News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
In Honour of Loretta (Canada)

http://theindependent.ca/2014/02/27/in-honour-of-loretta/

Safety for Survivors (US)

http://www.shakesville.com/2014/02/safety-for-survivors.html

Outcry Grows over Abuse of Jailed Egyptian Women

http://womensenews.org/story/incarceration/140225/outcry-grows-over-abuse-jailed-egyptian-women#.Uw9zuuNdVV0

Girls in Pakistan village given pioneering sex education lessons

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/27/girls-pakistan-village-pioneering-sex-education-lessons

UC Berkeley Sex Assault Victims File Federal Complaint (US)

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/UC-Berkeley-Sex-Assault-Victims-File-Federal-Complaints-247322021.html

Connected women: using mobile phones to protect migrants

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/feb/27/international-labour-organisation-freedom-women-migration

“Tiny number of men” tackle gender violence - male activist

http://www.trust.org/item/20140227164734-1z20i/?source=hpblogs

Study: Global Warming Will Cause 180,000 More Rapes by 2099

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/climate-change-murder-rape

Contributed by Suyog Shelar

Time to stop sexist labels of women in news — Faridah Hameed - See more at: 

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/what-you-think/article/time-to-stop-sexist-labels-of-women-in-news-faridah-hameed

Continued Kenya land grabs hurt indigenous Sengwer women & families

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/02/27/kenya-land-grabs-sengwer/

Australia supports women’s empowerment in Vietnam

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/02/26/australia-supports-womens-empowerment-vietnam/