News for Today

Contributed by Agata Blanco Compostela

USA: Selah Freedom aims to help female human trafficking victims http://www.bradenton.com/2013/09/20/4727753/selah-freedom-aims-to-help-female.html  

USA: Human-trafficking trial hears woman forced to work long hours for no pay at West Van home   Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Human+trafficking+trial+hears+woman+forced+work+long+hours/8923906/story.html#ixzz2fQbXGOKP  

USA: Native Women, Even Babies, Exploited In Lake Superior Sex Trade http://www.mintpressnews.com/native-women-exploited-in-lake-superior-sex-trade/169283/ 

Trafficking of Children and Women in India  

http://truth-out.org/news/item/18850-trafficking-of-children-and-women-in-india 

NETHERLANDS: FIGHT AGAINST WOMEN TRAFFICKING IN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT  

http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/09/18/fight-against-women-trafficking-in-the-red-light-district/

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

UN ‘failing' women with poverty eradication targets

http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-un-development-goa/un-failing-women-poverty-eradica-news-530504

Freshers' week sexism, and the damage it does

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2013/sep/19/freshers-week-sexism-women

Uganda: I Don't - Uganda's Controversial Marriage and Divorce Bill Is Left On the Shelf

http://allafrica.com/stories/201309200092.html

The Problem With Estimating Rape Prevalence in Asia

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/the-problem-with-estimating-rape-prevalence-in-asia/279788/

MDG 3: What empowered women in Somalia can achieve

http://tostan.org/blog/mdg-3-what-empowered-women-somalia-can-achieve

How to Design a City for Women

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/09/how-design-city-women/6739/

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'Many affluent women lack investing confidence, study finds' (The Los Angeles Times):

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-many-affluent-women-lack-investing-confidence-study-finds-20130919,0,3139820.story

'Who are the most powerful women entrepeneurs?' (Forbes):

http://www.forbes.com/sites/carisommer/2013/09/19/who-are-the-most-powerful-women-entrepreneurs/

'Why women have a right to sex-selective abortion' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/19/sex-selective-abortion-womans-right

'Pope Francis sets out vision for more gay people and women in 'new church' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/19/pope-francis-vision-new-catholic-church

'Women hold key to fixing Japan's economy' (CNN Money):

http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/19/news/economy/japan-women-jobs/

'Sexual Jihad: Tunisian women go to Syria to 'relieve' holy warriors, return pregnant' (RT):

http://rt.com/news/sexual-jihad-tunisia-syria-133/

'Everyday aggression' (The Economist):

http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21586575-laws-punish-domestic-violence-are-too-often-honoured-breach-everyday-aggression

'Helping women to help the economy' (Forbes):

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizadonnelly/2013/09/20/helping-women-help-the-economy/

'Where are the women in central banking? (The Washington Post):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/where-are-the-women-in-central-banking/2013/09/19/852b02fe-20ad-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html

'Pay gap between men and women still huge. Except in Oakland. Really. Look' (SF Gate):

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2013/09/19/pay-gap-between-men-and-women-still-huge-except-in-oakland-really-look/

'Women waiting table provide most of female gains in U.S.' (Bloomberg):

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-19/women-waiting-tables-provide-most-of-female-gains-in-u-s-.html

'Saudi Women driving ban not part of sharia-morality: police chief' (Al-Arabiya):

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/09/19/-Saudi-women-driving-ban-not-part-of-sharia-morality-police-chief.html

Contributed by Vikram Simhan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/Woman-molested-at-Lalbaugcha-Rajas-visarjan-procession/videoshow/22807295.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral

Contributed by Suyog Shelar

Texas Man Executed for Ambush That Killed 4 Women http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-man-executed-ambush-killed-women-20313355  

41% of U.S. Women Either Poor, or on the Brink http://womensenews.org/story/equal-payfair-wage/130917/report-41-us-women-brink-poverty#.Uj0NAtJi2Xk

Contributed by Stephany Armas

Sex Jihad raging in Syria, claims minister http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10322578/Sex-Jihad-raging-in-Syria-claims-minister.htm

Transitional Justice in Colombia

http://www.crisisgroupblogs.org/crimeandpolitics/2013/09/19/the-five-challenges-of-negotiating-transitional-justice-in-colombia/