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| 01 Jun 2008 - 18:20 | Barbara
vstrends2004@yahoo.com
URL: www.canow.org/ca_now_family_law/
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To all women stuck in the "Family Court Cycle"
* Aviliable is a report and questionnaire that exposes family courts behaviors that help take our chlidren away!
* They are also conducting a questionnaire so we have a voice. They are gathering information from these questionnaires, and maybe this information will make it into their next report!
* Please help make a difference and allow yourself the opportunity to be heard, and make a difference.
* You can view the report and questionnaire at
* http://www.canow.org/ca_now_family_law/
* you can also go to california Now, and type in Family court on thier search to get you there.
* There is also an amazing documentry on the family court system that everyone should see.
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| 30 May 2008 - 15:45 | Movimiento Manuela Ramos
URL: manuelaenelcongreso.org
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Boletín Nº 80, 29 de mayo de 2008
Producido por el Movimiento Manuela Ramos
PLENO APRUEBA POR MAYORIA EL DICTAMEN QUE DEROGA EL DECRETO SUPREMO QUE CREA
LA DIRECCION GENERAL DE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL
Hoy, durante la sesión del Pleno del Congreso se aprobó por mayoría el dictamen que deroga el decreto supremo Nº 005-2007-MIMDES, el cual fusionó
por absorción el Programa de los Centros de Desarrollo Integral de la
Familia – CEDIF del INABIF; el Programa Nacional Wawa Wasi; y, el Programa Nacional contra la Violencia Familiar y Sexual, en la Dirección General de Protección Social.
La congresista Olga Cribilleros entregó un texto sustitutorio a la
Vicepresidenta de la Comisión de la Mujer y Desarrollo Social, Hilda
Guevara, con la finalidad de que la derogación establezca la restitución
inmediata de las Unidades Ejecutoras.
manuelaenelcongreso.org <http://manuelaenelcongreso.org/>
Ser vicio del Movimiento Manuela Ramos con el auspicio de la Agencia Canadiense para el Desarrollo Internacional (ACDI) y el Fondo de Población
de las Naciones Unidas - UNFPA.
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| 30 May 2008 - 15:35 | The Victim Rights Law Center
conferences@victimrights.org
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Serving Non-Citizen Victims of Sexual Assault
The Victim Rights Law Center
invites you to join us for the second training of our teleconference
series:
Serving Non-Citizen Victims of Sexual Assault
Supported by Office of Violence Against Women
Grant #2004-WT-AX-K062
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
1:30 – 3:00pm EST
Teleconference free to all OVW grantees and their grant partners
This teleconference will address some of the considerations and
challenges specific to advocating for or representing non-citizen
victims of sexual assault, including immigration status and related
issues, non-citizen victims' access to health care, forensic
examinations, culturally and linguistic appropriate services, and
other victim needs.
Presented by:
Leslye Orloff, Esq.
Co-Director of Legal Momentum and Associate Director of the Immigrant Women Program
Who should attend: Sexual assault advocates, lawyers, community
service providers, prosecutors, medical providers and any others who serve victims of sexual assault.
How to Register: Space is limited! Registration is limited to 50
telephone lines; registrations will be accepted on a first-come,
first-served basis. To register please reply to this email with the
following information:
First and Last Name:
Title:
Organization:
Address:
Phone number:
OVW Grant Type:
You will receive confirmation of registration when you reply to this
email. Additional emails with teleconference materials, instructions, will also be sent to you as we approach the date of the
teleconference. Please do not hesitate to direct your calls, and
questions to conferences@victimrights.org
Can't join for this teleconference? Here is a preview of future VRLC
teleconferences:
Join us Thursday, July 24, 2008 – Chic Dabby, Director of the Asian &
Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence /APIA Health Forum presents on
"What you need to know about working with Asian refugee
and immigrant victims of sexual violence, including sexual violence
experienced by immigrants and refugees from conflict and disaster
zones."
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 –the Southwest Center for Law and
Policy's (SWCLAP) Hallie Bongar White and VRLC's Jessica Mindlin
present on "Civil Legal Remedies for Native Sexual Assault
Survivors." We ask that you contact SWCLAP directly at
obrien@swclap.org.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 – Nancy Smith presents on "Serving sexual
assault victims with disabilities and Deaf victims."
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| 30 May 2008 - 08:25 | RAWA newsletter
URL: www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/05/27/alar . . .
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from RAWA newsletter
Alarming Rise of Suicides Among Afghan Women
But despite Western efforts, many Afghan women say their lives have not improved significantly and an increasing number of women are committing suicide by burning themselves to death as a way to escape physical, sexual and psychological abuse.
Mandy Clark reports from Kabul.
Greater freedom for the women of Afghanistan was one of the promises of the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. U.S. and Afghan officials say there have been significant improvements, noting that some two million women and girls are now attending school, something that was forbidden under the extremist Taliban government. But despite Western efforts, many Afghan women say their lives have not improved significantly and an increasing number of women are committing suicide by burning themselves to death as a way to escape physical, sexual and psychological abuse. Mandy Clark reports from Kabul.
Badly burnt and barely alive in a shabby Kabul hospital, a 15 year old girl lies in agony. The burn unit surgeon, Dr. Sarwani Sahab says these types of injuries are becoming more common among young Afghan women.
"In Afghanistan, young girls, maybe from 18 to 35, is a big problem for self-burning here," said Dr. Sahab.
continues...
www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/05/27/alarming-rise-of-suicides-among-afghan-women_9375.html
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| 30 May 2008 - 08:03 | Frieda Werden
cjsfpa@sfu.ca
URL: www.un.org/radio/features/4.html
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PLEASE PROTEST!
