News for Today

Contributed by Madhurima Malik

Planning Commission in India to engage with state governments to address crime against women

http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/planning-commission-engages-with-states-to-bring-down-crime-against-women-113050700285_1.html

Women's self-help groups will get cheaper loans at 7% under NRLM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/womens-self-help-groups-will-get-cheaper-loans-at-7-under-nrlm/articleshow/19923424.cms

Disturbing stats that demand our attention

http://www.insidehalton.com/opinion/editorial/article/1613911--disturbing-stats-that-demand-our-attention

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Women’s rights groups demand end to defamation campaigns (Egypt)

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/05/05/womens-rights-groups-demand-end-to-defamation-campaigns/

Pakistan's women face battle for the right to vote

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/04/pakistan-women-right-to-vote

Nahlah Ayed: The renewed fight for women's rights in Egypt

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/05/03/f-vp-ayed-cairo-womens-rights.html

Renewable energy encourages safety for pregnant women in northeast Kenya

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/05/06/renewable-energy-pregnant-women-kenya/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Save the Children mothers' index: 10 worst countries in sub-Saharan Africa

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/07/most-dangerous-countries-childbirth-africa?CMP=twt_gu

It's time to face up to the problem of sexual abuse in the white community (UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/06/sexual-abuse-in-white-community?CMP=twt_gu

KENYA: Women Have Rights, Don’t Strip Them

http://www.makeeverywomancount.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5661:kenya-women-have-rights-dont-strip-them&catid=37:violence-against-women&Itemid=63

Little support, no justice for Mali rape survivors

http://m.irinnews.org/Report/97983/Little-support-no-justice-for-Mali-rape-survivors?utm_content=buffer052fb&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

Woman Burned Alive by Would-Be Rapist in India

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=770519&CategoryId=12395&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer35706

Contributed by Maria Evangelidou

It's time to face up to the problem of sexual abuse in the white community – 06 May 2013

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/06/sexual-abuse-in-white-community?CMP=twt_gu

UN-Somalia communiqué on preventing sexual violence – 07 May 2013

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/un-somalia-communique-on-preventing-sexual-violence

Indian rickshaw puller sells daughter, 15, to traffickers – report – 07 May 2013

http://www.trust.org/item/20130507164357-086e9/?source=hptop

Three Ohio women rescued a decade after they vanished – 06 May 2013

http://www.trust.org/item/20130507135028-0vdfa/?source=hptop

Q&A: The Security of a Nation Is Its Women – 07 May 2013

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/qa-the-security-of-a-nation-is-its-women/

Dominican Women in Argentina Especially Vulnerable – 06 May 2013

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

Contributed by Megan Bird

Vendor Sells Ex-Girlfriend Shooting Target

http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049/nra-sells-an-ex-girlfriend-target-that-bleeds-when-you-shoot-it

Rape and Sexual Response Standards Updated

http://www.the-standard.org/news/rape-and-sexual-assault-response-standards-updated/article_d900b838-b6bd-11e2-8c16-001a4bcf6878.html