Monday 9 September 2013

News for Today

Contributed by Agata Blanco Compostela
Pakistan's only female fighter pilot becomes role model for millions of girls http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/10279119/Pakistans-only-female-fighter-pilot-becomes-role-model-for-millions-of-girls.html 
Russia:N.Caucasus Region Permits Headscarves in Schools
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130903/183128627/NCaucasus-Region-Permits-Headscarves-in-Schools.html
Botswana OKs Inheritance Law;
Taliban Kills Author
http://womensenews.org/story/cheers-and-jeers/130906/botswana-oks-inheritance-law-taliban-kills-author#.UiyuXT_9Xk0 
In India, Daughters-in-Law Encouraged to Speak Up
http://womensenews.org/story/reproductive-health/130904/in-india-daughters-in-law-encouraged-speak#.UiyuZD_9Xk0 
Cuban Teenagers Overuse Abortion as Birth Control
http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/09/cuban-teenagers-overuse-abortion-as-birth-control/   Spain:Unprecedented legal victory as health service is made to cover gender reassignment http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/09/06/inenglish/1378470581_127491.html 
Mexican Bus Drivers Try To Avoid Deadly 'Hunter Diana,' Skip Work 
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/09/05/mexican-bus-drivers-try-to-avoid-deadly-hunter-diana-skip-work/#ixzz2eK2mbmAr  
Nigeria's child brides: 'I thought being in labour would never end'
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/02/nigeria-child-brides-religion  Palestinian Women Hope To Gain Divorce Rights
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/09/palestinian-women-divorce-marriage-law.html 
Bangladeshi slum dwellers face higher risk of domestic violence 
http://www.irinnews.org/report/98697/bangladeshi-slum-dwellers-face-higher-risk-of-domestic-violence 
25 November - 10 December 2013: Europe mobilises against rape and for the Istanbul Convention as a tool of change! 
http://www.womenlobby.org/?lang=en 
Crime novelist delves deep into Armenia’s illegal sex-trafficking industry http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/09/06/armenias-illegal-sex-trafficking/

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