A. G. Sulzberger writing for the New York Times: “The startling vote came up at a City Council meeting here on Tuesday, provoked by a run-of-the-mill budget dispute over services that had spun out of control: decriminalize domestic violence.”
Sumathi Reddy writing for the Wall Street Journal:”Note to women in the South Park Slope and surrounding Brooklyn: You might want to think twice before wearing shorts or skirts when you walk home alone at night. That’s the message some women say police o…
NOW President Terry O’Neill is quoted in this article about women working in the White House by Peter Wallsten and Anne E. Kornblut writing for the Washington Post.
Martha Burk writing for the Huffington Post: “‘Walmart Launches Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative; Effort Includes Goal to Source $20 Billion from Women-Owned Businesses in the U.S.’ read the headline on Walmart’s press release announcing a new ‘gender washing’ initiative.”
Bianca Bosker writing for the Huffington Post: “[Ruchi] Sanghvi’s story illustrates that despite all the talk of equality between the sexes, women often grapple with a unique set of difficulties when it comes to finding role models in the engineering field and making inroads into what she called ‘the boys’ club.’”