Word just arrived that UN Radio is wishing to pull the plug on the program "Women" from the English service. There is no other program focused on women that I know of coming out of UN media. You can find it for streaming and downloading on the website http://radio.un.org
My letter said that the women's coverage of the UN for radio needed to be expanded. "Women" has been going for decades, but the UN has starved it back and back. It's been down to 14 minutes every 2 weeks, or even less, for ages - that is not enough. If the program were longer and weekly, it would be easy to schedule, and I'm sure many more stations would air it regularly.
A tremendous amount is happening in the UN involving and affecting women, but nowadays campus media, community media, and women's media are denied
press passes to cover press conferences and events put on by the UN.
Who is going to cover the United Nations for us? Please tell the UN what you want.
Contact for your letters of feedback or support:
Diane Bailey
Chief, English Language Unit
United Nations Radio
United Nations, Room S-850F
New York, NY 10017
http://www.un.org/radio
email: baileyd@un.org
Via / From / Thanks to:
Frieda Werden, Spoken Word Coordinator CJSF Radio
TC-216 Simon Fraser University
Burnaby BC V5A 1S6, Canada
(778)782-4423 phone
fax: (778)782-3695
e-mail: cjsfpa@sfu.ca
90.1 FM
93.9 cable radio
http://www.cjsf.bc.ca> - streaming on the web
Departmental Blog: http://cjsfpa.blogspot.com/
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| 30 May 2008 - 07:56 | Brad Perry
info@vsdvalliance.org
URL: www.vsdvalliance.org
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I hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us for this exciting conference! PLEASE RE-POST to any other lists or individuals who might be interested.
Building Healthy Futures II
October 15-16, 2008
Richmond, Virginia
The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance is excited to sponsor a 2-day conference addressing the primary prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence. This conference will showcase innovative primary prevention projects from across North America, as well as highlighting Virginia-based prevention initiatives. Featured speakers include:
• Loretta Ross National Coordinator of Sister Song Reproductive
Justice Collaborative;
• Denise Gaulin Co-developer of Ontario’s “Care For Kids” healthy sexuality and sexual abuse prevention project;
• Jen Rauhouse Executive Director of Peer Solutions, a strength-based, peer-facilitated, dating violence prevention initiative based in Arizona;
• David Lee Prevention Connection Manager for CALCASA and coordinator of California’s “MyStrength” initiative;
• Jim McDonough Ramsey County, MN Commissioner instrumental in passing public policy to develop primary prevention strategies county-wide;
• Taryn Lindhorst Professors at University of Washington’s School
& Emiko Tajima of Social Work who have examined how to improve the definition of ‘domestic violence’ in survey research.
There will also be a session addressing the development and current state of Virginia’s “Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence & Intimate Partner Violence”.
For more information:
Ph: 804.377.0335
E: info@vsdvalliance.org
Web: http://www.vsdvalliance.org
Thanks.
~Brad
Brad Perry, MA
Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator
Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence
Action Alliance (VSDVAA)
Phone: (434) 979-9002
Fax: (434) 979-9003
Web: www.vsdvalliance.org
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| 29 May 2008 - 18:21 | Dawn V. Martin
dvmartinlaw@yahoo.com
URL: www.dvmartinlaw.com
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Contact: Law Offices of Dawn V. Martin e-mail: dvmartinlaw@yahoo.com
(202) 408-7040; (703) 642-0207 website: www.dvmartinlaw.com
Law Professor will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse Decision Holding that a Woman
Can be Fired for being Stalked by a Stranger Roaming Freely through her Workplace
Washington, D.C. – On March 31, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judges
Edwards, Henderson and Williams, decided the appeal of Martin v. Howard University, 1999 U.S. Dist.
LEXIS 19516, 1999 WL 1295339; 81 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 964; 15 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1587 (D.D.C.
1999). Prof. Dawn V. Martin was harassed by a serial campus stalker. Her contract was “not renewed” after she asked the university to implement its own security procedures to bar the stalker from the law school.
During oral argument, on March 17, 2008, Ms. Martin told the Court: “The precedent set by this Court will
determine how employers and educational institutions will respond to stalking and other types of workplace and campus violence – particularly when it is directed against women. If a woman can be stalked in her workplace, and fired for asking her employer to take reasonable steps to keep him out of the workplace, then women will be forced to choose between their safety and their livelihood – a Hobson’s choice.”
Less than two weeks later, in an unpublished decision by the three-judge panel, the Court squarely placed women in the position of choosing between their jobs and their safety, if they are stalked at work. The serial campus stalker only knew that Prof. Martin existed because he roamed through her workplace freely, prowling for a female professor who fit his fantasy concept of a “wife.” This delusional, homeless man, Leonard Harrison, had been targeting women of color, at Universities since the mid-1980s. Harrison had his own vision of his “natural wife,” or “soul-mate,” whom he believed was the physical embodiment of a fictional character, Geneva Crenshaw, in a book, written by the renowned NYU law professor, Derrick Bell.
Ms. Martin asked the entire Court to review the Panel decision, but no judge called for a vote on the case, so her request was denied. Ms. Martin said: “The only hope for reversal now is to go to the United States Supreme Court. I am looking for groups that are willing to come together to file a joint Amicus Brief at the Supreme Court level.” Groups interested in providing support should contact Ms. Martin at
dvmartinlaw@yahoo.com.
In 1999, the federal district court set precedent in Martin by adopting the EEOC Regulation 29 CFR
1604.11(e), holding that an employer can be held liable for the sexual harassment of an employee, by a non- employee, if the employer knew or should have known of the harassment and failed to take reasonable steps to stop it. Howard asked the Court to reverse this decision and invalidate the EEOC Regulation. The Court of Appeals did not address Howard’s argument, or otherwise discuss the lower court’s holding on how
employers should address non-employee harassment of employees.
Martin is the first case considering the concept of “gender profiling” in employment, under Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), as Amicus Curiae filed a Brief supporting Martin. Ms. Martin said, “In 1999, the district court judge said that it was ‘clear’ that Harrison harassed me based on my sex –but seven years later,
after all of the evidence was presented at trial, the same judge suddenly submitted the question to the jury.
