News for Today

Contributed by William Kin
Gambia: This Week Is the Worldwide Awareness of the Reproductive Health What Do We Know About Our Reproductive Health
http://allafrica.com/stories/201309241578.html
Ghana: We Will No Longer Fall Victims to Human Rights Violations - Women Declare http://allafrica.com/stories/201309241363.html
Africa: HIV/AIDs Report - New Infections Down, Treatment Expands http://allafrica.com/stories/201309241323.html
Africa: Putting the Last Child First Will Further Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals
http://allafrica.com/stories/201309241244.html

Contributed by Ana Maria GuerraeBay: rape joke T-shirts for sale – more #everydayrapeculture (UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2013/sep/24/ebay-rape-joke-t-shirts-everydayrapeculture

South Dallas serial rape suspect apologizes for two assaults (US)

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20130923-south-dallas-serial-rape-suspect-apologizes-for-two-assaults.ece

Japanese 'Aunties' Party Presses for Gender Parity

http://womensenews.org/story/the-world/130922/japanese-aunties-party-presses-gender-parity

U.S. abortion funding restrictions harm women both in the United States and in Developing Countries

http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2013/09/24/index.html

Seeking justice through the ICTY: Frustration, skepticism, hope

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/seeking-justice-through-the-icty-frustration-skepticism-hope

45 Assaults, 10 Reports, 1 Punishment: Sexual Violence At Vanderbilt University (US)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bsnorman89/45-assaults-10-reports-1-punishment-sexual-viol-f877

Abused for Surviving: What Amanda Lindhout Faces After Captivity
http://www.thenation.com/article/176323/abused-surviving-what-amanda-lindhout-faces-after-captivity#

Contributed by Megan BirdCanada's Aboriginals Compile Own Database of Missing and Murdered Women
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/25/taking-control-canadas-aboriginals-compile-own-database-missing-and-murdered-women-151417
Economic Development = Equal Rights for Women?
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/09/24/Economic-Development-Equal-Rights-for-Women