Strengthening Women’s Voices in Government
Tuesday 10 January
www.guardian.co.uk – Jessica Shepherd
One of the world’s leading computer scientists, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, has warned that girls are increasingly shunning her subject at school and university. Hall, who invented a forerunner to the world wide web, said the problem of a scarcity of girls studying computer science was “getting worse” despite huge efforts from the scientific community to address the issue….…..more

Davos Women Minority of One as Sandberg Shares Perspective on Bossy Girls
Monday 30 January
www.bloomberg.com – Jessica Shepherd
Sheryl Sandberg lingered on stage last week in Davos after leading a panel on “Women as the Way Forward,” and found herself surrounded by a dozen fans — all save one of them female. ………more

Afghan woman murdered for giving birth to third daughter
Tuesday 1st February
www.womensviewsonnews.org – Karen Whitely
A woman has been murdered in Afghanistan, allegedly by her husband and mother-in-law, for giving birth to her third daughter………more

Cuts force domestic violence refuges to turn victims away
guardian.co.uk – Alexandra Topping
Victims of domestic violence at risk of further abuse are being advised to sleep in Occupy camps, in police stations and accident and emergency departments because of sweeping cuts across the sector, according to domestic violence charities……….more