Thursday 10 October 2013

News for Today

Contributed by Agata Blanco CompostelaDalai Lama: Women Better Leaders Because Of Potential For Compassion; Next Dalai Lama May Be Female
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/dalai-lama-women_n_3440583.html?utm_hp_ref=gender-and-religion Amplifying Women in the Recording Industry http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/10/amplifying_women_in_the_recording_industry.html 
Women Who Write Webcomics That You Should Absolutely Be Reading http://www.xojane.com/entertainment/best-webcomics-for-women 
Native Women Push for Access to Emergency Contraception http://bitchmagazine.org/post/native-women-push-for-access-to-emergency-contraception 
Asian cage-fighter strikes blow for region’s women
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/10/08/asian-cage-fighter-strikes-blow-regions-women/
Contributed by Ana Maria GuerraProject to combat violence against women brings city together (US)http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Project+combat+violence+against+women+brings+city+together/9005300/story.html
Men in uniform outnumber Militants in rapes, molestations: Government (Kashmir)
Child sex offender sentence could set precedence (Canada)
U.N.’s Top Posts Remain a Boy’s Club
Tanzania: Why Child Brides Are Likely to Die Young
The Normalization of Violence Against Black Women (US)
“Lo que le hicieron a mi hija no tiene perdón de Dios” (Colombia)
How one girl's killing has put Afghan justice on trial
What Africa can learn from Tanzania's remarkable Masai lands rights victory
A bank by women and for women (India)
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/09/a-bank-by-women-for-women-2013924153030971193.html

Contributed by Parmeet Nagi
Saudi Cleric gets 8 years prison for killing a child
Contributed by Stephany Armas
STATEMENT: IMPLICATIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DECREE 092 AND SCR 1325 ON VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN COLOMBIA
http://www.wilpfinternational.org/statement-implications-of-the-implementation-of-decree-092-and-scr-1325-on-violence-and-discrimination-against-women-in-colombia/
In Ethiopia, church bells ring for women and girls
http://saynotoviolence.org/around-world/news/ethiopia-church-bells-ring-women-and-girls
Saudi King Abdullah's female advisers ask him to let women drive
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/saudi-arabia-women-driving-shoura-abdullah-council?CMP=fb_gu
Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown
http://www.thenation.com/blog/176536/domestic-violence-shelters-struggle-stay-open-during-shutdown?rel=emailNation
Women Who Broke The Rules In Nepal
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/09/23/225431832/women-who-broke-all-the-rules-in-nepal
Norway Gender Gap Lives as $1.4 Million Male CEOs Outperform
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-08/sex-gap-alive-and-kicking-in-norway-as-women-rule-in-politics.html
Taliban attack on Malala Yousafzai showed Pakistanis “who these people really are," Hina Rabbani Khar, former Pakistani foreign minister, tells me.

http://on.cnn.com/1a8BtdZ
FAS advocates for women’s protection and participation in the  Central African Republic peace process at the  24th Session of the Human Rights Council
http://www.fasngo.org/assets/files/24%20HRC/Article%20for%20%20FAS%20website%20-%2024%20HRC.pdf
The Normalization of Violence Against Black Women
http://www.thenation.com/blog/176545/normalization-violence-against-black-women#
Contributed by: Farah Najar Arévalo       
Primer Congreso sobre Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres:
http://www.fundacionama.org.mx/congresoderechoshumanosdelasmujeres.html    
TOP WOMEN Summit in Brussels:
http://www.careersinternational.com/events/34-top-women.html    
Uno de cada 10 mexicanos justifica golpes a mujeres: INEGI; 27% de ellas dice que sus derechos no son respetados:
http://www.sinembargo.mx/08-10-2013/778939    
FEMEN ~Topless women protest in Spain chanted 'abortion is ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azNLpuSXywI
Contributed by Megan BirdNational Trainer Examines Complexities of Sexual Assault Cases
New App Designed to Help Promote Women's Rights
Extension of ISAF Mandate in Afghanistan Must Come with Human Rights Pledges
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=21017





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