News for Today

Contributed by Sabrina
Oct 26: "Nepal ranked 121st in global gender gap report" (Kantipur)
http://www.ekantipur.com/2013/10/26/capital/nepal-ranked-121st-in-global-gender-gap-report/379832.html
Oct 25: "FWEAN urges greater role for women entrepreneurs" (Republica)
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=63586
Oct 25: "CNN Hero of the Year to speak on sex trafficking" (Bermuda Sun)
http://www.bermudasun.bm/Content/LIFESTYLE/Lifestyle/Article/CNN-Hero-of-the-Year-to-speak-on-sex-trafficking/9/230/71431
Oct 25: "Women entrepreneurs find access to finance a hurdle" (The Hindu)
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/women-entrepreneurs-find-access-to-finance-a-hurdle/article5269361.ece?homepage=true
Oct 25: "Nepal making strides in achieving MDGs" (Khabar South Asia)
http://khabarsouthasia.com/en_GB/articles/apwi/articles/features/2013/10/25/feature-01
Oct 21: "High in Nepal, a Lowly Status for Women" (New York Times Blog)
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/high-in-nepal-a-lowly-status-for-women/

Contributed by Vikram Simhan

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/mother-four-children-killed-with-meat-cleaver-in-new-york-438177?home_1382937228&pfrom=home-otherstories

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/15-year-old-abducted-raped-by-2-truck-drivers/articleshow/23280712.cms?intenttarget=no

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Woman-sexually-abused-by-boss-for-7-years/articleshow/24118976.cms?intenttarget=no

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Girl-molested-in-full-public-view/articleshow/24505573.cms?intenttarget=no

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/My-boyfriend-promised-to-marry-me-minutes-after-rape/articleshow/23751882.cms?intenttarget=no

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Schoolgirl-abducted-by-two-gang-raped/articleshow/23993255.cms?intenttarget=no

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-01/mumbai/42573931_1_survivor-police-complaint-unemployed-dad

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/Teacher-held-for-impregnating-girl/articleshow/24004009.cms?intenttarget=no

Contributed by Parmeet Nagi http://m.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/10/family-driven-maryville-missouri-home-after-teen-sex-scandal/70489/

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
New study shows 76% of women have never been asked about domestic violence in a medical exam (US)

http://feministing.com/2013/10/24/new-study-shows-76-never-asked-about-domestic-violence-in-a-medical-exam/

What’s going on in Syria is about a lot more than chemical weapons

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/whats-going-on-in-syria-is-about-a-lot-more-than-chemical-weapons

Dig Deep: Beyond Lean In

http://thefeministwire.com/2013/10/17973/

Gang Rape in India, Routine and Invisible

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/world/asia/gang-rape-in-india-routine-and-invisible.html?_r=0

Scavenger hunt teaches Girl Scouts to look critically at media (US)

http://journalstar.com/news/local/scavenger-hunt-teaches-girl-scouts-to-look-critically-at-media/article_abb31003-feb9-5801-a44b-6261247a5a93.html?utm_content=buffer20055&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

Saudi Arabian women vow to keep up campaign against driving ban

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/27/saudia-arabian-women-drivers-campaign-ban

7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/10/27/7-ridiculous-restrictions-on-womens-rights-around-the-world/?tid=pm_pop

A Trafficking Survivor Tells Her Story (Canada)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/10/25/a-trafficking-survivor-tells-her-story.html

Natascha McElhone: it's time to find an app for gender equality

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/27/natascha-mcelhone-casual-sexism?CMP=twt_gu

Kenya's women fight for justice as rapists are sentenced to cut the grass
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/26/rape-kenya-women-crime-campaign