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  • Afghan Business Women Find Help, Hope

    01/27/2010 3:52:48 PM PST · by SandRat · 1 replies · 152+ views
    KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan business woman Marina Niazi sets up jewelry during an Afghan Women's Business Federation bazaar at the Kabul International Airport military compound Jan. 24. The AWBF is a non-profit, non-political, private sector organization providing technical training and business assistance to Afghan women business owners. (ISAF Joint Command photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mary Hinson) 2010-01-SD-130Feature News Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 26) - Helping their families - that is what these women want to do. And that is where the Afghan Women's Business Federation provides help. The AWBF is a non-profit, non-political, private sector organization providing...
  • Viking Women Had Sexy Style

    02/11/2008 3:47:30 PM PST · by blam · 95 replies · 1,931+ views
    The Local ^ | 2-11-2008 | David Bartal
    Viking women had sexy style Published: 11 Feb 08 17:54 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/9950/ Women who lived in the major Viking settlement called Birka in the 9th and 10th centuries dressed in a much more provocative manner than previously believed. When the area around Lake Mälaren was Christianized about a century later, women’s dress style became more modest, according to archaeologist Annika Larsson. Previously, it was thought that Viking ladies wore a long garment held up by braces, made of square pieces of wool whose front and back sides were contained with a belt. The characteristic decorative circular buckles, a common...
  • Why Pregnant Woman Don't Fall Over

    12/12/2007 11:24:24 AM PST · by blam · 73 replies · 206+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 12-12-2007 | Bob Holmes
    Why pregnant women don't fall over 18:00 12 December 2007 NewScientist.com news service Bob Holmes Image showing a pregnant australopithecine in bipedal posture with visible fetal load and maternal vertebrae. (Image: John Gurche) Women do not tip over during pregnancy because their spines are built differently from men's – and have been ever since our ancestors began walking upright. The difference allows a pregnant woman to lean backward to counterbalance the weight of her developing fetus. One problem with bipedalism is that the growing fetus sticks out to the front, shifting the mother's centre of mass forward of her hip...
  • Ancient Human Fossils Show Women Much Smaller

    08/09/2007 1:18:21 PM PDT · by blam · 33 replies · 918+ views
    Reuters ^ | 8-9-2007
    Ancient human fossils show women much smaller Thu Aug 9, 2007 10:18AM EDT NAIROBI (Reuters) - Homo erectus, long viewed as a crucial evolutionary link between modern humans and their tree-dwelling ancestors, may have been more ape-like than previously thought, scientists unveiling new-found fossils said on Thursday. Revealing an ancient skull and a jawbone from two early branches of the human family tree -- Homo erectus and Homo habilis -- a team of Kenyan scientists said they were surprised to find that early female hominids were much smaller than males. The skull was the first discovery of a female Homo...
  • Malaysian Muslim Women 'Live Under Apartheid'

    03/10/2006 6:26:43 PM PST · by blam · 7 replies · 484+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-11-2006 | Sebastien Berger
    Malaysian Muslim women 'live under apartheid' By Sebastien Berger in Bangkok (Filed: 11/03/2006) Muslim women in Malaysia are being discriminated against so severely that they face a "growing form of apartheid", the daughter of the former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, a prominent social activist, has claimed. Marina Mahathir, a Muslim herself, yesterday wrote in the Star newspaper: "Non-Muslim Malaysian women have benefited from more progressive laws over the years while the opposite has happened for Muslim women."Polygamy is allowed for Muslims but banned for non-Muslims, she pointed out, and under Islamic family law the father is the primary guardian of...