http://www.mail.com/people/42770-gloria-steinem.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/42770-gloria-steinem.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2123700-beyonce-headlines-london-charity-concert-women.html LONDON (AP) — Beyonce and a few famous friends — including John Legend, Jennifer Lopez and Madonna — turned the home of English rugby into a fortress for women's rights at a star-studded charity concert. Beyonce headlined a concert at Twickenham rugby stadium in London in support of Chime for Change, a campaign set up to help empower girls and women aroun... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:32:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2123700-beyonce-headlines-london-charity-concert-women.html 2013-06-01T21:32:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070468-nyc-council-oks-sick-days-plan-key-step.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a significant victory amid a push for paid sick time laws around the country, city lawmakers voted Wednesday to make businesses provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers who don't have it now. Saying they hoped that requiring sick leave in the nation's largest metropolis would set an example, City Council members positioned ... Thu, 09 May 2013 01:05:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070468-nyc-council-oks-sick-days-plan-key-step.html 2013-05-09T01:05:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2049228-ex-ms-magazine-editor-mary-thom-dies-ny-crash.html YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — Prominent feminist Mary Thom, a writer and former editor of Ms. magazine who also was an avid motorcyclist, crashed while riding on a highway and was killed, her nephew said Saturday. She was 68. Thom had a passion for riding motorcycles and died riding her 1996 Honda Magna 750 on Friday evening on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonker... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:15:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2049228-ex-ms-magazine-editor-mary-thom-dies-ny-crash.html 2013-04-28T02:15:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2037400-wadjda-prompts-womens-rights-talk-tribeca.html NEW YORK (AP) — Haifaa Al Mansour had to go to great lengths to make the groundbreaking Saudi film "Wadjda" — and not only because it is the first feature made entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first directed by a Saudi woman. Because of regulations about the public mingling of women and men, she had to direct outdoor scenes via a walkie-talkie, watching o... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:49:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2037400-wadjda-prompts-womens-rights-talk-tribeca.html 2013-04-22T18:49:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1987434-nyc-deal-key-sick-days-push-advocates.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of workers in New York City are poised to get paid sick days in what may prove a pivotal moment in a national debate over whether businesses should be required to provide them. After reaching a deal that could affect about 1 million workers in settings ranging from restaurants to construction sites, City Council Speak... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:28:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1987434-nyc-deal-key-sick-days-push-advocates.html 2013-03-30T00:28:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1937482-facebook-execs-book-urges-women-to-lean-in.html NEW YORK (AP) — For a book that has yet to be released, Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" — part feminist manifesto, part how-to career guide — has got a lot of people talking. In the weeks leading up to the book's release on Monday, pundits and press hounds have been debating its merits. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called Sandberg a "PowerPoint Pied ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:51:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1937482-facebook-execs-book-urges-women-to-lean-in.html 2013-03-07T18:51:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1842954-hollywood-awards-gender-touch.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Do Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren really need a category just for women — a singular kind of affirmative action — to snare one of Hollywood's favorite accessories, an Oscar, Emmy or Screen Actors Guild trophy? In a society tilting steadily toward gender neutrality, the separate-but-equal awards that divide actors into one ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1842954-hollywood-awards-gender-touch.html 2013-01-24T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1833248-flu-season-fuels-debate-paid-sick-time-laws.html NEW YORK (AP) — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss. A school speech therapist who works as an independent contractor, she doesn't have paid sick days. So the mother of two reported to work and hoped for the best — and was aching, shivering and c... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1833248-flu-season-fuels-debate-paid-sick-time-laws.html 2013-01-20T23:29:00Z