News for Today

Contributed by Suyog Shelar

Great News for Women in Texas 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cecile-richards/great-news-for-women-in-t_b_4039876.html 

Women's Groups Amplify #GetCovered Message http://womensenews.org/story/health/131002/womens-groups-amplify-getcovered-message#.Uk5YAtJi2Xk 

India seeks to regulate its booming “rent-a-womb” industry http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/10/03/india-seeks-regulate-its-booming-rent-a-womb-industry/

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science? (US)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/magazine/why-are-there-still-so-few-women-in-science.html?_r=0

Bringing war criminals to justice in Guatemala

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/bringing-war-criminals-to-justice-in-guatemala-96673.html

Policewomen patrol Cairo metro to protect women -report (Egypt)

http://www.trust.org/item/20131003154547-o37sd/?source=hptop

Sexual abuse by a family member accounts for 53% of clients – One in Four report (US)

http://news.ie.msn.com/ireland/sexual-abuse-by-a-family-member-accounts-for-53percent-of-clients-%E2%80%93-one-in-four-report

Gender parity and economic performance

http://businessdayonline.com/2013/10/gender-parity-and-economic-performance/

Cote d'Ivoire: ICC Unseals Arrest Warrant for Gbagbo Ally

http://allafrica.com/stories/201310011471.html

Refugee School Girls in Jordan Sing Lyrics of Loss

http://womensenews.org/story/war/130928/refugee-school-girls-in-jordan-sing-lyrics-loss#.Uk2x0NJJMjQ

Fathers Are the Key to Ending Child Marriage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly/fathers-are-the-key-to-en_b_4036532.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%2BNotifications

Women Behind Bars (US)

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/faultlines/2013/09/women-behind-bars-201393010326721994.html

Perú: Feministas exigen protocolo para atención del aborto terapéutico

http://amecopress.net/spip.php?article10155