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February 25^th 2008—

Watch Our Space for a feature on the rise of brutally graphic and sexually charged violence against females in high budget horror movies and the directors who defend these types of scenes, even calling them feministic.

Somalis Recall Islamic Rule as Brief Visit of Peace By Zoe Alsop
Since the U.S.-backed ouster of Somalia's short-lived Islamic government, women have been caught in the crossfire of renewed conflict. One woman who struggled with imams to keep a girls' school open says the violent price of freedom became too dear. Read the full article at: http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3504/context/cover/

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Cheers and Jeers: News from all over that makes us laugh or work harder. http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3505/context/outrage

Women Add Union Sectors, Fueling Labor Revival By Sharon Johnson
Women are adding sectors such as home health care, child care and nursing to union ranks, helping to revive organized labor after 25 years of membership declines tied to losses in male-dominated manufacturing. Read the full article at: http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3496

Spain Sizes Up Fashion World's Measuring Stick By Brenda Gazzar
Spain is updating its body measurements and encouraging standardization of women's sizes to make shopping easier. It's part of the country's ongoing push for realistic contours in models and mannequins so women can enjoy more self-acceptance. Read the full article at: http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3501

Obama's Wave Crests on Support of Anti-War Women By Allison Stevens
As the battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination intensifies, a gulf is also widening between established women's rights leaders who back Clinton and anti-war activists who say Obama is better for women. Read the full article at: http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3502

U.N., Lawmakers Urged to Curb Forced Marriages By Jill Hindenach
Over 51 million girls under 18 in the developing world are forced to marry, a practice widely viewed as a violation of their human rights. U.S. advocates are now flagging congressional bills to help curb the practice. Read the full article at: http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3503

Commentary:

Hillary's Bias Problems Have Deep Cultural Roots By Elizabeth L. Keathley
Hillary Clinton's campaign is pulling at the deep cultural roots of gender bias. Elizabeth Keathley says that's why the senator is so often caught in the double bind between being considered either "too feminine" or "too masculine." Read the full article at: http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3500

Commentoon By Ann Telnaes
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes is once again brilliantly acerbic. See this week's Commentoon at: http://www.womensenews.org

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