Welcome to our Sunday page
Women’s Views on News brings you the latest stories about women from around the world, every day from Monday to Saturday.
Sunday is our day off: so here are the links to all of the stories from the week beginning 17 October, under the relevant category.
Just click on the headline to go straight to the story:
Bodies
Women are naturally bi-curious – and get more curious as they age
‘Big Sister’ names men trying to buy prostitutes in Iceland
Gangs attack two elderly women in Northern Ireland
Chinese toddler left for dead in hit-and-run crash dies in hospital
Rapist who lured woman with nanny job offer is jailed
Woman dies from forced abortion in China’s Shandong province
Robotic skeleton helps paraplegic woman to walk again
Apple’s digital PA reveals UK/US gender bias
HPV-related growths on the rise in women
Mother murdered by man known to police for violence
New study shows why vaginal gel for AIDS effective on herpes
National awareness week for reproductive rights proposed in USA
Two US activists detained at anti-fur demo in Moscow
New cheaper test should reduce unnecessary chemotherapy
Federal Bureau of Investigation to expand definition of rape
Man accused of Joanna Yeates’ death “misread the situation”
Women reported to have been sexually abused in US detention centers
Student crushed in nightclub stampede
New South Wales foetal movement guidelines give mothers more control
Quartet of UK female boxers make European semi-finals
Abortion bill could close down Pennsylvania clinics
Egg donor compensation will triple under new guidelines
Health risks for women in India’s tobacco rolling trade
Rape still a huge problem in DR Congo
Still no enquiry into babies ‘stolen’ in Spain
Talk about sex if the kids watch porn
Church’s ‘prayer cure’ results in deaths of HIV victims
Bahrain teacher re-arrested as persecution continues
Swedish women found guilty in child pornography case
More false alarms with annual mammograms
New test could ‘virtually guarantee’ IVF success
Sex trade film “CARGO” opens in New York, October 21
Nawal El Saadawi: I am against the system, not a man hater
Scientists report on DNA of 115-year-old woman
Play
Women are naturally bi-curious – and get more curious as they age
Great Britain’s women’s handball team test Russian world champions
Cameroon beat Nigeria to clinch Olympic football spot
‘Enduring’ Queen’s final Australian tour?
NPR radio host fired over ‘Occupy’ protest
Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad comes to Vancouver
Quartet of UK female boxers make European semi-finals
There’s more to the WI than jam and ‘Jerusalem’
Saudi author publishes book on women in the media
US women’s ski jumping team receives courage award
Dream house promises gentle revolution
Holocaust diaries tell of schoolgirl’s life in Nazi concentration camp
Somalia’s women’s basketball team plays on despite death threats
‘Sin by Silence’: documentary about women who murdered their abusers
Nepal’s blind women’s cricketers success on and off the pitch
Power
Tunisia’s elections through women’s eyes
‘Big Sister’ names men trying to buy prostitutes in Iceland
Danish designer wins UN competition on ending violence against women
Chinese toddler left for dead in hit-and-run crash dies in hospital
Woman dies from forced abortion in China’s Shandong province
Head of WI criticises coalition cuts to legal aid
French mayor accused of intimidation and corruption
Mother shot protecting school children in New York
New York bus company accused of sex discrimination
Hillary Clinton reveals that US met with militant Pakistani network
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romley unsure how contraception works
South Africa land reform should benefit rural women
‘Enduring’ Queen’s final Australian tour?
Bahraini medic sentenced to 15 years in prison for doing her job
Recession driving Portuguese women to prostitution
The UK’s pension problem made clear
Writer drops civil case against Strauss-Khan
Mother claims son tortured and murdered in Kazakh labor camp
Only Cambridge’s daughter to get new right to hereditary titles
Jailed Chinese blogger not freed despite appeal
Inquiry calls attention to Canada’s flawed prostitution laws
Two US activists detained at anti-fur demo in Moscow
Sunken vehicle accident possibly an ‘honor killing’
Tibetan nun sets herself on fire to protest China’s policy
Federal Bureau of Investigation to expand definition of rape
Republican candidate Bachmann contradicts appeal to protect American mothers
The US sets a new bar in women running for election
The League of Women Voters sues over voter ID law
Women found guilty in Minnesota terrorism case
Tunisia’s women fear backtrack on country’s “feminism”
Newspaper apologises to Russia’s richest woman
Yet again, UK police fail to protect victim in domestic violence case
Women at Mexican shelter forced to work as prostitutes
WISE honours those who inspire girls and women into science, technology, engineering and maths
Man accused of Joanna Yeates’ death “misread the situation”
Norwich votes for female Church of England bishops
More expert testimony could have aided jury in murder case
Will women be allowed to govern in the new Egypt?
