News for Today

Contributed by Suyog Shelar
Mormon church excommunicates founder of women's group  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/23/mormon-church-excommunicates-founder-women-group/  
Ex-Hijabis Reflect on Decision to Remove Veil
http://womensenews.org/story/religion/140620/ex-hijabis-reflect-decision-remove-veil#.U6kFlrFcO00  [India] Women Herders Bring Change
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/06/19/women-herders-bring-change/
Defying ban, Iranian women watch World Cup with men in public  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/06/24/defying-ban-iranian-women-watch-world-cup-men-public/  Lasting global peace can only come with local women at the table  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/06/24/lasting-global-peace-women/
Canada's Prostitution Bill Opposed by Both Sides
http://womensenews.org/story/prostitution-and-trafficking/140621/canadas-prostitution-bill-opposed-both-sides#.U6pO_rFcO00

Contributed by Karol Arámbula:

'What makes a slut? The ony rule, it seems, is being female' (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/23/slut-female-word-women-being-female

'The scary reason some men like guns better than women' (NY Magazine):

http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/06/why-some-men-like-guns-better-than-women.html

'The sad state of women directors in Hollywood' (The Huffington Post):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/24/women-directors-in-hollywood_n_5525283.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment

'Conservative University' says feminism ruins women's studies' (Jezebel):

http://jezebel.com/conservative-university-video-says-feminism-ruins-women-1595282932

'For women in mildlife, career gains slip away' (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/business/women-leave-their-careers-in-peak-years.html?_r=0

'Two women crack the top 10 CFO Pay' (Wall Street Journal):

http://online.wsj.com/articles/two-women-crack-top-10-in-cfo-pay-1403562796

'Work-life balance not just a women's issue' (CNN):

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/living/work-life-balance-women-men-parents/

'Christian woman freed after death sentence ruled 'faulty' in Sudan' (CNN):

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/world/africa/sudan-woman-freed/