News for Today

Contributed by Agnese Cigliano

A campaign against harassment 

http://www.upworthy.com/this-ad-from-india-shows-men-exactly-how-creepy-they-are-when-they-stare-at-women-on-the-street?g=5&c=ufb1

An encouraging survey in the Middle East, even if we still have to work on it 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536381/How-women-dress-according-different-Muslim-countries.html

Contributed by Charmaine Peart

Dial 9 before 911? Texas hotel death prompts petition

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/10/dial-before-11-texas-hotel-death-prompts-petition/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D428789

Flagstaff domestic violence shelter full

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-domestic-violence-shelter-full/article_f6149e36-782c-11e3-99e8-0019bb2963f4.html

Susann Stacy Posts Bloody Selfie To Facebook After Attack From Husband: Cops

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/susann-stacy-selfie-facebook-husband_n_4532931.html

Campaigns aren’t enough to stop domestic violence murders

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/jacquielynn-floyd/20140106-campaigns-arent-enough-to-stop-domestic-violence-murders.ece

'Cabin Fever' in Cold Weather Can Cause Uptick in Domestic Violence, Experts Say

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cabin-fever-cold-uptick-domestic-violence/story?id=21454386

WINGS raises $800,000 to benefit women, children who experience domestic violence

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/barrington_area/community/chi-ugc-article-wings-raises-800000-to-benefit-women-child-2014-01-04,0,4529574.story

Sex offender rapes woman after bus stop detour, Lauderdale cops say

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-01-09/news/fl-fort-lauderdale-rape-20140109_1_lauderdale-cops-samuel-austin-rapes-woman

Man, woman charged with rape in Overland Park

http://www.kctv5.com/story/24377723/man-woman-charged-with-rape-in-overland-park

Deltona firefighter accused of raping woman

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-01-03/news/os-deltona-firefighter-arrested-rape-20140103_1_furniture-store-raping-woman-deltona-firefighter

Woman opens up about high school rape, urges schools to work harder to protect victims

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/rape-schools-officials-acting-article-1.1556394

Contributed by Airhunmwunde, Matthew

Women Deserve to Have Low Libido Treated! 

https://speakingofwomenshealth.com/blog/read/women-deserve-to-have-low-libido-treated

Tanzania: Outlawed FGM Still Being Performed in Same 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100071.html

Egypt: Poll - 57 Percent of Egyptians Prefer Women to Wear Hijab 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100922.html

How to Actually Be Friends With Your Ex 

http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/how-to-be-friends-with-an-ex?click=list4

Kenya: Six Sure Signs He Likes You 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100637.html

Gambia: Malaria Still Poses Major Risk to Pregnant Women, Health Director Says 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401101166.html

Tinder Dos and Don'ts: Five Tips That Will Make Him Swipe Right 

http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/tinder-tips-do-and-don't?click=list6

Nigeria: Politics - When Women Became Oliver Twist 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100285.html

Sudan: Three Women Raped By Armed Herders in North Darfur 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100199.html

Female Taiwanese intelligence officer faces long prison term in Taiwan after being refused asylum in UK 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/female-taiwanese-intelligence-officer-faces-long-prison-term-in-taiwan-after-being-refused-asylum-in-uk-9052130.html

Uganda: Don't Shoot - You Give Women the Power Over You 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100193.html

Nigeria: Woman Jailed Two Months for Damaging Cell Phone 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401101223.html

Meet Sosie Bacon, This Year's Ms. Golden Globe  

http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/sosie-bacon-ms-golden-globe?click=list3

Kenya: Woman Demands Justice From Willy Mutunga 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401090462.html

Zimbabwe: Teen Beaten to Death Over Alleged Affair 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100125.html

White women more prone to breast cancer because of lifestyle 

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270964.php

Liberia: MOE Plans 100 Percent Female Education Funding 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100905.html

Kenya: Sex Pests Preying On School Girls Warned. 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100463.html

Diet and exercise: cancer benefits in huge study of women's health http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270843.php

Kenya: South Sudan Women Demand Inclusion in Talks 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100190.html

Daily antibiotics most effective in preventing recurrent urinary tract infection 

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270955.php

Angola: National Female Handball Team Beat Algeria in Second Friendly Game 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401091461.html

Zimbabwe: Building of Safe Houses Deferred 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100074.html

Uganda: Tempting Exposure - Dignity or Security? 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100210.html

Ghana: Prez Mahama Has Done Nothing - Market Woman 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401091386.html

Nigeria: 2015 - Africa's Richest Woman, Alakija, Joins Lagos Guber Race 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100263.html

Namibia: Church to Intensify Fight Against Gender Based Violence http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100957.html

Uganda: City Dude - Why the Dude Fancies Hot Nurses 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100192.html

Kenya: Woman Fined Sh10,000 for Co-Wife Insult 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401090406.html

Zimbabwe: Women Are a Clever Lot 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100541.html

Nigeria: Delta 2015 - Women Group Drums Support for Olejeme http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100312.html

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

STUDY: Looking At An Ultrasound Doesn’t Change Women’s Decision To Have An Abortion (US)

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/01/10/3145181/study-ultrasound-abortion/

Haiti’s Women Need More than a Trickle of Aid Money

http://www.thenation.com/article/177867/haitis-women-need-more-trickle-aid-money

What women want: integrating gender into statebuilding

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jan/10/integrating-gender-into-statebuilding

Little girls deserve better than to be told to make themselves sexy

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2014/jan/10/little-girls-deserve-better-toys-sexism

York University standing by choice to excuse student from group work with women over religious beliefs (Canada)

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/09/york-university-appears-to-be-standing-by-choice-to-excuse-student-from-group-work-with-women-over-religious-beliefs/

Let’s Be Real: Online Harassment Isn’t ‘Virtual’ For Women

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/let-s-be-real-online-harassment-isn-t-virtual-for-women

‘How to rape a woman’: Searching for porn, ending up here

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/how-to-rape-a-woman-searching-for-porn-ending-up-here?utm_content=buffercf50f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.Us1sP_M5jDc.twitter

Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Jr., Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Monique Villa, Top U.S. Financial Institutions Issue White Paper to Combat Human Trafficking using Financial Data

http://www.trust.org/item/20140110101411-vphyw//