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| 15 Feb 2009 - 17:51 | New York Times
URL: www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/us/15stalk.ht . . .
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Though Many Are Stalked, Few Report It
David Ahntholz for The New York Times
Published: February 14, 2009
When Vernon E. Miller was sentenced for stalking last November, cellphone records showed that he had made 3,788 calls to his former girlfriend in a single month.
He rang her doorbell repeatedly for months, the police said, and he had been seen peeking in her window. Mr. Miller had pleaded guilty to stalking the woman but asked that he receive no jail time.
“It is a crime of being in love with someone, and no one else in the world to turn to,” Mr. Miller, 40, told Judge John M. Cascio of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, Pa., at his sentencing. He begged for “a little compassion” because his girlfriend “had found somebody else.” But the judge, noting that Mr. Miller, formerly of Cumberland, Md., had been accused of similar behavior before, sent him to the county jail.
Whether they are obsessed fans fixating on celebrities or former romantic partners, stalkers like Mr. Miller typically invoke spurned love — real or imagined — to defend their actions. But stalkers seldom have to justify their behavior in the legal system because only one in three cases is ever reported to the authorities, according to a Justice Department study released last month.
The report was the first in-depth federal look at the prevalence of stalking, which is a crime in all 50 states. While many people tend to associate stalking with the pursuit of stars like Uma Thurman and David Letterman, researchers found that 3.4 million people were subjected to stalking, defined as a course of conduct that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Women were more often the victims than men. And 11 percent, about 374,000 people, had been stalked for five or more years.
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www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/us/15stalk.html?em
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| 15 Feb 2009 - 17:27 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09021305-Prot . . .
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Nuevas acciones si no publican la original
Protestan OSC en el país contra la modificación de la NOM-046
Por Alejandra González Méndez
México DF, 13 febrero 09 (CIMAC).- Con pancartas y globos blancos y rojos, mujeres y hombres integrantes de organizaciones civiles se dieron cita hoy a las 11 de la mañana afuera de las instalaciones de la Secretaría de Salud en esta ciudad, para protestar contra las modificaciones realizadas a la Norma Oficial Mexicana sobre violencia familiar y sexual contra las mujeres (NOM-046), que privilegia la objeción de conciencia del personal médico sobre la prescripción de la anticoncepción de emergencia o la interrupción legal del embarazo en casos de violación.
Protestas similares tuvieron lugar también en otras entidades del país durante la mañana de hoy.
Continua...
www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09021305-Protestan-OSC-en-el.36607.0.html
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| 14 Feb 2009 - 11:14 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2161
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Manifiesto por la igualdad y la participación de la mujer en el deporte
Deportes, Deportes y género, Madrid, Jueves 5 de febrero de 2009, por Redacción AmecoPress
leer....
www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2161
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| 14 Feb 2009 - 10:45 | Feminist Peace Network
fpn@feministpeacenetwork.org
URL: www.feministpeacenetwork.org
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International Women's Day coverage begins today on the FPN Blog and International Women's Day 2009: Event Coverage On The Feminist Peace Network
Blog
http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/13/international-womens-day- 2009-event-coverage-on-the-feminist-peac e-network-blog/
Today we begin our coverage of 2009 International Women's Day events. Since its inception, The Feminist Peace Network has encouraged women around the
world to participate in International Women's Day.
We will continue to post announcements of events from around the world as we
receive them each Friday from now until International Women's Day on March 8. And afterwords, we will post reports about the events themselves. So please send your announcements, graphics, videos and photos to us at fpn@feministpeacenetwork.org and we will do our best to get them all posted.
