Women

Part I Again I quote from the Grace Rollag Papers, from the Minnesota Historical Society, that describe the important role that women played in the settlement of the west.

RNW Africa (Hilversum)-More and more young Cameroonian women are taking up smoking. But they are usually doing it out of the sight of their parents. Some in Cameroon society regard tobacco consumption as a sign of emancipation; others see it as a bad sign

Women’s rights activists must work to build alliances across all sectors of society in a post-Arab Spring world, panelists at the New Arab Woman Forum said Wednesday.

Sheryl Sandberg lingered on stage last week in Davos after leading a panel on “Women as the Way Forward,” and found herself surrounded by a dozen fans -- all save one of them female.

The annual pilgrimage to Davos wrapped up yesterday as the world’s most influential leaders departed the mountain top village with snow boots and solutions to the global economic crisis in toe (or so they say). Just 17% of this year’s snow boots thoug