The jurors were clearly confused on the law. They asked the court to give them additional instruction on the
definition of sexual harassment, but the judge would not provide it. Based on what they understood the law to be, the jurors concluded that Harrison’ stalking was not sexual in nature or based on my gender. That meant that there is no statute to protect me from being stalked in my workplace from being fired for reporting it.”
The Court of Appeals held that Ms. Martin misinterpreted Judge Hogan’s 1999 decision; however, on October 20, 2003, Magistrate Judge Facciola, to whom Judge Hogan referred the case, specifically detailed what issues were decided in 1999 and would not be “triable issues of fact” for the jury and what issues would
proceed to a jury at trial. The Court of Appeals discounted MJ Facciola’s interpretation of Judge Hogan’s decision, stating that he could not overrule Judge Hogan; however, as Ms. Martin stressed in her Brief, Reply Brief and oral argument, Judge Hogan adopted Judge Facciola’s decision as his own, on September 16, 2005.
The district court also held that “groping” and “touching” are “typical” indicia of sexual harassment cases and that since Harrison did not touch Prof. Martin, the jury had reason to find that she was not sexually harassed.”
The Court of Appeals did not address this issue. Since it has not been overturned, this precedent set by this decision arguably requires that a woman to be assaulted in order to establish that she was sexually harassed in her workplace.
The Court of Appeals also held that because, on one occasion in 1990, Harrison threatened Prof Bell, this was enough to defeat Ms. Martin’s claim that Harrison harassed her because of her gender; however, Ms. Martin repeatedly pointed out that Harrison did not stalk Prof. Bell. The legal definition of “stalking” requires repeated acts of harassment directed toward the same victim. Harrison contacted Prof. Bell on only one occasion, and then only to solicit his assistance in identifying the next woman he would stalk -- any woman that he believed might be the “model” for “Geneva Crenshaw.” Ms. Martin said, “Howard’s argument is like
saying that John Hinckley did not sexually harass Jodie Foster when he stalked her because he also attempted to kill President Reagan. The fact that a sexually harassing stalker may also have committed a violent act against a man in his lifetime does not negate the fact that he sexually harassed a woman in another setting.”
Martin also presented issues regarding actionable retaliation under Title VII, but the Court of Appeals deemed these issues moot. Since the Court determined that Howard was free to commit any retaliatory act against Prof. Martin for being stalked, with no Title VII penalty, the lower court’s definition of acts that constitute actionable retaliation under Title VII was irrelevant to this case; however, the Court of Appeals’ failure to
reverse the lower court on this issue leaves the lower court’s precedent intact: an employer may leave positions unfilled, cancel vacancies and/or convert advertised positions to positions for which an applicant is not the best qualified, even where it is done to prevent the most qualified applicant from being hired, in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment – or any other EEO violation, whether based on race, national origin, religion, ethnicity, age or disability.
Ms. Martin also asked the Court to define the circumstances under which Title VII plaintiffs can be ordered to pay the litigation costs of the defendant. The National Organization of Women (NOW) recently ran a campaign
protesting the 11th Circuit’s assessment of costs against the plaintiff in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, after the Supreme Court ruled against her in her sex iscrimination claim. Such assessments unfairly punish women who file sex
discrimination lawsuits, in good faith, in the public interest. The Court declined to address this issue.
The Court of Appeals also did not explain why Dean Alice Gresham Bullock’s perjury does not require
vacating the verdict. In a July 1, 1999 memorandum to Howard’s General Counsel, Bullock admitted that she
perceived Harrison as a threat to Prof. Martin and “other women” on campus; yet, at trial, she testified that she never perceived Harrison’s harassment as sexual harassment, or harassment based on sex/gender. Martin said. “Neither Howard nor her own personal counsel has denied that she committed perjury. Alice Gresham
Bullock created ten years of contentious and expensive litigation for both sides. She has caused ten years of suffering for my family and me. We will never get those years back -- the years that I was raising my daughter. This could all have been avoided if she had simply followed the university’s own security procedures and barred Harrison from the law school rather than devoting her efforts to removing me from the
law school.” Briefs are uploaded onto ttp://www.dvmartinlaw.com/MartinvHowardU .html). You may also
hear radio interviews about the case at that cite.
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| 29 May 2008 - 11:14 | Carolina Ruiz Torres
carolina@flora.org.pe
URL: www.flora.org.pe
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Peru
VIOLENCIA FAMILIAR delito en codigo penal
(RPP) La Comisión de Justicia y Derechos Humanos del Congreso aprobó el proyecto de ley que propone incorporar la violencia familiar como delito en el Código Penal.
La propuesta, que busca modificar la Ley Nº 26260 (Ley de Protección frente a la Violencia Familiar), establece que el fiscal podrá solicitar la detención del agresor ante el juez penal competente, quien decretará la medida en un plazo de 24 horas.
En los casos de violencia familiar, la Policía Nacional estará impedida de propiciar acuerdos conciliatorios y, por el contrario, deberá informar de sus derechos a las personas víctimas de la violencia familiar.
El dictamen recomienda penas por agresión agravada de cinco a diez años de privación de la libertad, y en los casos en que la víctima muera como consecuencia de las lesiones, la pena sería de seis a quince años.
Cuando la víctima sea menor de 14 años, el agresor (padre, madre, tutor, guardador o responsable de aquel) también se le suspenderá la patria potestad.
Las normas peruanas sancionan en la actualidad los actos violentos cometidos dentro del entorno familiar como lesiones leves o graves, imponiendo a los
infractores penas benignas porque en muchos casos estos hechos son considerados faltas y no delitos.
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| 29 May 2008 - 09:22 | Save the Children
URL: www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54_5706.ht . . .