Here also are some other sites where you can learn more about International
Women's Day:
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_D ay
The United Nations http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/wome n/womday97.htm
Aurora http://www.internationalwomensday.com/ab out.asp
Teaching IWD
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/women sday/pages/who_content_1.asp
Words of Women http://www.wordsofwomen.org/
Internat ional Women's Day events:
International Women's Day 2009: Million Women Rise (London, UK)
http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org /2009/02/13/international-womens-day-200 9-million-women-rise-london-uk/
Inter national Women's Day 2009: Rochester, NY Celebration
http://www.feministpeacenet work.org/2009/02/13/international-womens -day-2009-rochester-ny-celebration/
I nternational Women's Day 2009: Synchro-blog and Synchro-sermons
http://www.feministpeac enetwork.org/2009/02/13/international-wo mens-day-2009-synchro-blog-and-synchro-s ermons/
International Women's Day 2009: AAUW And CARE Plan Nationwide Premiere Of "A
Powerful Noise"
http://www.feministpeacenetwork. org/2009/02/13/international-womens-day- 2009-aauw-and-care-plan-nationwide-premi ere-of-a-powerful-noise/
Internationa l Women's Day 2009: Renewing Ourselves, Changing The World-An
Online Conversation
http://www.feministpeacene twork.org/2009/02/13/international-women s-day-2009-renewing-ourselves-changing-t he-world-an-online-conversation/
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| 14 Feb 2009 - 10:35 | Joan S. Meier
URL: new.vawnet.org/category/Main_Doc.php?doc . . .
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Research Review
Parental Alienation Syndrome & Parental Alienation: Research Reviews
http://new.vawnet.org/category/Main_Doc.php?docid=1679
Parental Alienation Syndrome & Parental Alienation: Research Reviews
By Joan S. Meier
Parental alienation syndrome (PAS) and parental alienation (PA) are
often invoked in legal and legislative contexts addressing the rights of
fathers and mothers in custody or visitation litigation. Indeed,
alienation claims have become ubiquitous in custody cases where domestic violence or child abuse is alleged as grounds to reject mothers' requests to limit paternal access to their children. This paper provides a historical and research overview of PAS and PA, identifies strategic issues for advocates working with abused women and children, and offers
guidelines to improve courts' treatment of these issues. While PAS and PA have much in common both as theories and with respect to how they are used in court, they have distinct scientific and research bases and critiques. This paper, therefore, addresses them separately.
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| 14 Feb 2009 - 09:23 | Reporters Without Borders
URL: www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=3027 . . .
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Sierra Leone - FGM - Four Women Journalists Kidnapped, One Subjected to Public Humiliation, by Supporters of Female Genital Mutilation
Reporters Without Borders is shocked and appalled by the abduction and intimidation of four women journalists in the eastern city of Kenema on 6 February by members of a women¹s secret society that practices female
genital mutilation (FGM). One of the journalists was forced to walk naked
through the city¹s streets.
³Such disgraceful behaviour worthy of a bygone age is very damaging to
Sierra Leone¹s image,² Reporters Without Borders said. ³We urge the
president to personally intervene in this case to ensure that the
perpetrators receive an exemplary punishment. We also urge the minister of social welfare, gender and children¹s affairs, Haja Musu Kandeh, to take note of this incident, which is very traumatic for all women in Sierra Leone.²
The four reporters - Manjama Balama-Samba of the United Nations radio and the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS), Henrietta Kpaka of the SLBS,
Isha Jalloh of Eastern Radio and Jenneh Brima, also of Eastern Radio - were kidnapped on 6 February by members of Bondo, a secret society that practices
FGM. The next day, their abductors forcibly undressed Balama-Samba and made her walk naked through the streets.
The journalists had been conducting a series of interviews jointly with the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices in order to mark International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation, which was
celebrated on 6 February for the 5th year running. The Bondo group regarded their questions and comments as a sign of disrespect for their traditions.
According to UN estimates, 94 per cent of women in Sierra Leone have been subjected to FGM. Sources in Sierra Leone put it at more like 65 per cent, partly as a result of the country¹s Christians taking a stand against the practice. The government publicly undertook last year to adopt a law banning
FGM but has not yet done so.
source:
WUNRN http://www.wunrn.com <http://www.wunrn.com/>
Reporters Without Borders
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3 ?id_article=30270
EASSI The East African Sub-regional Support Initiative for The Advancement of Women (EASSI)
Plot 87 Bukoto-Ntinda Road P. O. BOX 24965, Kampala Uganda
Tel: 256-414-285163, 285194
Fax: 256-414-285306
eassi@eassi.org
Website : http//www.eassi.org
Blog: www.eassi.wordpress.com
"Every mountain should take you higher".
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| 13 Feb 2009 - 08:43 | Pagina 12, Argentina
URL: www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/l . . .
