News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria GuerraWhy Invest in Girls?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tabby-biddle/why-invest-in-girls_b_4065360.html

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women holds general discussion on rural women.

http://reliefweb.int/report/world/committee-elimination-discrimination-against-women-holds-general-discussion-rural-women

En Nicaragua las mujeres migran para escapar de sus parejas

http://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/nicaragua-mujeres-migran-por-violencia/359899-3

Towards Ending Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/15306;jsessionid=FF7204F1BB480140836745B580B3E805.jahia02#sthash.7uo2urTW.BnIXqItS.uxfs

In Swat, Battle for Girls’ Education Continues (Pakistan)

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/10/09/in-swat-battle-for-girls-education-continues/

ILO will miss 2016 target to end worst forms of child labor

http://www.trust.org/item/20131009102946-p4t5j/?source=hpagehead
Tanzanie : Le combat des femmes pour l'égalité

http://www.elle.fr/Societe/News/Tanzanie-le-combat-des-femmes-pour-l-egalite-2611913

Times of Famine Linked to Disproportionate Number of Female Births

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/10/times-of-famine-linked-to-disproportionate-number-of-female-births/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=20131009&utm_content=smartnewsfaminefemales2

Miriam González Durántez: Why I’m calling on brilliant British women to go back to school (UK)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10360903/Miriam-Clegg-Why-Im-calling-on-brilliant-British-women-to-go-back-to-school.html

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=twt_gu

Contributed by Farah Najar ArevaloEl acoso de la autoridad femenina contra Lucero: 
http://www.animalpolitico.com/blogueros-la-sarten-por-el-mango/2013/10/08/el-acoso-de-la-autoridad-femenina-contra-lucero/#axzz2hAByGoY6 La canadiense
Alice Munro gana el Nobel de Literatura 2013:
http://www.sinembargo.mx/10-10-2013/780235 
16-Year-Old Malala Yousafzai Leaves Jon Stewart Speechless With Comment About Pacifism:
http://www.businessinsider.com/malala-yousafzai-left-jon-stewart-speechless-2013-10#ixzz2hLIKaWSk
Political Report Card: Women at the Head of the Class: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-lee/political-report-card-women-at-the-head-of-the-class_b_4039699.html

Contributed by Karol Arambula:

'Saudi women gear up for driving protest' (USA Today):

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/10/saudi-arabia-women-driving-protest-october/2958833/

'Women on the front lines and behind the lens' (The New York Times):

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/women-on-the-front-lines-and-behind-the-lens/?_r=0

'Everyday Sexism: five reasons why men shouldn't shout at women in the street' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2013/oct/10/everyday-sexism-why-men-shouldnt-shout-women-street

'25 other senior government jobs never held by a woman' (New York Magazine):

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/10/25-government-jobs-never-held-by-women.html

'Bill seeks to allow women to sue employers for non-monetary discrimination' (The Jerusalem Post):

http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Bill-seeks-to-allow-women-to-sue-employers-for-non-monetary-discrimination-328368

'Heroines: a celebration of women and the power of education' (The Washington Times):

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/collective/2013/oct/10/heroines-celebration-women-and-power-education/

'What keeps women from running for top elected offices?' (The Washington Post):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/10/10/what-keeps-women-from-running-for-top-elected-offices/

'Girls' world: why women are traveling without men' (The Sydney Morning Herald):

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/girls-world-why-women-are-travelling-without-men-20131003-2uuq5.html

'10 of the world's most poweful women' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2013/oct/10/10-worlds-most-powerful-women-yellen-federal-reserve

Contributed by Hannah Clarke

Girl taken as sex slave and forced into sham marriage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2452072/Slovakian-woman-taken-Britain-sex-slave-handed-Pakistani-immigrant-Dickensian-sham-marriage.html

Colombia busts human trafficking ring

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/colombia-busts-human-trafficking-ring-113081400217_1.html

Malalai Joli talks about violence against women in Afghanistan

http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2013/10/08/malalai-joya-speaks-about-women-violence-in-afghanistan.html