Majority 'don't trust' female pilots
Oliver Smith
2013-11-05
Around 51 per cent of those questioned by Sunshine.co.uk, the online travel agent, said they were less likely to trust a female pilot, while just 14 per cent said they would feel safer with a woman... |
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The Women's Institute is resurgent – and we should not be surprised
Anne Perkins
2013-10-30
It may have been born out of necessity during WW1, but the WI is ultimately timeless. No wonder there are queues |
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Iranian women turn to the 'maison' for shopping and sanctuary
Sara Afzal
2013-10-03
Despite laws to discourage women from western frivolities, underground boutiques flourish in Tehran to feed Iranian obsession with fashion
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India seeks to regulate its booming "rent-a-womb" industry
Nita Bhalla and Mansi Thapliyal
2013-10-01
It is among just a handful of countries - including Georgia, Russia, Thailand and Ukraine - and a few U.S. states where women can be paid to carry another's genetic child through.... |
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One in three young Japanese women wants to be housewives: Poll
2013-09-27
The poll, which quizzed more than 3,000 people aged 15-39, found 34 per cent of unmarried women did not want to work when they settled down |
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Anglicans Name First Female Bishop in Ireland
STEVEN ERLANGER
2013-09-24
The Anglicans on Friday appointed their first female bishop in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Rev. Pat Storey, 53, a married mother of two, will serve as the bishop of Meath and Kildare.. |
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Pope says Church must end obsession with gays, contraception, abortion
Philip Pullella
2013-09-20
Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, the first from Latin America and the first Jesuit pope, did not hold out the prospect of any changes soon to such moral teachings |
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2014 Elections in India Set Bait for Women's Vote
Sakuntala Narasimhan
2013-09-10
Politicians know that the country's female voters-estimates of their numbers vary between 300 and 350 million as the voting rolls keep getting updated-could mean the difference between winning and losing |
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United Arab Emirates Launches ‘Flying Nannies’
2013-09-05
It's Mary Poppins on a plane! An airline has launched a new "flying nanny" service to provide in-flight child care to passengers |
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