News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Dominican Women in Argentina Especially Vulnerable

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/dominican-women-in-argentina-especially-vulnerable/

Equality Now: Taking Egyptian women’s issues to a global level

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/05/08/equality-now-taking-egyptian-womens-issues-to-a-global-level/

Women less likely to get involved in politics, seek office

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/6/women-less-likely-to-get-involved-in-politics-seek/

Amazon Pulls Bleeding Ex-Girlfriend Shooting Target After Outcry

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/08/1981721/amazon-pulls-bleeding-ex-girlfriend-shooting-target-after-outcry/

Arlington sex offender arrested for sending child rape videos (US)

http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/arlington-sex-offender-arrested-for-sending-child-rape-videos.html/

Women yet to regain their place (Iraq)

http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97976/Women-yet-to-regain-their-place?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29

Q&A: A fresh look at rape during the U.S. Civil War

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/qa-a-fresh-look-at-rape-during-the-u.s.-civil-war?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffera2a2d

Beyond Malala: Progress for Pakistan's Women

http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/05/08/beyond-malala-progress-for-pakistan-s-women.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Growing epidemic of sexual assault in the U.S. military

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/growing-epidemic-sexual-assault-us-military?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rabble-news+%28rabble.ca+-+News+for+the+rest+of+us%29

In Pakistan poll, transgender candidates for the first time

http://www.trust.org/item/20130509094006-dyhr8/?source=hptop

Guinea indicts gendarme for rape in 2009 stadium massacre

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/08/us-guinea-politics-massacre-idUSBRE9470MW20130508

Contributed by Rija Owais

INDIAN CHILD INJURED BRUTALLY AFTER RAPE:

 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rape-victim-5-improving-delhi-hospital-065935287.html

PNG POLICE SUSPECTS OVER ALLEGED GANG RAPE

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-04-22/png-police-arrest-suspects-over-alleged-gangrape/1119990

4 HELD OVER GANG RAPE OF US ACADEMIC

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/80470-4-held-over-gang-rape-of-u-s-academic-in-papua-new-guinea

RAPED BEATEN ENSLAVED FOR YEARS - HANDED BACK TO TORMENTORS AFTER BEGGING POLICE FOR HELP

http://news.naij.com/31826.html

TEENAGE GIRL KIDNAPPED IN GUJRAT

http://www.siasat.com/english/news/teenage-girl-kidnapped-raped-gujarat

Contributed by Maria Evangelidou

Making laws real and accessible underlines efforts by judges in Tanzania – 08 May 2013

http://www.unwomen.org/2013/05/making-laws-real-and-accessible-underlines-efforts-by-judges-in-tanzania/

 UN honours work of three Iraqi women journalists – 09 May 2013

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44862&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=#.UYwWsRw4Xyc

Towards Increased Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Syria – 08 May 2013

http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14019;jsessionid=2F55BFD75814CF24283925557C4556CF.jahia01

UN denounces sexual violence, other serious violations in eastern DRC– 08 May 2013

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13308&LangID=E

Contributed by Gabrielle

http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/05/09/three-kidnapped-women-in-ohio-endured-decade-of-isolation-rape-beatings/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter