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First N.J. Female Athletic Director, a Catholic Nun

 Dies During Holy Week

If you're a basketball fan, chances are you've heard about St. Anthony High School, a small school in Jersey City, N.J. It's the place where Bob Hurley Sr. won 20-plus New Jersey state basketball championships. It's the place where many former basketball pla...   Read More >>

Women in Transition Seminar

Seminar on Workforce Alternatives

Join the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Committee and Rider University as they host a seminar on Workforce Alternatives....."Women in Transition". 5/22/2008 9 a.m. - 2:45 pm

Who Should Attend?

Thos...   Read More >>

How long will women shoulder the blame for the pay gap?

How dumb are we?

By Dahlia Lithwick

SLATE Updated Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 7:33 AM ET

On Wednesday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have overturned a Supreme Court ruling (PDF) that sharply limited pay-discrimination suits based on g...   Read More >>

Yemen's 8-Year-old Divorcee

Forced to Marry, the Newly divorced Yemeni Girl Looks Forward to a Normal Childhood

By LARA SETRAKIAN

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 25, 2008

She may be the world's first 8-year-old divorcee.

When Nojoud Mohammed Ali's parents arranged her marriage to a 30-year-old man, it was consistent with the mores of Yemen,...   Read More >>

2008 Survey of Women in Municipal Government

Women In Municipal Government Committee salutes these women

The League’s Women In Municipal Government Committee is pleased to announce its sixth annual survey which identifies women serving in the position of mayor of New Jersey’s municipalities. This year, the survey was expanded to also identify women serving on...   Read More >>

Southern Baptists and Female Pastors

Women Shall Not Teach?

LaRuelist posts a variety of topics for enjoyment of its readers and does not intend to promote views of one position over another. Our vision is to connect our various communities one person at a time and stimulate thought and discussion on issues affecti...   Read More >>

Why pregnant women don't fall over

14 Dec 2007

Pregnant women don't topple over from the extra weight of their baby bump because females have evolved with slight differences in their lower backs and hips compared to men, new research has found.

These biologically engineered changes allow women to ad...   Read More >>

Sisters Network of Central NJ fighting breast cancer

Serving as a support system

Sisters Network of Central New Jersey (SNCNJ)is a breast cancer survivorship organization committed to fighting the epidemic of breast cancer in local African American communities. They have initiated a comprehensive project entitled, "The Central New J...   Read More >>

Salute to the Policymaker's 2008 Awards Dinner

Nominations deadline Dec '07

Every other year, EWNJ sponsors its "Salute to the Policy Makers Dinner". This event honors female directors and officers of major corporations with significant facilities in New Jersey.

The event has given some of the state's most promine...   Read More >>

Homeless women turned away from refuges

A Woman's Place

Homeless women are being turned away in their hundreds from crisis accommodation in Sydney due to a shortage of beds, a leading service provider says.

The 23-bed Kings Cross crisis accommodation service A Woman's Place provided refuge for 600 women...   Read More >>

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