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Women in Fiji live in or are from the Republic of Fiji. On March 8, 2007, The Fiji Times ONLINE described Fijian women as playing an important role in the fields of economic and social development in Fijian society. The women of the Republic of Fiji are the "driving force" in health service as nurses and medical doctors.

Still On My Mind

Women as theological figures have played a significant role in the development of various religions and religious hierarchies. The study of women and religion typically examines the role of women within particular religious faiths, and religious doctrines relating to gender, gender roles, and particular women in religious history. It is worth noting from a gender scientific approach, women occupy the second room in all of the following religions in the examples below.George H. Gallup Jr.

Women in Venezuela are South American women who live in or are from Venezuela. The roles of Venezuelan women may differ in urban and rural areas. By tradition, women perform household work and they may accept jobs related to domestic services. In rural areas, Venezuelan women share "demanding physical labor" with men. Due to the rise of the beauty pageant industry, Venezuelan women have become highly regarded as objects of beauty and sexuality.

Women from the USSR

Women and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations, which includes lawyers (also called barristers, attorneys or legal counselors), prosecutors (also called District Attorneys or Crown Prosecutors), judges, legal scholars (including feminist legal theorists), law professors and law school deans.In the US, while women made up 34% of the legal profession in 2014, women are underrepresented in senior positions in all areas of the profession. Women of color are even more underrepresented in the legal profession. In private practice law firms, women make up just 4% of managing partners in the 200 biggest law firms. In 2014 in Fortune 500 corporations, 21% of the general counsels were women, of which only 10.5% were African-American, 5.7% were Hispanic, 1.9% were Asian-American/Pacific Islanders, and 0% were Middle Eastern. In 2009, 21.6% of law school Deans were women. Women held 27.1% of all federal and state judge positions in 2012. In the US, "[w]omen of color were more likely than any other group to experience exclusion from other employees, racial and gender stereotyping." There are few women law school deans; the list includes Joan Mahoney, Barbara Aronstein Black at Columbia Law School, Elena Kagan at Harvard Law School, Kathleen Sullivan at Stanford Law School, and the Hon. Kristin Booth Glenn and Michelle J. Anderson at the City University of New York School of Law.In Canada, while 37.1% of lawyers are women, "50% ...said they felt their [law] firms were doing "poorly" or "very poorly" in their provision of flexible work arrangements." As well, "...racialized women accounted for 16% of all lawyers under 30" in 2006 in Ontario and women Aboriginal lawyers accounted for 1%.

Women of Color Film Festival

Women of Ancient Egypt

A variety of roles were played by women in post-classical warfare. James Illston says "the field of medieval gender studies is a growing one, and nowhere is this expansion more evident than the recent increase in studies which address the roles of medieval women in times of war....this change in research has been invaluable." He provides a 20-page bibliography of dozens of recent scholarly books and articles, most of them connected to the crusades.

This article is about women that appear in the Qur'an. For the roles, rights, and duties of women as laid out in the Qur'an, see Women in Islam.Women in the Qur'an are important characters and subjects of discussion in the stories and morals taught in Islam. Some of the women in the Qur'an are portrayed in a positive light, while others are condemned for their actions. Mary (Maryam - مريم) is the only woman mentioned in the Qur'an by name. The others' names come from other traditions.

Women in Journalism

This article is about women that appear in the Qur'an. For the roles, rights, and duties of women as laid out in the Qur'an, see Women in Islam.Women in the Qur'an are important characters and subjects of discussion in the stories and morals taught in Islam. Some of the women in the Qur'an are portrayed in a positive light, while others are condemned for their actions. Mary (Maryam - مريم) is the only woman mentioned in the Qur'an by name. The others' names come from other traditions. Most of the women in the Quran are represented as either the mothers or wives of certain leaders and prophets. Women in the Quran retained an amount of autonomy from men in some respects; for example, the Quran describes women who converted to Islam before their husbands did, or women who took an independent oath of allegiance to Muhammad.While the Qur'an does not directly name any woman except for Mary, women play a role in many of the rich and varied stories that the Qur'an tells. These stories have been subject to manipulation and rigid interpretation in both classical commentary and popular literature from patriarchal societies. The cultural norms existing within patriarchy have shaped the way that these societies approached the text and created a pervading narrative that dictated the way future generations were set up to interpret these stories and the role of women within the Qur'an. Throughout history, different Islamic exegetes and lawmakers constantly reinterpreted the women presented in the Qur'an as a result of the dominating ideology and historical context of the time. In the wake of modernity and the rise of Islamic feminism, many scholars are looking back to the original text, reexamining the accepted classical interpretations of women, and reimagining the woman’s role within the Qur'an.

Women of Providence in Collaboration

Women in Belfast

Women in science fiction

Women have historically played minor roles in agriculture in the United Kingdom, but the number of female farmers is rising rapidly in the 21st century. In 2008 there were 13,000 female farmers; by 2014 there were 23,000.A 2014 survey by Farmers Weekly showed that 59% of women felt that agriculture was at least as good as other industries in equal opportunities for women. Women were also bringing money into farms through initially small diversifications into other businesses.

Michele Bachelet, who served as the first woman President of Chile from 2006 to 2010.

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Women in Kuwait

Women in Central Asia

Women for Afghan Women, also known as WAW, is the largest non-government Afghan women's rights organization in the world, founded in April 2001, which is dedicated to protecting the rights of Afghan women and girls. WAW is based in New York City as well as Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. The purpose of the organization is to aid in alleviating the problem of gender-based violence and bring about a change in attitude about the problem.

Women and government in the Philippines

Women In Prison Advocacy Network

Rock N Roll is All I Got

Women in love

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Bye Baby

Women in bodybuilding

Women for afghan women

Women and children first

Women in Chad

Women in Mongolia

Women in warfare and the military,1750-1799)

Women in (E)motion

Women in national parliament

In the United States women represent roughly a quarter of all arrests. Women and men are both more likely to be arrested for less-serious property crimes, but men are more likely than women to be involved in violent crime. Since 1960, while arrests in total have decreased, women have become a higher percentage of those arrests, partly due to an increase in drug-related arrests. Steffensmeier and Schwartz (2008) claim that this increase is not because more women are committing substance-abuse offenses, it is because law enforcement officials have begun using broader, more expansive definitions of crimes, arresting more people for minor crimes. Because women are more likely to commit these minor crimes, females have been disproportionately added to the number of arrests.

Women in Estonia are women who were born in, who live in, or are from Estonia in Europe.

Women in Physics

Women In The Shadows

Warner Music UK

Women in Croatia

Rock Sound
Drug Me to Hell

Women in the Mirror

Women in the arts

Women of Champéry, 1912

Pieces of You

Women in the Shadows is a lesbian pulp fiction novel written in 1959 by Ann Bannon (pseudonym of Ann Weldy). It is the third in a series of pulp fiction novels that eventually came to be known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. It was originally published in 1959 by Gold Medal Books, again in 1983 by Naiad Press, and again in 2002 by Cleis Press.

Women of Outstanding Achievement

Women in scanty armour

Women in jazz have contributed throughout the many eras of jazz history, both as performers and as composers, songwriters and bandleaders. While women such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were famous for their jazz singing, women have achieved much less recognition for their contributions as composers, bandleaders and instrumental performers. Other notable jazz women include piano player Lil Hardin Armstrong and jazz songwriters Irene Higginbotham and Dorothy Fields.

Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) is a non-profit organisation headquartered in Lagos Nigeria. It was established by the late Chief Olabisi Olateru-Olagbegi in 1993 for the promotion of the rights of women and children in Nigeria. WOCON lead the campaign against women trafficking in Nigeria on the 8 of March 1996 after research conducted earlier that year in partnership with the United Nations".

