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• Sofia, Bulgaria Elects First Female Mayor

  
  Vital Voices Blog — Authority: 133
  Bulgarian Education Minister Yordanka Fandukova was elected the first female mayor of the capital city of Sofia in what was described as a “landslide victory” by the Southeast Europe Times. Winning 66 percent of the vote, Fandukova handily defeated her fellow candidates in the mid-November contest.Sofia elects ...
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• Muchinguri decries run-off violence

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 146
  By Our Correspondent HARARE – Zanu-PF secretary for women’s affairs Oppah Muchinguri has decried the political violence that took place during last year’s presidential run-off. The second round of the presidential election was called after main contestants President Robert Mugabe of Zanu-PF and MDC leader ...
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• MPs bid to boost diversity in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Members of the all-party Speakers conference to table amendment to equality bill that would require parties to publish data every six months on diversity of their candidates The Speakers conference, a committee considering ways of making parliament more representative, has not had much of an impact since it was set ...
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• New Lemondrop Post: Meet Congressional Candidate Krystal Ball

  
  Politicoholic by Nisha Chittal — Authority: 105
  I first met  Krystal Ball in August at the progressive bloggers conference  Netroots Nation . She walked into the room during our Youth Caucus and quietly sat down while people were making introductions. When it got to her turn, she announced that she was not here as a blogger: She was running for Congress in the ...
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• Martha Stewart: Palin “boring, confused, dangerous!”

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 152
  November 24, 2009Meow.Martha Stewart goes off on Sarah Palin. One wonders if she finds Palin “boring” why she is answering any questions. Her Martha Stewart Collection must be doing well since Palin’s followers are “WalMart moms” which I imagine frequent KMart as well.FOXQ: Why do you think Sarah Palin is so ...
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• Willie Geist makes sexist reference re: Palin

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 152
  November 24, 2009I posted this video clip initially for Palin’s “backassward“. And then I heard Willie Geist slip in his own sexist comment about Sarah Palin. He compares Palin’s book bus tour to a rock band Whitesnake.GEIST: Doing it like Whitesnake did in the 80’s – city to city.He didn’t pick that ...
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• Geraldine Ferraro re: Sarah Palin’s book

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 152
  November 24, 2009Geraldine Ferraro discusses Sarah Palin’s book. Palin had given Ferraro a shout out on the trail and also in her book. They haven’t spoken since the book – they share a lawyer.Ferraro brings up that Palin had had a spontaneous abortion and had the medical diagnosed to “spontaneous ...
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• Sarah Palin Celebrates Independence Day by Quitting on America

  
  Food for Thought... — Authority: 131
  On July 3rd, 2009, Sarah Louise Palin resigned as the governor of Alaska after serving only 2 ½ years of a single 4-year term in office. In a rambling speech delivered in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, the former governor told the public that she was spending too much time, and taxpayer dollars fighting various ...
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• The EUs nice stich-up | Ilana Bet-El

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxes If someone held the patent for the word "nice" they would make a fortune today: the only thing anyone can find to say about Lady Ashton is that shes nice . Sometimes shes just nice, other times shes ...
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• The EUs gentlemens club | Jon Worth

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  From Tony Blair to Herman Van Rompuy, the contenders for top European jobs are overwhelmingly male Right now in Brussels the heads of the 27 national governments of the European Unions member states will be milling around . Gordon Brown will be lobbying for Tony Blair, Herman Van Rompuy will be trying to persuade ...
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• I’m (Actually) With Sarah

  
  The Intersection — Authority: 615
  If you haven’t already heard, Sarah Palin is the current cover girl of Newsweek . Fair enough–she has a new book out. But the magazine chose to use a photo originally taken for an August 2009 article in Runners World about health and fitness. It was provided to Newsweek without Runners World ’s ...
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• Obligatory Sarah Palin post

  
  Chatelaine — Authority: 144
  Going Rogue, by Sarah Palin Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and one-time vice presidential candidate appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday , and a five-part Barbara Walters interview with her begins today on Good Morning America . And oh, yeah, she’s got a book out. In case you can’t ...
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• Newsweak’s Treatment of Sarah Palin

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 142
  I’m not even going to comment on their story as they certainly have a right to their opinion (it certainly isn’t news), as misguided as it is.  The Newsweek cover is over the top though.  They couldn’t find any other picture to use?  For Runner’s World it’s appropriate, for Newsweek it’s ...
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• Liz Truss case not typical of Tories

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  Snide remarks and an aberrant bunch in Norfolk shouldnt make us think that Conservative associations are a liability Last night, many of us realised – with a gasp and a phew – that we had been holding our breath for some time, as the chairman of South West Norfolk Conservative Association announced to the waiting ...
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• Palin goes rogue on Oprah

  
  Polichicks Online — Authority: 119
  Catch Sarah Palin on Oprah in 10 minutes (Monday at 4pm EST).  Palin will talk about the past election, Katie Couric, Levi Johnston, her family and her new book.  
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• NEPAL: New computer learning brings girls empowerment and education

  
  Women News Network - WNN — Authority: 100
  - PUNITA RIMAL / correspondent - Women News Network - WNNNepal has always been classed as a developing country. In the U.S. it is often called a “third world” country. And it may well remain that way unless Nepal can break out of the vicious cycle of exploiting its people, particularly its women. One strategy ...
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• Democrat Or Republican, Political Women Have a Tough Road To Walk [Power Skirts]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 810
  As Meghan McCain writes , "to be a powerful woman in politics is to be controversial." McCain muses on political women in the public eye, noting: Through it all, the example both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin set is so admirable. I respect any woman who will go out there and run for office. Maybe its a ...
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• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Women’s Rights and Vital Voices

  
  Vital Voices Blog — Authority: 133
  On November 6, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the “No Limits” public policy conference where she spoke of her dedication to the promotion of women’s rights around the world. Clinton also honored the work of Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues and Vital Voices Co-Founder ...
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• Women in politics should address gender issues: NGO

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Low female literacy rate, gender gap, low life expectancy and a range of other women-centric issues which are facing India can only be addressed if more women enter politics, said an NGO here Monday.Working thus towards the agenda of encouraging more women from the grassroots level to enter the ...
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• Woman Gets Amnesia After Sex; Nation Has Amnesia Regarding 1st Woman Elected to Congress

  
  Symon Sez — Authority: 130
  We’ve heard of amnesia.  Few of us have ever really encountered anyone actually getting amnesia and our knowledge of the condition is generally limited to tv shows or movies.  There was the recent case of the man in Seattle who apparently had amnesia.  Many people speculated that he was faking it.  But, amnesia ...
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