News for Today

Contributed by Stephany Janiska Armas Contreras

Breast ironing in Cameroon: empowering girls to speak out Mothers mutilate their daughters in an attempt protect them from rape. But a platform to help girls tell their stories could end this harmful tradition 

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jan/07/empowering-girls-testify-breast-ironing?CMP=twt_gu 

UPDATE: On 8 January 2014 Morocco: Enact legal reforms to strengthen punishments for sexual violence & prevent child marriage http://www.equalitynow.org/take_action/child_marriage_action412

Contributed by Airhunmwunde, Matthew

Tanzania: Poor Sanitation Claims 1,500 Lives of Women and Girls http://allafrica.com/stories/201401120157.html 

Bacteria 'could be a cause of preterm births' 

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/271037.php 

South Sudan: Women Urge Global Intervention to End Crisis http://allafrica.com/stories/201401110457.html 

Gambia: Casamance Women Peace Advocates Meet VP http://allafrica.com/stories/201401101359.html 

Angola: National Female Handball Team Lose to Hypo No of Austria http://allafrica.com/stories/201401120015.html

Contributed by Farah Najar Arevalo

The Female Face of Poverty: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-female-face-of-poverty/282892/ 

'She Who Tells A Story' Exhibit At MFA Boston Showcases Talented Female Photographers From The Middle East 

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4557314?ir=World COMMENT LES FEMMES DEVRAIENT S'HABILLER, SELON LES HABITANTS DE SEPT PAYS MUSULMANS: http://www.slate.fr/life/82059/femmes-tenue-vestimentaire-sept-pays-musulmans 

PP deputy congressional speaker calls for free vote within ruling party on abortion; http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/01/08/inenglish/1389187714_755484.html Internal rebellion: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/01/09/inenglish/1389272782_454238.html Egyptian girl, Aisha Mustafa, invents new space propulsion system: http://digitaljournal.com/article/325785