News for Today

Contributed by Suyog Shelar
Fertility Push Viewed as Unsexy by Young Iranians
http://womensenews.org/story/reproductive-health/140804/fertility-push-viewed-unsexy-young-iranians#.U-G236N2CP0  
Why effective climate policy needs women – and vice versa  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/08/05/why-effective-climate-policy-needs-women-vice-versa/

Contributed by Karol Arámbula: 

'Police arrest two women planning on joining jihad in Iraq and Syria' (El Pais):

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/08/04/inenglish/1407144438_875679.html

'Two young Spanish women, believed to be headed for Johad, arrested in north Africa' (Newsweek):

http://www.newsweek.com/two-young-spanish-women-believed-be-headed-jihad-arrested-north-africa-262855

'Those women are more oppressed' is a terrible argument against feminism' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/04/international-women-oppression-feminism

'The men who feel threatened by women's laughter' (The Age):

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-men-who-feel-threatened-by-womens-laughter-20140805-100i4n.html

'Don't politicize women's bodies' (The Globe and Mail):

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/dont-politicize-womens-bodies/article19911349/

'Women against feminism' misses the point: Why no woman (or man) should be against feminism' (The Huffington Post):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-martin/women-against-feminism-misses-the-point_b_5635909.html

'Women ordered to stop praying inside mall' (Fox News):

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/08/05/women-ordered-to-stop-praying-inside-mall/