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?

Those re-entering the workforce after child rearing years; women who want to make a change and want access to reliable resources; women who have never...   Read More >>

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 gender under Title VII. In Ledbetter v. Goodyear (2007), the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 margin, held that the clock for the statute of limitations o...   Read More >>

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, her home country on the tip of the Arabian peninsula. For girls like Nojoud, such arrangements mean falling prey to physical and sexual abuse. Read More >>

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 municipal governing bodies as council members and committee members.

For 2008, the survey reports eighty-three (83) women mayors; a gain of two (2) over last year. This number represents 14.6 % of the 566 mayors in the State. Of the 83 women mayors, twenty-six (26)* are newly...   Read More >>

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 affecting our daily lives.

Not content to simply limit women’s role in the home and in marriage as they did during the 1998 meeting, the...   Read More >>

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 adjust their centre of gravity to accommodate the additional weight of the baby.

The study, carried out by scientists at the University of Texas, discovered that a key hip joint is 14% bigger in women than in men.

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 Jersey African American Breast Cancer Awareness and Education Project."

SNCNJ is an affiliate chapter of Sisters Network, ® Inc., &...   Read More >>

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 prominent organizations and their Chief Executive Officers an opportunity to recognize the achievements of women in their companies and on their board. The dinner also raises funds for the Graduate Scholarship program. During the event, EWNJ members attend a private reception to meet the CEO's...   Read More >>

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 over the past year but operator Mission Australia said it had to turn away more than 1,000 due to a lack of resources.

Mission Australi...   Read More >>

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 4, 2007) – Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) scored 22 points as the seventh-ranked U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team upset top-ranked Russia 25-23, 25- 22, 25-13 on the second day of the 2007 FIVB World Grand Prix on Friday...   Read More >>

By Bethany Fehlinger | UWIRE | 7/30/2007

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. –

A recent national survey found that men have more sexual partners in their lifetimes and are more likely to do drugs, but women are catching up.

Patricia Koch, a biobehavioral health and women studies professor at Pennsylvania State University, said even though socialization has encouraged men to take more risks...   Read More >>