News for today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Acid Attacks Against Women On The Rise In Italy

http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/05/13/acid-attacks-against-women-on-the-rise-in-italy.html

This Mother’s Day, It Was Motherhood, Not Rape, That Made Congo the Worst Place to Be a Woman

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/africa/this-mothers-day-its-motherhood-not-rape-that-makes-congo-the-worst-place-to-be-a-woman/

Hong Kong court supports transsexual right to wed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22506472

UN must not duck women's sexual and reproductive rights in new agenda

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/may/10/un-women-sexual-reproductive-rights

Pentagon grapples with sex crimes by military recruiters

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-grapples-with-sex-crimes-by-military-recruiters/2013/05/12/d082ec1c-b97e-11e2-bd07-b6e0e6152528_story.html

A Line Between Sweet and Skimpy

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/fashion/clothing-straddles-the-line-between-sweet-and-skimpy.html?_r=0

Somalia: The First Lady On Violence Against Women "Without Institutions or Rights Here Are the Origins"

http://allafrica.com/stories/201305120001.html?aa_source=acrdn-f0

Kenya: Eleven Women Arrested for Shooting Pornographic Video

http://allafrica.com/stories/201305130093.html?aa_source=acrdn-f0

We MUST Tell Young Women: Math Is Cool. Here's Why...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2013/05/10/math-is-cool/

Caught in a Bind: Syrians in the Gulf

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/caught-bind-syrians-gulf

Where have all the women gone in movies?

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-women-film-20130513,0,2661695.story

Exclusive: Meet the Woman Who Kicked off Anonymous' Anti-Rape Operations

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/anonymous-rape-steubenville-rehtaeh-parsons-oprollredroll-opjustice4rehtaeh

Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt convicted of genocide

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/11/us-guatemala-riosmontt-idUSBRE9490V420130511

Contributed by Megan Bird

Should Condom Companies Focus on Violence Against Women?

http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/05/equity-investors-global-challenges-exercise-matchmaking/

One Feminist's Manifesto

http://www.dailyiowan.com/2013/05/13/Opinions/33293.html

Contributed by Maria Evangelidou

Rescuing victims of sex-trafficking as child pornography in India rises

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/05/10/resuing-victims-of-sex-trafficking/

Women’s Rights Still Denied in Latin America

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/womens-rights-still-denied-in-latin-america/

After Half a Century, Women Head to the Polls

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/after-half-a-century-women-head-to-the-polls/

Rapes on Rise in Somaliland, Say Medical Officials           

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/rapes-rise-somaliland-medical-officials-19162554#.UZFbXxw4Xyc

Delta Women suggests

A CNN Freedom Project - Ending Modern-Day Slavery

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/

THE PHILIPPINES - THE FIGHTERS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING

 http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/the-fighters/

A bad economy and independent prostitutes running Nevada brothels out of business

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bad-economy-shutting-nevada-brothels-article-1.1340972#ixzz2TBU8rhgW