News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
Since Genocide, Rwanda's Women Have Helped Lead The Recovery

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/06/299686785/since-genocide-rwandas-women-have-helped-lead-the-recovery

Brad Pitt's New Movie About the Steubenville Rape Case Has the Wrong Hero (US)

http://www.policymic.com/articles/86939/brad-pitt-s-new-movie-about-the-steubenville-rape-case-has-the-wrong-hero

7 Million Afghans Vote!

http://www.afghaninstituteoflearning.org/ail-blog.html

Inés Carrillo, otra mujer quemada con ácido este fin de semana (Colombia)

http://www.las2orillas.co/ines-carrillo-otra-mujer-quemada-con-acido-este-fin-de-semana/

Men on the Edge of Panic: Boomer Esiason, Mike Francesa and Toxic Masculinity (US)

http://www.thenation.com/blog/179209/men-edge-panic-beyond-boomer-esiason-obgyn

Widows of the genocide: how Rwanda's women are rebuilding their lives

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/apr/07/widows-genocide-rwanda-women

Indian sexual freedom grows, despite 'moral policing'

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/07/india-sexual-freedom-moral-policing-election

Where sisterhood ends: The victim in your own home (Hong Kong)

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/where-sisterhood-ends-the-victim-in-your-own-home

The Rise of Rwanda's Women

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141075/swanee-hunt/the-rise-of-rwandas-women

'There Is No Hope To Get a Better Life' (Rwanda)

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/04/07/no_hope_better_life_rwanda_women_future

Women agree fame, fortune help in Indonesian election campaign

http://www.trust.org/item/20140408130759-vb4xl/?source=hptop

Women's rights better in post-genocide Rwanda, more to be done - advocate

http://www.trust.org/item/20140408123258-12ipd/?source=search

There's more to feminism than women in combat roles (UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/06/feminism-women-army-combat-roles

Egypt women: Rights on paper, not yet on ground

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-women-rights-on-paper-not-yet-on-ground/2014/04/08/c7d22a0c-bee5-11e3-9ee7-02c1e10a03f0_story.html

A 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Who’s Pregnant With Twins Is Being Denied An Abortion In Senegal

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/04/04/3423236/senegal-abortion-law/

The gender wage gap: not only is it real, it seriously underestimates gender-based economic inequality suffered by women (US)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_04/the_gender_gap_in_womens_pay_w049781.php

Memories of Rwanda Are Shared on Social Media

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/memories-of-rwanda-are-shared-on-social-media/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Malala scholarship programme approved by US panel

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-malala-scholarship-programme-approved-by-us-panel-1976307

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'There's more to feminism than women in combat roles' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/06/feminism-women-army-combat-roles

'Three women attacked by hammer-wielding intruder in London hotel' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/07/women-attacked-hammer-mayfair-hotel-london

'Women less likely to apply for 'assertive' or 'agressive' jobs' (The Huffington Post):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/women-leadership-recruitment_n_5092259.html

'Mormons exclude women seeking ordination priesthood' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/06/mormons-exclude-women-seeking-ordination-priesthood

'First women joining Palestinian Commando Unit' (TIME):

http://time.com/51388/first-women-joining-palestinian-commando-unit/

'Democrats woo women with teo equal pay executive orders' (The Wire):

http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/04/democrats-woo-women-with-two-equal-pay-executive-orders/360279/

'UN to measure women's rights progress over past 20 years' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/apr/07/un-womens-rights-progress-cairo-agreement

'Women earn less than men in woman dominated jobs' (Market Watch):

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2014/04/07/women-earn-less-than-men-even-in-woman-dominated-jobs/

'Rwanda's women make strides towards equality 20 years after the genocide' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/apr/07/rwanda-women-empowered-impoverished