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New Report
No One to Turn To
The under-reporting of child sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers
Children living in countries affected by conflict and natural disaster are being sexually exploited and abused by the very people hired to help them - aid workers and peacekeepers. Almost as shocking is the general silence surrounding the abuse. Children and their families are not speaking out because of fear and powerlessness. And international organisations are failing to respond effectively to allegations of abuse levelled against them.
No One to Turn To seeks to move the debate on and reinvigorate efforts to address this appalling problem. Based on research with communities and international organisations, it examines the chronic under-reporting of abuse and the inadequate response to it. It provides new analysis on why this abuse persists despite international efforts to stop it, and proposes new solutions to tackle it.
Download report
www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54 _5706.htm
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| 29 May 2008 - 09:06 | Lisa Fontes
CSAPLink@yahoogroups.com
URL: www.ispcan.org/forum.asp
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Virtual Discussion, Today and tomorrow
International perspective on cultural issues in child maltreatment prevention & intervention
There's a virtual disucssion starting today and going on until Friday through ISPCAN but available to nonmembers as well about international perspective on cultural issues in child maltreatment prevention & intervention.
It is open to all. Log-in information below.
This a reminder that ISPCAN will host the next in our series of Virtual Issue Discussions (VIDs) on Cultural Competence in Child Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention" (26-30 May 2008).
The discussion will be facilitated by:
Lisa Fontes, PhD
ISPCAN Councillor
Several panelists will also join the discussion, adding their knowledge and experience of the topic. Panelists include:
Sibnath Deb, Dr. - India
Bernard Gerbaka, Dr. - Lebanon
Harendra de Silva, Dr. - Sri Lanka
Shanti Raman, Dr. - Australia
Jill Korbin, Dr. - USA
Some of the issues we will consider in this discussion include:
Accommodating the needs of cultural minority groups (in your country or regions)
Language minority issues
Religious exemptions & issues
Differing legal jurisdictions
The relevance of culture to specific types of abuse & related prevention/intervention
Statutory Rape and Culture
Cultural Competence in Child Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention
Laws specific to cultures/religions
Trafficked children
Please visits: www.ispcan.org/forum.asp for more information regarding these topics and relevant background materials that have been submitted by our panelists.
This discussion will be open to all professionals interested in the topic, both ISPCAN members and non-members. The VID takes place on an ISPCAN webpage where participants can logon to view and post messages. It is simple to participate. To register, go to: http://www.ispcan.org/forum .
Mark the dates (27-30 May 2008) and join us for what promises to be a very interesting VID!
With Kind regards,
Lisa Fontes, PhD
ISPCAN Councillor
ISPCAN Secretariat
International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
245 W. Roosevelt Road, Building 6, Suite 39
West Chicago, Illinois 60185, USA
Telephone: 1.630.876.6913 / Fax: 1.630.876.6917
ispcan@ispcan.org, www.ispcan.org
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| 29 May 2008 - 08:34 | ana
anahitur@hotmail.com
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solo deseo que me den informacion sobre donde buscar ayuda legal gratuita para saber mis derechos como mujer separada y maltratada por el marido. vivo en estado de la florida , en miami y no se a donde ir por ayuda. le agradecere mucho pero mucho su ayuda. anahi
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| 28 May 2008 - 11:20 | Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán
postmast@flora.org.pe
URL: www.flora.org.pe
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Flora se pronuncia, Día de Acción Internacional por la Salud d
Pronunciamiento
28 de Mayo
Día de Acción Internacional por la Salud de las Mujeres
Sin políticas efectivas, para combatir la grave situación de la salud sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres, no es posible que el Perú avance
El Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán, al celebrarse el D¦ía de Acción Internacional por la Salud de las Mujeres, denuncia la ausencia de voluntad política de parte del gobierno para atender de manera sustancial uno de los
problemas más importantes para el desarrollo del país; la salud de las personas y en especial la salud de las mujeres.
En víspera del 28 de Mayo, fecha que pretende llamar la atención sobre la grave situación de la salud sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres, la gestión del Dr Alan García Pérez celebra el crecimiento económico y la reducción de
la pobreza, bajo el lema ’³El Perú Avanza’´. Pero preguntémonos si el Perú avanza para las 376 mil mujeres que anualmente ponen en riesgo su vida al someterse a abortos clandestinos(1) e inseguros. Preguntémonos si el Perú avanza para las adolescentes que constituyen el 25% de las mujeres atendidas por abortos incompletos(2).
El Perú no puede avanzar si es que 185 mujeres por cada 100,000 nacidos vivos mueren anualmente por causas evitables en el embarazo y parto(3). No
podemos celebrar el crecimiento económico de nuestro país cuando existe un desabastecimiento de métodos anticonceptivos, incluida la anticoncepción oral de emergencia (entre otros problemas urgentes que atender).
Para que el Perú avance, realmente, es necesario que nuestros gobernantes reconozcan que el derecho a la salud de las mujeres también forma parte del
desarrollo nacional y está amparado en el marco de los derechos humanos.
Y parte de ese reconocimiento es que el Congreso debata y apruebe la Ley de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva; que el Ejecutivo iimplemente de manera efectiva
la Ley de Igualdad de portunidades entre Hombres y Mujeres; apruebe un Protocolo Nacional de Atención del Aborto Terapéutico; e incremente significativamente el presupuesto para la salud y en especial para la atención de las mujeres.
Finalmente, es indispensable que el Dr. Alan García Perez, el Ejecutivo y el Congreso de la República recuerden que la democracia exige un Estado Laico, de manera que las políticas y normas se dicten pensando en el servicio que
todo funcionario público debe a los y las ciudadanas/os y no en función de sus creencias personales.
Solo así, señores y señoras del gobierno, podrían convencer a la mayoría de peruanas/os que el Perú está avanzando.
