To The Contrary

The Confidence Code for Girls

On this edition of our continuing series on women thought leaders, we speak with Katty Kay and Claire Shipman, the co-authors of The Confidence Code. The book talks about the challenges girls go through in gaining confidence and how to overcome them.
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An Encore Presentation:
Hidden Health Hazards

We take an in-depth look at the crisis of antibiotic resistance in food production as well as products in our waterways. Dr. Everly Macario of the Pew Charitable Trusts SuperMoms Against Superbugs, Dr. Lance B. Price of the Milken Institute School for Public Health at George Washington University and Dr. Emma Rosi of the Cary Institute give their perspectives on this critical issue.
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Woman Thought Leader: Kay Coles James

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Women's Progress; GOP Women;
Fifty Million Rising

How far women have come since the second-wave of feminism? Are Republican women going to be elected in the coming midterms? Saadia Zahidi’s tracks the growing influence of women in the workplaces of Muslim majority countries.
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An Encore Presentation: Hidden Health Hazards

Pharmaceuticals, personal care products in the water and antibiotic resistance.

Webisode

TTC Extra: States Moving to Protect Abortion Rights

Several states have strengthened protections for women seeking abortions

Women's News

Thousands Of Girls Joining Boys As Cub Scouts <br> Miami Herald

Thousands Of Girls Joining Boys As Cub Scouts
Miami Herald

April 23, 2018 | Read More »

The soft launch followed the Boy Scouts' announcement in October that it would begin admitting girls into the Cub Scouts starting later this year and would establish a new program next year for older girls based on the Boy Scout curriculum.

Republicans Left Behind In Blue Democratic Wave Of New Women Candidates
CNN Politics

April 23, 2018 | Read More »

Dressed in a blue flight suit adorned with a US flag and her name, Martha McSally, the US Congresswoman representing this Tucson, Arizona crowd, scanned the airline hangar filled with supporters. Saluting, as the retired Colonel is well accustomed to doing from her 26 years in the US Air Force, McSally pledged to crack a political ceiling with a rallying cry that echoes her entire career.

Goldman Environmental Prize: Top Awards Dominated By Women For First Time <br> The Guardian

Goldman Environmental Prize: Top Awards Dominated By Women For First Time
The Guardian

April 23, 2018 | Read More »

The world’s foremost environmental prize has announced more female winners than ever before, recognising the increasingly prominent role that women are playing in defending the planet.

Women Say They Faced Racial, Gender Discrimination At Central Pa. Golf Course
York Daily Record

April 23, 2018 | Read More »

Five African-American women say the ownership and staff at Grandview Golf Club in Dover Township discriminated against them based on their color and gender during an incident at the course on Saturday