The Story Of A Man And A Woman

Women in telegraphy

The Women’s National Committee of Yemen is a government-affiliated body working to empower women. Local Yemenis work on the committee in coordination with national and international partners to safeguard women’s fundamental human rights. The Millennium Development Goals provide the framework guiding the committee’s main policy priority areas.

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Women in Atar, Mauritania, 2006

In almost every country in the world, men are put above women. Although this case is not true for every country, it applies to most of the world. Gender equality is an issue that is being developed and is essential for women and men to participate equally in society and in the economy. An organization called the World’s Bank’s Africa Region Gender is dedicated to improving the lives of women and men by supporting government partners with knowledge and finance.How can we solve these problems? How can we make sure that both males and females in Ivory Coast have the same level of education? First of all, we can make sure that the parents of these children keep them in school until their preferred level (college, university, etc.). They also need to teach/lead the mindsets of the children about how education is important and how child labor should not be their only main focus, but education should be too. More people should do this, while still focusing on their finances.Women in Ivory Coast formed less than half the country's population in 2003. Their social roles and opportunities have changed since the time of French colonialism.From independence in 1960, women's status under the law was inferior to that of men, and this continued until the 1990s. The legal changes following President's Félix Houphouët-Boigny death brought improvement in legal and educational opportunities for women at all levels, and women have been moving into the highest levels of business and government.Cultural traditions and practices, too, have usually marked women for inferior status. While adherence to traditional roles persists, this continuity—as well as the traditions themselves—vary greatly with place and social context. Ivory Coast has more than 60 ethnic groups, usually classified into five principal divisions: Akan (east and center, including the "Lagoon peoples" of the southeast), Krou (southwest), Mandé (Mandé west and Mandé northwest groups), and Senufo-Lobi (north center and northeast). Each of these groups has its own traditional roles for women, as do the religions practiced in the country (Christian 20–30 percent, Muslim 15–20 percent, indigenous 35–50 percent).Today's northern Ivory Coast was at the periphery of the Mali Empire and the great medieval states of the Sahel, while with Portuguese (from the 1460s) and later French colonial expansion, women of the southern regions experienced wars of colonialism and resistance firsthand. In the 1970s, Ivory Coast was considered the economic leader of West Africa, but since the 1990s, poverty and conflict have increased, at times affecting women disproportionately. The interplay of all these experiences has transformed the social roles of women in Ivorian society.The main issue of gender equality in Ivory Coast is the education. According to CIA World Factbook, the literacy rate in Ivory Coast in total is 43.1%. 53.1% of males can read and write and only 32.5% of females can read and write. This shows that more than half of men can read, and less than half of women can read. It also states that the school life expectancy for males is ten years, whereas for girls it’s eight years. So far, no specific organizations have helped women education in Ivory Coast. However, many organizations have helped education for women in Africa as a whole, such as Africa Education Trust and Aid for Africa.In order for women’s education to be as equal as the men’s in Ivory Coast, the government must provide more schools for free, so that the people don’t think about financial issues once they put their child at school, and so the parents can afford to put both their sons and daughters in school. Education is free in Ivory Coast, but the parents must provide the school supplies, which might be a challenge if they have more than one child (Our Africa). This might lessen the need for women to go to school. For this to happen, the people must inform the government and if they refuse, protest. Education is a basic right everyone should afford, no matter the gender.By making education supplies free, it takes one more weight off of the adult’s shoulders. This would insure that more women will have an education. By doing this, the child labor would lessen, but at least they’ll have a good education and in the future, they’re more likely to have a job. This will make the citizens of Africa’s lives much easier in terms of finances and education.

Women have been active participants in the development of radio (or wireless) communications since its beginning. The age of radio communication began with the development of wireless telegraphy around 1900, in which Morse code could be transmitted over large distances using simple spark gap or carbon arc transmitting equipment, and various types of detectors for reception.

Women have been active in brewing since ancient times and though Western societies have for the last 150 years viewed brewing as a male dominated field, traditionally, it was an activity engaged in by women. Ethnographic and archaeological studies have shown that brewing was an outcropping of gathering or baking traditions, which were predominantly women's roles throughout the world.

Women in Kuwait are among the most emancipated women in the Middle East region. In 2014 and 2015, Kuwait was ranked first among Arab countries in the Global Gender Gap Report. In 2013, 53% of Kuwaiti women participated in the labor force. Kuwaiti women outnumber men in the workforce.Women in Kuwait have experienced many changes since the discovery of oil. They have a long history of official political and social activism which started in the 1960s and continues today.

In the United States women represent roughly a quarter of all arrests. Women and men are both more likely to be arrested for less-serious property crimes, but men are more likely than women to be involved in violent crime. Since 1960, while arrests in total have decreased, women have become a higher percentage of those arrests, partly due to an increase in drug-related arrests.

Women in Uzbekistan

Women in warfare and the military (1900-1945)

Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations, which includes lawyers (also called barristers, attorneys or legal counselors), prosecutors (also called District Attorneys or Crown Prosecutors), judges, legal scholars (including feminist legal theorists), law professors and law school deans.In the US, while women made up 34% of the legal profession in 2014, women are underrepresented in senior positions in all areas of the profession.

Women Of Troy

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Helmuth Orthmann

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Japanese

Women and Children Last

Women in the Roman Empire

Women in the Republic of South Sudan

Women from France

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Diario segreto da un carcere femminile (internationally released as Women in Cell Block 7) is a 1973 Italian women in prison film written and directed by Rino Di Silvestro. It represents the directorial debut of Di Silvestro and the first Italian women in prison film.

Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Women in the People's Republic of China

Women in (E)motion (Odetta album)

Women in the Air Force (WAF) was a program which served to bring women into limited roles in the United States Air Force. WAF was formed in 1948 when President Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, allowing women to serve directly in the military. The WAF program ended in 1976 when women were accepted into the USAF on an equal basis with men.WAF was distinct from the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), a small group of female civilian transport pilots that was formed in 1942 with Nancy H. Love as commander. WAFS was folded into the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in 1943; WASP was disbanded in December, 1944.

Women have been a vital part of history and culture in the geographic area known as Oceania today. Women in Oceania have diverse cultural identities which relate to the geography of the continent and the social structures of the people living there. Their evolution, culture and history coincide with the history of Oceania itself.Today women from Oceania include women who are from sovereign states in the region, such as women from Australia, New Zealand, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.Other Oceanian women may come from dependencies and territories such as those of the Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Women in warfare and the military (1900–45)

Women and Children Last is the second and final studio album by American horror punk supergroup Murderdolls released through Roadrunner Records on August 31, 2010. With the exception of Murderdolls touring guitarist Roman Surman, who contributed lead guitars to the album, and Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars, who makes guest appearances on the tracks "Drug Me to Hell" and "Blood-Stained Valentine", the album was recorded by Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison.

Women in Chad, a landlocked country in Central Africa, are the mainstay of its predominantly rural-based economy and they outnumber the men.

Women in Ancient Athens

A cooperative ("co-op") is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual, social, economic, and cultural benefit through a mutually owned and democratically run enterprise.

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Women and Children Last is the second and final studio album by American horror punk supergroup Murderdolls released through Roadrunner Records on August 31, 2010. With the exception of Murderdolls touring guitarist Roman Surman, who contributed lead guitars to the album, and Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars, who makes guest appearances on the tracks "Drug Me to Hell" and "Blood-Stained Valentine", the album was recorded by Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison. The album was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris. In an interview for Metal Hammer, Jordison explained why the old lineup would not be returning:On June 17, 2010, on the Murderdolls Facebook page, the lead single from the album, titled "My Dark Place Alone", was available for full preview on Bloody-Disgusting.com. On June 22, the single was made available for free download, for 48 hours only, from the Roadrunner website. Mock film trailers were released for four of the album's nonsingle tracks: "Drug Me to Hell", "Summertime Suicide", "Death Valley Superstars" (never released because it was deemed "too violent"), and "Chapel of Blood".

