International Business News - Women http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The women gave a news conference but requested that no one take pictures of their faces. The office of one of them asked reporters not to publish her name. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/afghan-women-leaders-face-growing-taliban-threats.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:09:51 EST California companies often are lauded as progressive, but they fall short when it comes to having women at the top, according to a University of California, Davis study. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/uc-davis-study-few-women-in-calif-corporate-jobs.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:03:04 EST A Georgia priest facing excommunication for supporting the ordination of women said Friday he plans to visit the Vatican with a contingent of fellow priests and a bishop to appeal the decision. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/catholic-priest-in-us-faces-excommunication.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:20:58 EST Many things have changed for Muslim Americans in the seven years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: Interrogations from FBI and immigration officials. Additional screenings from airport security. The feeling of being targeted by the contentious Patriot Act. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/on-ballots-this-nov-more-muslim-american-women.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:41:20 EDT A gender quota could be the solution to Australia's dwindling number of women on corporate boards and top executive posts, a business leader said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/australian-business-leader-calls-for-quota-debate.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:45:51 EDT County and state GOP officials criticized the head of a New Mexico Republican women's group for calling Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama a "Muslim socialist" and stating that "Muslims are our enemies." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/gop-groups-head-calls-obama-a-muslim-socialist.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:59:45 EDT In past presidential elections, Veronica Deveso could have told you by now who she was backing and why. Not this time. All the former taxi dispatcher from Hamburg, N.Y., wants is a candidate "with a solid plan to do something, almost anything," to bolster the economy and end the Iraq war. Dissatisfied with the campaign rhetoric she's heard so far, Deveso, 56, remains "right at the top of that wall and could fall either way." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/155063-boomer-women.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081018/white-women-of-the-baby-boom-a-prized-voting-bloc.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081018/white-women-of-the-baby-boom-a-prized-voting-bloc.htm Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:49:45 EDT It's no longer a man's world in Austria's most sophisticated stables. The country's prestigious Spanish Riding School, for centuries a bastion of masculinity, is modernizing: On Wednesday, the 436-year-old institution officially presented its first female riders-in-training. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/152836-austria-women-riders.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081015/after-436-years-austrian-stables-take-in-women.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081015/after-436-years-austrian-stables-take-in-women.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:01:35 EDT In the year of "Sex and the City," perhaps it's no surprise that an event honoring women drew some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Nicole Kidman, Jane Fonda, Jennifer Lopez, Diane Keaton and Halle Berry joined dozens of other stars in a ballroom at the Four Seasons Hotel on Monday for Elle magazine's 15th annual Women in Hollywood tribute, honoring seven noteworthy women in entertainment. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146795-elle-women-in-hollywood.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/list-women-celebrate-own-hollywood.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/list-women-celebrate-own-hollywood.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:49:38 EDT The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years--until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146224-iraq-women-campaigning.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/iraqi-women-fear-going-public-as-candidates.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/iraqi-women-fear-going-public-as-candidates.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:56:02 EDT The new Best Buy store opening Saturday in suburban, southeast Denver feels just a little different from the chain's older, warehouse-like blue interiors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/new-best-buy-store-designed-with-women-in-mind.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:20:55 EDT Washington State University has received a $3.69 million grant to find ways to increase the number of women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments around the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/wsu-gets-grant-to-study-women-in-science.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:06:50 EDT The widow was nervous at first but smiled after she fired 160 rounds from a Kalashnikov at a black-and-white target. She was wearing something rarely seen on an Iraqi woman--a police uniform of blue shirts and black pants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/128181-iraq-training-women.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/iraqi-women-take-aim-at-expanded-police-roles.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/iraqi-women-take-aim-at-expanded-police-roles.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:39:04 EDT Barack Obama's campaign plans to employ high-profile female supporters in an effort to blunt GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's potential to persuade women to vote Republican. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/123584-michelle-obama-visit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/obama-sends-supporters-to-blunt-palins-impact.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/obama-sends-supporters-to-blunt-palins-impact.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:34 EDT The number of women in senior positions has declined in a range of categories including the House of Commons, the Cabinet and the judiciary in the past five years, Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/uk-report-notes-that-fewer-women-in-top-jobs.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:09:57 EDT Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday. In fact, women who smoke have heart attacks more than a dozen years earlier than women who don't smoke, Norwegian doctors reported in a study presented to the European Society of Cardiology. For men, the gap is not so dramatic; male smokers have heart attacks about six years earlier than men who don't smoke. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/smoking-riskier-to-womens-hearts-than-mens.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:43:09 EDT Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday. In fact, women who smoke have heart attacks more than a dozen years earlier than women who don't smoke, Norwegian doctors reported in a study presented to the European Society of Cardiology. For men, the gap is not so dramatic; male smokers have heart attacks about six years earlier than men who don't smoke. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/study-says-smoking-may-hurt-women-more-than-men.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:35:56 EDT Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 most powerful women for the third year running, while U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice slipped to seventh from fourth last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/forbes-list-germanys-merkel-most-powerful-woman.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:04:55 EDT Mexico's Maria del Rosario Espinoza won the gold medal in the women's over 67-kilogram class of taekwondo. Espinoza, the 2007 world champion, easily defeated Norway's Nina Solheim on points after going ahead in the first round and never falling behind. The final score was 4-1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/mexico-takes-womens-taekwondo-gold.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:32:02 EDT South Korea's Hwang Kyung-seon defeated Canada's Karine Sergerie with a kick in the final seconds to win the women's 67-kilogram class gold in taekwondo Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/south-korea-takes-3rd-taekwondo-gold.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:18:20 EDT