News for Today

Contributed by Ana Maria Guerra
For one Arizona Tribe, a chance for justice after decades of legal limbo (US)

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/23/for-one-arizona-tribeachanceforjusticeafterdecadesoflegallimbo.html

Do You See These 10 Major Everyday Sexisms?

http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2014-04-see-10-major-everyday-sexisms/

Transsexual woman murdered in Istanbul in latest homophobic attack (Turkey)

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/transsexual-woman-murdered-in-istanbul-in-latest-homophobic-attack.aspx?pageID=238&nID=65394&NewsCatID=509&utm_content=bufferf592a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Qatar maids detained by authorities after having passports confiscated

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/apr/23/migrant-maids-qatar-deportation-centre-passports-confiscated

Pakistan: More Than 200 Women Honor-Killed in Sindh Province in 2013

http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2014/04/pakistan-more-than-200-women-honor.html

Josh Lueke Is A Rapist, You Say? Keep Saying It. (US)

http://deadspin.com/josh-lueke-is-a-rapist-pass-it-on-1566010458?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Erdogan “I don’t believe in equality between men and women” (Turkey)

http://humanrightsturkey.org/2014/04/22/erdogan-i-dont-believe-in-equality-between-men-and-women/#more-1701

Parents Say 234 Schoolgirls Are Missing in Mass Nigerian Kidnapping, Far Higher Than Official Reports

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/04/21/parents_of_the_abducted_schoolgirls_in_nigeria_say_234_missing.html

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'Powerful, moving portraits of black women with cancer' (Slate):

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/04/23/kea_taylor_makes_portraits_of_black_women_with_cancer_in_the_exposures_project.html

'Life as a Brazilian woman' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/opinion/barbara-life-as-a-brazilian-woman.html?_r=0

'What do women want from Scotland's independence debate?' (BBC News):

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-26943645

'It's not you, it's science: How perfectionism holds women back' (TIME):

http://time.com/70558/its-not-you-its-science-how-perfectionism-holds-women-back/

'The pay gap is because of gender, not jobs' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/the-pay-gap-is-because-of-gender-not-jobs.html

'White working-class women should stay single mothers, argue the authors' (Slate):

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/04/white_working_class_women_should_stay_single_mothers_argue_the_authors_of.html

'Women go topless for equal rights' (Sinosphere):

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/women-go-topless-for-equal-rights/

'Egyptian women still denied reproductive rights' (Baker Institute):

http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2014/04/student-blog-egyptian-women-still-denied-reproductive-rights/

Contributed by Suyog Shelar

Women Are Prepping to Run, Win and Take Office

http://womensenews.org/story/campaign-trail/140418/women-are-prepping-run-win-and-take-office#.U1iS5NKSwoc

A Gold Obsession Pays Dividends For Indian Women

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/04/21/gold-obsession-pays-dividends-indian-women/

‘An African City’ Web series generates buzz, dismantles stereotypes

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/04/23/an-african-city-web-series-generates-buzz-dismantles-stereotypes/

Congo’s Hero Women: Creating a Different Future

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/04/22/congos-hero-women-creating-different-future/

Police make Syria appeal to UK Muslim women

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27131707

Contributed by Charmaine Peart

Annual event to protest violence against women

http://www.independentcollegian.com/news/annual-event-to-protest-violence-against-women-1.2865782#.U1kkLihOTww

Teenage males must help end violence against women

http://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/04/24/teens-domestic-violence/8063557/

Leaked Emails From American University Frat Reveal Prevalence of Rape Culture in U.S. Capital

http://www.policymic.com/articles/88147/leaked-emails-from-american-university-frat-reveal-prevalence-of-rape-culture-in-u-s-capital

Supreme Court sets aside $3.4-million verdict for child-porn victim

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-supreme-court-child-pornography-20140423,0,2190165.story#axzz2zoesmlYn 

PCADV’s Partnership With Allstate Helps Domestic Violence Victims Find Safety & Build New Lives

http://3blmedia.com/News/PCADVs-Partnership-Allstate-Helps-Domestic-Violence-Victims-Find-Safety-Build-New-Lives