Saturday 14 September 2013

News for Today

Contributed by Agata Blanco CompostelaFounding Feminists: September 12, 1967
http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2013/09/12/founding-feminists-september-12-1967/ 
America’s next great black [woman] leader
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/09/12/americas-next-great-black-woman-leader/ 
Islamic ban on pre-marriage interaction clashes with reality in Iran http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201309070009 
'I drowned my daughter in a rage'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24059902 
German court rules Muslim girls must join swimming classes http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/us-germany-muslims-swimming-idUSBRE98A13120130911
The Mara Women: Gender Roles in Central America Street Gangs http://news.co.cr/the-mara-women-gender-roles-in-central-america-street-gangs/26648/
More than 100 women arrested in demanding inmigration reform http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2013/09/12/more-than-100-women-arrested-at-protest-demanding-immigration-reform/
Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society
http://ufmsecretariat.org/union-for-the-mediterranean-ministerial-conference-on-strengthening-the-role-of-women-in-society-to-take-place-in-paris/ 
Join the Brussels’ Day of Action “Together for a Europe free from prostitution” – 1 October 2013
http://womenlobby.org/spip.php?article5445&lang=en
Contributed by Ana Maria GuerraImmigrant women and allies risk arrest to demand humane immigration reform (US)
The Bravest of the Brave: How Female Vaccinators are Making All the Difference in Polio Eradication (Pakistan)
The end of Kindness: Weev and the cult of the angry young man (US)
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/sex-ed-classes-chinese-women-shed-taboo-article-1.1452563?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferae022&utm_medium=twitter
Pastor Who Claimed He Raped Teenage Boys to Keep Them "Sexually Pure" Will Not Serve Jail Time (US)
Ugandan girl serves six-hour jail term for killing rapist father
Afghanistan’s ‘war on women’
http://livewire.amnesty.org/2013/09/10/afghanistans-war-on-women/
Death penalty in India gang rape won't end sexual violence - activists
http://www.trust.org/item/20130913133308-ljxeq/?source=hptop

Contributed by Karol Arambula
'Women in India: Death and the maiden' (The Economist):

'UN Women says 'there's 'backlash' against equality' (ABC):

'More than 100 women arrested at Capitol Immigration Reform Protest' (NBC Washington):

'India gang-rape sentencing shows attitudes to women are changing' (The Guardian):

'Here's why women censoring misogynist speech would be bad for women' (The Washington Post):

'Women Rule' and inspire (Politico):

'Women outrun men in regaining jobs since recession' (Minnesota Public Radio':

'Women in politics less likely to be corrupt, study says; (Swampland):

'CAP to roll out women's initiative' (Politico):

'23 things every woman should stop doing' (The Huffington Post):

'Feminism and race: just who counts as a 'woman of color?' (NPR):

Contributed by Farah Najar Arevalo:
En Michoacán, creciente desplazamiento de mujeres por violencia y crimen organizado: 
Women Empowered by Solar Energy in Bangladesh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K7q7l_BAAk 

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