News for Today

Contributed by Suyog ShelarIn India, Daughters-in-Law Encouraged to Speak Up
http://womensenews.org/story/reproductive-health/130904/in-india-daughters-in-law-encouraged-speak#.UilGktI_uAk
Complaints by Transgender Detainees Quantify Abuse
http://womensenews.org/story/lesbian-and-transgender/130902/complaints-transgender-detainees-quantify-abuse

Contributed by Agata Blanco CompostelaAFRICA: Women in Botswana gain legal inheritance rights http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/09/05/women-botswana-inheritance-rights/

Contributed by Ana Maria GuerraHave the police failed to record the Twitter threats against me? (UK)

http://www.newstatesman.com/voices/2013/09/have-police-failed-record-twitter-threats-against-me

La violencia sexual de la dictadura, presente 40 años después (Chile)

http://www.elmundo.es/america/2013/09/05/noticias/1378339433.html

Female author gunned down by militants in Afghanistan

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/05/female-author-gunned-down-by-militants-in-afghanistan/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

More cops arrested on rape charges (South Africa)

http://ewn.co.za/2013/09/05/More-WC-cops-arrested-for-rape

Men Accused Of Horrific Gang Rape In Mumbai Allegedly Assualted 10 Women In Six Months (India)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/men-accused-of-horrific-gang-rape-in-mumbai-allegedly-assual

Refugee Crisis in Lebanon Takes Extra Toll on Women

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/09/lebanon-women-refugees-hardships.html

Six-year-old rape victim ordered to wed rapist's 8-year-old son (India)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Six-year-old-rape-victim-ordered-to-wed-rapists-8-year-old-son/articleshow/22330723.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral

The falling domestic violence stats are a sign of police failure (UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/society/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2013/sep/03/domestic-violence-stats-police-failure
One-fifth of female veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan show signs of sexual trauma (US)

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/09/05/13317/one-fifth-female-veterans-iraq-afghanistan-show-signs-sexual-trauma

Two Croatian Serbs sentenced for rape during 1990s war

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130904/two-croatian-serbs-sentenced-rape-during-1990s-war