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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST International women's news Transgender Day of Remembrance By Kate Harding Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/20/transgender_day_of_remembrance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/20/transgender_day_of_remembrance/index.html?source=rss In 2009, over 100 people were killed because of prejudice against those who don't conform to gender norms Caster Semenya a golden girl once more By Kate Harding Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/19/semenya_gold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/19/semenya_gold/index.html?source=rss The South African runner whose gender was questioned after her World Championship win gets to keep the medal Women with fistula: "The lepers of the 21st century" By Kate Harding Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/02/kristof_fistula/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/02/kristof_fistula/index.html?source=rss Millions of women worldwide suffer from incontinence, infection and resulting stigma that a $300 surgery could fix Sixty lashes for ... what, exactly? By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/26/saudi_journalist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/26/saudi_journalist/index.html?source=rss Saudi King Abdullah steps in to defend a female journalist sentenced to flogging Frenchwomen: Still cooler than you By Kate Harding Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/23/french_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/23/french_women/index.html?source=rss Oh, chouette, yet another book that essentializes Frenchwomen to tear down American ones Here she is, Miss Homeless Belgium By Lynn Harris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/10/14/miss_homeless_belgium/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/10/14/miss_homeless_belgium/index.html?source=rss Can a pageant put a face on a tragic problem? The deadly new stats on abortion bans By Lynn Harris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/14/abortion_bans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/14/abortion_bans/index.html?source=rss Global study reconfirms: Limits on the procedure don't lower its rate -- only its safety The real lives of child sex slaves By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/12/sex_slave/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/12/sex_slave/index.html?source=rss A must-read Marie Claire article gives a close-up view of a Cambodian girl sold into prostitution at 7 The new Darjeeling Limited: No guys allowed By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/16/ladies_special/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/16/ladies_special/index.html?source=rss Are sex-segregated commuter trains the answer to India's gender relations problems? The hijab goes to aerobics class By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/10/hijab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/10/hijab/index.html?source=rss Can we defend women's right to choose the veil and still acknowledge its impediment to equality? The first husbands club By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/01/serial_monogamy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/01/serial_monogamy/index.html?source=rss Men don't have a monopoly on serial monogamy, anthropologists say "Women hold up half the sky" By Kate Harding Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/21/kristof_wudunn_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/21/kristof_wudunn_women/index.html?source=rss An equally persuasive and heartbreaking argument that female empowerment can save the world What Hillary really did in Africa By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/18/hillary_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/18/hillary_women/index.html?source=rss While the media obsessed over her "tirade" in Congo, Clinton was championing women's rights Male rape, too, as weapon of war By Lynn Harris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/05/male_rape_congo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/05/male_rape_congo/index.html?source=rss Congolese victims endure serious injury and the gravest insult of all: Being called "bush wives" I sunk your abortion ship! By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/29/abortion_ship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/29/abortion_ship/index.html?source=rss A new Dutch law prohibits the controversial boat's operator, Women on Waves, from distributing mifepristone An officer and a hijab By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/28/police_hijab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/28/police_hijab/index.html?source=rss A British police department issues headscarves to female cops, and Hamas orders women lawyers to wear them in court Give me your tired, your poor, your battered By Lynn Harris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/21/asylum_for_domestic_violence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/21/asylum_for_domestic_violence/index.html?source=rss How does asylum for abused women actually work? Uganda to outlaw female genital mutilation By Lynn Harris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/08/uganda_fgm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/08/uganda_fgm/index.html?source=rss But when do such bans actually work? Quote of the day By Frieda Klotz Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/02/india_gay_rights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/02/india_gay_rights/index.html?source=rss There's celebrating in the streets as India overturns a ban on gay sex "The Daily Show" on the burqa ban By Sarah Hepola Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/02/kristen_schaal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/02/kristen_schaal/index.html?source=rss Senior women's correspondent Kristen Schaal on Islamic garb, the torture of high heels and the joys of mayonnaise I am not Neda By Kate Harding Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/22/neda_video/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/22/neda_video/index.html?source=rss Is watching the murder of an Iranian protester caught on video a matter of bearing witness, or co-opting a tragedy? South Africa's rape epidemic By Judy Berman Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/06/18/south_africa_rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/06/18/south_africa_rape/index.html?source=rss One in four of the country's men admit to the crime, a new survey finds Scholarships for virgins? By Frieda Klotz Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/06/17/virgin_scholarships/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/06/17/virgin_scholarships/index.html?source=rss Sierra Leone offers financial incentives to girls who remain pure Hidden teens on the Thai-Burma border By Lynn Harris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/06/17/thai_burma_teens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/06/17/thai_burma_teens/index.html?source=rss Local activists take great risks to improve the sexual health of refugee youth Will young lovers oust Ahmadinejad? By Lynn Harris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/10/iran_marriage_crisis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/10/iran_marriage_crisis/index.html?source=rss Iran's "marriage crisis" could affect Friday's election.