News for today

Contributed by Holly B-M

http://passblue.com/2013/03/20/life-for-women-and-girls-in-afghanistan-grows-deadlier/

http://womenintheworld.org/stories/entry/iraqs-forgotten-women-the-group-thats-teaching-them-to-fight-for-their-righ

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Yemeni women make their voices heard

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/05/201352165913600148.html?utm_content=automate&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=NewSocialFlow&utm_term=plustweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount

World increasingly dangerous for refugees - Amnesty

http://www.trust.org/item/20130523134418-idyxl/?source=hpagehead

Home Still Far Away for Immigrants With HIV

http://womensenews.org/story/immigration/130522/home-still-far-away-immigrants-hiv

Two Virginia women charged over homespun herbal abortion (US)

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/22/two-virginia-women-charged-over-homespun-herbal-abortion/

Afghan Students Protest Women's Rights Decree

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-students-protest-womens-rights-decree-19230776#.UZzfS0qJSpA

Number of Afghan women jailed for fleeing abuse soars

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/21/afghan-women-jailed-abuse

Mississippi Could Soon Jail Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/buckhalter-mississippi-stillbirth-manslaughter

Small and Large Steps towards Equality for Gays in Cuba

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/small-and-large-steps-towards-equality-for-gays-in-cuba/

U.S. sergeant charged with videotaping female cadetshttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-sergeant-charged-with-videotaping-female-cadets/article12085602/

Contributed by Megan Bird 

Home Still Far Away

http://womensenews.org/story/immigration/130522/home-still-far-away-immigrants-hiv#.UZ61C5X6xUQ

Bollywood Actors Stand Up Against Violence

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-schwartzman/bollywood-actors-stand-up_b_3312657.html

Tying Military Culture to Sex Abuse in the Military

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2013/may/23/context-tying-military-culture-sexual-abuse-milita/