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Written by NICHOLAS KRISTOF - International Herald Tribune
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
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Article Source: International Herald Tribune
Last September I posted about the increasingly widespread belief in the global development community that one way to help high school girls in poor countries stay in school is to help them manage menstruation. There’s anecdotal evidence that girls stay home during their periods (because of a lack of hygiene products and underwear, as well as embarrassment, cramps and taboos). Then they get further and further behind and eventually drop out. If that’s true, then interventions to address this would be a cost-effective way of keeping girls in school.
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Written by KATRIN BENNHOLD - International Herald Tribune
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Monday, 18 January 2010 |
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Article Source: International Herald Tribune
NEUÖTTING, GERMANY — Manuela Maier was branded a bad mother. A Rabenmutter, or raven mother, after the black bird that pushes chicks out of the nest. She was ostracized by other mothers, berated by neighbors and family, and screamed at in a local store.Her crime? Signing up her 9-year-old son when the local primary school first offered lunch and afternoon classes last autumn — and returning to work.
Across the developed world, a combination of the effects of birth control, social change, political progress and economic necessity has produced a tipping point: numerically, women now match or overtake men in the work force and in education.
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Written by Gail Collins - CNN
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 |
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Article Source: CNN
Editor's note: Journalist Gail Collins, the first woman to edit The New York Times editorial page, is the author of "When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present." She wrote this piece, a letter to the next generation of women, exclusively for CNN.
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Written by Darlene Superville - Breitbart / AP
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Monday, 28 September 2009 |
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Article Source: Breitbart / AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama says women should do what makes them happy, a lesson she says she learned after realizing her two children, her husband and her physical health feed off of her good moods. In an interview appearing in the November issue of Prevention magazine, Mrs. Obama discusses the meaning of good health, aging and her exercise, diet and beauty routines. She sat for the interview at the White House in late July.
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Written by James Sorrells - The Positive Observer
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Saturday, 19 September 2009 |
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 Article Source: The Positive Observer
“What does society expect a good girl to be?” was asked by Rachel Simmons to a group of mostly young girls and their parents at St. Mary’s Academy in Denver, CO Thursday night. Simmons is the author of a new book titled: “The Curse of the Good Girl.” Responses from the crowd included the typical adjectives: polite, popular, skinny, well-dressed, organized, good manners, etc.
According to Simmons, “A lot of girls, continuing into their adulthood, feel as though they have to do everything right all the time; that they always need to be nice. Girls are afraid to be judged and are very cautious not to stand out too much.” But, says Simmons, “no one person can do everything right all the time, know everyone and be nice to everyone every moment. To try to do so can be very self-defeating.”
In her new book, girls are shown how and why it is ok to take risks, to take chances and even make some mistakes, all of which are healthy things to experience and learn from. Avoiding taking risks and experiencing mistakes, can create limitations for the individual and inhibit the level of “growth” that they would achieve otherwise.
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