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Contributed by Charmaine Peart

SD Lawmakers Seek Public Comment On Domestic Abuse

http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/sd-lawmakers-seek-public-comment-on-domestic-abuse/?id=151804

Two Men Charged In Stabbing Death Of Woman Found In Closet

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/09/04/prosecutors-man-had-sex-with-woman-killed-her-and-hid-her-in-closet/

Son Suspected Of Killing Mom At Arlington Home

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/09/03/relative-suspected-of-killing-arlington-woman/

Prosecutors: Man had sex with woman, killed her and tossed her in closet

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/22357793-418/prosecutors-man-had-sex-with-woman-killed-her-tossed-her-in-closet.html

Gunshot killed woman found in Newport

http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-me-0905-hammour-update-20130904,0,1025528.story

San Jose police: Woman found dead in van had been killed; suspect arrested

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_24016621/san-jose-police-body-found-van-was-killed

Two women raped in New Orleans during Labor Day weekend, NOPD says

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/09/2_women_raped_in_new_orleans_i.html

Woman allegedly raped at Illinois River campground

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Woman-allegedly-raped-at-Illinois-River-campground/H0D_21sBmUCFCfBGlsrO-Q.cspx

Woman Raped on Hiking Path in Long Island Park: Police

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Long-Island-Park-Rape-Valley-Stream-New-York-State-Park-Police-222020501.html

Woman raped at knifepoint at Smyrna-area farm

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130902/NEWS01/309020052/Woman-raped-knifepoint-Smyrna-area-farm

Donell Kerns: Violence against women part of culture

http://m.lacrossetribune.com/news/opinion/donell-kerns-violence-against-women-part-of-culture/article_21fb72b4-14d1-11e3-b90f-001a4bcf887a.html?mobile_touch=true

HCSO's Latty chosen for IACP's Violence Against Women Institute

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=265198

 

Contributed by Agata Blanco Compostela

'I am Diana the Hunter': Woman vigilante 'shoots dead two Mexican bus drivers in revenge for sexual assaults on female passengers'   

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409741/Diana-hunter-kills-Ciudad-Juarez-bus-drivers-revenge-sexual-assaults-women.html 

 

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra 

The six ways we talk about a teenage girl’s age (US)

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/04/the_six_ways_we_talk_about_a_teenage_girls_age/

Mexico's Abortion Wars, American-Style

http://www.thenation.com/article/175967/mexicos-abortion-wars-american-style#

Afghan Child Bride Seeks Divorce

http://www.rferl.org/content/afghan-child-bride/25095642.html

Girls Tweeting (Not Twerking) Their Way to Power (US)

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/girls-tweeting-not-twerking-their-way-to-power/?_r=1&

Online trolling of women is linked to domestic violence, say campaigners (UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/03/online-trolling-women-domestic-violence

NATO: Women 'firmly on our agenda'

https://www.devex.com/en/news/nato-women-firmly-on-our-agenda/81734?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonv67OcO%2FhmjTEU5z14%2BwoXqW3lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GS8tjI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTLjAMati1rgKXRQ%3D

One Indian woman killed on average every hour over dowry

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/3/activists-say-dowrydisputeskillonewomaneveryhourinindia.html

Transgender Women of Color Express Fears After Fatal Harlem Beating (US) 

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130903/hamilton-heights/transgender-women-of-color-say-they-constantly-cope-with-fear-violence

Botswana women win landmark right to inherit under customary law

http://www.trust.org/item/20130904043025-btl5h/?source=hptop

Why Female Journalists in India Still Can’t Have It All

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/02/why-women-journalists-in-india-still-cant-have-it-all/?_r=0&utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer76d12&utm_medium=twitter

Contributed by Farah Najar Arevalo:

·         The Women of the Afghanistan War: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/09/the-women-of-the-afghanistan-war/100585/
·         Ukraine is not a brothel - Femen activists: http://www.iol.co.za/news/back-page/ukraine-is-not-a-brothel-femen-activists-1.1034452#.Uiirxzc0w_h

·         Number of Women Working Behind the Scenes on TV Increases 2 Percent: http://www.thewrap.com/number-of-women-working-behind-the-scenes-on-tv-increases-2/

·         Aterra ‘Diana Cazadora’ a choferes en Ciudad Juárez: http://aristeguinoticias.com/0409/mexico/aterra-la-diana-cazadora-a-choferes-en-ciudad-juarez/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AristeguiNoticias+%28Aristegui+Noticias%29

·         The real reason women are leaving Wall Street: http://qz.com/121085/the-real-reason-women-are-opting-out-of-wall-street

Christie Blatchford: Toronto rape trial makes clear how complicated and scary the world is for young women: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/09/04/toronto-rape-trial-makes-clear-how-complicated-and-scary-the-world-is-for-young-women/

 

Contributed by Stephany Armas

Acting Older Isn't Being Older: How We Fail Young Rape Victims

http://www.thenation.com/blog/175991/acting-older-isnt-being-older-how-we-fail-young-rape-victims#



Time for women, and men, to fight the hideous 'normalisation' of rape

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/sinead-moriarty/time-for-women-and-men-to-fight-the-hideous-normalisation-of-rape-29549821.html



With rape centre-stage, theatregoers can no longer turn a blind eye

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2013/sep/04/rape-centre-stage-theatre



Refer Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria to the ICC: Nobel Peace Laureates



 See more at: http://nobelwomensinitiative.org/2013/09/refer-syrias-use-of-chemical-weapons-to-the-icc-nobel-peace-laureates/?ref=204#sthash.qQ5fwttz.dpuf