{WOMENSENEWS}-- Now that women are allowed to serve in combat roles, Kristen Tsetsi thinks it's logical that women also be required to register for Selective Service just like men; and face the same consequences if they don't.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Sequestration, or confiscating something of value, gave pause to reassess a U.S. defense budget that is now 46 percent of the entire world’s defense spending.
ISTANBUL {WOMENSENEWS}-- Amid calls for Turkish women to have more children, a proposal to lengthen the paid maternity leave allowance raises fears that it may actually hinder women's work force participation.
NEW YORK {WOMENSENEWS}-- The women who gather on these two street corners of New York are looking for day work as housekeepers. The territory comes with harassment and haywire scheduling. Hurricane Sandy blew a different type of cleanup work their way, but only a few dare to give it a try.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- There is a significant chance that by this time next week the world could be back in the throes of a full-blooded financial crisis.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- “Why the U.S.-Pakistani Alliance Isn’t Worth the Trouble,” says former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Tennessee Republican Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. has sparked a surge of internet outrage after he told reporters this week that men can handle violence “a little better than a lot of women.”
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Strong community support and resources are a starting point in the next frontier for breastfeeding success. Kimberly Seals Allers challenges governors in three Southern states to make a pledge to mothers.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Europeans are pinning more of their hopes on President Barack Obama's proposal for a Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to kick-start growth.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Safety activists say universal background checks could save the lives of women such as Jennifer Lynch, murdered by her husband on Valentine's Day 2006. They also welcome the president's order to get the CDC back to tracking gun violence.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- With Senate passage assured ahead of time, focus falls on the 22 all-male GOP lawmakers who voted against passage. From here the bill moves to the real battleground in the House, where GOP ranks are at least somewhat divided.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (GPI)-- Thousands of young women each year are lured into Kathmandu's booming and unregulated sex industry that operates out of cafes and bars. Many arrive with hopes of saving money and going home, but the wages are often too meager for that to ever happen.
NEW YORK {WOMENSENEWS}-- Advocates for female ordination in the Catholic Church welcomed the news on Monday that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning.
PARIS, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Against most predictions and against tough odds, British prime minister David Cameron won the battle of the European budget last week. But he may have condemned himself to defeat in the far more important and long-term campaign to reform and secure Britain's future relations with its European partners.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Inspector Sopko is slowly but surely unraveling the biggest scandal of the decade -- U.S. aid to Afghanistan.
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