Women in the Mirror (Japanese: 鏡の女たち, translit. Kagami no onnatachi) is a 2002 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

Women from Portugal

Women at Michigan tech

The Funeral Ball

"Tubular X"

Women in Tobago

A Venezuelan mother and her child, 1932

Women have been a vital part of history and culture in the geographic area known as Oceania today. Women in Oceania have diverse cultural identities which relate to the geography of the continent and the social structures of the people living there.

Women of Distinction Awards

The lives, roles, and rights of women in Chile have gone through many changes over time. Chilean women's societal roles have historically been impacted by traditional gender roles and a patriarchal culture, but throughout the twentieth century, women increasingly involved themselves in politics and protest, resulting in provisions to the constitution to uphold equality between men and women and prohibit sex discrimination.Women's educational attainment, workforce participation, and rights have improved, especially since Chile became a democracy again in 1990. Chile legalized divorce in 2004 and is also one of the few countries to have elected a female president. However, Chilean women still face many economic and political challenges, including income disparity, high rates of domestic violence, and lingering gender roles.

Women from the West Indies

Harrington: A Story of True Love

The Women in Prison Advocacy Network (abbreviated as WIPAN) is an incorporated not-for-profit charity based in Sydney, Australia. WIPAN is a volunteer-based organisation and focuses on advocacy around issues affecting female prisoners, providing support to women exiting prison through its mentoring program, with the aim to reduce rates of female incarceration and recidivism.

Women of Providence in Collaboration or WPC is an association of congregations of North American Roman Catholic religious sisters with "Providence" in their name. It initially grew out of an idea by Sister Michelle Holland, SP (Spokane, Washington), to have an event for religious congregations to come together with the purpose of "exploring together the theology and spirituality of Providence." This event occurred in 1980 in Great Falls, Montana, and 80 sisters from varying congregations attended.In 1982 another event occurred, from which a Women of Providence in Collaboration steering committee was formed. This committee included Michelle Holland, SP of Spokane; Barbara Doherty, SP of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods; Kathleen Popko, SP of Holyoke; Mary Joan Coultas, CDP of Pittsburgh; and Anita Green, CDP of St. Louis.Since 1982, the congregations have continued meeting and hosting events for their congregation members. These members are:Congregation of Divine Providence, San Antonio, TexasCongregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence, Wakefield, Rhode IslandMissionary Catechists of Divine Providence, San Antonio, TexasOblate Sisters of Providence, BaltimoreSisters of Providence, Montreal QuebecSisters of Providence of Holyoke, MassachusettsSisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IndianaSisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston, OntarioThe current executive director is Sister Ann Margaret O'Hara, SP, member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

Hurting Inside

Women from Tonga

Sister Ann Margaret O'Hara, SP

AltSounds

Women in Switzerland are women who live in and are from Switzerland. The legal and social role of Swiss women has evolved significantly from the mid-20th century onwards.

Women of Ireland (song)

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Women of All Red Nations

Mongolian women had a higher social status than women in many other Asian societies, but were considered unable to herd cattle and possibly not horses.

Women of Russia

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Women of Today was a 1950 British television talk show which aired on the BBC. It was described in the Radio Times as "A series of personal portraits". It was hosted by Jeanne Heal, and ran for about four episodes. It is unlikely that any of the episodes still exist, given the wiping of the era, as well as the fact that the BBC very rarely telerecorded shows prior to the mid-1950s.

Women in prison films

Women have been active participants in the development of radio (or wireless) communications since its beginning. The age of radio communication began with the development of wireless telegraphy around 1900, in which Morse code could be transmitted over large distances using simple spark gap or carbon arc transmitting equipment, and various types of detectors for reception. Guglielmo Marconi achieved international fame in 1901 when he succeeded in sending a simple message in Morse code - the letter "s" - across the Atlantic from Cornwall in England to Newfoundland.

Women in Technology

The Women of Color Policy Network is a policy research entity funded by the Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. The Women of Color Policy Network provides data to community-based groups about the impact of policy on women of color in areas of health, economics, employment etc. The network also mentors young women of color to enter fields such as policy and advocacy. The Women of Color Policy Network at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service closed its doors on March 24, 2013.

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The Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition was an annual event organised by the UKRC. It recognised women within science, engineering and technology (SET). The exhibition was created in 2006. Between six and eight women were chosen each year to be photographed by Robert Taylor. Nominations occur in the Autumn of each year and the recipients were announced at a ceremony in March of the following year.Many of the portraits from previous years are on permanent loan to institutions such as the University of Oxford, The Royal Society and The Royal Academy of Engineering. The portrait of scientist Nancy Rothwell was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery.In March 2010 the exhibition opened at The Royal Academy of Engineering. Evan Harris, MP for the Liberal Democrats, unveiled the portraits.

Women in telegraphy have been evident since the 1840s. The introduction of practical systems of telegraphy in the 1840s led to the creation of a new occupational category, the telegrapher, telegraphist or telegraph operator. Duties of the telegrapher included sending and receiving telegraphic messages, known as telegrams, using a variety of signaling systems, and routing of trains for the railroads. While telegraphy is often viewed as a males-only occupation, women were also employed as telegraph operators from its earliest days. Telegraphy was one of the first communications technology occupations open to women.

Women in Tibet

Women in the Philippine government

Women in the Air Force

Women in warfare and the military (1750–99)

Women and government in the Philippines describes the trend on how women in the Philippines participate in the politics and governance of the Republic of the Philippines throughout its history. There had been a gradual increase in the number of Filipino women participating in Philippine politics, both at the local and national level.

Richard Eichberg-Film

Women from Canada

The Women of Color Policy Network is a policy research entity funded by the Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. The Women of Color Policy Network provides data to community-based groups about the impact of policy on women of color in areas of health, economics, employment etc. The network also mentors young women of color to enter fields such as policy and advocacy. The Women of Color Policy Network at the Robert F.

Women in Filipino politics

"Women of Ireland" is an instrumental piece by musician Mike Oldfield, originally released in 1996. It is a version of the traditional folk song, "Mná na hÉireann" (Women of Ireland).Originally from the 1996 album Voyager, it also appeared on the compilation XXV: The Essential. The single release "Women of Ireland XXV" includes two mixes of the song along with a reel tune, similar to the ending pieces of the first two Tubular Bells albums.

Women are indeed the better diplomats

Women in the Israeli Defense Forces

Women Speak is a 1988 Chinese article written by Beijing-based Xiang Ya (向娅) about sexual revolution in the country as it "opened up". The piece includes supposedly "tape-recorded" interviews of 10 anonymous urban women in their 30s and 40s, who discussed their highly private love/sex lives and thoughts. It was translated to English by Diana B. Kingsbury in her 1994 translated anthology I Wish I Were a Wolf.Women Speak was adapted into a 1989 film Golden Fingernails directed by Bao Zhifang.

Hans Albers

Woman in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 2007

Women from Yemen

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Women and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa refers to the agricultural system in Sub-Saharan Africa that is predominantly small-scale farming system with more than 50% of the agricultural activity performed by women, producing about 60-70% of the food in this region. While women provide the majority of the labor in agricultural production, their access and control over productive resources is greatly constrained due to inequalities constructed by patriarchal norms.