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Argentina
Levántate y firma
“Saquen sus sermones de nuestros colchones / Saquen sus misales de nuestros hospitales / Saquen sus rosarios de nuestros ovarios / Saquen nuestros nombres de sus registros.” Renunciar al bautismo es el cuerpo de la nueva convocatoria promovida por integrantes del movimiento de mujeres: apostasía colectiva, y ésos son sus lemas. La acción tiene espíritu protestante: procura sacudir la pereza con la que convivimos con dogmas heredados y mostrar la ira hacia la vinculación del Estado y la Iglesia, los efectos de su injerencia en las decisiones políticas y su intromisión en la subjetividad de las mujeres. Ateas, laicas, feministas convertidas en objetores de conciencia invitan a poner en duda las certezas para poder irnos en paz.
Por María Mansilla
Primer llamado. Arzobispado de Buenos Aires. La pregunta sería: “Hola, quiero información sobre apostasía. ¿Me podrían ayudar, por favor?.” “Usted está comunicado con el Arzobispado de Buenos Aires. Aguarde y en instantes será atendido”, dice una locutora entre canto gregoriano y algo parecido a un minué. Luego de 9 minutos y 32 segundos de locutora, minué y canto monocorde, corto con resignación cristiana.
Segundo llamado. Pienso rastrear el teléfono de la iglesia de mi pueblo (¿cliente particular, empresa u organismo de gobierno?) donde fui bautizada. Pero ni siquiera figura en guía.
La tercera es la vencida. Mejor remitirnos a las (otras) fuentes. Y descubrir que apostatar es un trámite que permite desbautizarse, renunciar a la fe cristiana, enjugarse el agua bendita derramada en el bautismo. Es un derecho, según la normativa canónica, y según los artículos 14 de la Constitución y el 18 de la Declaración de los Derechos Humanos que habilitan la libre elección a la adscripción religiosa.
Continua....
www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/las12/13-4619-2009-01-09.html
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| 13 Feb 2009 - 08:34 | Nancy Olson, Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
nolson@ccadv.org
URL: www.ccadv.org
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Call for proposals for CCADV conference
Submission Deadline: Friday, February 27, 2009
The Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence is pleased to invite proposals for our 2nd Annual Conference on Domestic Violence to be held June 22-25, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel in Fort Collins, CO. The theme of this year’s Conference is Building our future: Engaging communities, Supporting collaborations.
* All presentations selected for the Conference will:
* Reflect the theme of the Conference
* Reflect and respect the diversity of attendees and our communities
* The Conference will have three separate tracks of training, focusing on:
1) new workers;
2) advanced advocacy; and
3) executive directors.
Your workshop should be tailored to be appropriate for one of these three tracks.
For a copy of the detailed Call for Workshop Proposals and submission instructions, please contact Nancy Olson, Assistant Director, at <mailto:nolson@ccadv.org> nolson@ccadv.org or 303-962-0939.
Nancy Olson
Assistant Director
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 900
Denver, CO 80203
303-962-0939 â–ª Toll free: 888-778-7091 x819 â–ª Fax: 303-832-7067
<http://www.ccadv.org/> www.ccadv.org â–ª nolson@ccadv.org
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| 13 Feb 2009 - 07:56 | Susan Rhoads, Blog
URL: caofficerinvolveddomestic.blogspot.com
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Police Who Stalk Their Intimate Partners: Public Trust at Risk
Police officers who stalk their intimate partners use specialized means to do so. While there may be few law enforcement officers who cross this line, engaging in this type of criminal behavior, does and is happening around the nation. While it would be agreed that police who stalk others, including their intimate partners, would be doing so against stalking laws, one would have to admit that although seemingly rare, it is justifiably and certainly not within the realm of possibility. It does happen, but is usually not reported, as the victim lives in great fear.
Police are not immune from participating in criminal acts; and with domestic violence among law enforcement estimated in studies to be about 40%, compared to 8-10% in the general population, more attention needs to given to this serious and often lethal problem in society.
Considering what is known about stalking behavior, it actually would be easier for a stalker, operating within the confines of a police department, to more easily perpetrate these types of acts of violence while being protected and operating 'under cover.' Officers who stalk, often do so, believing they will not get caught.
How does a police officer stalk?
