News for Today

Contributed by Suyog Shelar
Nigeria Kidnapping, Malala Shooting Rouses Teens  http://womensenews.org/story/education/140819/nigeria-kidnapping-malala-shooting-rouses-teens#.U_gtxqOt9co  
Gender Equality Gains Traction with Pacific Island Leaders  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/08/15/gender-equality-gains-traction-pacific-island-leaders/

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'Egyptian cleric says women are allowed to spy on women in the shower' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/egyptian-cleric-men-spy-women-shower

'Pregnant women should avoid all tuna: Consumer Reports' (Daily News):

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/pregnant-women-avoid-tuna-consumer-reports-article-1.1912426

'Women in great jobs still in wrong jobs' (Bloomberg):

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/women-in-great-jobs-still-in-wrong-jobs.html

'Violence, threats, prompt more Muslim women in Britain to wear a veil' (Reuters):

http://news.yahoo.com/violence-threats-prompt-more-muslim-women-britain-wear-103046186.html

'James Foley murder: British women vows to become first women to behead western prisoner in Syria' (The Telegraph):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11049663/James-Foley-murder-British-woman-vows-to-become-first-female-to-behead-western-prisoner-in-Syria.html

'Women's photo says it all: No sexual freebies with work' (Sinosphere):

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/womens-photo-says-it-all-no-sexual-freebies-with-work/

'Rules of attraction: What really makes men and women fancy each other?' (Mirror):

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rules-attraction-what-really-makes-4092778

'5 women to be honored for efforts in gender equality' (The Des Moines Register):

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2014/08/23/iowa-women-hall-fame-award/14481271/

'Abbott should put more women in a reshuffled cabinet' (The Australian):

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/abbott-should-put-more-women-in-a-reshuffled-cabinet/story-fn53lw5p-1227033653655

'How many more women will it take, asks family of slain teen Tina Fontaine' (The Globe and Mail):

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-many-more-women-will-it-take-asks-aunt-of-slain-teen-tina-fontaine/article20184699/

'The real women of Kilimani' (The Nairobian):

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/thenairobian/article/2000132251/meet-the-real-women-of-kilimani

'Why more women than men are dying from the Ebola outbreak?' (Yahoo News):

https://www.yahoo.com/health/why-more-women-than-men-are-dying-in-the-ebola-outbreak-95476080612.html

'Plan to make buses safer for women' (IOL News):

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/plan-to-make-buses-safer-for-women-1.1739951#.U_i15_l5PzI

Contributed by Farah Najar Arevalo

Generación NoMo: La rebelión de las mujeres que no contemplan la maternidad http://smoda.elpais.com/articulos/la-rebelion-de-las-mujeres-que-no-contemplan-la-maternidad/5219  

My ex emotionally abused me for years. The law must change to end this cruelty http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/21/ex-husband-emotionally-abused-me-law-must-change-domestic-violence?CMP=fb_gu  

Lego monetiza críticas por sexismo 

http://m.cnnexpansion.com/negocios/2014/08/05/lego-monetiza-criticas-por-sexismo  

Yazidi Girls 'Pleading to be Killed' After Rape by Islamic State Militants 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/yazidi-girls-pleading-be-killed-after-brutal-rape-by-islamic-state-militants-watch-1461535  La Cepal lanza campaña con VIDEO sobre igualdad de género en redes sociales con el hashtag #ExigeIgualdad http://www.sinembargo.mx/18-08-2014/1090891  

18 inventos de mujeres que cambiaron el mundo 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahjewell/18-inventos-de-mujeres-que-cambiaron-el-mundo?s=mobile  

The Men Who Hate Feminism: It’s About Equality, Not Domination, And We’re On Your Side http://elitedaily.com/women/response-men-hate-feminism-system/703717/  

Mujeres (y gatos) contra el feminismo: 

http://blogs.elpais.com/mujeres/2014/08/mujer-contra-mujer.html  

Las esclavas sexuales del Japón imperial no perdonan 

http://www.abc.es/sociedad/20140819/abci-esclavas-sexuales-japon-201408191154.html?ns_campaign=GS_MS&ns_mchannel=abc_internacional&ns_source=FB&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=CM  

¿Y las víctimas de Gutiérrez de la Torre?, pregunta la CATWLAC: 

http://aristeguinoticias.com/2108/mexico/y-las-victimas-de-gutierrez-de-la-torre-pregunta-la-catwlac/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AristeguiNoticias+%28Aristegui+Noticias%29