Intro

Women In (E)motion

Women in Middle America

Women of Today

Women from Turkmenistan

Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls

Women letter writers in early modern Europe created lengthy correspondences, where they expressed their intellect and their creativity; in the process, they also left a rich historic legacy.Over time, a large number of women's correspondences have been made the subject of publications. Some among them ignored the literary value of these missives that were sometimes circulated by their recipients.

Women in 19th century warfare

Jon Astrop

Women of India

Women as theological figures

The Beebo Brinker Chronicles

Women Media Center

Women in the second world war

Women of Luxury

Women On the Run

Gender Equality in M

Jyoti Mishra

Women in France

Women in development approach

Women in Cell Block 7

Khmer women are supposed to be modest, soft-spoken, "light" walkers, well-mannered, industrious, belong to the household, act as the family's caregivers and caretakers and financial comptrollers, perform as the "preserver of the home", maintain their virginity until marriage, become faithful wives, and act as advisors and servants to their husbands.

SoundSphere

Women from Seychelles

Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia is a 16-volume reference work of biographies of notable women. It includes biographies of around 10,000 women, and also includes genealogical charts of noble families and some joint entries about multiple women (such as "Astronauts: Women in Space").

Blood Stained Valentine

Women in the Virgin Islands of the United States

Women in the house of commons

Factors that conditioned the role of women in Mauritanian society in the late 1980s included the impact of Islam and sharia (Islamic law); West African influences that allowed women substantial independence in some social and economic areas; economic modernization, which challenged customary behavior patterns in some areas; and Mauritania's rapid pace of urbanization, which subjected traditional nomadic customs to new scrutiny. Many women in such urban centers as Nouakchott, for example, were born in the rural interior of the country and found their childhood training challenged by changing urban social conditions.Girls' education took place primarily at home and emphasized homemaking skills. Some girls attended Quranic schools, but their training was usually limited to learning verses from the Quran and attaining minimal literacy skills. A mother's responsibility toward her daughter traditionally included instruction in household and family affairs and childrearing. In recent decades, fathers were responsible for financing any formal education for their children, but a father's most important responsibility toward his daughters was to prepare them for marriage, primarily by ensuring their physical attractiveness. In Mauritania, women are considered beautiful if they are moderately to morbidly obese. A widespread practice, in order to maintain this level of obesity, was forced feeding (leblouh). Forced feeding usually involved psychological pressure, rather than physical force, but it often required a family to reserve substantial quantities of food—in most cases, milk--for consumption by its pre-teenage daughters, whose beauty was a measure of a father's commitment to the marriage alliances they would form. Many young women were betrothed or married by the age of eight or ten. Unmarried teenage girls were subjected to severe social criticism.Divorce was fairly common in Mauritanian society in the 1980s, even among very traditional villagers. A divorced man suffered no social stigma, but a divorced woman could still become an outcast if her family or her former husband's family criticized her behavior. Women traditionally had cared for their homes and worked in limited agricultural pursuits; but by the 1980s, they were beginning to enter professions formerly closed to them, such as commerce, teaching, and a variety of skilled occupations.By 1985 nearly one-fourth of all girls below the age of eleven attended primary school, a marked increase over enrollment figures just a decade earlier. More women were also attending secondary schools and universities. Mauritania's first female cabinet official was Aïssata Kane, who was Minister of Social Affairs from 1975 to 1978. After that, another woman was not appointed to cabinet until 1987, when Khadijatou Bint Ahmed became Minister of Mines and Industry.

Women from the Vatican

Women for Wik is an organisation of women, including Aboriginal, non-Aboriginal and non-Torres Strait Islanders, which has established an independent, rigorous, verifiable, complete and objective monitoring of the Australian Federal Government's intervention in the Northern Territory and an Australian travel guide and information service.

Women in the Federated States of Micronesia are women who live in or are from the Federated States of Micronesia, an independent sovereign island nation composed of four states. Thus, FSM women includes women from the States of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei (formerly Ponape) and Kosrae (previously known as Kusaie).

Khmer women are supposed to be modest, soft-spoken, "light" walkers, well-mannered, industrious, belong to the household, act as the family's caregivers and caretakers and financial comptrollers, perform as the "preserver of the home", maintain their virginity until marriage, become faithful wives, and act as advisors and servants to their husbands. The "light" walking and refinement of Cambodian women is further described as being "quiet in […] movements that one cannot hear the sound of their silk skirt rustling". As financial controllers, the women of Cambodia can be identified as having real household authority at the familial level.In recent years, women have become more active in the traditionally male-dominated spheres of work and politics in Cambodia.

Women Of Ireland (Mike Oldfield single)

The Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition was an annual event organised by the UKRC. It recognised women within science, engineering and technology (SET). The exhibition was created in 2006. Between six and eight women were chosen each year to be photographed by Robert Taylor.

Women are Better Diplomats

There have been 85 women in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since its establishment in 1860, and five of those women have sat twice (Beryce Nelson, Judy Gamin, Dr. Lesley Clark, Grace Grace and Kate Jones). Women have had the right to vote in the Assembly since 1905 and the right to stand as candidates since 1915.The first successful female candidate for the Legislative Assembly was Irene Longman, who was elected as the member for Bulimba in 1929 representing the Country and Progressive National Party. She was defeated in 1932, and women were not represented again until 1966, when Labor's Vi Jordan won the seat of Ipswich West. Although Jordan was defeated in 1974, that year also saw two more women, Vicky Kippin of the National Country Party and Rosemary Kyburz of the Liberal Party, enter parliament.1989 was considered a breakthrough year for women in the Queensland Parliament, as previously only 11 women had sat in the parliament. The first female minister was Yvonne Chapman in 1986. In 1991, Joan Sheldon became the first woman to lead a Party, and in 1996, she became the first woman Treasurer. In 2012, Fiona Simpson became the first woman Speaker. The first non-major party woman, independent Liz Cunningham, was elected as the member for Gladstone in 1995. Since then, three other women, Dorothy Pratt, Rosa Lee Long and Elisa Roberts, have won seats for non-major parties. All were originally elected for One Nation, although Pratt and Roberts subsequently retained their seats as independents. Only one Indigenous Australian woman, Leeanne Enoch, has been elected to the Queensland parliament.Anna Bligh was the first woman to become Premier, succeeding Peter Beattie in 2007. In 2009 she became the first woman in Australia to win an election as Premier. In 2015, the two highest ministers in the Queensland government were both women with Annastacia Palaszczuk as Premier and Jackie Trad as Deputy Premier, the second in Australian political history. Palaszczuk was also the first woman to lead an opposition into government. The Palaszczuk Ministry was the first female dominated government in Australian history with 8 out of the 14 ministers being women.Although women have been Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 1966, they are still under-represented as a proportion compared to men. In 2001, Queensland held the record for the proportion of women in the parliament with 33 out of 89 members (37%) being women. Since then the proportion of women have fallen. There were 25 women out of 89 members (28%) in the 2015 Queensland Parliament.

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Women in the telegraph industry

The Women of Color Film Festival was founded in 1992 and takes place at the University of California at Santa Cruz.As the longest running event of its kind, the UCSC Women of Color Film and Video Festival has sparked dialogue across communities locally, nationally, and trans-nationally by providing a platform for critical explorations of race, nation, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. It has become a much-anticipated and acclaimed event for its commitment to visual expression, scholarship, and activism.To date it has shown close to 300 films by women of color as well as hosted workshops and panel discussions with filmmakers, artists, and activists. Past festival participants have included Julie Dash, Cheryl Dunye, Lourdes Portillo, Alma Lopez, and Osa Hidalgo de la Riva.

