News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra

Many 'self-employed' women get by on less than £10,000 a year (UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/08/women-self-employed-gender-pay-gap-jobs

College and university women sign open letter in support of Anne-Marie Roy: 'rape culture is pervasive' (Canada)

http://rabble.ca/news/2014/03/college-and-university-women-sign-open-letter-support-anne-marie-roy-rape-culture-perva?utm_content=buffer991dd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

West Virginia’s legislature passes a 20-week abortion ban (US)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/03/10/west-virginias-legislature-passes-a-20-week-abortion-ban/

Men Are Target for UN Women’s Rights and Empowerment Campaign

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-07/men-are-target-for-un-women-s-rights-campaign-gender-hea.html

Egyptian women in numbers

http://madamasr.com/content/egyptian-women-numbers

Fighting Violence Against Women in India With Heavy Metal

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/fighting-violence-against-women-in-india-with-heavy-metal/283963/

Empresa contrata a mujeres víctimas de violencia o jefas de hogar (Colombia)

http://www.ecuavisa.com/articulo/noticias/nacional/55137-empresa-contrata-mujeres-victimas-violencia-o-jefas-hogar

America Without HIV/AIDS in Women: A Wish for This National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (US)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-blumenthal/hiv-aids-women_b_4935627.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Cote d'Ivoire: Sex Workers Attacked in Abidjan

http://allafrica.com/stories/201403100912.html

Meet America’s Most Hated Doctors (US)

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/10/3368021/abortion-providers-appreciation/#