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ExxonMobil and Africare Launch Three-Year Womens Economic Empowerment Program in Chad (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NDJAMENA, Chad----ExxonMobil and Africare announced today that they have commenced work on a $1.75 million three-year project designed to empower rural women in southern Chad by developing their entrepreneurial capacity in small business development and income generation projects, obtaining micro-credit, and accessing markets.

bAround the region: /bFilmmaker puts spotlight on AIDS problem at home (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)

STEVENS POINT On the Wisconsin Womens Health Foundation Web site, there is plenty of information about health problems that affect women. Cancer, domestic abuse, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease are displayed prominently. But there is nothing to be easily found about HIV/AIDS. To Sharon Sopher, that is exactly the problem. Sopher was at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Monday ...

Filmmaker spotlights AIDS problem at home (Stevens Point Journal)

On the Wisconsin Womens Health Foundation Web site, there is plenty of information about health problems that affect women. Cancer, domestic abuse, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease are displayed prominently. But there is nothing to be easily found about HIV/AIDS.

World-class repeat (Sheboygan Press)

Sheboygan native Brenda Rahe, a professional bodybuilder in the World Natural Bodybuilding Federation, recently earned the pro womens overall world championship title in the 2008 WNBF Natures Best World Championships, held Nov. 8 in New York City.

Abortion is NOT linked to depression, scientists claim (Daily Mail)

It is widely believed to be a source of real suffering for women. But researchers now say there is actually no good evidence that having an abortion causes women psychological distress.