Women's Views on News

Katie McQuater WVoN co-editor  The rapid growth of virtual ‘pin board’ social networking site Pinterest has been documented in the media recently, its success attributed to its popularity among women. Around 80% of the site’s US users are female, although the UK has more male users. Pinterest was founded as a gender-neutral platform for people [...]

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Every day we’ll post up a number of story links that we think are interesting. They won’t necessarily be from that day, but usually will not be more than a few days old. The following are the ones we’ve found today. Story links: The wonderful Ani DiFranco: still tackling issues with a song, F-word, February [...]

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Jane Osmond WVoN co-editor According to She-conomy.com, US women account for 85% of all consumer purchases including homes, PCs and vacations. Specifically, their figures show that women make the main decisions on the following consumer purchases: 91% new homes 66% PCs 92% vacations 80% healthcare 65% new cars 89% bank accounts 93% food 93 % [...]

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Every day we’ll post up a number of story links that we think are interesting. They won’t necessarily be from that day, but usually will not be more than a few days old. The following are the ones we’ve found today. Story links: Saudi Arabia may send women to Games, ESPNW, February 18, 2012 Women [...]

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Rachel Salmon WVoN co-editor  A football think-tank in England has launched a major online survey to find out what women think about the game, and ascertain their standing within it. Football Insights, a newly-formed company which researches fans’ views, is inviting women to fill in an online questionnaire, seeking their opinions on everything from facilities for [...]

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Every day we’ll post up a number of story links that we think are interesting. They won’t necessarily be from that day, but usually will not be more than a few days old. The following are the ones we’ve found today. Story links: UN chief calls on countries to listen to voices of women and [...]

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Every day we’ll post up a number of story links that we think are interesting. They won’t necessarily be from that day, but usually will not be more than a few days old. The following are the ones we’ve found today. Story links: Database spotlights gaps in campus rape policies, WeNews, February 16, 2012 Somali [...]

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Jem McCarron WVoN co-editor  Saucy text messages, or ‘sexts’, are being sent by more women than ever, but is it an effort to alleviate the tedium of the dating game? Romance publishers, Harlequin, recently surveyed 1,500 single women in  the US aged between 18 and 40 on their romantic behaviours. What they found is more [...]

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Mariam Zaidi WVoN co-editor Whitney Houston will be laid to rest on Saturday at the old church where she sang as a child. A service will be held for the late singer at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. On Saturday the world was shocked by the news that Houston had been [...]

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Every day we’ll post up a number of story links that we think are interesting. They won’t necessarily be from that day, but usually will not be more than a few days old. The following are the ones we’ve found today. Story links: Women must be empowered to ‘create the future we want’, UN news [...]

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