- Rachel Weisz, Roger Federer and Dame Julie Andrews are among the current crop of celebrities dressing up as famous Disney characters for famed photographer Annie Leibowitz. The images are for the Mouse House’s Year of a Million Dreams celebrations and Oscar-winner Weisz loved playing dress up: "I'm a woman now, but it doesn't matter what age your are, I think you always want to be Snow White. It is every little girl's dream.” [Daily Mail]
- Cherie Blair has been speaking out for greater equality for women, regardless of their religious beliefs. Talking on BBC Radio, the wife of former PM Tony Blair commented: “We have a lot of progress to celebrate, but the reality is there's still a long way to go, particularly internationally, until we actually get to the position where women truly are regarded as equal to men." [Reuters]
- Next year will see women-only subway cars introduced in Seoul, South Korea to deter men groping women. An official commented: "Sexual crimes happen frequently when the cars are packed and people are pressed against each other." Do you think it could catch on here? [Yahoo News]
- Us ladies are turning more and more to self employment according to new research. Since 1990 the number of women going solo to earn a living has increased from 22.2% to 32.6% while men are choosing the opposite route. Can’t stand the competition, eh? [Business Money]