Lima, 28 de mayo del 2008
Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán
Parque Hernán Velarde Nro 42, Lima 1
Tlf. 4332000, Fax 4339500
E-mail: postmast@flora.org.pe
www.flora.org.pe
(1) Ferrando Delicia. El Aborto Clandestino en el Perú. 2006
(2) Raguz María. Salud Sexual y Reproductiva Adolescente y Juvenil:
Condiciones Sociodemogr€ ¦áficas e Implicancias para las Políticas, Planes, y Programas e Intervenciones. 2002
(3) ENDES 2000
E. Paúl Flores Arroyo
Coordinadora
Programa Derechos Sexuales y Ciudadan€ ¦ía en Salud
Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán
Parque Hern€án Veladre Nº 42 lima 1
Tel€ ¦éfono: (51 - 1) 433 20 00 / 433 14 57
www.flora.org.pe
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| 28 May 2008 - 10:16 | cimacnoticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/08052708-Vera . . .
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ONG y DIF piden códigos acordes con Ley de vida sin violencia
Veracruz: aumenta violencia familiar y abuso sexual contra niñez
Por Laura Castro Medina/corresponsal
Orizaba, Ver., 27 mayo 08 (CIMAC).- Aumentan en Veracruz los casos de violencia familiar y abuso sexual en contra de niñas y niños, organismos no gubernamentales y el Sistema estatal para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) piden al Congreso Local leyes más drásticas para sancionar estas conductas y la adecuación de códigos con la Ley de Acceso a las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia aprobada en la entidad.
Pese a la reciente aprobación de la Ley de Acceso a las Mujeres a una Vida libre de violencia en el estado de Veracruz, los casos de violencia familiar y feminicidios aumentan significativamente, así como la violación sexual de niños y niñas, de acuerdo a informes de la Procuradora de la Defensa del Menor en Veracruz, Esmeralda Domínguez Verónica.
Semanalmente, según informa, en los Ministerios Públicos de la entidad se reciben de 3 a 4 denuncias por abuso sexual de menores, sin embargo existe un número mucho mayor de casos no denunciados.
Por su parte la titular del Instituto Veracruzano de la Mujer, Martha Mendoza Parissi, reveló que en los últimos meses los casos de violencia familiar se han incrementado en la entidad. “Es una situación muy delicada que debe atenderse de manera inmediata” lamentó la funcionaria al referirse a la muerte violenta de tres mujeres en sólo una semana.
Resaltó la necesidad de estrategias de denuncia, incluso anónima, de violencia familiar, ante el DIF o Ministerios Públicos, pues previo a un feminicidio hay varios años de maltrato físico y psicológico.
Agregó que se ha solicitado al Congreso Local la adecuación y actualización de los códigos Civil y Penal a la nueva Ley de Acceso a las Mujeres de una Vida Libre de Violencia a fin de que su aplicación se dé de manera íntegra.
FEMINICIDIO
De acuerdo a cifras del Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) y del DIF al menos 6 de cada 10 mujeres sufren violencia familiar y en algunos de esos casos se llega a la violencia extrema como es el feminicidio. Entre los casos más recientes ocurridos en Veracruz destacan el de una joven de aproximadamente 20 años cuyo cuerpo aún en llamas fue encontrado a las orillas de la autopista en la comunidad de Rinconada. Aparentemente fue estrangulada con un cable, le rociaron gasolina y prendieron fuego.
Otro caso es el de Antonia, una mujer policía del puerto de Veracruz, cuyo cuerpo estrangulado fue encontrado en el interior de un motel, o el de Erika, también policía del municipio de Ciudad Mendoza, cuya pareja sentimental, Juan Mixteco Xocua, aún prófugo de la justicia, la degolló en el interior de su domicilio.
Estos son sólo algunos de los más de 20 casos de feminicidio registrados durante el presente año en el estado de Veracruz, los cuales en su mayoría están impunes.
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| 28 May 2008 - 09:59 | Rita Smith, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
rsmith@ncadv.org
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National Coalition Against Domestic Violence conference-
register by May 30th
13th National Conference on Domestic Violence and 30th Anniversary Celebration:
Building Grassroots Leadership
for Social Justice
July 18-23*, 2008
*With a special Legislative Action Day taking place July 22, 2008
The Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC
REGISTER BY MAY 30TH AND SAVE!
via
WWW.NCADV.ORG
To have conference information mailed to you, please call (303) 839-1852 x 101.
Join NCADV, our foremothers and the many activists, survivors, advocates and allies for this historic event honoring thirty years of working to end to violence against women.
Ahóra NCADV tiene una persona que habla español en su personal. Si usted desea hablar con ella sobre la conferencia o necesita ayuda registrandose, favor de llamar
(111) entre las 9:00 am y la 1:00 pm.
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The Women of Color Caucus of NCADV Calls for Women of Color Participation in the Upcoming NCADV 30th Anniversary Conference: Building Grassroots Leadership for Social Justice
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July 18-23, 2008
Washington, DC
The Omni Shoreham Hotel
As NCADV celebrates its 30th Anniversary, the Women of Color Caucus of NCADV (WOC) invites and strongly encourages women of color from all backgrounds to voice our concerns and share our dreams. This is our time to declare our power and our solidarity towards our leadership.
The Women of Color Caucus of NCADV dedicates its work to voice the concerns, needs and visions of Women of Color. It is committed to supporting the leadership development for Women of Color working in the movement within the caucus and within their own programs.
The caucus strengthens NCADV by providing a voice for battered women of color who have been doubly and triply oppressed resulting from their identities as women, as battered women, as women of color and for some of us, as lesbian, bisexual and transgender of color.
