News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
Two British women injured in Zanzibar acid attack (Tanzania)
http://www.trust.org/item/20130808091923-86vbd/?source=hptop

For Ethiopian Women, Construction Jobs Offer A Better Life
http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-for-ethiopian-women-construction-jobs-offer-a-better-life/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer0a4e4&utm_medium=twitter

Life at any price (El Salvador)
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2013/08/2013841542313541.html?utm_content=automate&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=NewSocialFlow&utm_term=plustweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount

US abortion ban should not be foisted on Central African Republic
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/aug/07/us-abortion-ban-central-african-republic?CMP=twt_gu

Russia’s Anti-LGBTQ Law Leads to Protests, Pushback, and a Reminder of Our Laws Here at Home (US)
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/08/07/russias-anti-lgbtq-law-leads-to-protests-pushback-and-a-reminder-of-our-laws-here-at-home/

Behind the Cultural Imperative for Women to be Sexy And Cute
http://jezebel.com/behind-the-cultural-imperative-for-women-to-be-sexy-and-1069455704

Exploiting Egypt's Rape Culture for Political Gain
http://www.thenation.com/article/175669/exploiting-egypts-rape-culture-political-gain#

Rehtaeh Parsons: Two teens face child porn charges (Canada)
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/08/rehtaeh_parsons_rcmp_arrest_two_males_in_teens_april_suicide.html

Amartya Sen: India must focus on its women
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/08/201385111816359698.html

European Georgia traps women inside an expected ‘culture of virginity’
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/08/08/european-georgia-women/?utm_content=buffer0c64d&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

How One Sex Abuse Case Tore Apart the Williamsburg Hasidim (US)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/08/how-one-sex-abuse-case-tore-apart-the-williamsburg-hasidim.html
Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'Naked women in pop videos: art, misogyny or downright cynical?' (The Guardian):
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/08/naked-women-pop-videos-justin-timberlake

'It's the jobs, stupid. Why women really opt out' (The Washington Post):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/08/08/its-the-jobs-stupid-why-women-really-opt-out/

'Women and work: the baby barrier' (The Guardian):
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/08/women-and-work-the-baby-barrier

'Why cities are bad for new mothers: Women are more likely to develop postnatal depression in towns than in the countryside' (The Daily Mail):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2386320/Why-cities-bad-new-mothers-Women-likely-develop-postnatal-depression-towns-countryside.html

'Nearly half of all video-gamers are women' (CNN):
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/tech/gaming-gadgets/female-gamers

'Why more female leaders won't mean less war' (SBS):
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1798476/Comment-Women-are-from-Mars-too

'Expats manage most of Saudi women's businesses' (Arab News):
http://www.arabnews.com/news/460700

'Baby boomer women can't afford to retire, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report says' (The Daily Telegraph):
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/worklife/baby-boomer-women-can8217t-afford-to-retire-australian-institute-of-health-and-welfare-report-says/story-fni0d8zj-1226694458202

'One in three young women still use 'antiquated' method of withdrawal as main form of birth control' (The Daily Mail):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2387137/One-young-women-use-antiquated-method-withdrawal-main-form-birth-control.html

'Revisiting The Gender GAP in women's entrepreneurship: What holds women back?' (Forbes):
http://www.forbes.com/sites/babson/2013/08/08/revisiting-the-gender-gap-in-womens-entrepreneurship-what-holds-women-back/

'South Africa: The meaning of Women's Day' (All Africa):
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308090297.html

'Like Ariel Castro, abortion has devastated women, children in Cleveland' (Life News):
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/like-ariel-castro-abortion-has-deastated-women-children-in-cleveland/

'So, is wild sex that women really want?' (Irish Examiner):
http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/so-is-wild-sex-what-women-really-want-239302.html

'Sweden to keep focus in Afghan aid' (The Local):
http://www.thelocal.se/49528/20130808/

'En Syrie, des islamistes gardent des dizaines de femmes en ontages' (Le Temps):
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/ac87b810-0055-11e3-8a3b-f1b13a22b037/En_Syrie_des_islamistes_gardent_des_dizaines_de__femmes_en_otages#.UgUEGI3rwiU

'Figées à 45 ans: quand les femmes se tournent vers la chirurgie esthétique por garder...leur travail' (Atlantico):
http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/figees-45-ans-quand-femmes-se-tournent-vers-chirurgie-esthetique-pour-garder-travail-vanessa-boutin-michele-vianes-810358.html

'Cyclisme: "Les femmes méritent autant de visibilité que les hommes"' (Le Nouvel Observateur Temps Reel):
http://www.parents.fr/Actualites/La-duree-de-la-grossesse-varie-en-fonction-des-femmes-2053534

Contributed by Tom Meisenhelder
http://mobile.alternet.org/alternet/#!/entry/sexual-harrasment-laws-exclude-unpaid-interns,52050854da27f5d9d008484b

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23611840