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Women in film describes the role of women as film directors, actresses, cinematographers, film producers, film critics, and other film industry professions. The work of women film scholars, including feminist film theorists is also described. Women are statistically underrepresented in creative positions in the center of the US film industry, Hollywood. This underrepresentation has been called the "celluloid ceiling", a variant on the employment discrimination term "glass ceiling".

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Women in Portugal received full legal equality with Portuguese men as mandated by Portugal's constitution of 1976, which in turn resulted from the Revolution of 1974. Because of this, Portuguese women received the right to vote and full equality in marriage. By the early part of the 1990s, many women of Portugal became professionals, including being medical doctors and lawyers, a leap from many being merely office employees and factory workers.

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Women in Medieval Scotland includes all aspects of the lives and status of women between the departure of the Romans from Northern Britain in the fifth century to the introduction of the Renaissance and Reformation in the early sixteenth century. Medieval Scotland was a patriarchal society, but how exactly patriarchy worked in practice is difficult to discern. A large proportion of the women for whom biographical details survive were members of the royal houses of Scotland. Some of these became important figures. There was only one reigning Scottish Queen in this period, the uncrowned and short-lived Margaret, Maid of Norway (r. 1286–90).Girls of noble families were taught in nunneries and by the end of the fifteenth century Edinburgh also had schools for girls, sometimes described as "sewing schools". Private tuition in the families of lords and wealthy burghers may have extended to women, but for most women educational opportunities remained extremely limited. Despite this there is evidence of female Gaelic poets. By the late Medieval era, Lowland society was probably part of the north-west European marriage model, of life-cycle service, with many young people, both male and female, leaving home to become domestic and agricultural servants, followed by relatively late marriage. Women retained their original surname at marriage and, while many girls from the social elite married in their teens, by the end of the period most in the Lowlands only married after a period of life-cycle service, in their twenties. There was no divorce, but separation from bed and board was allowed in exceptional circumstances.In the burghs there were probably high proportions of poor households headed by widows, who survived on casual earnings and the profits from selling foodstuffs or ale. Spinning was an expected part of the daily work of Medieval townswomen of all social classes. In crafts, women could sometimes be apprentices, but they could not join guilds in their own right. Scotland was relatively poorly supplied with nunneries, but prioresses were figures with considerable authority. There may have been small numbers of anchorites. The Virgin Mary, as the epitome of a wife and mother, was probably an important model for women. Some, usually wives, acting through relatives and husbands as benefactors or property owners connected with local altars and cults of devotion. New cults of devotion connected with Jesus and the Virgin Mary began to reach Scotland in the fifteenth century.
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Women in Palestine

Women are Still the Better Diplomats

In almost every country in the world, men are put above women. Although this case is not true for every country, it applies to most of the world. Gender equality is an issue that is being developed and is essential for women and men to participate equally in society and in the economy.

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Women in telegraphy have been evident since the 1840s. The introduction of practical systems of telegraphy in the 1840s led to the creation of a new occupational category, the telegrapher, telegraphist or telegraph operator. Duties of the telegrapher included sending and receiving telegraphic messages, known as telegrams, using a variety of signaling systems, and routing of trains for the railroads.

The social and legal situation of women in Uzbekistan has been influenced by local traditions, religion, the Soviet rule, and changing social norms since independence.

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Women in the Philippine Marine Corps

Women in rural enterprise

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Women Strike For Peace

Women in the Philipppine Air Force

Women Unite

Women letter writers

Women of Sodom

Women Hold Up Half the Sky is the solo debut studio album by Ruby Turner, released in 1986 by Jive Records. It includes a cover version of the Staple Singers song, "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", a duet with Jonathan Butler, and the Etta James standard "I'd Rather Go Blind".

Women of Cambodia

Women of Ku Klux Klan

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Women and Freemasonry

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The women in Nagorno-Karabakh are, in general, composed of Armenian women, Azerbaijani (Azeri) women, and other ethnic groupings. This “blend of races” of women in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic resulted because, historically, Nagorno-Karabakh became a part of Azerbaijan after the fall and disintegration of the Soviet Union. However, after the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the 1988 to 1994, Nagorno-Karabakh is currently occupied and governed by Armenia. The declaration of independence by Nagorno-Karabakh had not been endorsed by Armenia and Azerbaijan. At present, Nagorno-Karabakh is not officially recognized as a de facto nation by the international community.For these reasons, some Nagorno-Karabakh women took roles in peacebuilding for the benefit of the place they are now calling as their country and home. The expanse belonging to what is now known geographically as Nagorno-Karabakh is still officially and technically considered as a part of Azerbaijan. Women's organizations based in both Azerbaijan and Armenia, are the key supporters for the peace building endeavor in Nagorno-Karabakh since 2004. Some of the organizations involved include the Women's Resource Center in Yerevan, Armenia and the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation.The efforts taken by the women of Nagorno-Karabakh include conducting peace building consultations and forums such as the “Nagorno-Karabakh women for peace and peaceful coexistence” conference in July 2002 which was held at Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. The topics tackled during the conferences and forums incorporated the role of women as peacekeepers, the “consolidation of democracy” in the region, human rights situations in the area, enforcement of peaceful coexistence, analysis of the consequences of war and conflict, dialogue between communities, peaceful settlement of disagreements, protection of women and children, socio-economic and political issues, and “post-conflict rehabilitation of the region”.

Women in the Air Force (WAF) was a program which served to bring women into limited roles in the United States Air Force. WAF was formed in 1948 when President Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, allowing women to serve directly in the military.

A portrait about the social classes of French women in 1916

Women are better diplomats

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Women in the Third Reich

Women in the Church

Women in venture capital

Women in cooperatives

In My Life

Women of Abkhazia

Women in the Armed Forces of the Philippines

Women in the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Women from Africa

Women in Paraguay

Women in Film and Television International

The World According to Revenge

He's Mine

Women in the Reformation

Women in ancient China

Women in Mauritania

Women judges

Women in Switzerland

Kuwaiti women.

Women in the Philippine police force

Women for Wik

Nothing's Gonna Be Alright
A Moment of Violence
Death Valley Superstars

Women from Syria

Traditionally, women in Singapore played a small role in the country's political scene public life.

Women law school deans

Women and work

Women of Russia (Russian: Женщины России, Zhenshchiny Rossii, ZhR) was a political party in Russia.

Women Management is a modeling agency based in New York. Founded by Paul Rowland in 1988, Women also has a sister agency, Supreme Management, which is also part of the Women International Agency Chain.Now there are also offices in Paris and Milan. The New York and Milan offices also have a Women Direct branch, which represents commercial models and celebrities, such as Daniela Pestova and Dylan Guirao.

Women of South America

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Women in law

Women in Estonia

Women in Black

The roles of women in France have changed throughout history.

Women letter writers in early modern Europe created lengthy correspondences, where they expressed their intellect and their creativity; in the process, they also left a rich historic legacy.Over time, a large number of women's correspondences have been made the subject of publications. Some among them ignored the literary value of these missives that were sometimes circulated by their recipients. Some correspondences were, on the other hand, strictly private and their literary value—and historic value, as well—was not revealed until the rediscovery of these letters, perhaps long after the death of their authors, as in the case of Élisabeth Bégon, whose correspondence was not discovered until 1932 in the archives of the French Ministry of the Navy.It is usually agreed that what makes these letters distinctive emanates from their spontaneity. Marie de Sévigné was the incarnation of this quality, to the point of becoming considered by many as the archetype of the woman letter writer, and an altogether literary author, even among her contemporaries, such as Suzanne Curchod:It is this precious collection that seems to flow into the reputation of all women: because it is always repeated, ever since Madame de Sévigné, that women write better than men and that they feel things more delicately than them. Suzanne CurchodIn 1669, the famous Letters of a Portuguese Nun appeared, presented as a translation of five letters sent by a Portuguese nun to a French officer. For a long time, these letters were accepted as authentic letters written by Mariana Alcoforado, before being definitively shown by a modern critic to be a work of literary fiction, attributed to Gabriel de Guilleragues.The frontier between reality and fiction becomes blurry between literature and correspondence, above all when novelists turned this writing technique into a literary device that would become the epistolary novel, a genre that reached its peak during the Enlightenment when writers tried to persuade readers that between their hands was a real correspondence, which is what Jean-Jacques Rousseau more or less achieved with Julie, or the New Heloise.

