DeltaWomen: News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
Rich white man gets no jail time for raping his three-year-old daughter because he “will not fare well” in prison (US)

http://feministing.com/2014/03/31/rich-white-man-gets-no-jail-time-for-raping-his-three-year-old-because-he-will-not-fare-well-in-prison/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Holding back half the nation (Japan)

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21599763-womens-lowly-status-japanese-workplace-has-barely-improved-decades-and-country?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/holding_back_half_the_nation

'Enough is enough': the fight against everyday sexism
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/29/everyday-sexism-women-encounter-laura-bates

To all the women who bore the heaviest burden of our history (Rwanda)
http://www.trust.org/item/20140331094209-m73f5/?source=search

Pilot Convicted of Off-Duty, Mid-Flight Grope of 14-Year-Old (US)

http://jezebel.com/pilot-convicted-of-off-duty-mid-flight-grope-of-14-yea-1555300005?utm_campaign=socialfow_jezebel_twitter&utm_source=jezebel_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Uganda Celebrates Anti-Gay Law With Five-Hour Ceremony

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/uganda-celebrates-anti-gay-law-with-five-hour-ceremony

UN Women Chief goes back to school in Viet Nam

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/3/un-women-chief-goes-back-to-school-in-viet-nam

Mind the digital gender gap: Empowering women online

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/mind-the-digital-gender-gap-empowering-women-online

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'A borderline where women bear the weight' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/world/europe/a-borderline-where-women-bear-the-weight.html?_r=0

'Why women invest less than men, even though they're better at it' (Quartz):

http://qz.com/193675/why-women-invest-less-than-men-even-though-theyre-better-at-it/

'Why women fake orgasms: It turns them on' (USA Today):

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/31/newser-fake-orgasms/7111827/

'Number of babies born to women over 50 doubles in four years in UK' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/31/number-babies-born-women-over-50-doubles-four-years

'Conservative women propose a solution to income inequality: Marriage' (TIME):

http://time.com/44112/conservative-women-propose-a-solution-to-income-inequality-marriage/

'Do 60 percent of women use 'birth control' for something other than family planning' (The Washington Post):