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National Organization for women

NOW was founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by 28 women and men attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women, the successor to the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. It had been thr [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

AWID - Association of Women Industrial Designers

AWID is an international resource which facilitates access to design talent, networking and social interaction in the design community. AWID is an advocate of projects which enrich the growing public awareness of the work of women industria [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Menopause

Some of the symptoms of menopause can actually begin years before menstrual periods stop occurring. Doctors generally use the term "perimenopause" to refer to the time period beginning prior to the menopause (when some of the sign [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

British Computer Society Encourages Women to Get in the Tech...

'Never has there been a more exciting time to look for a career in IT,' states the British Computer Society (BCS) president Wendy Hall. 'The opportunities for travel, good salaries and working in exciting and dynamic team environments are t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

How women respond to Stress

Every one of us faces stress in everyday life. Both men and women are sensitive to psychological stress and its effects. Since people vary widely in their perception of stress, it is not possible to generalize and state that men or wo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2007 | Comments : 0

Women sports Foundation

Women sports Foundation was founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, the Women’s Sports Foundation is a charitable educational organization dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity. The Foun [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Should Women Fear Chocolate?

Women on a diet or women who are conscious of their weight and figure always display a certain fear of chocolate. They avoid it like plague, thinking that the sugar and the calories that chocolate contains will make their diet and weight-lo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2007 | Comments : 0

Fighting for Women rights

The women are the real beauty on this earth. They are very loving and caring in terms of Relations. The women are very hardworking if compared with the man. Now a days whatever, they are facing in their normal Life shows t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2007 | Comments : 0

NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION NWSA

NWSA has a vision of a world in which all persons can develop to their fullest potential and be free from all the ideologies and structures that consciously and unconsciously oppress and exploit some for the advantage of others. The organiz [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Katharine Bement Davis

Katharine Bement Davis’ appointment as New York City Correction Commissioner on Jan. 1, 1914, made news across the country and around the world. For the first time in the city’s history a woman had been named to run a major muni [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Women at Work - Meeting the Challenge of Job and Family

Women are entering the workplace in record numbers. Today women face many of the challenges that confronted women who entered the workforce a decade ago: the continuing struggle for pay equity, finding work in jobs traditionally filled by m [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

Women beware of Skin cancer

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, probably making up more than half of all diagnosed cases of cancer, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). The incidence of skin cancer is rising dramatically in the United States. Mor [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

Campaign for Working Women Rights

Sexual harassment is increasingly viewed as one of the most egregious forms of violence against women in the workplace. It can be described as "a personal attack on women's minds and bodies, instilling fear and violating a woman's righ [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2007 | Comments : 0

Expert Craftswomen

Plains Indians took much pleasure in finery and when entire communities came together for various religious rituals and celebrations, which were a large part of their lives, they wore their best regalia. It was a measure of status within th [...]