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1. May 10, 2011 01:35 PM

   An Economic Case for More Women in Global Journalism

   Gender inequality isn't just a social issue

   By Justin D. Martin and Dalia Abbas

   CAIRO—In the last decade, gender rights advocates have, to notable success, made the argument that welcoming women into workforces and economic markets is simply logical policy. “In the 1970s and 1980s,” wrote Adam Segal in his book Advantage, “underrepresentation was considered primarily a social or moral issue—a question of affirmative action. Today, it is also seen as a competitiveness issue....

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2. April 1, 2011 02:35 PM

   The Climate Context in Japan

   A discussion with a NYT photographer kidnapped in Libya

   By Lauren Kirchner

   At an event on Thursday at Columbia University with the four New York Times journalists captured by Qaddafi loyalists in Libya, panel moderator Ann Cooper asked photographer Lynsey Addario to respond to some of the comments that Times readers had posted online on the articles and videos about their ordeal—an ordeal that, for Addario, the only female of the group,...

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3. August 3, 2012 06:50 AM

   The Olympics’s women coverage

   It should be about female athletes' achievements, but it's often more focused on their chromosomes

   By Jennifer Vanasco

   In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Gender issues were threaded throughout the coverage of the Olympic games this week, beginning with the opening ceremonies, which showcased that, for the first time, all of the 204 delegations included a female athlete. London 2012 has been dubbed “The Year of the Woman,” noted...

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