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Women of Genesis - The Wives of Israel

Women are wonderful effect

Ten women speak

Women in the War of the Triple Alliance

Association of congregations of women religious

Women in Devil May Cry

Women in motion

Women consortium of Nigeria

Women in space (disambiguation)

Kerrang!

Women in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Women of Ireland XXV

Women in the Paraguayan War

Women of North Korea

The women in Nagorno-Karabakh are, in general, composed of Armenian women, Azerbaijani (Azeri) women, and other ethnic groupings. This “blend of races” of women in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic resulted because, historically, Nagorno-Karabakh became a part of Azerbaijan after the fall and disintegration of the Soviet Union. However, after the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the 1988 to 1994, Nagorno-Karabakh is currently occupied and governed by Armenia.

Women in agriculture in the United Kingdom

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Women have historically played minor roles in agriculture in the United Kingdom, but the number of female farmers is rising rapidly in the 21st century. In 2008 there were 13,000 female farmers; by 2014 there were 23,000.A 2014 survey by Farmers Weekly showed that 59% of women felt that agriculture was at least as good as other industries in equal opportunities for women. Women were also bringing money into farms through initially small diversifications into other businesses. Farmers Weekly ran a television show, Farmers Apprentice, presented by the Leicestershire dairy farmer Philippa Hall. In March 2016, the then Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss celebrated International Women's Day with women farmers. In Scotland, too, the government and the National Farmers Union Scotland are working to promote women in agriculture in the 21st century.

Women of Burma

The 42nd Canadian Parliament includes a record number of female Members of Parliament, with 88 women elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2015 election. This represents a gain of twelve seats over the previous record of 76 women in the 41st Canadian Parliament.

Women in the army

Women National Committee

Women in post-classical warfare

Women in the Quran

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Women in NASCAR

Women In Revolt

Women have been active in brewing since ancient times and though Western societies have for the last 150 years viewed brewing as a male dominated field, traditionally, it was an activity engaged in by women. Ethnographic and archaeological studies have shown that brewing was an outcropping of gathering or baking traditions, which were predominantly women's roles throughout the world. From the earliest evidence of brewing, from 7000 BCE, until the commercialization of brewing during industrialization, women were the primary brewers on all inhabited continents. In many cultures, deities, goddesses and protectors of brewer were female entities and associated with fertility.From the middle of the eighteenth century, many women were barred from participating in alcohol production and were relegated to roles as barmaids, pub operators, bottlers or secretaries for breweries. In less industrialized areas, women continued to produce homebrews and traditional alcoholic beverages. From the mid-20th century, women began working as chemists for brewing establishments. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s women began reentering the field as craft brewers.

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Women in Fiji live in or are from the Republic of Fiji. On March 8, 2007, The Fiji Times ONLINE described Fijian women as playing an important role in the fields of economic and social development in Fijian society. The women of the Republic of Fiji are the "driving force" in health service as nurses and medical doctors. They are also key players and managers in the tourism and entertainment industries, as well as teachers in the field of education.According to the article Women's work and fertility in Fiji, "the presence of very young children and larger family sizes contribute to the low level of labour force participation of Fijian and Indian women in Fiji." By culture and tradition, a woman in Fiji lives in a paternalistic and patriarchal society wherein she has a secondary role at home performing household chores that include cooking meals and cleaning the house. As community and village members women are treated as subservient to men.

Women of Mali

Women in Ivory Coast

Pakistan

Women in warfare and the military (1900–1945)

Women football (soccer)

Women from the Marshall Islands

Women Management

Women in Paraguay live in a culture that has been undergoing rapid change in recent decades. Women's rights were expanded through constitutional and legal changes during the 1990s. Cultural attitudes towards many areas of women's lives are also changing.

Women of Oceania

"Women of Ireland XXV"

Bryan "Chuck" New

The Women Media Center (WMC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005. Based in Karachi, Pakistan, the Center promotes gender equality in Pakistani mass media. The organization's main objectives are to conduct research, educate women in various professions of the media and to promote creativity among Pakistani women.The Women Media Center trains these women with the latest facilities available, equips them with modern journalism techniques and assists them in becoming a productive part of Pakistani/international media. The WMC produces numerous of various media, such as news packages, documentaries and talk shows. To date, over 1,000 women have received training from the Center.The Women Media Center was founded by Fauzia Shaheen, who serves as its Executive Director and General Secretary.

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Women in Kuwait are among the most emancipated women in the Middle East region. In 2014 and 2015, Kuwait was ranked first among Arab countries in the Global Gender Gap Report. In 2013, 53% of Kuwaiti women participated in the labor force. Kuwaiti women outnumber men in the workforce.Women in Kuwait have experienced many changes since the discovery of oil. They have a long history of official political and social activism which started in the 1960s and continues today. In the 1950s their access to education and employment increased dramatically.

This article is about women as subjects of art. For women creating art in the Philippines, see Filipino women artists.Women in Philippine art is the many forms of art in the Philippines that utilizes women in the Philippines and even women from other parts of the world as the main subject depending on the purpose of the Filipino artist. The portrayal of women in the visual arts depend on the context on how Philippine society perceives women and their roles in human communities, such as their own.

Women as Lovers (Book)

Women from Benin

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Women from Côte d'Ivoire

Women in warfare and the military in the medieval era

Women in the 42nd Canadian Parliament

Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation

PopMatters

Women Victims of War Association

Women National Committee (Yemen)

Women in the State of Palestine

Women in Film and Television

Women in white

Women in the Refrigerator

Women and clothing in Incan Society

Women in Croatia form half the population and in modern Croatian culture they are largely equal to men.

Women in the Seychelles

Women in the US Judiciary

Women from Ancient Egypt

Women in warfare (1945–1999)

Süd-Film

Women in comic books

Women Unite is a vocal and percussion group consisting of eight South African women.Women Unite was founded in the spring of 1997 by Thandi Swaartbooi. The group has an idealistic profile, and seeks to empower women in various ways, particularly as related to art and music, and to stand up against contemporary social ills like AIDS, domestic abuse, drugs and gangsterism.Their style of music is described by the group as traditional South African.

Women in the Russian and Soviet military have played many roles in their country's military history. Women of Russia and the Soviet Union played an important role in World Wars, especially during World War II.

Women Media Center Pakistan

Women in Guatemala

Women in the Federated States of Micronesia

Women in the Philippine Armed Forces

Women in the victorian era

Women in brewing

Women in the drug economy in the United States

Traditionally, women in Singapore played a small role in the country's political scene public life. In recent years, however, the city-state has seen an increase in female representation in public life, as more women chose to run for political office.Notable female politicians include the two former ministers: former Acting Minister for Community Development Seet Ai Mee and former Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua; Minister of State Yu-Fu Yee Shoon; and Amy Khor Lean Suan, a district mayor. Several women also became Nominated Members of Parliament, representing a range of societal interests such as women's groups and conservation groups. On 1 October 2015, Grace Fu was appointed the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth. She currently holds this portfolio.

