News for Today

Rise of the Syrian Sisterhood:

http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2013/04/25/rise-of-syrian-sisterhood/g187

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Violence on the Home Front (US)

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/domestic-violence-murder-stats

Can we ever stop sexual violence?

http://www.trust.org/item/20130426093211-v8cpj/?source%20=%20hppartner

Society should introspect: President on rising rape cases (India)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Society-should-introspect-President-on-rising-rape-cases/articleshow/19723071.cms

Nobel Laureates: On with Ríos Montt Trial (Guatemala)

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/04/26/nobel-peace-laureates-proceed-with-rios-montt-trial/

Africa’s attitude to domestic violence changing

http://www.health24.com/Lifestyle/Woman/News/Africas-attitude-to-domestic-violence-changing-20130426

Your Feminism Ain’t Like Ours, Because We Are Raising Quvenzhané

http://thefeministwire.com/2013/04/your-feminism-aint-like-ours-because-we-are-raising-quvenzhane/#.UXpi_FGKJIR.twitter

Big banks join forces to fight human trafficking

http://www.trust.org/item/20130425211154-35hcn/?source=hpagehead

Israeli court allows non-Orthodox prayer by women at Western Wall

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-court-allows-non-orthodox-prayer-by-women-at-western-wall/2013/04/25/92be77e6-add7-11e2-98ef-d1072ed3cc27_story.html

Contributed by Megan Bird

Gender Hierarchy

http://www.troymedia.com/2013/04/26/the-dangerous-paradigm-of-gender-hierarchy/

Approval for Domestic Abuse Down

http://www.livescience.com/29066-domestic-abuse-less-popular.html

Change Comes from within our Communities

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anju-bhargava/change-comes-from-within-our-communities-hindus-united-against-domestic-violence_b_3136322.html

Contributed by Maria Evangelidou

One former child bride wins all victims the right to a govt job – 25 April 2013

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/one-former-child-bride-wins-all-victims-the-right-to-a-govt-job/1107161/0

Thursdays in black, demanding a world without rape and violence – 26 April 2013

http://seedstheatre.org/thursdays-in-black-demanding-a-world-without-rape-and-violence/

Catholic church review not showing extent of child abuse says Amnesty International – 24 April 2013

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/04/24/catholic-church-review-child-abuse/

Afghanistan's female police officers fight for women-only toilets – 24 April 2013

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/24/afghanistan-female-police-officers-toilet

Training: Online e-learning tool for professionals working with FGM (registration open now)

http://www.uefgm.org/Index.aspx?Language=EN

Women in prison – 26 April 2013

http://www.womenlobby.org/spip.php?article4916&lang=en

Lost in translation? – 25 April 2013

http://www.womenlobby.org/spip.php?article4915&lang=en