News for Today

Contributed by Stephany ArmasSomalia 'gang rape' investigated by African Union 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23710741
Paid mobs attempt to sexually harass women out of Tahri 
http://mena1325.org/paid-mobs-attempt-to-sexually-harass-women-out-of-tahrir/

Contributed by Mayara Bello

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/08/20138168502960455.html

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/15/20039543-brazil-court-convicts-3-for-rape-of-american-tourist-in-rio?lite

http://news.sky.com/story/1128768/pair-in-court-over-attempted-rape-of-baby

http://www.voanews.com/content/un-says-rape-gender-based-violence-rampant-in-somalia/1731127.html

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/story/2013/08/16/sp-atp-tennis-bob-hewitt.html

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/cases-of-domestic-violence-spark-concern

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/08/16/Domestic-violence-on-the-rise-says-minister.aspx

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/08/16/Domestic-violence-victims-have-the-right-to-protection-order.aspx

Contributed by Tom Meisenhelderm.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/16/1231623/-Pentagon-unveils-new-sexual-assault-policies-but-Congress-will-need-to-force-the-next-step?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'Women who fear being forced to marry abroad told to hide spoon in underwear' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/women-forced-marriage-spoon-underwear

'Abbott's gift of the gaffe no joke for women' (The Sydney Morning Herald):

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/abbotts-gift-of-the-gaffe-no-joke-for-women-20130814-2rwqy.html

'Man creates very first website for women ever' (Slate):

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/08/14/bleacher_report_s_bustle_bryan_goldberg_s_new_website_for_women.html

'Promote women, but not the wrong ones' (The Telegraph):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/10245121/Promote-women-but-not-the-wrong-ones.html

'Ukip treasurer: Women are not competitive enough for board room' (The Telegraph):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10244637/Ukip-treasurer-Women-are-not-competitive-enough-for-the-board-room.html

'More women are leaning in - and not getting paid for it' (Quartz):

http://qz.com/115784/more-women-are-leaning-in-for-free/

'Women really do suffer more headaches than men' (The Telegraph):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10245067/Women-really-do-suffer-more-headaches-than-men.html

'The Magnifying glass ceiling: The plight of women in science' (PLOS):

http://blogs.plos.org/thestudentblog/2013/08/16/glass-ceiling-women-in-scienc/

'Do women make good bosses' (The Age):

http://www.theage.com.au/executive-style/management/do-women-make-good-bosses-20130816-2s0h6.html

'The Party for women' (The American Spectator):

http://spectator.org/blog/2013/08/14/the-party-for-women

'How Wonder Bread fed the women's movement' (Bloomberg):

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-15/how-wonder-bread-fed-the-women-s-movement.html

'Six women murdered but still no conviction' (The Age):

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/six-women-murdered-but-still-no-conviction-20130816-2s20u.html

'Women had sex 'in the line of duty' to qualify as secret service recruits - but the spy chief was fake' (The National Post):

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/16/women-had-sex-in-the-line-of-duty-to-qualify-as-secret-service-recruits-but-the-spy-chief-was-a-fake/

'Infertility rates for married women have dropped in the U.S. over 3 decades' (The Huffington Post):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/14/infertility-rates-married-women-united-states_n_3755862.html

'Big breakfast diet could 'boost fertility for PCOS women' (Medical News Today):

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/264791.php

'En Afghanistan, des femmes artistes défient les conservateurs' (AFP):

http://actu.orange.fr/monde/en-afghanistan-des-femmes-artistes-defient-les-conservateurs-afp_2511648.html

'Egypte: Les femmes au pouvoir' (Marianne):

http://www.marianne.net/Egypte-Les-femmes-au-pouvoir_a231218.html

Contributed by Megan Bird
A Letter to Men Who Love Women

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-newmark/a-letter-to-men-who-trust_b_3762723.html

2 Men Get Decades to Life in Prison for Gang Rape

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/men-decades-life-calif-gang-rape-19976341

Forum Addresses Violence Against Women

http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/310500/3/Violence-against-women-how-to-fight-back

Contributed by Agata Blanco CompostelaThousands of Tunisians Rally For Women's Rights
http://www.policymic.com/articles/59585/thousands-of-tunisians-rally-for-women-s-rights 
Celebrating women's voting rights
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/florida-jewish-journal/news/palm-beach-county-news/fl-jjpn-women-0814-20130814,0,1036160.story  
The Largest Women’s Rights Movement in Decades is Coming to Honolulu   http://waikiki.hawaiinewsnow.com/news/events/205013-largest-womens-rights-movement-decades-coming-honolulu 
Hanan Al-Shihri and women’s rights
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130816177020

Contributed by Suyog Shelar
Ukip treasurer: Women are not competitive enough for the board room  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10244637/Ukip-treasurer-Women-are-not-competitive-enough-for-the-board-room.html
Feminists Launch Model for Online Learning 
http://womensenews.org/story/education/130814/feminists-launch-model-online-learning#.Ug6KpX-abvk
Lawyers, Courts Go Easy on Gender-Based Crimes 
http://womensenews.org/story/in-the-courts/130813/lawyers-courts-go-easy-gender-based-crimes#.Ug6K2X-abvk

Contributed by Norhana KamidCouncil of Engineers fails to attract women
http://goo.gl/0o3WMu #arabnews 
Man executed in Madinah for torturing wife to death
http://goo.gl/c2zTvZ #arabnews #Madinah #SpousalAbuse 
Authorities in Madinah on Thursday executed a citizen convicted of torturing his wife to death, said an Interior Ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

Contributed by Farah Najar Arevalo:Femen llega a México:
http://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/mexico/femen-llega-mexico 
"Les violences contre les femmes, ça ne s'arrête pas l'été" (Fatima Lalem, élue à la Ville de Paris)
https://soundcloud.com/franceinfo/les-violences-contre-les
Why Indian Gang Rape Victim Suzette Jordan Went Public: https://soundcloud.com/#theworld/why-indian-gang-rape-victim    
Dear Condescending Advertising Agencies: This Is What Your Ads For Women Look Like: 
http://www.upworthy.com/dear-condescending-advertising-agencies-this-is-what-your-ads-for-women-look-like-2?g=2&c=ufb1    
Snapshot: Behind the Walls Of Nepal's Women
https://soundcloud.com/theworld/snapshot-behind-the-walls-of

Contributed by Aakshi KalraPower to the Daughters
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/power-to-the-daughters/article5024269.ece

Women of Steel

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/women-of-steel/article5023504.ece