Women

Women hurt in collapse (The New Zealand Herald)

20 Nov 2008

Three women have life-threatening injuries and another 27 received lesser injuries after a balcony collapsed under the weight of 70 people attending an end-of-school party in Brisbane…

Some women unaware of risks of delaying motherhood (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

20 Nov 2008

Many women may not be fully aware of the potential consequences of waiting until later in life to have a baby, a UK study suggests.

Books Tells Of Women's Hope For Middle East Peace (NPR)

20 Nov 2008

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. For most Israelis and for many Jews around the world, it marks a time of celebration. But for many Palestinians, it was the 60th year of Naqbeh, also known as "the catastrophe". A new book, Sixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women highlights the struggle for peace in the words of women.