10 traits set LDS young women apart, leaders say

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 30, 2003 ;   Carrie A. MooreDeseret News religion editor;   747 words ...Virtuous young women embody traits of righteousness that...Mexico and the Caribbean for the annual Young Women's meeting. At the Conference Center...church, suggested 10 virtues that young women should pursue in their quest for happiness...

Multilevel Nurturing; Organization Clones Itself to Help Poor and...

The Washington Post;  March 21, 1999 ;   Amy Joyce;   787 words ......working-class women under the age of 21. And the Young Women's Work Project (YWWP)--a San Francisco-bas...young, poor and working-class girls and young women ages 12 to 20 to see how they spend...benefits on the job. More than one in five young women surveyed is self-supporting. ...

Free gym classes to get thousands of young women more active

Evening Standard - London;  September 2, 2008 ;   SOPHIE GOODCHILD;   308 words ......bid to get them fit, it was revealed today. The Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation has launched the scheme aimed at...tips. Sue Tibballs, chief executive of the charity, said sport still had a macho image and that it was crucial to remove...women active then we are going to have to motivate them. ...

It's time young women got a sporting chance NEWS SPECIAL: pounds-24M PLAN...

Evening Times;  March 15, 2005 ;   RUSSELL LEADBETTER;   715 words ...TODAY'S young women are under pressure...dieticians, can increase young women's dissatisfaction with...s Women, Girls and Sport action plan, which...are a big barrier. Young women tend not to see it...found that women in sport got, on average, 2.5...these barriers facing ...

Girl power: young women and the waning of patriarchy in rural north China...

Ethnology;  March 22, 2006 ;   Yan, Yunxiang;   787 words ......early 1950s, several generations of young women in rural north China have responded...important have been the agencies of young women who took advantage of the new opportunities...family life. By focusing on individual young women, the previously marginalized members...

STEROID USE BY YOUNG WOMEN:MARI HOLDEN

Congressional Testimony;  June 15, 2005 ;     787 words ......Olympic silver medalist and 2000 World Champion in the sport of cycling. I want to thank the Committee for its interest...have firsthand experience of the effects of drug use in sport. I have never used steroids or other performanceenhancing...to work against those who rob all of us of the values sport ...

Young women's social drinking in context--pub style: A study of decision...

Contemporary Drug Problems;  October 1, 1999 ;   de Crespigny, Charlotte; Vincent, Niki; Ask, Alex;   787 words ...Alcohol now plays a significant role in young women's socializing, as it does for a majority...of age. This is particularly true for young women, but there has been little systematic...a particularly significant issue for young women. Alcohol plays a major part in most...

Undervalued, expensive & difficult: young women talk about...

Youth Studies Australia;  June 1, 2005 ;   Maher, JaneMaree;   787 words ......rates; however, the voices of young women have not been prominent in these...debates. JaneMaree Maher presents 16 young women's views of motherhood. Their positive...demographers predict that 20%-25% of young women growing to adulthood today will...

Teaching young women car safety

Indianapolis Recorder;  April 1, 2005 ;   Wheeler, Ericka C.;   757 words ......C. Indianapolis Recorder 04-01-2005 Young women are more likely to wear their seat belts...In a recent study it was found that young women ages 16 to 24 as being significantly...at the numbers, it's clear that our young women are at increasing risk on the road...

Teachers' Perceptions of "smart" girls: What does it mean for developing...

Advancing Women in Leadership;  April 1, 2006 ;   Jacobs, Jacqueline E;   787 words ......Based on two studies, one of girls and young women in middle schools and high schools...41), there is evidence that girls and young women are confident in their views of themselves...teachers perceive as identifying girls and young women as "smart." This evidence suggests that...

Young Women Work

Women & Environments International Magazine;  April 1, 2005 ;   McCracken, Molly;   787 words ......Reducing Poverty and Improving Income Young women work - in their homes, in the community...other youth and in the labour force. But young women who live in poverty find themselves...for low wages, and lacking childcare, young women face many challenges. At risk of a future...

Young women speak up at the HLM.(Issues)

WE!;  September 1, 2004 ;     787 words ...Young women of Asia and the Pacific region made their...Thailand. Since the 1995 Beijing Conference, young women have been advocating for issues in conjunction...reproductive rights, also focussing on HIV/AIDS. Young women's involvement in the Beijing process...

Climb the ladder to work skill ; More young women should be encouraged to...

Herald Express (Torquay UK);  January 12, 2008 ;     677 words ...More young women should be encouraged to take up traditionally male professions according to the Young Women's Christian Association. Eighty five...fill a skills shortage but raise many young women out of poverty too, the YWCA suggests...

Body Image: young women speak out!

Canadian Women's Health Network;  October 31, 1999 ;   Anonymous;   787 words ...BODY IMAGE: young women speak out! WOW! THESE ARE...ESSAYS ABOUT BODY IMAGE BY YOUNG WOMEN AGED 13-19 FROM ACROSS CANADA...magazine. You name it, these young women have an opinion and a personal...your life The ecstasy of sport, building up muscle, being...essays are as varied as ...

New Research on Young Women and Smoking: Two-Thirds Want to Quit, but Only...

PR Newswire;  July 16, 2003 ;     787 words ......American Legacy Foundation show that 65% of young women smokers aged 16 to 24 want to quit smoking...least a year. The data show that 83% of young women smokers believe they can quit smoking...their kind -- released today: * 25% of young women age 16-24 smoked in 2002. [LMTS data...