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Women Are More Likely to Start Businesses for Social Change

April 27, 2012   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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A new study on gender has revealed that women are more likely then men to start businesses as a mean for social change, while men do it for the money.

According to Diana Hechevarria, who co-authored the study with Amy Ingram, Rachida Justo, and Siri Terjesen, women are 1.17 times more likely then men to create social ventures then economic ventures.  Women are also 1.23 times more likely to invest in environmental ventures than economic ventures.

The study involved more than 10,000 people from 52 countries, all who had started their own businesses.  Their research has been published in the book “Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Research: Diverse Settings, Questions and Approaches,” which was recently released.

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Geithner Criticizes Romney’s Claims on Women and Job Losses

April 18, 2012   Olga Hajishengallis   No comments

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has fought back claims by Romney that women were more severely affected by job losses during the recession. Geithner has recognized this as an attempt on Romney’s part to draw in more female voters.

During a speech earlier this week, Romney cited that 92.3% of all jobs lost during the Obama administration belonged to women. The Treasury Secretary struck back by stating, that during the early recession, job losses were greater for men. This pertains to the time period when the manufacturing and construction industries were first dealt blows by the increasingly failing economy.

Many argue that Republicans are trying to pin the idea of a “war on women” on Democrats. According to the Republican Party, Democrats are implementing economic policies that are not beneficial for women.

Andrea Saul, a spokesperson for Romney, stated that women filled only one eighth of the jobs created during Obama’s administration. She further said, “The president should stop making excuses for his failures; he is entitled to his own spin but not his own facts.”

During an interview with George Stephanopoulos, Geithner dismissed other parties’ actions by quoting Mario Cuomo (former New York Governor), “You’re going to see a lot of politicians choose to campaign in fiction, but we have to govern in fact.”

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Women May Receive Pelvic Exams Without Their Consent

March 31, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

Canadian women may be subjected to pelvic exams during procedures, even if they did not consent to the examination, according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Medical professionals have often performed these examinations without the patient knowing.

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In September 2010, Canada updated its guidelines, making it mandatory for patients to give consent before the procedure. However, the CMAJ claims that these new rules do not apply to medical residents, therefore the students can still perform the pelvic exam without asking.

When a study was performed in 2010, 70% of the women polled said they expected to be asked for permission before anyone performed a pelvic exam. According to Professor Elaine Gibson of Dalhousie University, the current practices “show a lack of respect for women.”

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Link Found Between HIV and Abuse in Women

March 25, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

Dr. Edward Machtinger, who is the director of the Women’s HIV program at UCSF, recently lead a study to determine the relationship between HIV and women who are abused.

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Dr. Machtinger’s study concluded that women who had HIV were two to six times more likely to have experienced some sort of trauma or abuse than women who were not HIV-positive.

The study also showed that around 30% of women with HIV also have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. 60% of these women have been abused at some point in their life, while as only 12% of women without HIV have experienced abuse.

The results are based on surveys sent to 113 female patients who are HIV-positive and received treatement at UCSF.

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The Pill Could Ease Pain

January 23, 2012   Steve Sitek   No comments
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Both Male and Female know the feeling of cramps. They are painful, unwanted, and disrupt focus.  For some woman menstrual pain is a monthly occurrence. However according to a Swedish study, it appears as if birth control pills can help ease women’s menstrual pain. For years menstrual pain has been an unavoidable phenomenon for women. It has been shown to disrupt ’600 million working hours, and $2 billion dollars worth of productivity each year in America.’

The comprehensive study used three different groups of women who turned 19 years old in 1981, 1991 and 2001. The groups ranged in size from 400 to 520 women. Each participant was asked about their menstruation pain, patterns, use of contraceptives, height, weight, and medical history. The findings have contributed to an ever-growing popularity and social acceptance of the pill.

Dr. Ingela Lindh, of the Institute of Clinical Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University has been part of the study. Lindh explains using women at the age of 19 and again at 24, gives the researchers a five-year window to compare what effects “the pill” has on women. ‘Lindh found in the study, “a significant difference in the severity of dysmenorrhea depending on whether or not the women used combined oral contraceptives.” ‘ This means Lindh found that woman who do not use the pill are more likely to have painful periods compared to those that do. While the effects of the pill vary from person to person this study reflects well for oral contraceptives. With the facts to back it up, the pill’s popularity should continue to grow.

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Suspected Serial Killer in Detroit Takes Lives Christmas Weekend

December 30, 2011   Meagan Cahuasqui   No comments

Over the Christmas weekend in Detroit, Michigan four women between the ages of 23 and 29 were found dead in car trunks along the east side area.  Two of the victims were burned beyond recognition but all were found to be African American.

Three of the women “have been linked to a website called Packages that advertises adult escort services,” a fact that makes police urge citizens to be careful of what personal information they put out on the Internet for anyone to find.

Two of the victims were cousins, 23-year-old Renisha Landers and 24-year-old Demesha Hunt.  Tragically, with the death of Ms. Hunt, her ten-month-old daughter, Armani, is left behind but will be cared for by Hunt’s mother, Denis Reid.

The other two victims have been estimated to be around the ages of 28 and 29, but police are still awaiting medical examination to know the exact cause of death.  With three of the four victims being connected to the online community mentioned before, police warn others who use websites such as craigslist.com or backpage.com to exercise extreme caution.

It is not yet certain if the perpetrator of these crimes is one single serial killer, but the manner in which the victims have been found point to this as a possibility.  The Detroit police department wants the public to be aware of what is going on in their city, and keep them in the know for their own safety.

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