News for Today

Contributed by Norhana Kamid
Presence of pregnant women in public is ‘disgraceful,’ says Turkish lawyer
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?PageID=238&NID=51380&NewsCatID=341
Report: State Docs Reveal No Justification for 20-Week Abortion Ban
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/08/21/exclusive-results-of-congressional-fishing-expedition-show-abortion-is-already-highly-regulated-overwhelmingly-safe/
Abortion Restrictions in 0-8 Losing Streak
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-20/new-abortion-restrictions-in-states-are-0-for-8-in-courts.html
Indonesia Denounces Virginity Tests for High School Students
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/virginity-test-proposed-indonesian-students-20008704
Forbes Releases 4th Annual Listing of Top 100 News Sites for Women
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2013/08/20/the-100-best-websites-for-women-2013/
American charged with wife’s murder
http://www.arabnews.com/news/462073

Agata Blanco Compostela
Rise 4 Justice in Afghanistan: Malalai Joya & Eve Issue Joint Statement   http://www.onebillionrising.org/844/joint-statement-from-eve-ensler-and-malalai-joya/ 
Indonesian Official Proposes Virginity Test for Access to Education   http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14556

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Violence against pregnant women underreported (US)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865584894/Violence-against-pregnant-women-underreported.html
Swaziland: Swazi Chiefs Shut Women Out of Parliament
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308211048.html
Khushboo’s Deadline (India)
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/viewfinder/2013/08/20138159333687357.html
Mahama dialogues with heads of women’s groups (Ghana)
http://graphic.com.gh/General-News/mahama-dialogues-with-heads-of-womens-groups.html
Kenya unsafe abortions major cause of death and injury-study
http://www.trust.org/item/20130821141756-xlk5h/?source=hptop
Maldives: Girl rape victim to be spared outrageous flogging sentence
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/maldives-girl-rape-victim-be-spared-outrageous-flogging-sentence-2013-08-21
Government To Ensure Greater Gender Equality At Workplace (Malaysia)
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=971422
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
http://matchinternational.org/two-steps-forward/
Native Canadian women sold on U.S. ships, researcher says
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2013/08/21/tby-first-nations-women-human-trafficking-ships-united-states.html
Kenya: When Childbirth Leads to Disability and Despair
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308211122.html

Contributed by Ravneet
Final arguments in Delhi gang-rape case to begin on Aug 22  http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/final-arguments-in-delhi-gangrape-case-to-begin-on-aug-22/article5032430.ece
Rape accused jumps from third floor of hospital, critical
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/rape-accused-jumps-from-third-floor-of-hospital-critical/article5029735.ece
Four held on rape charge
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/four-held-on-rape-charge/article5026447.ece
Custody of five in Manipal gang-rape case extended
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/custody-of-five-in-manipal-gangrape-case-extended/article5019067.ece
Walkathon to curb crimes on women
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/walkathon-to-curb-crimes-on-women/article5012912.ece
7-year-old raped in running train in Bilaspur
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/7yearold-raped-in-running-train-in-bilaspur/article5012273.ece


Contributed by Suyog Shelar
Native Canadian women sold on U.S. ships, researcher says. http://news.yahoo.com/video/native-canadian-women-sold-u-222400161.html  [New Zealand] Muslim women rally for a rare council candidate  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/08/21/new-zealand-muslim-women-rally-for-a-rare-council-candidate/
Swazi Chiefs Shut Women Out of Parliament
http://www.globalissues.org/news/2013/08/21/17316
Freedom from Gender: Imagining Equality for Men and Women in India  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/08/20/freedom-from-gender-imagining-equality-for-men-and-women-in-india/

Contributed by Maryam Gholamrezai
Quebec on Religious Symbols
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/ID/2402121838/

Native Canadian women sold on U.S. ships
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2013/08/21/tby-first-nations-women-human-trafficking-ships-united-states.html

Contributed by Anvi Sood
India a traveller's heaven, a woman's hell: US student - http://toi.in/i49jEa
Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'Rape culture at work: five examples of how employers turn women into sex objects' (Think Progress):
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/22/2510031/rape-culture-at-work/

'When it comes to women's success, can gender cut both ways?' (Forbes):
http://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes/2013/08/22/does-gender-cut-both-ways-for-women-leaders/

'Man still held over deaths of three women in Co Down' (Irish Times):
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/man-still-held-over-deaths-of-three-women-in-co-down-1.1502739

'Do critics paint women artists out the picture?' (The Guardian):
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/aug/21/women-artists-critics-glass-ceiling

'FactCheck Q&A: do women under 50 make up just 2% of people on $100,000 a year? (The Conversation):
http://theconversation.com/factcheck-qanda-do-women-under-50-make-up-just-2-of-people-on-100-000-a-year-17285

'What Catholic women want' (The Washington Post):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/what-catholic-women-want/2013/08/22/bb2df208-0b59-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_story.html

'8 Successful women who were once fired' (The Huffington Post):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/8-successful-women-who-were-fired_n_3790824.html

'Security company apologizes after employee told women they could not pray in Dublin park' (RTE):
http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0822/469665-dublin-park-suspension/

'Lawsuit alleges voyeurism of women at Puyallup jail' (Seattlepi):
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Lawsuit-alleges-voyeurism-of-women-at-Puyallup-4753499.php

'Are Ivy League women who stay at home wasting their degrees?' (Deseret News):
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585040/Are-Ivy-League-women-who-stay-at-home-wasting-their-degrees.html

'Conservative women work to bridge gap between the Republican party and female voters' (Town Hall):
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/kateandrews/2013/08/22/untitled-n1671214

'Karzai: a legacy of failure on Afghan women's rights?' (Open Democracy):
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/massouda-jalal/karzai-legacy-of-failure-on-afghan-womens-rights

'From the archive, 22 August 1918: David Lloyd George on women and the war' (The Guardian):
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/aug/22/women-first-world-war-lloyd-george

'Men are attracted to women's eyes before their cleavage' (Express UK):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/423841/Men-are-attracted-to-women-s-eyes-before-their-cleavage

'How candles are making new opportunities for women in Haiti' (PBS):
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/08/candlemaking-in-haiti.html

'Women politicians can bang on tables, too' (The Guardian):
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/22/women-politicians-bang-tables

'Women are happiest naked at 34: Why does it take so long?' (Medical Daily):
http://www.medicaldaily.com/women-are-happiest-naked-34-why-does-it-take-so-long-253617

Contributed by Tahira

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Out-on-job-Mumbai-photojournalist-raped-by-five-men/Article1-1111583.aspx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23453243

http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/17552/womens-empowerment-and-literacy-have-we-underestimated-the-northern-areas/

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Art/Men-are-the-problem-in-Pakistan-Nausheen-Saeed/Article1-1110905.aspx

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1212717/reduce-violence-against-women-by-building-better-cities-carrie-mitchell-sara-ahmed-suneeta-dhar

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/father-raped-daughter-3-year-old-mother-refused-sex_n_3795194.html?utm_hp_ref=world

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/355646

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Women-lacking-awareness-on-Domestic-Violence-Act/2013/08/19/article1741697.ece