News for Today

Contributed by Megan Bird

No Exemptions for Rape, Incest: Insurance to Prohibit Coverage for Abortions

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/10/06/no-exemptions-for-rape-incest-right-to-life-mi-looking-to-prohibit-insurers-from-providing-abortions/

October: Domestic Abuse Month

http://cjonline.com/news/2013-10-06/week-without-violence-sheds-light-domestic-abuse

Contributed by: Farah Najar Arevalo

Mi papá me vende: http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013/10/04/actualidad/1380905436_816798.html UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman honoured for advocacy on women’s rights - See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2013/10/nicole-kidman-variety-magazine-award#sthash.RvkUf97Z.dpuf

Escaping the scourge of female genital mutilation in Tanzania: a Maasai girls’ school provides scholarships for those at risk http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2012/11/escaping-the-scourge-of-female-genital-mutilation-in-tanzania-a-maasai-girls-school-provides-schol#sthash.rNifDFDs.dpuf

The role of women in post-conflict societies remains an unfinished project: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2013/06/18/the-role-of-women-in-post-conflict-societies-remains-an-unfinished-project/

Female Scientists Needed: http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/cheats/2013/10/06/female-scientists-needed.html