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This weeks women in the news focuses on following topics:


Turkish women receive mixed messages on work-life balance

Officials from Turkey’s Justice and Development Party have made a habit of issuing controversial social edicts to women that don’t apply to their own wives and daughters. Read more here:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/01/turkey-akp-mixed-messages-on-womens-place.html##ixzz3O4z9iPip

India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivor

A new comic book with a female rape survivor as its “super hero” has been launched to focus attention on the problem of sexual violence in India. See her here!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30288173?utm_content=buffera4bda&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Study suggests women pressured to lose weight have more trouble staying fit

The weight-loss world is full of New Year’s resolutions, boot camps and restrictive “cleanses.” But could a message of acceptance actually be the best way to help women lose weight?

http://kwgn.com/2015/01/05/study-suggests-women-pressured-to-lose-weight-have-more-trouble-staying-fit/

Saudi women drivers sent to terrorism tribunal

Two women who protested the female driving ban in Saudi Arabia have been sent to a court used for hearing terrorism cases after their first hearing. The police seem more interested in their active social media accounts.

http://dw.de/p/1EA1B

Catholic rebel: Becoming a female priest

Jesus was a man as were his 12 disciples. This is why women cannot be priests in the Catholic Church. But some have rebelled. Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger tells Life Links how she became a priest and an outcast. See more here.

http://dw.de/p/1E3V0

Author: Marjory Linardy

Editor: Grahame Lucas

Date

09.01.2015 | 14:05

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