News for Today

Contributed by Agata Blanco Compostela

UNHCR statistics show alarming rise in rape and violence against women in North Kivu 

http://www.unhcr.org/51f7ae846.html Restrictive Abortion Law Temporarily Blocked in Wisconsin 
http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=14521 The European Commission’s Directive on Women on Boards
http://www.womenlobby.org/spip.php?article5286&lang=en

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
Rape and injustice: The woman breaking Somalia's wall of silence

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/05/world/africa/rape-and-injustice-somalia-silence/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

Indian girl set on fire for resisting rape dies - report

http://www.trust.org/item/20130805090329-tacjr/?source=hptop

College sexual assault isn’t going away (US)

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/04/colleges_and_universities_must_amend_their_sexual_assault_policies_partner/singleton/

Poll: most Egyptians satisfied with female representation in cabinet

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/08/05/poll-most-egyptians-satisfied-with-female-representation-in-cabinet/

China's child abductions force parents to ‘live with dead hearts’

http://www.trust.org/item/20130806110826-5vmtb/?source=hptop

Subaru Emirates: Women drivers 'at it again'

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308051950-0022960?utm_content=automate&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=NewSocialFlow&utm_term=plustweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount

Female Veteran Gives Epic Response To Military Poster Blaming Sexual Assault Victims (PHOTO) (US)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/military-sexual-assault-poster_n_3709062.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Paedophile spared jail because his 13-year-old victim looked older and was a sexual 'predator and was egging him on' (UK)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384988/Paedophile-spared-jail-13-year-old-victim-looked-older-sexual-predator-egging-on.html

Abuse on Twitter - Troll attack

http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2013/08/abuse-twitter?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/troll_attack

Spain judge orders child rapist stay in jail

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/08/20138612151670796.html?utm_content=automate&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=NewSocialFlow&utm_term=plustweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount

Contributed by Hannah Clarke

Theatre to help reduce violence against women founded in Solomon Islands

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=78081

Women political activists in Zimbabwe threatened with violence and forced to flee their homes after refusing to reveal their vote

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/zimbabwe-women-forced-flee-their-homes-refusing-reveal-their-vote-2013-08-06

Media campaign to get women a voice in Libya

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/2013/08/05/Media-campaign-gives-Libyan-women-a-voice.html

Trafficking of women linked to the search for work leading to women migrating

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/aug/01/human-trafficking-labour-video

Melbourne Lord Mayor plans safe havens for women after pressure following Jill's murder

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/06/melbourne-safe-havens-for-women