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It's a Man's World, Business Study Finds

(March 17) -- In most of the world, discrimination against women in business isn't just a bad idea -- it's the law. A World Bank study of business laws related to women in 128 countries found that in only 20 are men and women equal when it comes to using and owning property, getting loans, accessing courts and obtaining...

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Carolyn Maloney, New York Representative, Seeks To Deny Tax Breaks To Men-Only Businesses

If businesses like the Augusta National Golf Club, home to the Masters tournament, can continue to deny women membership , then the government should withhold their tax breaks, says Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). Maloney's Ending Tax Breaks for Discrimination Act, which she has introduced multiple times since 2003,...

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Ilene H. Lang: Reflecting on Augusta

The Masters Tournament is over, but Augusta National Golf Club's male-only membership policy remains.

POLITICS DAILY

British Austerity Budget Discriminates Against Women, Lawsuit Claims

Budget cuts are never popular politically.

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05/31/12 WILSA seeks improved rights of women in SD Source: The Swazi Observer WOMEN wearing pants still cannot enter the courts or parliament in Swaziland, despite the country having voluntarily signed or ratified a number of key women's instruments.
04/06/12 Human Rights Watch asks Olympics Committee to take up... Source: Sify Human Rights Watch has urged the International Olympic Committee to take up the issue of Saudi discrimination against women in sports at its next executive board meeting in Quebec on May 23.
03/30/12 Discrimination against women debated Source: Angola Press The MP JÃºlio Ornelas, with the ruling MPLA party, on Thursday here said that the eradication of all forms of discrimination against women is an important challenge for all human rights movements in Africa.
10/05/11 No discrimination against women: Zardari Source: New Kerala Dot Com Pakistan is committed to ending discriminatory practices against women, President Asif Ali Zardari has said.
07/14/11 Malaysian Bar: Landmark decision bodes well for gender... Source: Aliran Monthly The Malaysian Bar commends Judge Datuk Zaleha Yusof's enlightened and progressive decision in favour of Noorfadilla Ahmad Saikin in the High Court at Shah Alam yesterday.