First of all, officers use whatever skills and training they already possess to commit their crimes 'undercover.' If they have special skills in forensics, stalking, domestic violence, identity theft, just to name a few, they are able to use these specialized skills in the stalking of their prey. Police who stalk use their repertoire of skills accessing department-issued equipment to stalk. It is not uncommon for a cop-stalker to use the exact same equipment utilized and readily available in the department's detective unit, for instance. This arsenal of equipment, normally used to catch criminals, might include voice decoders, phone id spoofers, voice distorters, scramblers and other related devices to disguise one's voice, source of call, etc. Thus, this is the first line of attack; whatever is familiar to the officer in his line of work is easily and readily available for use in committing the acts of stalking. All of the skills of the officer, whether if be narcotics, identity theft, or investigation; all these abilities are used against the stalking victim.
Secondly, officers use other officers. It is very easy for an officer to enlist the 'brotherhood in blue' to participate in the acts of violence to contribute to the further victimization of the stalker's intimate partner. Officers who stalk may enlist the assistance of their fellow officers to also make a few calls to the victim, add a few extra drive-bys to the victim's house for the purpose of surveillance or they may actually make false charges or reports that the victim is stalking the officer, known commonly as 'false victimization.' In other words, the police officer stalker convinces his co-workers that HE is being victimized by a stalker, and all defenses go up! On some occasions the police officer stalker is able to convince friends, legal acquaintances and other officers that an arrest of the victim needs to be made and indeed this is what happens.
Thirdly, officers who stalk their intimate partners, use special methods to do so. Officers have been known to use their department's fax machine to place calls to the victim, or they make calls from places that would not be easily traceable, like from the neighboring domestic violence offices,where the officer frequents. Officers who have FBI training in stalking and caller id spoofing, may use these state-of-the-art methods, as they are familiar with high-profile cases and they are very aware of how various criminals and cyber-stalkers were able to perform acts of violence without leaving any evidence or leads.
A police officer who stalks an intimate partner, is a risk to society. The acts of a police officer stalker entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the public, as part of a course of action and conduct of behavior defined as criminal activity, is not only alarming but should be of grave concern to everyone. Stalking by police officers needs to be stopped; all parties who have knowledge of facts, can and are opening themselves up to civil and criminal liability for participating in such acts. Police who stalk their intimate partners need to be stopped and arrested, just as if they were like anyone else.
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| 13 Feb 2009 - 07:52 | beatriz, Mujer Peruana Flora Tristan
beatriz@flora.org.pe
URL: www.flora.org.pe
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14 de febrero El amor no mata, el machismo sí
Intervención pública
El amor no mata, los crímenes por amor no existen
Amigas y amigos:
Las/os esperamos este sábado 14 de febrero de 6 a 8 p.m. en los siguientes
puntos:
- Parque de la Exposición
- Circuito Mágico del Agua
- Alameda Chabuca Granda/Jirón de la Unión
Para quienes ya estén seguras/os de asistir habrá reunión de coordinación este viernes 13 en el local de Flora de 6 a 7 p.m. (Parque Hernán Velarde Nº
42 Lima, entre cda. 1 y 2 de Av. Petit Thouars)
ORGANIZAN: CLADEM Perú, DEMUS y CMP Flora Tristán
Coordinaciones con: brenda@flora.org.pe, beatriz@flora.org.pe,
clea@flora.org.pe
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| 12 Feb 2009 - 16:32 | Mercury News
URL: www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_1165 . . .
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Few crime victims helped by visa law OK'd in 2000
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Writer
Posted: 02/07/2009
LOS ANGELES—A 2000 federal law promised visas to illegal immigrants who were crime victims if they came out of the shadows to help police catch their attackers. More than 13,000 people took the government's offer but so far only 65—just 0.5 percent—have gotten their reward.
The figures, provided by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, outrage immigrant advocates. They say the problem with the so-called "crime victim visa" has been twofold: The government took years to come up with rules, and now that they're in place many law enforcement agencies are reluctant to provide the required written support so victims can apply.
"There's no rational reason why it should take the federal government eight years to implement a law other than there's a callous disregard for the rights of crime victims Congress intended to benefit for cooperating with law enforcement," said Peter Schey, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law in Los Angeles.
Lawmakers created the visa to encourage illegal immigrants to report crimes such as rape, torture and domestic violence without fear of deportation, and to help law enforcement crack down on violent crime.
