lives of four Arab-Israeli women spanning three generations against the backdrop of conflict are at the centre of Miral, a film by JULIAN SCHNABEL based on his Palestinian partner's biographical book. From the 1948 creation of the Jewish
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25 weeks ago
Low-income mothers and welfare recipients discuss the upcoming reauthorization of welfare reform; audio via the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Ron Haskins, at Brookings, surveys the landscape to gauge the likely areas of debate.
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28 weeks ago
From the NYT:
Here and in swaths of many cities, evictions from rental properties are so common that they are part of the texture of life. New research is showing that eviction is a particular burden on low-income black women, often single mothers, who have an easier time renting apartmen[...]
51 weeks ago
Introduction The question of why women stay in abusive relationships has been studied from many perspectives including the impact of the abuse on the women, the severity of the abuse on the decision to leave, and the types of coping used by women in abusive relationships. Some women leave or request[...]
