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ABOUT PAST ISSUES ADVERTISE PANDORA PROJECT CONTACT Yahoo! Appoints Marissa Mayer Chief Executive Officer IIran Universities Restrict Options For Women In July 2012, Yahoo! named 37 year old Google veteran, Marissa Meyer, as their new Chief Executive Officer, who will be breaking new ground by starting her job as a pregnant woman. This is significant proof that companies are capable of valuing women in new and broader ways. Mayer is 7 months pregnant as she takes over the Fortune 500 company – which makes her the first pregnant A recent decision by several Iranian universities is drawing criticism from international human rights groups. The universities are barring women from 76 fields of undergraduate studies, including math and chemis