DeltaWomen: News for Today

Contributed by Parmeet Nagi

14 year old girl gangraped in Chigurukota

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/14yearold-girl-gangraped-in-chigurukota/article5288054.ece

Contributed by Charmaine Peart

Women: UConn failed to take sex assaults seriously

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Women-UConn-failed-to-take-sex-assaults-seriously-4914662.php

Cultural commitments and rape

http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/10/21/cultural-commitments-and-rape

Combating Domestic Violence: One Size Doesn't Fit All

http://www.npr.org/2013/10/21/239129010/domestic-violence-often-gets-distorted-in-court
Another Month, Another 50 Women Dead
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martha-burk/domestic-violence-awareness-month_b_4133288.html
EXCLUSIVE: Domestic Violence victim, Alyssa Dudley, shot three times, released from hospital
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/EXCLUSIVE-Domestic- Violence-victim-Alyssas-Dudley-shot-three-times-released-from-hospital

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: The fight against black women’s higher rates of intimate partner violence
http://thegrio.com/2013/10/20/domestic-violence-awareness-month-black-women-homocide-intimate-partner-violence/
Baltimore County Commission for Women to hold domestic violence information fair
http://www.baltimorenewsjournal.com/2013/10/21/baltimore-county-commission-for-women-to-hold-domestic-violence-information-fair/ Dangerous times: Programs for domestic violence victims
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/dangerous-times/Content?oid=2267365 Counselors to talk Oct. 23 on domestic violence http://www.niutoday.info/2013/10/21/counselors-to-talk-oct-23-on-domestic-violence/
Local businesses raise funds for Citizens Against Domestic Violence http://lakeexpo.com/news/lake_news/article_ab50114a-3a6b-11e3-928b-001a4bcf887a.html
Protecting women: Honda, Boxer sponsor bills to help prevent violence against women around the world
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_24325172/protecting-women-honda- boxer-sponsor-bills-help-prevent
Breaking domestic violence silence key to recovery
http://azdailysun.com/news/local/breaking-domestic-violence-silence-key-to-recovery/article_d019f0fc-3955-11e3-af80-0019bb2963f4.html

Contributed by Karol Arambula:

'Yes, men really do ogle women's bodies' (USA Today):

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/29/body-shape-objectification-technology/3287287/

'Dangers come with freedom for Indian women' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/world/asia/dangers-come-with-freedom-for-indian-women.html?_r=0

'Why young women are going off the pill and on to contraception voodoo' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/29/young-women-going-off-pill-contraception-birth-control

'Career women need a better half who does his half' (Slate):

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Career-women-need-a-better-half-who-does-his-half-4936797.php

'India breast cancer surge hinders private exams for women' (Bloomberg):

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-29/india-breast-cancer-surge-hinders-private-exams-for-women.html

'Who is to blame when a man cheats? According to a revenge website, only the women he cheats with' (Slate):

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/30/she_s_a_homewrecker_women_who_ve_been_cheated_on_expose_the_names_and_photos.html

'Why breast cancer awareness month is actually a huge insult to women' (PolicyMic):

http://www.policymic.com/articles/70147/why-breast-cancer-awareness-month-is-actually-a-huge-insult-to-women

Contributed by Megan BirdV.P. Biden Visits Austin Domestic Abuse Hotline

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/23826234/biden-in-austin-to-visit-domestic-violence-hotline

CASA, Sunstar Paramedics Partner for Domestic Violence Training

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/casa-sunstar-paramedics-partner-for-domestic-violence-training/2149977

Study Shows Violence Against Women Costs Tennessee $880 Million Annually

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/local/2013/10/30/study-violence-against-women-costs-tn-880-million-annually/3312261/

Contributed by Stephany Armas
UN expert breaks global silence on rape of young virgin girls in Iranian prisons http://justiceforiran.org/call-for-action/english-un-expert-breaks-global-silence-on-rape-of-young-virgin-girls-in-iranian-prisons/?lang=en
Day of the Girl: A survivor’s journey after female genital mutilation Women in my community worry that they won’t be a good Somali woman if they haven’t undergone FGM. This is a practice that continues to control women's sexuality http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/day-of-the-girl-a-survivors-journey-after-female-genital-mutilation-8874232.html
Do We Really Want to Talk About Mass Surveillance? http://www.womensmediacenter.com/feature/entry/do-we-really-want-to-talk-about-mass-surveillance?utm_content=buffer980b5&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
Another from the 28th is related to the Yemen Constitution regarding child marriage. Yemen must ban child marriage in new constitution - rights group http://www.trust.org/item/20131028062637-cafoe/?source=search

Contributed by Ana Maria GuerraTeen Pregnancy Rooted in Powerlessness

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/10/teen-pregnancy-rooted-in-powerlessness/?utm_source=ipsnews&utm_medium=twitter

We Need More Women in Tech: The Data Prove It (US)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/we-need-more-women-in-tech-the-data-prove-it/280964/

Women in South Africa are living in a war zone

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/women-in-south-africa-are-living-in-a-war-zone

Abigail Disney: Telling War From A Women's Perspective

http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/10/30/abigail-disney-speaks-at-the-global-womens-forum-on-the-economy-and-society.html

Do We Really Want to Talk About Mass Surveillance?

http://www.womensmediacenter.com/feature/entry/do-we-really-want-to-talk-about-mass-surveillance?utm_content=buffer980b5&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

World Health Organisation: unemployed youth in Britain are a public health time bomb

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10414090/World-Health-Organisation-unemployed-youth-in-Britain-are-a-public-health-time-bomb.html