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Taking the Gender Fight Worldwide

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"I am a woman, a Socialist, divorced and agnostic," the new defense minister told the generals of her Roman Catholic country. "But we will work together very well." Michelle Bachalet, who in 2002 became Chile's first female defense minister and four years later the country's first female president, has never shied from challenging the status quo. Now the first head of U.N. Women, the three-month-old U.N. agency for gender equality and female empowerment, Ms. Bachalet is doing it again -- this time turning some traditional notions of feminism on their head.

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I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (more...)
 
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By the bye, by GLloyd Rowsey on Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:45:25 AM
Thanks for posting this by zonie on Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:01:04 PM
Thanks for the lovely words by Theresa Paulfranz on Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:16:21 PM