Women in Engineering

Brazil's Petrobras names first female CEO

9 Feb 2012

Women rise in Latin America: the Petrobras board meets today to confirm Maria das Gracas Foster as first female CEO for Latin America's largest firm.

Women in Tech: Gayle Laakmann McDowell excels beyond the stereotypes

9 Feb 2012

After stints as a software engineer at Google, Microsoft and Apple, McDowell was bored working for large companies. So she started CareerCup.com,

Islamists in Egypt halt filming of TV series

9 Feb 2012

Islamist students halted the filming of an Egyptian television series at Cairo's Ain Shams University protesting against the "indecent" clothing of the actresses, the production company said Thursday.