News for Today

Contributed by Suyog Shelar

Despite all, Saudi women upbeat about future empowerment http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/10/02/despite-all-saudi-women-upbeat-about-future-empowerment/ 
Ugandan Women Put On Their Boxing Gloves
http://www.globalissues.org/news/2013/10/02/17565
Native Women Rising: Ending Violence and Healing Through Digital Storytelling  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/10/01/native-women-rising-ending-violence-healing-through-digital-storytelling/ 
Refugee School Girls in Jordan Sing Lyrics of Loss
http://womensenews.org/story/war/130928/refugee-school-girls-in-jordan-sing-lyrics-loss#.UkvLftJi2Xk

Contributed by Megan BirdUS County receives funding to help house victims of domestic abuse

http://valleynewsonline.com/blog/2013/10/02/oswego-county-opportunities-received-grant-for-housing-for-domestic-violence-victims/

Silent Witness Ceremony Remembers Victims of Domestic Abuse

http://coladaily.com/2013/10/02/photo-gallery-silent-witness-ceremony-remembers-domestic-violence-victims/

Contributed by Hannah Clarke

Arizona among worst states for violence against women

http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/health/arizona-among-worst-states-for-violence-against-women/article_9b904022-2ae9-11e3-a55e-001a4bcf887a.html

Elderly 94 year old woman killed in Myanmar in sectarian violence

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/myanmar-president-visits-sectarian-hit-areas-20427918

Five women gangraped in Muzaffarnagar

http://news.oneindia.in/india/new-face-muzaffarnagar-violence-5-women-gangraped-during-attack-1316192.html

1000 cases of violence against women reported in Malaysia

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=169581:shocking-1000-cases-of-violence-against-women-reported-this-year&Itemid=2#axzz2gavZ9uzE

Contributed by Ana Maria GuerraApril Jones, Child Brides and Us (UK)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victoria-a-brownworth/april-jones-child-brides-_b_4004220.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Asia Losing $89 Billion a Year Failing to Recognize Women: Jobs

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-30/asia-losing-89-billion-a-year-failing-to-recognize-women-jobs.html

Activists push for global ban on stoninghttp://www.trust.org/item/20130927172339-hoq1u/

Mount Athos: The Gorgeous Greek Peninsula Where Women Are Banned

http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/09/30/mount_athos_the_gorgeous_greek_peninsula_where_female_visitors_are_banned.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

Saudi Arabia: Women’s Rights Activists Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni Jailed for Helping Starving Mother [VIDEO]

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/510148/20130930/wajeha-al-huwaider-fawzia-oyouni-saudi-arabia.htm

Egypt rights groups demand quotas for women in parliament

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2013/09/29/Calls-rise-for-quota-of-Egyptian-women-parliament.html
India seeks to regulate its booming "rent-a-womb" industry

http://www.trust.org/item/20130930081338-gcikl/?source=dpagehead

Kurds and women top Turkish PM reform plans

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/09/kurds-women-top-turkish-pm-reform-plans-201393095032209408.html

Saudi cleric says women who drive risk damaging their ovaries

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/29/us-saudi-driving-idUSBRE98S04B20130929

Daphne Bramham: Teen prostitute's life is no Pretty Woman story (Canada)

http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/Daphne+Bramham+Teen+prostitute+life+Pretty+Woman+story/8979561/story.html

Contributed by Agata Blanco CompostelaDespite all, Saudi women upbeat about future empowerment http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/10/02/despite-all-saudi-women-upbeat-about-future-empowerment/ 
Native Women Rising: Ending Violence and Healing Through Digital Storytelling http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/10/01/native-women-rising-ending-violence-healing-through-digital-storytelling/
Advocates Around the World Mobilize for Abortion Access
http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2013/09/30/advocates-around-the-world-mobilize-for-abortion-access/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FeministDailyNews+%28Feminist+Daily+News%29 Girl’s education hero Malala Yousafzai says ‘books not war’ makes peace http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/09/30/malala-yousafzai-books-not-war/

Contributed by William KinNigeria: Appraising Mimiko Gender Targeted Development in Ondo  http://allafrica.com/stories/201310020076.html
Tanzania: Ten Set for War On Gender-Based Violence 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201310020020.html
Sierra Leone: Girl Power Is No Longer a Politically Correct Addendum but a Compulsory Economic Necessity 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201310011362.html
Malawi: Dealing With Early Marriages Through Adolescent Corners  http://allafrica.com/stories/201310010936.html