This week’s WOW host had something come up, and I’m not sure if she’ll be able to get a diary up later, so here are the story links contributed by WOW members this week. Thanks to elenacarlena, officebss, J Graham, Angmar, mettle fatigue & Sandra LLAP.
Violence:
UK rape victim left feeling ‘suicidal’ after five-year wait for case to come to trial. She is among thousands of victims, witnesses and defendants affected by the record-high backlog of 58,653 crown court cases in England and Wales, set to further increase this summer amid strikes by barristers.
A Sudanese court recently sentenced a 20-year-old, Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, to execution by stoning. Her alleged crime? Adultery.
Lawsuit alleges that Indiana jailers took a bribe to let the male prisoners rape the women prisoners.
The Nigerian army says it has found two more of the female students abducted by Boko Haram militants from a secondary school more than eight years ago. There was global outrage when Islamists seized nearly 300 girls in Nigeria's north-eastern town of Chibok in 2014. Most of the victims have either been freed or escaped since then, but dozens remain unaccounted for.
Underscoring how racism & sexism often go hand in hand- Neo-Nazi Marine Plotted Mass Murder, Rape Campaigns with Group, Feds Say. "While tasked with protecting the nation, Matthew Belanger was plotting a killing spree against minorities and to rape 'white women to increase the production of white children,' according to federal prosecutors."
The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention gives some reason for hope in the fight against sexual abuse.
Reproductive Rights:
Sierra Leone backs bill to legalise abortion and end colonial-era law.
Michigan medical students walk out on anti-abortion keynote speaker.
The American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG), headquartered in Dallas TX, has announced that doctors nationally wishing to enhance their ob/gyn expertise beyond their own state's requirements, can take the 3-hour oral test online. This extension of what was previously a COVID-protection measure follows a 500+ physician signator June petition to the board citing concerns of pregnant test-takers fearing to seek care for potential complications in that state, and concerns of all under the Texas Heartbeat Act - SB8.
A magnificently worded call by a urogynecologist and pelvic reconstructive surgeon to replace society's and the medical field's deeply gendered oversimplification of maternal delivery trauma with proven-beneficial educational discourse between woman and physician that honors and empowers the pregnant patient.
Anti-Abortion Laws Deny Treatments Needed for Autoimmune Disease.
Guttmacher Institute One Month Post-Roe: At Least 43 Abortion Clinics Across 11 States Have Stopped Offering Abortion Care.
Guttmacher Instit Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe (as of July 27).
Matt Gaetz tried to body-shame a 19-year-old pro-choice activist. She used the opportunity to fundraise for abortion rights:
Everyday sexism:
After having difficulty getting an agent for her novel, author Catherine Nichols set up a fake email and started querying under a male name. Result: after 50 queries each, Catherine got 2 requests to see the full manuscript. "George" got 17, including at least one from an agent who'd sent a form-letter rejection to Catherine.
Theconversation Women are better at statistics than they think - Female statistics students had higher final exam grades than their male peers, even though they had less confidence in their statistics abilities at the start of the semester.
Update:
A follow-up on Brittney Griner (her case had been discussed in past WOW diaries) Biden administration offers convicted Russian arms dealer in exchange for Griner, Whelan.