News for Today

Contributed by Suyog ShelarNARAL Celebrates Success of Its 'StopKen' Campaign 
http://womensenews.org/story/campaign-trail/131106/naral-celebrates-success-its-stopken-campaign
Southwest Takes the Legal Battlefront on Abortion 
http://womensenews.org/story/abortion/131030/southwest-takes-the-legal-battlefront-abortion

Contributed by Farah Najar Arévalo   
La participación política de las mujeres mexicanas:
http://revistafal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1685%3Ala-participacion-politica-de-las-mujeres&catid=156%3Aportada-1&Itemid=490       
Turkish government to act on accommodation housing female and male students: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-government-to-act-on-homes-housing-both-female-and-male-students.aspx?pageID=238&nID=57392&NewsCatID=338  #SHOUTINGBACK by Dan Reed: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBeNfSoMqjY 
Victims of Domestic Violence Are Especially Hurt By the Shutdown: http://www.policymic.com/articles/67557/victims-of-domestic-violence-are-especially-hurt-by-the-shutdown
Tawakkol Karman, First Arab Woman Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Gives Away Her $500,000 Award:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/tawakkol-karman_n_4227485.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009&ir=Religion

Contributed by Karol Arambula:

 

'Islamists protest in Egypt?' (SF Gate):

http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Islamists-protest-in-Egypt-over-detained-women-4967054.php

 

'Interracial marriage and single black women: African-American dating issues come home for the holidays' (The Grio):

http://thegrio.com/2013/11/06/interracial-dating-marriage-love-black-men-women-white-native-american/

'Hillary 2014 and the 'War on Women' (Real Clear Politics):

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/11/08/hillary_2016_and_the_war_on_women_trope_120604.html

'Republicans haven't lost women' (Bloomberg):

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-07/republicans-haven-t-lost-women.html

 

'370,000 fewer women held jobs in October, female participation rate hits new low' (CNS News):

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/357000-fewer-women-held-jobs-october-female-participation-rate-hits-new-low

 

'Study probes why exercise leaves women more breathless than men' (Philly):

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/sportsmedicine/HealthDay681935_20131108_Study_Probes_Why_Exercise_Leaves_Women_More_Breathless_Than_Men.html

 

'Few women on TIME's list of influential chefs and innovators' (Madison):

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/city-life/few-women-on-time-s-list-of-influential-chefs-and/article_b184945c-662a-5423-b5b4-5f39a157fa44.html

 

'Women, enlist men's help in closing the gender pay gap' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/08/women-gender-pay-gap-salaries-men

 

'Study: Women at higher risk for allergies, asthma' (WEBMD):

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20131108/study-women-at-higher-risk-for-allergies-asthma 

 

'The 5 jobs with widest pay gap between man and women' (Consumerist):

http://consumerist.com/2013/11/08/the-5-jobs-with-widest-pay-gap-between-men-women/

 

'18 things every woman should have been told about sex, but probably wasn't' (The Huffington Post):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/every-woman-should-know-about-sex_n_4234185.html

 

'Lourde's putdown feminism: the politics of calling out other women' (Salon):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/every-woman-should-know-about-sex_n_4234185.html