Women in Combat Duty

Women for Afghan Women

Women Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition

Women of Israel

Women are the better diplomats

Women of Color Policy Network

Women in Communications

Women of England

Women of Austria

Women in early radio

Women from Chile

Women of Luxury (German:Luxusweibchen) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Lee Parry, Hans Albers and Rudolf Lettinger. It was made at the Johannisthal Studios near Berlin.The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacek Rotmil and Siegfried Wroblewsky.

Hello, Goodbye, Die

This article is about women as subjects of art. For women creating art in the Philippines, see Filipino women artists.Women in Philippine art is the many forms of art in the Philippines that utilizes women in the Philippines and even women from other parts of the world as the main subject depending on the purpose of the Filipino artist.

Women and music

Women in United States prisons

Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc.

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Women in Law Enforcement in the United States

Summertime Suicide

Women and government in the Philippines describes the trend on how women in the Philippines participate in the politics and governance of the Republic of the Philippines throughout its history. There had been a gradual increase in the number of Filipino women participating in Philippine politics, both at the local and national level. Female involvement in the political environment of the Philippines was highlighted by the election of two women as President of the Philippines, namely Corazon Aquino and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.Representation and integration of Filipino women in Philippine politics at the local and national levels had been made possible by legislative measures such as the following: the Local Government Code of 1991, the Party List Law, the Labor Code of 1989, the Women in Nation Building Law (Philippine Republic Act No. 7192 of 1991), the Gender and Development Budget (GAD), the 1988 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, the Philippine Republic Act No. 7688 of 1994, the 1990 Day Care Law (Republic Act No. 6972), the 1996 Paternity Leave Act, the Anti-Sexual Harassment Law (Republic Act No. 7877 of 1995), the Philippine Republic Act No. 7822 of 1995, the Philippine Republic Act No. 8353 of 1997, the Philippine Plan for Gender Responsive Development (1995-2025), and the Philippine Plan for Women which includes the Framework Plan for Women (FPW).

Women in Medieval Scotland includes all aspects of the lives and status of women between the departure of the Romans from Northern Britain in the fifth century to the introduction of the Renaissance and Reformation in the early sixteenth century. Medieval Scotland was a patriarchal society, but how exactly patriarchy worked in practice is difficult to discern. A large proportion of the women for whom biographical details survive were members of the royal houses of Scotland.

Women in the Australian military

William Douglas O'Connor

Women in Chile

Factors that conditioned the role of women in Mauritanian society in the late 1980s included the impact of Islam and sharia (Islamic law); West African influences that allowed women substantial independence in some social and economic areas; economic modernization, which challenged customary behavior patterns in some areas; and Mauritania's rapid pace of urbanization, which subjected traditional nomadic customs to new scrutiny.

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Women from Somaliland

Women in the US Senate

The Women Media Center (WMC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005. Based in Karachi, Pakistan, the Center promotes gender equality in Pakistani mass media.

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Women from Tunisia

Women have served in Australian armed forces since 1899. Until World War II women were restricted to the Australian Army Nursing Service. This role expanded in 1941–42 when the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force established female branches in which women took on a range of support roles. While these organisations were disbanded at the end of the war, they were reestablished in 1950 as part of the military's permanent structure. Women were integrated into the services during the late 1970s and early 1980s and can now serve in most positions in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), including combat roles.

Women and Judaism

Peek & Poke

Women in Military Service for America Memorial dollar

Women in Paraguay live in a culture that has been undergoing rapid change in recent decades. Women's rights were expanded through constitutional and legal changes during the 1990s. Cultural attitudes towards many areas of women's lives are also changing. Yet Paraguayan women still face many challenges in trying to attain social equality.The legal and government institutions that currently exist in Paraguay were developed in part through the efforts of feminist organizations in the country that held significant awareness-raising campaigns during the 1990s to formalize the guarantees of women's rights.The 1992 Constitution of Paraguay upholds the principle of equality for all individuals and prohibits discrimination. However, socio-cultural practices still support discrimination against women in some areas.

Women from the Federated States of Micronesia

The 1954 bust of Ellen Niit, a female Estonian literary writer born in 1928. The bust was sculpted by Erna Viitol .

Women in North Cyprus

Women of Albania

Women in polygyny

There have been 85 women in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since its establishment in 1860, and five of those women have sat twice (Beryce Nelson, Judy Gamin, Dr. Lesley Clark, Grace Grace and Kate Jones).

Women Unite is a vocal and percussion group consisting of eight South African women.Women Unite was founded in the spring of 1997 by Thandi Swaartbooi. The group has an idealistic profile, and seeks to empower women in various ways, particularly as related to art and music, and to stand up against contemporary social ills like AIDS, domestic abuse, drugs and gangsterism.Their style of music is described by the group as traditional South African. In 2003 and 2004 Norway funded an exchange project between Women Unite and Brazz Brothers from Norway with concerts and workshops in South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique and Norway.

Women Mending Nets in the Dunes

Women in the Chagos Archipelago

Women in Quran

Women as imams

Women in Kenya

Women in the Shadows

Nǚ Shí Rén Tán

The Women of Color Film Festival was founded in 1992 and takes place at the University of California at Santa Cruz.As the longest running event of its kind, the UCSC Women of Color Film and Video Festival has sparked dialogue across communities locally, nationally, and trans-nationally by providing a platform for critical explorations of race, nation, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality.

Women in Venezuela

Women for Afghan Women, also known as WAW, is the largest non-government Afghan women's rights organization in the world, founded in April 2001, which is dedicated to protecting the rights of Afghan women and girls. WAW is based in New York City as well as Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. The purpose of the organization is to aid in alleviating the problem of gender-based violence and bring about a change in attitude about the problem. They provide front-line services to women in crisis in eight provinces in Afghanistan. The staff are mostly Afghans and WAW adopts a community-based approach. For example, they conduct educational workshops about women’s rights according to Islamic law.

Women Speak

Homicide Drive

Women from Fiji

Women from Brunei

Women in Parliament (disambiguation)

Mike Oldfield

Women in Singapore politics

Women in Oceania

Women of Australia

Women Make Waves

Women have served in Australian armed forces since 1899. Until World War II women were restricted to the Australian Army Nursing Service. This role expanded in 1941–42 when the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force established female branches in which women took on a range of support roles. While these organisations were disbanded at the end of the war, they were reestablished in 1950 as part of the military's permanent structure.

Women of Providence in Collaboration or WPC is an association of congregations of North American Roman Catholic religious sisters with "Providence" in their name.

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Women Islamic Games

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Women and Children First (album)

Women In Prison Advocacy Network (WIPAN)

Pete Q. Harris

"Let There Be Light"

Mongolian women had a higher social status than women in many other Asian societies, but were considered unable to herd cattle and possibly not horses. Only one woman, Toregene, became supreme ruler in between maturity of the elected chosen Khan following Genghis Khan's introduction of heredity possibly claimed by the Tatars he was last with, and four Khatuns shared governorship and regional powers with Khublai Khan.Many were herdswomen and mothers, but during the Middle Ages, some were women horse-archers and swordswomen, and Hun descendant sawkele impassioned women fighters were accepted but the Yassa while not prohibiting recommends them to commerce probably of their dairy produce or means them to kill rather than fight or as members of the Khuriltai, a Mongol governmental council.Genghis Khan's daughters were made army combat generals by him, including Altanqalan who made her husband separate from all his female friends respectively divorce all his wives. Some women were Mongol city commanders and khatuns and bekis in war for the rank of command in battle this gave, but khatuns were married to prolong the race.

Native Fijian women, 1935.

