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Sexiste, c'est Schick ? - Politique
Some 82 percent of sexually active, reproductive-age women have taken the pill at some point Photograph by Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock Images. The Obama administration recently issued a mandate requiring all employers to cover prescription birth control under company health plans. Arizona legislators recently introduced a bill that would allow some employers to opt out. That’s not terribly exciting.
Could women really be discriminated against for taking birth control? If a crazy Arizona bill passes, yes
Women are not represented everywhere in politics. Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA Thursday will mark the 101st International Women's Day (IWD) with thousands of events planned across the world to mark the occasion. Last year, we looked at the pay gap between men and women but thanks to a great new piece of research by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women , we've decided to focus on how women are progressing in politics worldwide. Where are women MPs making their mark and which countries have the best gender representations in politics?
International women's day 2012: women's representation in politics | News
Slutwalk protests spread around the world last year in response to comments from a Canadian police chief. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Europe Turn back the clocks and rewind history for International Women's Day today. This marks the first era in living memory that British women's freedoms have gone into reverse, as women pay the heaviest price for government policies.