It took until 2007 for the agency to set the rules, although immigrants could apply before then and could stay in the U.S. if their cases appeared to fit the criteria.
The number of visas is capped at 10,000 per year. According to the most recent statistics, only 85 had even been processed by the end of 2008—65 were approved and 20 denied.
While the visa application is free, the government requires many illegal immigrants to apply for a waiver that costs $545, more than some victims could afford. Under criticism, the government changed the rules in December to waive the fee on a case-by-case basis.
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www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11652790
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| 12 Feb 2009 - 09:56 | Eugene Kwibuka
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Rwanda:
GBV law to be passed very soon
Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:17 pm (PST)
BY EUGENE KWIBUKA
The long-awaited special law against Gender Based Violence (GBV) is expected to be published in the next two weeks, Cabinet Affairs Minister Charles Murigande revealed yesterday.
The law of prevention and punishment of GBV is now in the phase of promulgation after both chambers of parliament passed it last year. Many activists have been pushing for its publication to reduce cases of gender based violence in the country.
Murigande said that the reason that delayed the publication of this
law is that it took time for the Ministry of Justice to review and
translate into different languages all the laws that were passed by
parliament before the dissolution of its lower Chamber last year.
Parliament was dissolved mid last year after the expiration of its
mandate to pave way for the elections that were held in September last year.
He said that about 55 laws were submitted in a short period last year
and the law against GBV is probably among the remaining seven laws
that will be published soon.
“What I can promise is that it will be published next…I believe in two
weeks maximum,” he said in a telephone interview yesterday.
The new law defines and penalises different forms of gender based
violence that were not previously provided for in ordinary laws. It is
expected to especially protect women and children victims of violent behaviours afflicted against them, specialists say.
“There are things that were not punishable, like rape among spouses that was ignored by our laws,” explained Aimable Nibishaka, a Member
of Parliament (MP) who has been on the parliamentary committee on gender.
A report covering cases of GBV since 2005 up to 2008 by the Rwanda National Police revealed alarming cases of attacks against women including rape, defilement, corporal punishment as well as murder by their husbands.
It pointed out that during the last three years, 259 wives were
murdered by their husbands, over 2,000 cases of rape were reported to the police, and there were almost 10,000 cases of defilement of
children below the age of 18.
Many campaigns against GBV were carried out in the country late last
year and most of the activists urged for the publication of the new law.
“This law is urgently needed given the problems in place,” one of the
activists against GBV who is also among top officials in the Ministry
of Justice told The New times yesterday.
An official in charge of inspecting Courts and Tribunals in the
country said last October that close to 600 cases of people seeking
divorce had appeared in twelve provincial courts of the country
between January and July 2008 and most of their claims were related to
violence against women.
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| 12 Feb 2009 - 09:46 | Cindy Southworh, Nationa Network to End Domestic Violence
census@nnedv.org
URL: www.nnedv.org/census
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PRESS RELEASE:
NATIONAL REPORT & STATE SUMMARIES:
www.nnedv.org/census
In just one day:
1,553 participating local U.S. domestic violence programs (78%)
*Assisted 60,799 adults and children through shelter, transitional
housing, and advocacy
* Answered 20,658 hotline calls, over 14 calls every minute
* Trained 30,210 attendees at 1,455 community education sessions
These are the incredible results of the third annual National Census of
Domestic Violence Services conducted on September 17, 2008.
Just a few notes:
-16,458 Children under 18 spent the night of September 17, 2008 in a
domestic violence shelter or transitional housing program, more than the approximately 11,000 children who are born every day across America.
- This year, 22 states and territories achieved a 100% participation
rate, double the number from the 2007 count.
- This year's 78% DV Counts participation rate is 11% higher than the
2000 US Government Census conducted by the US Census Bureau (67%).
Thank you to all the amazing local programs that helped make this third annual national, coordinated, and safe DV count a success!
For the full 2008 report and state summaries please go to
www.nnedv.org/census
Thanks again for doing the amazing work you do every day for survivors
and for contributing to the third annual DV Counts survey!
Safety Net Project & Census Team
National Network to End Domestic Violence
2001 S Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
p: 202-543-5566 ext 117
census@nnedv.org www.nnedv.org
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| 11 Feb 2009 - 17:08 | Wanda Maria
wmri52@yahoo.com
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* Les felicito por su extraordinaria labor para con las victimas de este crimen silencioso.
