News for Today

Contributed by Holly Bannon-Murphy

http://womensenews.org/story/equalitywomen%E2%80%99s-rights/130619/irans-rohani-didnt-beat-single-female-rival#.UcLsDPnRiSo

http://womensenews.org/story/prostitution-and-trafficking/130615/comfort-women-are-old-now-still-fighting#.UcLsE_nRiSo

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/06/03/afghan-men-women-and-girls/

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/05/22/strong-women-timor-leste/

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/marriage-equality-bill-fails-but-lib-crosses-floor-20130620-2ok20.html

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
Three Navy Football Players Charged in the Latest Military Assault Story (US)

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/06/three-navy-football-players-charged-latest-military-assault-story/66425/

Violence against women worldwide is 'epidemic'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22975103

Muslim Women Sentenced to Hard Labor in Myanmar

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/world/asia/muslim-women-sentenced-to-hard-labor-in-myanmar.html?_r=1&

Malawi: Media Freedom and Gender Violence

http://allafrica.com/stories/201306201324.html

The women of Gezi Park are protesters, not pin-up girls (Turkey)

http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2013/06/women-gezi-park-are-protesters-not-pin-girls

How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby?

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-long-can-you-wait-to-have-a-baby/309374/

US Calls Out China, Russia Over Human Trafficking

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=193586696&sc=tw&cc=share

Study: Vaccine against sexually transmitted HPV cut infections in teen girls by half

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-vaccine-against-sexually-transmitted-hpv-cut-infections-in-teen-girls-by-half/2013/06/19/7380ad4a-d906-11e2-b418-9dfa095e125d_story.html

Nick Clegg condemns domestic violence after criticism over Saatchi comments (UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jun/20/nick-clegg-domestic-violence-saatchi?CMP=twt_fd

How technology can transform lives of African women

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/19/opinion/technology-change-lives-african-women-jamme/?hpt=hp_t5

 

Contributed by Agnese Cigliano

http://awkwardsituationist.tumblr.com/post/52817821994/cambridge-university-students-were-asked-on-campus 

Contributed by Megan Bird 
World Health Organization Report of Women Violence

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/06/20/who--third-of-women-suffer-domestic-violence

1 and 5 Women Abused in North America

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/22645155/partner-abuse-worldwide-report

Italy Ratifies Treaty on Women Violence

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/italy-ratifies-treaty-on-women-violence/story-fni0xqll-1226666596067