News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
Campaign aims to stop violence against women (EU)

http://news.yahoo.com/campaign-aims-stop-violence-against-women-192452906.html

The “leisure gap” between mothers and fathers (US)

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/10/17/the-leisure-gap-between-mothers-and-fathers/

Zimbabwe police beat up more than 100 women protesting unpaid wages

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/zimbabwe-police-beat-more-100-women-protesting-unpaid-wages-20131015?utm_content=buffer2a6f3&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

End Sexual Violence In War Zones

http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/10/14/united-nations-launches-new-committment-to-end-sexual-violence-in-war-zones.html

Myanmar Army Seeks First Female Applicants

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/myanmar-army-seeks-female-applicants-20584201

India Refuses To Co-Sponsor UN Resolution To End Child Marriage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/india-child-marriage-un-resolution-sponsor_n_4108408.html

Women's rights advocates: secure women's rights through the constitution (Yemen)

http://www.yementimes.com/en/1720/report/3010/Women%E2%80%99s-rights-advocates-Secure-women%E2%80%99s-rights-through-the-constitution.htm

‘Their untold stories eat away at them’: Rape and the women of Mali

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/their-untold-stories-eat-away-at-them-rape-and-the-women-of-mali#.UmAEKL94Fw4.twitter

Sweden elects its first female archbishop

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/15/3690369/sweden-elects-its-first-female.html

How feminism became capitalism's handmaiden - and how to reclaim ithttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/feminism-capitalist-handmaiden-neoliberal?CMP=twt_gu

Contributed by: Farah Najar ArévaloCommunications for Change: How can communications strategies and new technologies create the lasting change needed to bring an end to gender-based violence globally?:
http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/section/opensquaresummit
“Con violencia hacia la mujer, no es posible hablar de seguridad”: http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Carmen-Moreno-embajadora-eminente-Mexico_0_1002499778.html 
Caribbean Advocates set to influence global development agenda, with the goal of realising equality for women and men, girls and boys:
http://www.unifemcar.org/ne_new_.cfm?ID=209
Los derechos de las mujeres en las democracias de las Américas: Una deuda pendiente:
http://dialogocim.org/2013/09/30/los-derechos-de-las-mujeres-en-las-democracias-de-las-americas-una-deuda-pendiente/
Investing In Women's Employment:
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/ifc+sustainability/publications/publication_report_investinginwomensemployment    
Video: 60 años del voto de las mujeres en México, aquí un poco de historia:  http://aristeguinoticias.com/1710/mexico/video-60-aniversario-del-voto-de-las-mujeres-en-mexico-aqui-un-poco-de-historia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AristeguiNoticias+%28Aristegui+Noticias%29     

El Poder Judicial se niega a enjuiciar a funcionarios de Guanajuato por caso Lucero; no quiere “viciar el proceso”
http://www.sinembargo.mx/18-10-2013/788398

Contributed by Agata Blanco CompostelaWomen Catholic Cardinals A Possibility With Pope Francis? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/18/women-cardinals_n_4118313.html?utm_hp_ref=feminism  
5 Highlights from Women Film Pioneers Project: African-American Women in Silent Film, Women Camera Operators and More
http://www.indiewire.com/article/highlights-from-women-film-pioneers-project-african-american-women-in-silent-film-women-camera-operators-and-more  
The "banality" of killing Arab women
http://kayanfeminist.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/the-banality-of-killing-arab-women/ 
Innocent home videos are becoming Pakistani 'porn' on YouTube and destroying lives
http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-10-11/your-fantasy-her-nightmare-sexy-pakistani-women-youtube