News for Today

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'Japan to review apology made to wartime women: comfort women' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/world/asia/japan-to-review-apology-made-to-wwii-comfort-women.html?_r=0

'Calls intensify for national inquiry into missing, murdered Aboriginal women' (Global News):

http://globalnews.ca/news/1177701/calls-intensify-for-national-inquiry-into-missing-murdered-aboriginal-women/

'Dove tells women to love their armpits' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/business/media/dove-tells-women-to-love-their-armpits.html

'Who takes more selfies: Women or men?' (CNN):

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/living/parents-selfies-women-over-40-study/

'Why the Oscars are the 'Super Bowl for women' (WSJ):

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303426304579405481826177684?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303426304579405481826177684.html

'A tech panel of all men, aimed at women. So how did that go?' (Chicago Tribune):

http://bluesky.chicagotribune.com/originals/chi-tech-panel-by-men-for-women-20140227-bsi,0,0.story?track=bluesky-ct-head

'Ovulation motives women to 'outdo' each other' (The Star):

http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Health/2014/02/28/Ovulation-motivates-women-to-outdo-each-other/

'Women's brains more resilent to higher levels of genetic defects: study' (CBD):

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/women-s-brains-more-resilient-to-higher-levels-of-genetic-defects-study-1.2555058

'Here's how much less women make than men by state, in one map' (Policymic):

http://www.policymic.com/articles/83703/here-s-how-much-less-women-make-than-men-by-state-in-one-map

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

1 in 5 American Women Experience the Worst of Our Violent Culture (US)

http://www.policymic.com/articles/82893/1-in-5-american-women-experience-the-worst-of-our-violent-culture

Laws fail to stop violence against women in Turkey

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/02/turkey-laws-fail-stop-violence-women.html#

Confusion over Uganda's 'miniskirt ban' leads to public attacks on women

http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/fashion-blog/2014/feb/28/uganda-miniskirt-ban-attacks-women

We need to understand victims of domestic violence, not shame them

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/28/understand-victims-domestic-violence-shame

Mozambique: Punishment for Sexually Raped Children and Women

http://allafrica.com/stories/201402270391.html

Maine lawmaker says he regrets comments on rape, gays (US)

http://www.onlinesentinel.com/politics/Rep__Lawrence_Lockman_says_he_regrets_divisive_statements_.html

Loretta Saunders' tragic death sparks calls for national inquiry (Canada)

http://rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2014/02/best-net/loretta-saunders-tragic-death-sparks-calls-national-inquiry?utm_content=buffer81e41&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer