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September 1, 2010 (Time)
USA: Workplace Salaries: At Last, Women on Top The fact that the average American working woman earns only about 8o% of what the average American working man earns has been something of a festering sore for at least half the population for several decades. And despite many programs and analyses and hand-wringing and badges and even some legislation, the figure hasn't budged much in the past five years. But now there's evidence that the ship may finally be turning around.
September 1, 2010 (Women's eNews)
USA: Welfare Job Rules Hit Women With Disabilities Welfare rolls in New York State fell by more than 60 percent from 1997 to 2008, according to the New York City-based Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. But those numbers do nothing to cheer up Kenneth Stevens Stephens, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, N.Y. He says a burdensome process for securing and maintaining benefits has simply discouraged applicants, most of whom are single women with children.
August 30, 2010 (Xinhua News)
USA/PAKISTAN: U.S. Launches Women's Rights Program in Pakistan The United States on Monday launched a new 40-million-dollar Gender Equity Grants Program in Pakistan to advance women's human rights and support Pakistani government's policies against gender inequities.
August 29, 2010 (Los Angeles Times)
USA: Women in Washington, Your Seats Are at Risk With this fall's midterm elections, the number of women serving in Congress could drop for the first time in a generation — a twist on a political season many had dubbed "the year of the woman."
August 29, 2010 (Tadias)
USA/ETHIOPIA: Senator Feingold Introduces Tougher Human Rights Legislation on Ethiopia Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), a member of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has introduced a bill entitled “Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010.” The legislation, co-sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), asserts new U.S. foreign policy towards Ethiopia focused on improving humans rights and empowering democratic institutions. The proposed law in the 111th Congress follows Ethiopia's 2010 disputed national elections.