DeltaWomen: News for Today

Contributed by Suyog Shelar
Islam Will Not Teach My Son That Wife Beating's OK http://womensenews.org/story/religion/140131/islam-will-not-teach-my-son-wife-beatings-ok#.UvRfsNKSwoc
Report: Iraqi Women Illegally Detained, Tortured http://womensenews.org/story/incarceration/140205/report-iraqi-women-illegally-detained-tortured#.UvRfoNKSwoc

Contributed by Charmaine Peart

3 tribes authorized to prosecute non-Native American men in domestic violence cases

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/3-tribes-authorized-to-prosecute-non-native-american-men-in-domestic-violence-cases/2014/02/06/27bc1044-8f58-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html

Bill seeks to place harsher sentences on repeat domestic abusers

http://www.wsmv.com/story/24657886/bill-seeks-to-place-harsher-sentences-on-repeat-domestic-abusers

Domestic Violence More Likely for Women with Severe Mental Health Disability

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/02/02/women-with-mental-health-disability-more-likely-to-be-in-abusive-relationships/65318.html

Women's center advocate creates domestic violence booklets for police

http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/women-s-center-advocate-creates-domestic-violence-booklets-for-police/article_39efeccd-cd0f-539d-9391-6748e92281f0.html

‘One Billion Rising’ to promote justice for domestic violence victims

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/one-billion-rising-to-promote-justice-for-domestic-violence-victims/Content?oid=2697805

Durham filmmaker premieres documentary about battered women