News for today

Contributed by Danqing

Chinese Rights Activist Detained After Anti-Child Abuse Campaign

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ye-haiyan-05312013105113.html

Series of cases in China bring school sex abuse out of shadows

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-child-sex-abuse-20130602,0,3430826.story

Academy Investigates Alleged Sex Assault Of Female Midshipman

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/31/187649513/academy-investigates-alleged-sex-assault-of-female-midshipman

Scramble for Female Votes in Mass. Senate Race

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/scramble-for-female-votes-in-mass-senate-race/

Why can't the Bank of England think of a single female to put on its notes? 

http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/why-cant-the-bank-of-england-think-of-a-single-female-to-put-on-its-notes-8636860.html

Assad 'wants Hezbollah to kill women and children', Qusair doctor says

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22729603

Contributed by Megan Bird
Charting the Impact of Everyday Sexism
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/world/europe/charting-the-impact-of-everyday-sexism-across-the-world.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Women in Video Games
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/31/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games-why-it-matters