News for Today

Contributed by Megan BirdViolence Against Black Women Sparks Outrage

http://www.dallasweekly.com/news/national/article_6e6f4c74-5c66-11e3-9ba0-001a4bcf6878.html

Violence Against Women Leave Deep Psychological Scars

http://tribune.com.pk/story/641204/awareness-session-violence-against-women-leaves-deep-psychological-scars/

"Justice for My Sister," Becomes Movement for Eradicating Violence Against Women

http://nbclatino.com/2013/12/04/film-justice-for-my-sister-becomes-movement-for-eradicating-violence-against-women/

Contributed by Hannah ClarkeViolence Against Black Women Sparks Outrage

http://www.dallasweekly.com/news/national/article_6e6f4c74-5c66-11e3-9ba0-001a4bcf6878.html

Violence Against Women Leave Deep Psychological Scars

http://tribune.com.pk/story/641204/awareness-session-violence-against-women-leaves-deep-psychological-scars/

"Justice for My Sister," Becomes Movement for Eradicating Violence Against Women

http://nbclatino.com/2013/12/04/film-justice-for-my-sister-becomes-movement-for-eradicating-violence-against-women/

Contributed by Matthew AirhunmwundeWhat women's liberation does to men mental health
http://t.co/KWGRrnsm0I
Breast cancer prognosis may be affected by mammography screening intervals http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269699.php
Hope for noninvasive treatment for breast cancer using MR-guided ultrasound http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269698.php
Gender differences in COPD examined by UK review http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269680.php
Risk of serious complications after immediate breast reconstruction with implants increased by obesity, smoking
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269676.php
Body image and Facebook use in teen girls
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269669.php

Contributed by Charmaine Peart

For immigrant women, domestic violence creates a double shadow

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/for-immigrant-women-domestic-violence-creates-a-double-shadow/2013/12/02/5626b85e-55e6-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html

YWCA extending anti-domestic violence services to Gonzales

http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20131205/NEWS01/312050016/YWCA-extending-anti-domestic-violence-services-Gonzales

Participants Voice Hopes And Realities At Domestic Violence Prevention Summit

http://www.alaskapublic.org/2013/12/04/participants-voice-hopes-and-realities-at-domestic-violence-prevention-summit/

Chicago Police To Get Special Training On Responding To Domestic Violence Calls

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/domestic-violence-trainin_n_4380093.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago

Status: Incarcerated. Man suspected of killing woman who feared for her life on Facebook now behind bars
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-suspected-killing-mother-feared-life-facebook-behind-bars-article-1.1537025

Holidays bring increase in domestic violence

http://www.demingheadlight.com/deming-news/ci_24655552/holidays-bring-increase-domestic-violence?source=rss

Phoebe Harris Phelps (1818-1889): Domestic violence survivor

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Phoebe-Harris-Phelps-1818-1889-Domestic-4983752.php

Live video: As gingerbread house grows, so do donations for domestic violence hotline

http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/12/as-gingerbread-house-grows-so-do-donations-for-domestic-violence-hotline.html/

Rutgers team aims to adapt HIV-prevention program to help domestic violence victims

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/62484-rutgers-team-aims-to-adapt-hiv-prevention-program-to-help-domestic-violence-victims

Annual Communities Of Light Ceremony Gives Hope To Victims Of Domestic Violence

http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2013/12/04/annual-communities-of-light-ceremony-gives-hope-to-victims-of-domestic-violence/

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Thailand secretly dumps Myanmar refugees into trafficking rings

http://www.trust.org/item/20131204234540-7ue31/?source=dpagehead

[Guyana] Our cultural norms reinforce Gender-Based Violence

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/12/04/guyana-our-cultural-norms-reinforce-gender-based-violence/

Uganda commits to battle against maternal mortality

http://www.figo.org/news/uganda-commits-battle-against-maternal-mortality-0011777

Afghan women need protection to reach election polls, says Dr. Sima Simar

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/12/04/afghan-women-election-polls/

Of #FastTailedGirls and Freedom (US)

http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/12/03/of-fasttailedgirls-and-freedom/

A Year After the Delhi Gang Rape, Women Fight Back (India)

http://www.vocativ.com/12-2013/year-delhi-gang-rape-women-fight-back/

What Happens When We Don't Need Women's Bodies for Gestation? (US)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly/ectogenesis-feminism_b_4385417.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

To stop FGM – Female Genital Mutilation we must first define it

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/12/03/to-stop-female-genital-mutilation/?utm_content=bufferf1f54&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

FSU's Jameis Winston will not be charged in rape case, prosecutor says (US)

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/05/justice/florida-state-quarterback-investigation/index.html?hpt=hp_t1