Women outnumber men on the web in the United States of America'.
A new study by Media Metrix and Jupiter Communications shows how much the Internet has evolved from its roots as a male-dominated research medium. Women on the web now outnumber men and their ranks are growing faster. Five years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, women in Southern Africa are intensifying their struggle for economic recognition as they seek to tackle the root causes of gender inequality. More women dying as a result of unsafe abortion practises'. The authors describe female circumcision, its history, its consequences for health and the reasons used to justify it.