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Haitian Women’s Employment Stuck in Aftershock

By Lynda Michel ● Employment ● June 11, 2012

Women in Haiti report they have yet to recover economically in the two years after the earthquake. Memories of the disaster are still fresh, and the losses have left their incomes significantly smaller.

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Young Entrepreneur Revives Old Craft in Kashmir

By Nusrat Ara ● Employment ● May 20, 2012

The quality and export of Kashmiri rugs have declined, but one young woman is putting pride and decent wages back into the traditional craft. In a region where such female entrepreneurship is a rarity, she says training makes all the difference.

Iraq’s Refugees in Jordan Live in Desperate Limbo

By Samia Qumri ● Politics ● April 18, 2012

Iraqi refugee women in Jordan offer an example of hope and resilience. But their desperate limbo is heartbreaking for Samia Qumri to witness in her work for the Collateral Repair Project, a charity started in 2004.

Work of Breastfeeding Moms Unwaged, Unvalued

By Selma James & Phoebe Jones Schellenberg ● Arts & Culture ● April 15, 2012

Selma James’ “Sex, Class and Race: The Perspective of Winning,” is a collection of her writings from 1952-2011. In this excerpt from “The Milk of Human Kindness,” James and a co-author assert women are the greatest producers of food worldwide.

It Takes Women to End Global Poverty

By Cassandra Q. Butts ● Crime & Law ● March 8, 2012

Women produce half of the world’s food, earn 10 percent of the world’s income and own less than 1 percent of the world’s property. The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation says its anti-poverty efforts aim to change these statistics.

New Labor Rules for Home Care Workers on the Table

By Amy Lieberman ● Employment ● February 19, 2012

Elder-care jobs are booming as the U.S. population ages. A rule to extend federal wage protections to this predominantly female work force is in public comment stage; advocates push five reforms; one for each finger of a caring hand.

21 Leaders 2012 – Seven Who Leverage Power

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● December 30, 2011

Profiles of seven outstanding leaders dedicated to improving lives of women and girls: Susan Blount, Nancy Duff Campbell– Marcia D. Greenberger, Joe Keefe, Yousriya Loza-Sawiris, Natalia Oberti Noguera, Sue Osthoff, Juhu Thukral

Immigrant Entrepreneurs Take the Lead

By Margaret Summers ● Employment ● December 16, 2011

Immigrant women are starting all kinds of businesses in the United States and leading American-born counterparts, a new report finds. Authors also find they face barriers and encourage policies to ease the way for this energized group of job creators.

Indian Women Break New Ground as Tea Growers

By Azera Rahman ● Employment ● November 29, 2011

A handful of women in northeastern India are joining the tea-cultivating ranks of small growers. They’ve left behind their jobs on large plantations and are plucking tea leaves and income from their own gardens.

Entrepreneur Brews Up Coffee and Wi-Fi in Ramallah

By Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● July 20, 2011

Ramallah’s sole chain of coffee shops–ZAMN–was started by Huda El-Jack, who moved there in 2003 as a trailing spouse and saw a business opportunity when she couldn’t find a good cup of coffee. She’s now eyeing more towns in the West Bank.