Sing it, sistah!

Quoted: The new president of the National Organization for Women says the Roman Polanski and David Letterman controversies are examples of why women are still treated like second-class citizens.

Pass on to your female friends...

Quoted: Critics say Yaz and Yasmin, the top-selling birth control line in the U.S., pose greater health risks to women.

A great article about my friend Sumi's blog!

Quoted: Psychologist by day, desi beauty blogger by night, Rediff.com: Indian news | news columns | interviews | news specials | newshound & more

Hm, it sounds to me like there are some problematic assumptions being made in this study...

Quoted: The birth control pill may have done more than just help liberate women — it may also have changed “the laws of attraction” between the sexes, according to a new study.

Messed up. This article raises an issue a lot of people have noticed but never really talk about in NYC...

Quoted: In some families, the ethnic background of a nanny carries a certain cache — and entrenched stereotypes.

Yep...

Quoted: U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests.

Fascinating ... thinking about writing a piece about this, myself.

Quoted: Eight new commuter trains exclusively for women have been introduced in four Indian cities.

I'm pleased to see this is written by a dude.

Quoted: Good idea about the  difficulty of recent college grads to find work is turned into it into a blisteringly stupid story about unbelievable characters doing ludicrous things for no apparent reason.

Great article in the NY Times. Economist Amartya Sen says that women's development IS development, and I totally agree. There have been some really interesting (and controversial) studies looking at the correlation between poor treatment of women in the home & high rates of terrorism.

Quoted: The liberation of women could help solve many of the world’s problems, from poverty to child mortality to terrorism.