The lives, roles, and rights of women in Chile have gone through many changes over time.

Women as theological figures have played a significant role in the development of various religions and religious hierarchies. The study of women and religion typically examines the role of women within particular religious faiths, and religious doctrines relating to gender, gender roles, and particular women in religious history. It is worth noting from a gender scientific approach, women occupy the second room in all of the following religions in the examples below.George H. Gallup Jr. wrote in an analysis for the Gallup Organization in 2002 that, a mountain of evidence shows that women have more religiosity than men. Gallup goes on to say that women hold on to their faith more heartily, work harder for the church, and in general practice with more consistency than men.

Women in jazz

Women in warfare (2000–present)

Women from the Philippines

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Two women from Portugal in traditional garb, 2010

Women in professional wrestling

Women in the Russian and Soviet military

Women of Ireland (Mike Oldfield instrumental)

Women Under Siege

Women in the paraguayan war

Women in warfare and the military (1750-99)

Women in South Sudan are women who live and are from South Sudan. Since South Sudan's official declaration of independence on 9 July 2011, 5 out of 29 ministerial positions in the Government of South Sudan had been occupied by South Sudanese women. 10 out of 28 deputy ministers were held by women.

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Women of All Red Nations (WARN) was a Native American women's organization. It was established in 1974 by Lorelei DeCora Means, Madonna Thunderhawk, Phyllis Young, Janet McCloud, and others. WARN included more than 300 women from 30 different tribal communities. Many of its members had previously been active in the American Indian Movement and were participants in the 1973 Wounded Knee incident.

Women in classical music

Rudolf Lettinger

Women in Shakespeare

Women in the 14th-32nd Canadian Parliaments

Women in Croatia wearing traditional costume

Women from Central America

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A cooperative ("co-op") is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual, social, economic, and cultural benefit through a mutually owned and democratically run enterprise. Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and businesses that are owned and managed by the people who use their services (consumer cooperatives) or by the people who work there (worker cooperatives) and take on a variety of forms, ranging from officially registered cooperatives to loosely organized groups of neighbors, family, and kin networks. Cooperatives are based on values like self-help, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. These values, among other aspects of cooperatives, are particularly useful in empowering women through membership. In statements in advance of International Women's Day in early 2013, President of the International Cooperative Alliance, Dame Pauline Green, said, "Cooperative businesses have done so much to help women onto the ladder of economic activity. With that comes community respect, political legitimacy and influence." Cooperatives allow women who might have been isolated and working individually to band together and create economies of scale as well as increase their own bargaining power in the market.However, despite the supposed democratic structure and the values and benefits shared by cooperative members, particularly women, due to gender norms and other instilled cultural practices, women suffer a disproportionately low representation in cooperative membership around the world. Representation of women through active membership (showing up to meetings and voting), as well as in leadership and managerial positions is even lower.

Women in Fiji

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Women in film describes the role of women as film directors, actresses, cinematographers, film producers, film critics, and other film industry professions. The work of women film scholars, including feminist film theorists is also described. Women are statistically underrepresented in creative positions in the center of the US film industry, Hollywood. This underrepresentation has been called the "celluloid ceiling", a variant on the employment discrimination term "glass ceiling". In 2013, the "...top-paid actors...made 2½ times as much money as the top-paid actresses." "[O]lder [male] actors make more than their female equals" in age, with "female movie stars mak[ing] the most money on average per film at age 34, while male stars earn the most at 51." In 2013, 9% of directors were women. A woman director won the Academy Award for Best Director for the first time when Kathryn Bigelow won for The Hurt Locker (2009).

Women in the 1800s

Women in World History

Women in South Sudan

Women in the Shadows is a lesbian pulp fiction novel written in 1959 by Ann Bannon (pseudonym of Ann Weldy). It is the third in a series of pulp fiction novels that eventually came to be known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. It was originally published in 1959 by Gold Medal Books, again in 1983 by Naiad Press, and again in 2002 by Cleis Press. Each edition was adorned with a different cover.This book proved to be Bannon's most controversial and unpopular of the series, blurring lines between heroes and villains, especially on the tail of the triumphant and groundbreaking end of I Am a Woman. Bannon stated that the subject matter paralleled Bannon's own frustrations in her marriage. The content also focused on then-whispered of topics such as interracial relationships, domestic violence, and self-loathing in matters of race and sexuality.As Bannon explained in the 2001 edition forward of the first book in the series, Odd Girl Out, Gold Medal Books publishers had control over the cover art and the title. Bannon's publisher titled the book. Lesbian pulp fiction books usually showed suggestive art with obscure titles that hinted at what the subject matter was inside.

The Tradition Masters

Women in Ralik-Ratak

The Women in Prison Advocacy Network (abbreviated as WIPAN) is an incorporated not-for-profit charity based in Sydney, Australia. WIPAN is a volunteer-based organisation and focuses on advocacy around issues affecting female prisoners, providing support to women exiting prison through its mentoring program, with the aim to reduce rates of female incarceration and recidivism. The organisation's work involves undertaking research and systemic advocacy around the needs of women prisoners and ex-prisoners at an institutional level, whilst also assisting ex-prisoners at an individual level through its mentoring program, the only such non-government service in New South Wales (NSW).WIPAN was founded in 2008 by Kat Armstrong, Carol Berry, Marissa Sandler and Nicki Petrou, and is managed by a volunteer Management Committee, (The Board). WIPAN's co-founder Kat Armstrong, was the organisation’s volunteer Director/CEO from early 2008 to Jan 2016. The organisation expanded in 2014, thanks to a grant from the Department of Family and Community Services (NSW) and from early 2016, a new CEO, Mentoring Coordinator and Housing and Family Coordinator were all able to be employed. WIPAN has also received small, one off charity grants and funding grants of the NSW Government, such as the three years of one off funding grants from, the NSW Government, Office of Women, used to establish WIPAN’s mentoring service in 2009.

Women in South Sudan are women who live and are from South Sudan. Since South Sudan's official declaration of independence on 9 July 2011, 5 out of 29 ministerial positions in the Government of South Sudan had been occupied by South Sudanese women. 10 out of 28 deputy ministers were held by women. The women of the Republic of South Sudan had also been active in liberation causes, by "providing food and shelters" to soldiers and by "caring for children" and by "caring for wounded heroes and heroines" during their political struggle prior to the country's independence. An example was their formation of the Katiba Banat ("women battalion").

Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia is a 16-volume reference work of biographies of notable women. It includes biographies of around 10,000 women, and also includes genealogical charts of noble families and some joint entries about multiple women (such as "Astronauts: Women in Space"). The work covers women from all works of life, including all nationalities, and particularly women whose lives are not well documented in other works.After nine years of work, the encyclopedia was published in 1999, under the editorship of Anne Commire. There were over 300 contributors. It won the 2001 Dartmouth Medal for outstanding reference works from the American Library Association.

Women in warfare and the military (1945-99)

Mongolian women

Women in Sri Lanka

Women in Puntland

Women Management is a modeling agency based in New York. Founded by Paul Rowland in 1988, Women also has a sister agency, Supreme Management, which is also part of the Women International Agency Chain.Now there are also offices in Paris and Milan. The New York and Milan offices also have a Women Direct branch, which represents commercial models and celebrities, such as Daniela Pestova and Dylan Guirao. The modeling agency has been called the best agency in New York City by models.com, with 25 models of Women's board appearing on the site's top model ranking lists.

Women in film

Women in the Algerian War of National Liberation

Women in the military in the Philippines

I'm In Love

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Women and war

Whatever You Got, I'm Against It
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Women in Philippine art

Women in Cambodia

Women in Portugal

Women of Haiti