The Women of Color Caucus of NCADV is committed to hearing more voices of women of color, therefore it has been agreed that one third of all plenary sessions, workshops and presentations will be made by women of color at all conferences, beginning in 2008. Because women of color have had little opportunity for our voices to be heard and validated, many of us may feel intimidated or uncomfortable to present at a national level. The Women of Color Caucus pledges to provide support and technical assistance, if needed, to encourage women of color to submit applications for workshops, plenary sessions and presentations.
If you wish to join the Women of Color Caucus of NCADV, please email womenofcolorcaucus@ncadv.org.
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| 28 May 2008 - 09:50 | Lauren - Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
llitton@ispconsults.com
URL: register.webcastgroup.com/event/?wid=068 . . .
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The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
is pleased to offer a webcast on:
Domestic Violence and Prisoner Reentry:
Experiences of African American Women and Men
Featuring:
Dr. William Oliver, Associate Professor, Indiana University, Dept. of Criminal Justice
Shelia Hankins, Project Director, MI Domestic Violence Prevention &
Treatment Board
Dr. Oliver J. Williams, Executive Director, IDVAAC, University of Minnesota
Description:
Across the country, more than 650,000 people are released from state and federal correctional institutions each year. Many of these individuals are African American men who have families awaiting their return; some with former or current partners that they have abused. This national webcast will
update participants on the Safe Return Initiative which examines ways to enhance safety for victims of domestic violence that are, or have been in relationships, with offenders that are on parole or are to be released soon from prison. Presenters will highlight considerations relating to the
intersection of intimate partner violence and the transition/reentry of
offenders back into the community and discuss policy and practice
recommendations for criminal justice systems, victim advocacy programs and community-based organizations.
When:
June 12, 2008
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific /2:00 to 3:30 P.M. Eastern
Registration:
The webcast is free and open to the public. However, space is limited and registration is required. To register go to
register.webcastgroup.com/event/?wid=0680612084143
and follow the
instructions. Participants will need a computer that has audio capabilities
and is connected to the Internet.
If you have any questions, email Lauren Litton at llitton@ispconsults.com
or contact IDVAAC at 877- 643-8222
This webcast is being supported through funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. Views expressed in the webcast are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the official
position of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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| 28 May 2008 - 09:37 | The Guardian, London
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Call for watchdog to monitor peacekeeper child abuse
The Guardian ~~ London ~~ Tuesday May 27, 2008
Xan Rice in Nairobi
A global watchdog should be urgently established to monitor sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers and humanitarian workers, a leading aid agency said today.
Save the Children said that despite international commitments to
tackle the problem, the scale of the exploitation of minors remained
"significant". In its report, No One To Turn To, the agency said that
research in south Sudan, Ivory Coast and Haiti suggested there was still "chronic underreporting" of sexual abuse in conflict-affected
countries, where children as young as six were being targeted by adult
foreigners.
Abuses included rape, child prostitution, pornography, sexual assault, and the trading of food and mobile phones for sex. Children told researchers that most victims were too afraid to report the crime,
fearing punishment, stigmatisation or the withdrawal of aid.
"It is hard to imagine a more grotesque abuse of authority or flagrant violation of children's rights," said Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive of Save the Children UK.
In recent years UN peacekeepers of various nationalities have been
accused of exploiting children while on duty in Liberia, Haiti and
Democratic Republic of Congo. But Save the Children said perpetrators
of sexual abuse were also to be found in every type of humanitarian
organisations, and at all grades.
It cited internal statistics to back this up; in 2007 eight employees
of Save the Children UK were accused of sexual misconduct. Three of the cases were proven, with the staff dismissed. There were also seven cases filed against adults working for the aid agency's local partners.
"Obviously the vast majority of aid workers are not involved in any
form of abuse or exploitation, but in life-saving essential humanitarian work," Whitbread said. "However all humanitarian and peacekeeping agencies working in emergency situations, including Save
the Children UK, must own up to the fact that they are vulnerable to
this problem and tackle it head on."
The report said that while the UN in particular had made efforts to
combat sexual abuse of children by its staff and peacekeepers in
recent years, there remained "endemic failures in the response to allegations of abuse when they had been officially reported".
A UN spokesman told the BBC it was impossible to ensure "zero
incidents" among its 200,000 personnel serving around the world.
"What we can do is get across a message of zero tolerance, which for us means zero complacency when credible allegations are raised and zero impunity when we find that there has been malfeasance that's occurred," he said.
Besides calling for a new international watchdog to monitor efforts of international agencies to address the problem, Save the Children also recommended that the UN establish local complaints mechanisms to make it easier for victims to report abuses.
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| 27 May 2008 - 17:02 | Mercury News
URL: www.mercurynews.com/ci_9383005
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This is what needs to happen in Sonoma County, too.... admin
State program will oversee Santa Clara County's dependency court lawyers
COUNTY DEPENDENCY COURT LAWYERS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY
By Deborah Lohse
Mercury News
Article Launched: 05/26/2008 01:31:54 AM PDT
Santa Clara County Superior Court officials have asked the state to take over the job of hiring and overseeing lawyers who represent parents and children in juvenile dependency court, even as an audit continues of the controversial firm that has been doing much of the job for the past 12 years.
Starting July 1, Santa Clara County will join a $50 million statewide program intended to improve the little-known court system that decides the fate of children removed from their homes after allegations of abuse or neglect.
That system has come under increased scrutiny since February, when the Mercury News published a series of articles describing the slipshod nature of legal representation and decision-making in dependency court.
Once Santa Clara County joins the state program, state officials will oversee two groups of attorneys: Santa Clara Juvenile Defenders, which until Oct. 1 has a contract to represent parents, and has been a focus of criticism; and the juvenile dependency unit of the county district attorney's office, which represents children under a contract ending June 30, 2009.
In response to questions from the Mercury News, Superior Court Chief Executive Kiri Torre said the issues surrounding Juvenile Defenders were "a factor," but not the determining one, in why the court is joining the program, known as DRAFT. She said the court also wants to support the state Judicial Council's goal of "uniform compensation, training and caseload
standards" for lawyers who represent parents and children in dependency court.
