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Cherie Blair: Men still adjusting to powerful women at work

Kiran Moodley, CNBCMay 1, 2013 16:43

Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has said that there are still some people, even in Britain, adjusting to the growing presence of powerful women in important positions in society.

UK tourist jumps from balcony in Agra, India to escape rape

Faine GreenwoodMarch 19, 2013 07:42

A UK tourist in India was injured early on March 19th after she jumped from a balcony in Agra to escape an attempted sexual assualt.

'Glass ceiling' index from Economist concludes New Zealand tops for working women

Faine GreenwoodMarch 8, 2013 07:03

Working women of the world, take note: the Economist's new "glass ceiling index" indicates that you may want to consider booking a flight for New Zealand.

Female retail workers in Saudi Arabia to be separated from male colleagues by a wall

Faine GreenwoodJanuary 29, 2013 15:18

Women may be allowed to work in certain retail stores in Saudi Arabia circa 2013, but they're still subject to unusual restrictions — as evidenced by authorities recent decision to require shop owners to construct a physical wall to separate male and female staff.

Women in combat, at home and abroad (PHOTOS)

News DeskJanuary 24, 2013 16:53

On the news that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's lifted the military ban on women in combat, GlobalPost took a look at women's wartime roles around the world.

Six women murdered Wednesday in Guatemala

Faine GreenwoodJanuary 17, 2013 09:28

Six women were killed on Wednesday in separate incident in Guatemala, including three minors, report authorities.

Clerics in Saudi Arabia come out to protest appointment of women to Shura Council (VIDEO)

Faine GreenwoodJanuary 16, 2013 12:38

A group of Saudi Arabian clerics protested outside the Royal Court in Riyadh on Tuesday, railing against King Abdullah's surprising decision to appoint 30 women to the Middle Eastern nation's Consultative Council for the first time ever.

Women appointed to Saudi Arabia's Consultative Council for the first time ever

Faine GreenwoodJanuary 11, 2013 11:00

Thirty women have been appointed to Saudi Arabia's Consultative Council, marking the first time that they have been allowed to serve in the decision-making body.

Delhi plans to hire 2,508 new policewomen, as backlash from gang rape continues in capital city

Faine GreenwoodJanuary 6, 2013 11:32

Delhi's police force has announced it intends to hire, 2,508 new female police officers, on the heels of an announcement that female police would be made available at all 180 police stations in the Indian capital.

Beate Sirota Gordon, American woman who helped to write the Japanese constitution, dies at the age of 89

Faine GreenwoodJanuary 3, 2013 16:31

Who gets a chance to write a constitution at the age of 22 — and change the course of history for an entire nation of women? American Beate Sirota Gordon, who died on Sunday at the age of 89 in Manhattan, was given just that chance when she wrote women's rights into the 1946 post-war Japanese Constitution.