News for Today

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'How women can make state planning easier' (Market Watch):

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-women-can-make-estate-planning-easier-2014-05-08

'Girls Going Places empowers young women' (News Press):

http://www.news-press.com/story/money/2014/05/07/girls-going-places-empowers-young-women/8834111/

'Women soldiers could be allowed to join SAS' (The Telegraph):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10817250/Women-soldiers-could-be-allowed-to-join-SAS.html

'Want to help other women? Then talk about your mistakes' (Forbes):

http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2014/05/08/want-to-help-other-women-then-talk-about-your-mistakes/

'Women of Nigeria made the world pay attention' (CNN):

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/08/opinion/ghitis-nigeria-powerful-women/

'NI women not entitled to free NHS abortions in England says High Court' (BBC):

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27325363

Contributed by Suyog Shelar

For Mother's Day: This Workplace Vision is Real

http://womensenews.org/story/parenting/140507/mothers-day-workplace-vision-real#.U2xZldKSwoc

Join our Google Hangout on reducing the unequal burden of unpaid care work on women and girls

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/5/join-our-google-hangout-on-reducing-the-unequal-burden-of-unpaid-care-work#sthash.TcXPBseS.dpuf

#BringBackOurGirls: A joint op-ed on the abduction of more than 200 school girls in Nigeria

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/5/nigerian-girls-oped#sthash.SIwnm0wq.dpuf

In the words of Evelyn Amony: “I was forced to become one of his 27 'wives' ”

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/5/in-the-words-of-evelyn-amony#sthash.9nmO62Dk.dpuf

Congolese refugees living with HIV forge ahead, gaining independence

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/2/congolese-refugees-living-with-hiv#sthash.6Z5xOb3m.dpuf