The 3-year-old program got under way after state officials, who had been trying to get more money from the Legislature for dependency legal services, realized they could not account for how well or poorly the money had been spent so far.
"We were asking for more funding, but we couldn't provide basic information like how many clients were being served," said Leah Wilson, a manager with the Administrative Office of the Courts' Center for Families, Children and the Courts.
The problems with Juvenile Defenders were typical of what the state found when officials began to investigate. The Mercury News series described the firm's timid defense of parents, scant use of outside experts to bolster parent's cases, low attorney pay and high turnover.
Among other revelations, the firm's founder Gary Proctor admitted that he had not hired full-time social workers to assist with families as his contract required, and his attorneys too infrequently filed appeals when their clients faced losing their kids. After resigning in mid-February from the firm he co-founded, Proctor, who had been a highly respected defense attorney in Orange County, committed suicide March 9.
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| 27 May 2008 - 16:52 | Lana
angelbug67@hotmail.com
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While conducting a Sexual Assault Investigation training, I was asked if a female victim of sexual assault would prefer a female investigator over a male. What impact does the gender of the investigator have in the investigation or a sexual assualt? Are there any studys regarding the role the gender of an investigator plays in these cases.
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| 27 May 2008 - 16:46 | chica
chicalyfamil;y@hotmail.com
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estoy separada de mi pareja a causa de que me agredio fisicamente lo denuncie y le puse orden de restriccion tengo miedo pero tambien tengo miedo de moverme de casa y de demostrarle que tengo miedo definitivamente no deseo regresar con el ya que me ha hecho mucho deno emocional que hago?
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| 27 May 2008 - 10:45 | Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán
URL: www.flora.org.pe
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Presentacion de libro: El aborto clandestino en el Perú
Enviado por: "Paul flores" paul@flora.org.pe epaulflores
Mar, 27 de Mayo, 2008 3:35 am
E. Paúl Flores Arroyo
Coordinadora
Programa Derechos Sexuales y Ciudadanía en Salud
Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán
Parque Hernán Veladre Nº 42 lima 1
Teléfono: (51 - 1) 433 20 00 / 433 14 57
Web: www.flora.org.pe www.flora.org.pe
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| 27 May 2008 - 10:39 | New York Times Op-Ed
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Editor Op-Ed Contributor
For Women Warriors, Deep Wounds, Little Care
By HELEN BENEDICT
Published: May 26, 2008
THIS Memorial Day, as an ever-increasing number of mentally and physically wounded soldiers return from Iraq, the Department of Veterans Affairs faces a pressing crisis: women traumatized not only by combat but also by sexual assault and harassment from their fellow service members. Sadly, the department is failing to fully deal with this problem.
Women make up some 15 percent of the United States active duty forces, and 11 percent of the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly a third of female veterans say they were sexually assaulted or raped while in the military, and 71 percent to 90 percent say they were sexually harassed by the men with whom they served.
This sort of abuse drastically increases the risk and intensity of post-traumatic stress disorder. One study found that female soldiers who were sexually assaulted were nine times more likely to show symptoms of this disorder than those who weren’t. Sexual harassment by itself is so destructive, another study revealed, it causes the same rates of post-traumatic stress in women as combat does in men. And rape can lead to other medical crises, including diabetes, asthma, chronic pelvic pain, eating disorders, miscarriages and hypertension.
The threat of post-traumatic stress has risen in recent years as women’s roles in war have changed. More of them now come under fire, suffer battle wounds and kill the enemy, just as men do.
As women return for repeat tours, usually redeploying with their same units, many must go back to war with the same man (or men) who abused them. This leaves these women as threatened by their own comrades as by the war itself. Yet the combination of sexual assault and combat has barely been acknowledged or studied.
Last month, when the RAND Corporation released the biggest non-military survey of the mental health of troops since 2001, it unwittingly reflected this lack of research. The survey found that women suffer from higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression than men do, but it neglected to look into why this might be, and asked no questions about abuse from fellow soldiers. Terri Tanielian, the project’s co-editor, told me that RAND needs more money to explore these higher rates of trauma among women.
As the more than 191,500 women who have served in the Middle East since 2001 return home, they will increasingly flood the Veterans Affairs system. To ask those who need help for post-traumatic stress disorder to turn to a typical Veterans Affairs hospital, built in the 1950s and designed to treat men, is untenable. Women who have been raped or sexually assaulted often cannot face therapy groups or medical facilities full of men.
At the moment, the Department of Veterans Affairs operates only six inpatient post-traumatic stress disorder programs specifically for women. And although all 153 department-run hospitals will treat women, only 22 have stand-alone women’s clinics that offer a full range of medical and psychological services.
This number of clinics may seem adequate for the 1.7 million female veterans currently at home, especially since they represent only 7.2 percent of all veterans at the moment, but it isn’t. Many clinics are miles from where soldiers live, and many more are open only a few hours a week and lack staff members trained to deal with sexual assault, let alone assault combined with combat trauma.
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it plans to open more clinics for post-traumatic stress disorder, but how many will be only for women remains undecided.
Women are the fastest-growing group of veterans, and by 2020 they are projected to account for 20 percent of all veterans under the age of 45. Not all of these women will have suffered sexual assault, but many will have medical or psychological needs that conventional department hospitals cannot meet.
The Department of Veterans Affairs must open more comprehensive women’s health clinics, designate more facilities for women who have endured both combat and military sexual trauma and finance more support groups specifically for female combat veterans. The best way to honor all of our soldiers is to do what we can to help them mend.
Helen Benedict, a professor of journalism at Columbia, is the author of the novel “The Opposite of Love” and the forthcoming “The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq.”
