Women who shoulder the world's burdens with grace (Women small business loans)

Women who shoulder the world's burdens with grace
In the world's harshest places, the hardest work often falls on the women.
Source: www.csmonitor.com

Life expectancy of Zimbabwean women plunges to just 34
Zimbabwean doctors issued an urgent plea for the government of President Robert Mugabe to rescue the country's collapsing health services as research revealed that Zimbabwean women now have the shortest lives in the world.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Hispanic Women Focus of Program
Cancer screenings and education event are planned for Monday at center. LAKELAND -- Cultural taboos and language problems prevent some Hispanic women from getting cancer screening.
Source: www.wcn.org

Women in economic leadership
Women economic empowerment is the policy level priority to bring the previously neglected half of Bangladesh population into the mainstream of the economy. The FE was face to face with a few women who are empowered and work for the development of other women entrepreneurs.
Source: www.financialexpress-bd.com

Muslim women reveal their personal choices
THE FACE BEHIND THE VEIL: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America. Donna Gehrke-White. Citadel. 299 pages. $22.95. In our suspicious, post 9/11 world, Miami Herald reporter Donna Gehrke-White works hard to counteract the intolerance, fear and general lack of knowledge that many Americans have toward Muslims, in particular veiled women.
Source: www.macon.com

All about friends: Luncheon focuses on Bauxite women of past, present, future
Bauxite women past, present and future were the focus of the 15th annual luncheon of the Bauxite Ladies Association. Bauxite Community Center, the setting for the event, holds a storehouse of memories for the women gathered for the occasion, feature speaker Pat Trimble Patterson noted.
Source: www.bentoncourier.com

Teachers shatter stereotypes about women and guns
Cathy Ash, 41, of Barlow, is a shooter and proud of it. For more and more American women like Ash, knowing how to handle and properly use a firearm offers empowerment, self-confidence, security, and fun.
Source: www.mariettatimes.com