Tuesday 10 December 2013

News for Today

Contributed by Megan Bird

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:
'Egypt's trouble with women' (The New York Times):
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/opinion/09iht-edalaswany09.html?hp&rref=opinion/international&_r=0
'Women and drinking: Time to talk risks, authors say' (USA Today):
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/08/women-drinking-risks/3858969/
'More married women are not having children, U.S. study finds' (Los Angeles Times):
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-childless-couples-20131208,0,2037401.story#axzz2mwMW4EnL
'Egyptian court overturns sentences of 14 women jailed for pro-Morsy protest' (CNN):
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/07/world/meast/egypt-protests/
UN decries 'low, uneven' use of law protecting Afghan women' (NBC News):
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/08/21816694-un-decries-low-uneven-use-of-law-protecting-afghan-women

Contributed by Suyog Shelar
Califia Feminists Took Education Out of Classrooms http://womensenews.org/story/our-history/131207/califia-feminists-took-education-out-classrooms  
Prostitution: France wants to punish clients [instead] http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/12/02/prostitution-france-wants-punish-clients/ Chicago Police Tackle DV; Female Journalists Harassed http://womensenews.org/story/cheers-and-jeers/131206/chicago-police-tackle-dv-female-journalists-harassed

Contributed by "Airhunmwunde, Matthew". 
Novel device able to monitor treatment response in ovarian cancer 
Delhi Assembly gets only 3 women members, all belong to AAP 
Nigeria: 70% of farm labours are women 
Egyptian women protesters freed 
All women station’ concept arrests US cop’s attention 
What We Can All Learn from Women's Birth Stories 

Contributed by Stephany Janiska Armas
Sahar Gul: The fears of a tortured Afghan child bride (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23311414

Karzai: A legacy of failure on women’s rights? (Open Democracy)
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/massouda-jalal/karzai-legacy-of-failure-on-afghan-womens-rights

Afghan judges free three jailed for torture of child bride Sahar Gul (Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/afghan-judges-free-sahar-guls-torturers

Afghanistan: Escalating Setbacks for Women (Human Rights Watch)
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/16/afghanistan-escalating-setbacks-women

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