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| 27 May 2008 - 09:50 | AlterNet
URL: www.alternet.org/story/85977/
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Sexpot Virgins: The Media's Sexualization of Young Girls
By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. Posted May 24, 2008.
AdvertisementIn 2006, the retail chain Tesco launched the Peekaboo Pole Dancing Kit, a play set designed to help young girls "unleash the sex kitten inside."
Perturbed parents, voicing concern that their 5-year-olds might be too young to engage in sex work, lobbied to have the product pulled. Tesco removed the play set from the toy section but kept it on the market.
As M. Gigi Durham points out in The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It, Tesco's attempt to sell stripper gear to kids is just one instance of the sexual objectification of young girls in the media and marketplace. Some of the many other examples include a push-up bra for preteens, thongs for 10-year-olds bearing slogans like "eye candy," and underwear geared toward teens with "Who needs credit cards ... ?" written across the crotch.
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| 27 May 2008 - 09:44 | Randy McCall, Victim Assistance Online
info@vaonline.org
URL: www.vaonline.org/
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from
Victim Assistance Online
Our new site launched this morning. We're presenting a new design and layout, which includes extensive changes to how text is handled, so as to make reading easier.
Additionally, changes in coding now allow almost the entire page to be
translated via Google Translate, and There are also a number of concrete changes and additions. These include:
* The Victim Assistance Research (VAR) listserv now has it's own
sign-on page on our site, and present and future members have the option of having their organization's names/contact info posted on the Victim Assistance Research page: http://www.vaonline.org/var.html
* Advertising space is now found on most pages. While presently this
consists mostly of Google Ads for fundraising purposes, we have
plans to allow listserv members whose organizations donate to
VAOnline to place their own ads in these spaces... I'll be sending out
a separate e-mail on our fundraising efforts.
* The Professional's Helpdesk has been re-launched. This is an
option added to our "Contact Us" secure/encrypted page:
https://secure9.securewebexchange.com/ vaonline.org/vaonline/secu
recomm.html which will allow professionals sending us requests for information or referrals to mark their messages as Priority, to
request confidentiality, or to ask their messages be broadcast to our
list members verbatim.
* The new Research Volunteer Program page has been expanded:
http://www.vaonline.org/rvolunteers.ht ml
Please feel free to examine the new site; if you locate any errors, omissions or other problems, please let us know about them (include the page name/address) at: info@vaonline.org
Comments, questions or other input is, of course, welcomed.
Randy McCall
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Victim Assistance Online
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| 26 May 2008 - 11:01 | World Watch
URL: www.worldwatch.org/node/5636
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New Book
More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want
For the Worldwatch Institute, human population has always been a sustainability issue. Our earliest writings confirmed a stable balance between population and the environment as an essential ingredient of the equitable and enduring society our mission advances. And over the years we have highlighted the polices needed in all nations to encourage this balance through healthy reproduction, voluntary family planning, gender equality, and the free decisions of women and couples about childbearing.
Since our founding, however, the issues surrounding population have become ever more sensitive and delicate, discouraging many environmentalists and policymakers from taking on the topic. Now, Worldwatch Vice President for Programs Robert Engelman, a 16-year veteran of the population and reproductive health field, has broken new ground in his own fresh take on this perennially difficult issue. In More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, published by Island Press in May 2008, Engelman leads readers on a journey from humanity’s first steps on two feet to the 21st century and beyond to explore whether women want more children or more for their children, and how their childbearing intentions have fared in a male-dominated world. The answers he finds not only surprise but offer new hope for real and lasting global sustainability.
Rich in historical detail, contemporary stories, and provocative ideas, More is the keystone of a new initiative at the Worldwatch Institute to return population and women’s reproductive decision-making to their critical role in the environment, the economy, and human rights.
Order More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want as part of the State of the World Library and save up to 40% off the cost of purchasing each title separately. Or purchase directly through Island Press.
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| 26 May 2008 - 10:12 | Truthout
URL: www.truthout.org/article/rape-hobbles-bu . . .
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Rape Hobbles Bush Administration Policies
Monday 26 May 2008
by: Ann Wright, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
The Rape of a 14 year old girl in Okinawa by a US Marine has set off a political firestorm. (photo: Reuters)
Sexual assaults and rapes by US military in Japan lead to a major international incident.
One would hope that behavior that requires the "regrets" of the president of the United States and the secretary of state and the stand-down of United States military forces for "reflection" and retraining in ethics and leadership would be punished severely enough to send a clear signal that the behavior will not be tolerated.
Yet the history of sexual assault and rape of women around US military bases, particularly in Okinawa, reveals a military institutional acceptance of this criminal behavior and a lack of enforcement of military regulations against such behavior by senior military officers.
Many in Okinawa and in the United States are watching the US military's response to the latest rapes and sexual assaults to see if this pattern will change.
Since 1945, when the US military stormed onto the island of Okinawa to dislodge the Japanese military in World War II, Okinawan women and girls have been sexually assaulted and raped by US military personnel. Okinawans know the history of every assault. Thirty women were raped in 1945; 40 in 1946, 37 in 1947 and the count goes on year after year. The first conviction of a US military soldier for rape was in 1948.
During my recent trip to Japan, I met with members of the organization Okinawan Women Act Against Military Violence. According to reports compiled from police records and other sources by that organization, hundreds of Okinawan and Japanese women have been sexually assaulted and raped by US military personnel since 1945.
In the latest series of incidents, in April 2008, the US military in Japan charged a Marine with rape and other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year old girl in Okinawa. US Marine Staff Sgt. Tyrone Hadnott, 38, who had been in the Marines 18 years, was charged with the February 10, 2008, rape of a child under 16, abusive sexual contact with a child, making a false official statement, adultery and kidnapping. In February, Japanese authorities had released Hadnott after the girl dropped the allegations against him, but the Marine Corps conducted its own investigation to see if Hadnott had violated codes of military justice.
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