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Women may face more health risks from broken hearts

Think “broken heart” is just a figure of speech? Actually, it’s a real health condition triggered by romantic loss or other emotional turmoil, and women appear to be far more likely to experience broken heart syndrome th [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Somali Women Face Rape, Sexual Assault as They Flee Famine

Women fleeing conflict and famine in Somalia are facing another threat to their lives, sexual assault. As they make the long journey from what was once their home to the world’s largest refugee complex at Dadaab, Kenya, women [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Working mothers face tough times again - poll

Despite rising global employment expectations, the opportunities of working mothers have diminished, according to a survey by the serviced office provider Regus, reflecting a return of prejudice in some businesses. The company surve [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Executive women face serious ‘male’ health problems

While women are fighting for equality in the workplace and are taking on executive positions in the corporate world, there is a downside to their professional success and it comes in the form of serious health problems, once typically as [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Working women face many obstacles

Korea is still a hard place for women to pursue a professional career, according to a report by the Samsung Economic Research Institute. The report found that only 53.9 percent of Korean women worked in 2009, placing it in 29th place, we [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Quebec Gets Support Of Major Canadian Political Parties In B...

Quebec’s proposed ban on the niqab – the veil covering the face of Muslim women – has united the two major political parties in Canada on at least one issue. Both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party are b [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

At Australian Open, a Possible Face-Off of Belgian Women

They presumably are working their way to each other, Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, a pair of Belgian women who know each other well. Clijsters did her part to keep the appointment in the quarter finals, dusting Tamarine Tanasugarn [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

SAG womens soccer - Pakistan to face India in opener

Women’s soccer has been inducted in the games for the first time, since SAG began some 26 years ago. Besides Pakistan and India the other teams are Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. According to Bangladesh Football Federation. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Young women face deadlier cancer risks

Lucky" isn't a word many would apply to Claudine Brunelle. But it's one she uses a lot, even as she recounts her horrifying tale: her mother's death of breast cancer in August 2007; her diagnosis last November as a carrier of her mot [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Gazan women face rise in abuse

This is no ordinary mothers' meeting. It has been organised by the Gaza Mental Health programme, which aims to help women here following Israel's military assault, as they try to bring up their families under Israel's continuing blockade. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Working women face 'reinforced concrete, not glass ceiling'

Women are faced with "reinforced concrete" rather than the typical "glass ceiling" as they try to make headway in the worlds of politics and business, a new report claims today. Research by the Equality and Human Rights [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

'Win will change face of women's cricket'

The world's leading woman fast bowler Jhulan Goswami has predicted that victory for India in the ICC World Twenty20 2009 could have as dramatic an impact on Indian cricket as the men's win at the same venue in the 1983 World Cup. " [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Canadian women face unknown opponent in World Cup match the...

The challenge facing Canada's soccer team is to prepare against an opponent they know almost nothing about for a World Cup game they can not afford to lose.A loss against Ghana in Saturday's Group C match at the FIFA World Cup would pretty [...]