- Melinda Gates challenges Vatican by vowing to improve contraception--"Catholic philanthropist predicts women in Africa and Asia will soon ignore church teaching on birth control." And she also pledged $560 million for contraception.
- Republicans vs. Women--"Even with a persistent gender gap in a presidential election year, House Republicans have not given up on their campaign to narrow access to birth control, abortion care and lifesaving cancer screenings. Far from it." NYT
- Planned Parenthood Sues Arizona For Blocking Low-Income Women's Access To Health Clinics
- Philippines birth control: Filipinos want it, priests don't--"In the Philippines, access to contraceptives is limited for the most part to those with the means to pay. The Catholic Church has fought a 'reproductive health bill' in the legislature that would change that."
- Hundreds protest toughening Spain's abortion law--"Hundreds of Spaniards protested Sunday against the conservative government's proposal to roll back women's abortion rights, including in cases where the fetus is deformed."
- Dominican Republic abortion ban stops treatment for pregnant teen with cancer
- Girls denied cervical cancer jab--"Some schools in England have opted out of the HPV vaccination programme because their pupils 'follow strict Christian principles' and 'do not practise sex outside marriage.'"
- Parents deny daughter life-saving transplant--"An Auckland girl suffering a rare kidney disease has been put into the guardianship of the High Court because her Jehovah's Witness parents will not consent to her receiving a life-saving kidney and liver transplant."
- Afghan female rights activist killed in latest act of violence against women
- 'Disgusted' by Her Dating, Man Beheads His Daughter, 20, In India NYT
- Pakistan policeman kills sister for wearing jeans
- Men Outnumber Women Among American Rape Victims
- US broadens definition of rape; includes male victims--"[T]he first major revision to the definition in more than 80 years."
- The silent male victims of rape
- Michael Smerconish: Lazar Greenfield's 'Semengate' Stuns Scientific Community--"Dr. Greenfield noted the therapeutic effects of semen, citing research from the Archives of Sexual Behavior which found that female college students practicing unprotected sex were less likely to suffer from depression than those whose partners used condoms (as well as those who remained abstinent)."
- Science – It’s a Girl Thing (Insert Facepalm Here)
- 'You know what men are like': Indonesia to ban mini-skirts over links to rape
- Lego tries to get less sexist--"The toy maker's female-centric "Lego Friends" send a bad message for girls. But now there's hope for change." Salon
- Sexist Humor No Laughing Matter, Psychologist Says
- Seventeen Magazine Vows to Show Girls 'as They Really Are
- 'Princeless': A Fairy Tale Parody Where the Princesses Are Rescuin' For Themselves
