News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

The legacy of silence: Why we ignore the rape of women from Guatemala to Syria

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/the-legacy-of-silence-why-we-ignore-the-rape-of-women-from-guatemala-to-syr#.UZFRAWGpuyk.twitter

On Mother's Day, Let's Invest in Women

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-lane/on-mothers-day-lets-inves_b_3256075.html#

The Viral Rage Against Rape

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jensine-larsen/sexual-violence-congo_b_2832309.html

Guatemala: Judges rule on reparations; no land to be returned to Ixil victims

http://boingboing.net/2013/05/13/guatemala-judges-rule-on-repa.html

He Beat Me When I Didn’t Do His Homework

http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/05/14/he-beat-me-when-i-didn-t-do-his-homework.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

My Medical Choice

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=0

Combating Human Trafficking in Yemen - Stepping it up

http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/combating-human-trafficking-in-yemen.html

Beauty Pageant Keeps Stealing the U.N.'s Style

http://womensenews.org/story/cultural-trendspopular-culture/130513/beauty-pageant-keeps-stealing-the-uns-style

Infrastructure development in Bangladesh: Building rural livelihoods

http://ifad-un.blogspot.com/2013/05/infrastructure-development-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29

Rights group urges China to repeal penalties against sex workers

http://www.trust.org/item/20130514062451-y8qjt/?source=hptop

Doctor found guilty of murder in Philadelphia abortion trial

http://www.trust.org/item/20130513194439-qda84/?source=hptop

Contributed by Megan Bird

High Child Marriage Associated with Infant Mortality

http://www.sciencecodex.com/higher_child_marriage_rates_associated_with_higher_maternal_and_infant_mortality-112075

Lap Dancing Clubs and Violence Against Women

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/225345-proposed-lap-dancing-club-in-inverness-approved-by-licensing-board/

Ten Years in Captivity

http://crossville-chronicle.com/opinion/x730877944/LION-AND-THE-LAMB-Ten-years-in-captivity

Contributed by Cassie Hearn

Seven men in the UK convicted of sexual assault, arranging prostitution, child trafficking...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/14/oxford-gang-guilty-grooming-girls