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		<title>98 M. Women on Facebook, 20 Showed Up for This Protest</title>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:11:55 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_42472" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/women-and-facebook-protest.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-42472" title="women and facebook protest" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/women-and-facebook-protest.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Photo: Twitter.com/ShelbyKnox)</p></div></p>
<p>From these <a href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmd45kdm/sign-holders/#gallerycontent">Forbes photos</a> from the scene, it looks like perhaps two dozen women and a few good men <a href="http://allfacebook.com/ultraviolet-protest-new-york_b87116">showed up</a> at Facebook's Manhattan headquarters yesterday to <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/24/womens-rights-group-plans-protest-for-tomorrow-at-facebooks-nyc-hq/">protest</a> the lack of women on the social network's board. "Women and Facebook: 58% of Users. 0 Board Members," read one sign.</p>
<p>The group was turned away. "The handful of protesters that gathered in front of Facebook’s office on Madison Avenue at noon was disappointed when the company refused to accept a petition signed by 53,000 users asking the company to include women on its board of directors," writes <a href="http://socialtimes.com/facebook-all-but-ignores-protesters-at-new-york-headquarters_b94890">Social Times</a>.</p>
<p>Mark Zuckerberg <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304724404577292084269859346.html">doesn't even accept meetings with the titans of Wall Street begging to sell his stock for obscene amounts of dollars</a>. As Grandma would say: Bless their hearts. At least it went better than the <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/09/grand-central-apple-protest-20092012/">Apple store protest</a>.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_42472" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/women-and-facebook-protest.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-42472" title="women and facebook protest" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/women-and-facebook-protest.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Photo: Twitter.com/ShelbyKnox)</p></div></p>
<p>From these <a href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmd45kdm/sign-holders/#gallerycontent">Forbes photos</a> from the scene, it looks like perhaps two dozen women and a few good men <a href="http://allfacebook.com/ultraviolet-protest-new-york_b87116">showed up</a> at Facebook's Manhattan headquarters yesterday to <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/24/womens-rights-group-plans-protest-for-tomorrow-at-facebooks-nyc-hq/">protest</a> the lack of women on the social network's board. "Women and Facebook: 58% of Users. 0 Board Members," read one sign.</p>
<p>The group was turned away. "The handful of protesters that gathered in front of Facebook’s office on Madison Avenue at noon was disappointed when the company refused to accept a petition signed by 53,000 users asking the company to include women on its board of directors," writes <a href="http://socialtimes.com/facebook-all-but-ignores-protesters-at-new-york-headquarters_b94890">Social Times</a>.</p>
<p>Mark Zuckerberg <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304724404577292084269859346.html">doesn't even accept meetings with the titans of Wall Street begging to sell his stock for obscene amounts of dollars</a>. As Grandma would say: Bless their hearts. At least it went better than the <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/09/grand-central-apple-protest-20092012/">Apple store protest</a>.</p>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Rights Group Plans Protest for Tomorrow at Facebook&#8217;s NYC HQ</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:01:31 -0400</pubDate>
					<link>http://betabeat.com/2012/04/womens-rights-group-plans-protest-for-tomorrow-at-facebooks-nyc-hq/</link>
			<dc:creator>Jessica Roy</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/24/womens-rights-group-plans-protest-for-tomorrow-at-facebooks-nyc-hq/picture-2-10-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-41981"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41981" title="picture-2-10" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/picture-2-10.png?w=400&h=130" alt="" width="400" height="130" /></a>At the beginning of April, progressive women's rights group <a href="http://www.weareultraviolet.org/">UltraViolet</a> announced a <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/05/womens-rights-group-ultraviolet-calls-on-facebook-to-add-a-woman-to-their-board/">petition</a> that aimed to convince Facebook to add a woman to its currently all male, all white board. Looks like Facebook hasn't bowed to their demands just yet, so UltraViolet is planning a <a href="http://act.weareultraviolet.org/survey/facebooknyc/?ak_proof=1&amp;akid=.325798.XU0Ctb&amp;rd=1&amp;t=2">rally</a> tomorrow outside of Facebook's NYC office on Madison Ave.</p>
<p>Feminist activist Shelby Knox, she of early aughts <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427206/">documentary</a> fame, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ShelbyKnox/status/194853992961032193">tweeted</a> the following: "Tomorrow, feminists are rallying in front of Facebook's NYC office to ask them to put women on their board. Join us?"</p>
<p>The rally is scheduled for tomorrow, April 25th, at noon, when UltraViolet intends to deliver the signed petition to the Facebook offices.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/24/womens-rights-group-plans-protest-for-tomorrow-at-facebooks-nyc-hq/picture-2-10-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-41981"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41981" title="picture-2-10" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/picture-2-10.png?w=400&h=130" alt="" width="400" height="130" /></a>At the beginning of April, progressive women's rights group <a href="http://www.weareultraviolet.org/">UltraViolet</a> announced a <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/05/womens-rights-group-ultraviolet-calls-on-facebook-to-add-a-woman-to-their-board/">petition</a> that aimed to convince Facebook to add a woman to its currently all male, all white board. Looks like Facebook hasn't bowed to their demands just yet, so UltraViolet is planning a <a href="http://act.weareultraviolet.org/survey/facebooknyc/?ak_proof=1&amp;akid=.325798.XU0Ctb&amp;rd=1&amp;t=2">rally</a> tomorrow outside of Facebook's NYC office on Madison Ave.</p>
<p>Feminist activist Shelby Knox, she of early aughts <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427206/">documentary</a> fame, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ShelbyKnox/status/194853992961032193">tweeted</a> the following: "Tomorrow, feminists are rallying in front of Facebook's NYC office to ask them to put women on their board. Join us?"</p>
<p>The rally is scheduled for tomorrow, April 25th, at noon, when UltraViolet intends to deliver the signed petition to the Facebook offices.</p>
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