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Jackson endures hours of scrutiny in hearings, Taliban ban women from boarding planes

By Megan Kamerick
Published March 26, 2022 at 12:13 PM MDT
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson answers a question by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as she testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2022.
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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson answers a question by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as she testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2022.

Women's Focus, 3/26 12p: On this edition of Women's News, women remember impact of Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Ketanji Brown Jackson endures hours of scrutiny as first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court; the Taliban ban women without male guardians from boarding planes in Kabul, following a decision to prevent girls from attending school past sixth grade; Idaho becomes the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy; female representation in this year's Academy Awards dropped overall in the nominations in 18 non-acting categories; Valentyna Vereteska wins the women's race in the Jerusalem Marathon just weeks after fleeing Ukraine; and lobbyists and advocates call for the resignation of a New Mexico state senator after new allegations of groping, sexist comments, and yelling and cursing at women.

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Megan Kamerick
Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.
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  4. Madeleine Albright kept up her trailblazing work long after being secretary of state
  5. Watching Ketanji Brown Jackson's brutal confirmation hearings
  6. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's Senate confirmation hearings
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  8. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: What happened Thursday
  9. High court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson exudes competence, says Judge Selya
  10. Law students praise Ketanji Brown Jackson's poise at the Senate hearings
  11. The Future Is Uncertain For Women In Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule
  12. Afghan Women Will Be Banned From Playing Sports, A Taliban Official Says
  13. Taliban reverses decision, barring Afghan girls from attending school beyond 6th grade
  14. Idaho will ban most abortions in the state as the governor signs Texas-style law