Women reported to have been sexually abused in US detention centers
New South Wales foetal movement guidelines give mothers more control
Swaziland sees decline in average birth rate
Documentary concludes sexist media harms girls’ aspirations
Nurses support three new Occupy Wall Street cities
Argentina’s president looks certain to be re-elected
Saudi author publishes book on women in the media
Manchester hit with human trafficking warning notices
Successful measures to close gender gap in business schools
Kidnapped French woman dies in Somalia
Kenyan women’s rights campaigner dies aged 75
Austrian women allege mass rapes at foster home
Health risks for women in India’s tobacco rolling trade
UK celebrates Anti-Slavery Day as human trafficking increases
Irish domestic violence victims suffer from spending cuts
Online domestic abuse “Freedom Programme” goes live
Young girls caught up in criminal begging scams
‘Awards’ events for four journalists honored for courage
On the ‘Queen Bee syndrome’ and pure merit
Long-awaited eviction at UK traveller site starts violently
Dream house promises gentle revolution
Nobel winner calls for end to violent crackdown in Yemen
Malaysian police break up Ugandan sex trafficking ring
‘Occupy’ pepper-spray cop disciplined
Author Naomi Wolf arrested at Occupy Wall Street protest
UK government and children’s group ‘rebranding child detention’
Anti-poverty activists raise pirate flag on symbolic Russian ship
Growing numbers of widows and orphans left in Manipur insurgencies
Still no enquiry into babies ‘stolen’ in Spain
Holocaust diaries tell of schoolgirl’s life in Nazi concentration camp
Anita Perry’s political baggage
Peace movement’s talks with Mexican government fail
Somalia’s women’s basketball team plays on despite death threats
Ukrainian woman freed in Israeli prisoner swap
German companies set varying quotas for female managers
Bahrain teacher re-arrested as persecution continues
Tackling trafficking – guest post by Mary Honeyball MEP
UN Women to fund women’s organisations in Arab states
New British guidelines approve elective Caesarean sections
Modern contraception necessary for women in developing countries
US priest supporting women’s ordination detained
Women have key role in sustainable development
Japan’s Prime Minister refuses to discuss “comfort women”
Nigerian Senate trying to legalize prostitution
L’Oréal heiress declared mentally unfit
Working hospital in Libya’s Sirte is the new front line
Women in Africa excluded by lack of access to technologies
Women who don’t get it: sexism and the workplace
Alabama begins pogrom against Hispanic population
Only one woman voted onto Oman’s Shura Council
‘Sin by Silence’: documentary about women who murdered their abusers
Germany discussing ‘how’ of gender quota on boards
Sex-trafficked women’s criminal records expunged under new US law
Nawal El Saadawi: I am against the system, not a man hater
Egyptian women’s rights activist honoured at London awards
Chloe Smith new economic secretary to the Treasury
First female protester killed in Yemen violence
Eygpt’s Girls Only Radio addresses women’s rights not make-up
Ladies in White founder dies in Havana
Man charged with wife’s murder, her son still missing
Nepal’s blind women’s cricketers success on and off the pitch
Work
French mayor accused of intimidation and corruption
NPR radio host fired over ‘Occupy’ protest
Recession driving Portuguese women to prostitution
Republican candidate Bachmann contradicts appeal to protect American mothers
The US sets a new bar in women running for election
Women’s Resource Centre calls on members to have their say
Female Czech Republic pensioners are country’s poorest
Deutsche Bank hosts annual Women on Wall Street conference
WISE honours those who inspire girls and women into science, technology, engineering and maths
Successful measures to close gender gap in business schools
Health risks for women in India’s tobacco rolling trade
Programme helps women negotiate better salaries
On the ‘Queen Bee syndrome’ and pure merit
Amy Peberdy, assistant explorer, dies aged 100
Indian women work to limit monsoon flood damage
German companies set varying quotas for female managers
Women who don’t get it: sexism and the workplace
WVoN says
Facebook ‘rape page’ whitelisted and campaign goes global
Online domestic abuse “Freedom Programme” goes live
Bahrain teacher re-arrested as persecution continues
