News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
Women Scarce in the Top Posts of Los Angeles (US)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/us/in-los-angeles-few-women-in-top-posts.html?smid=tw-nytnational&seid=auto&_r=1&

Bid to Honor Austen Is Not Universally Acknowledged (UK)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/world/europe/bid-to-honor-austen-is-not-universally-acknowledged.html?hp

Texas Adoption Bill Shows How Little Anti-Choicers Think of Women (US)

http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/08/05/texas-adoption-bill-shows-how-little-anti-choicers-think-of-women/

Women and the New Global Development Agenda

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-laguens/women-millennium-development-goals_b_3695504.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Spurred By Anti-Choice Lawmakers, North Carolina’s Health Department Cracks Down On Abortion Clinics (US)

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/05/2410661/north-carolina-abortion-clinic-investigation/

‘Girls are the world’s forgotten population’: Nine facts about child brides

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/01/girls-are-the-worlds-forgotten-population-nine-facts-about-child-brides/

Online And Anonymous: New Challenges To Prosecuting Sex Trafficking (US)

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/03/208664066/online-the-web-of-sex-trafficking-can-be-even-more-obscure?utm_content=buffera64f2&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'Women scarce in the top posts of Los Angeles' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/us/in-los-angeles-few-women-in-top-posts.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

'Illegal buttocks injections kill, maim US women' (WFAA):

http://www.wfaa.com/news/national/218352121.html

'Public advocate candidate tries to rally women to vote against men who have behaved badly' (NY Daily News):

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/saujani-new-york-women-political-sleaze-article-1.1417452

'Men and women share tournament, but not main stage' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/sports/tennis/men-and-women-share-tournament-but-not-main-stage.html

'More women in their 40s are having babies' (Los Angeles Times):

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-me-fortysomething-moms-20130729,0,3096457.story

'Indian government urged to improve conditions for abandoned women in 'City of Widows' (ABC News Australia): 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-05/an-indian-government-urged-to-act-on-27city-of-widows27/4865054

'Men's rights activists invite men to 'stand their ground' against uppity women, what could possibly be wrong with that? (Wonkette):

http://wonkette.com/524601/mens-rights-activists-invite-men-to-stand-their-ground-against-uppity-women-what-could-possibly-be-wrong-with-that

'7 surprising health conditions that affect women more than men' (The Huffington Post):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/health-conditions-women_n_3695162.html

'The power of pissed-off women' (The Huggington Post):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-oneill/the-power-of-pissed-off-w_b_3706794.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

'Twitter UK présente ses excuses aux femmes victimes d'injures' (RTS):

http://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/5111187-twitter-uk-presente-ses-excuses-aux-femmes-victimes-d-injures.html

'En prison, certaines -femmes ne savent plus comment définir leur orientation sexuelle-' (Liberation Fr):

http://next.liberation.fr/sexe/2013/08/05/en-prison-certaines-femmes-ne-savent-plus-comment-definir-leur-orientation-sexuelle_922892

'Violence sur les femmes au Pays basque: la lutte sort de l'artisanat' (Sudouest):

http://www.sudouest.fr/2013/08/05/violences-sur-les-femmes-la-lutte-sort-de-l-artisanat-1132649-4018.php

'Violence faites aux femmes santé maternelle et emploi: le PNUD débloque plus de 15 milliards' (Rewmi):

http://www.rewmi.com/Violences-faites-aux-femmes-sante-maternelle-et-emploi-le-PNUD-debloque-plus-de-15-milliards_a81093.html

Contributed by Farah Najar
They work for equity
http://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/mexico/trabajan-favor-de-la-equidad 
 Au Liberia passe le droit des femmes police joins couple féminisée   : www.slate.fr/story/74273/liberia-femmes-loi-police