*
* Yo por mi parte brevemente me permito informarles,para el año 2000 perdí mi hogar seguro y a mis hijos teniendo en vigencia una orden de protección al amparo de la Ley Número 54, Ley para la Prevención y Protección a Victimas de la Violencia Doméstica aquí en Puerto Rico. De todas formas el agrsor cumplió su amenaza por qué por muchos años me mató en vida.
* Comparto con todas Ustedes esta dolorosa historia de nunca acabar, ya que las autoridades me discriminarón por no poder trabajar, y no hicierón NADA, en este crimen igualmente silencioso y limpio. Gracias por su Atención, Y Mucho Exito !.
* Att,
* Wanda Maria
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| 11 Feb 2009 - 16:59 | National Center on Full Faith and Credit
NCFFC@BWJP.ORG
URL: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=yF3KXanV4 . . .
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TELECONFERENCE TRAINING
NATIONAL CENTER ON FULL FAITH AND CREDIT PRESENTS:
STRATEGIES TO SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE INTERSTATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES
March 31, 2009, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
While domestic violence primarily remains a matter of state and local
jurisdiction, there are several federal laws available for prosecuting domestic violence offenders. Join the National Center on Full Faith & Credit for a teleconference providing an overview of the available
federal domestic violence offenses/statutes. It is important that law enforcement, attorneys and advocates work together with federal prosecutors to identify these crimes for potential federal prosecution. Participants will learn how to work cooperatively with federal prosecutors to pursue charges.
For additional information, please contact the National Center on Full
Faith and Credit via e-mail at NCFFC@BWJP.ORG using "teleconferences" in
the subject line.
TO REGISTER ONLINE, PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK BELOW
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=yF3KXanV46U0UhuXCRI_2fog_3d_3d
If you are experiencing problems with the link in this message, you may need to copy and paste it into your internet browser's address bar.
Registration is open on a first come, first serve basis. Registration
will close on March 23, 2009 at 4:00pm EST. There is no fee for
participating in the teleconference, but local long distance telephone
charges will apply. Please consider using one telephone line per
location to accommodate additional listeners.
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| 11 Feb 2009 - 10:24 | New York Times
URL: www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/world/asia/09 . . .
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Attack on Women at an Indian Bar Intensifies a Clash of Cultures
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Published: February 8, 2009
NEW DELHI — A mob attack on women drinking in a college-town bar has set off the latest battle in the great Indian culture wars, uncorking a national debate over moral policing and its political repercussions, and laying bare the limits of freedom for young Indian women.
Members of the group Sri Ram Sena attacked customers at a bar in Mangalore, India, on Jan. 24.
The latest Old versus New India hubbub began one Saturday last month when an obscure Hindu organization, which calls itself Sri Ram Sena, or the Army of Ram, a Hindu god, attacked several women at a bar in the southern Indian college town of Mangalore and accused them of being un-Indian for being out drinking and dancing with men.
Continues....
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/world/asia/09india.html?_r=1
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| 11 Feb 2009 - 09:38 | Mel
sackybubba@bellsouth.net
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I am a male and I am seeking a referral for a friend of my son that was raped several years ago. She did not report this crime and its much too late for forensics. She has left the State of the incident, however now one of the rapists have located her and is stalking. She now has told her parents and the police. Subject was arrested on a warrant and is now spending 30 days in jail. I am seeking a referral in Tallahassee Florida for support and possible protection. Who can I refer her to?
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| 11 Feb 2009 - 09:20 | Human Rights Education Associates
URL: learningpartnership.org/en/programs/ywlp . . .
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YouTube Competition - What Does Human Rights Mean to You?
UDHR Video Competition Closing in Three Weeks
In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of UDHR and to open a dialogue with youth on human rights, Young Women's Learning Partnership (yWLP) announced a YouTube contest seeking videos on "What Does Human Rights Mean to You?"
The video competition closes on Feb 28, 2009.
Make a short video expressing your opinion and post it as a response video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93yG43d6dc. The most creative and original video will be awarded.
For prize information, how to participate, how to make a video, and contest rules see the UDHR video competition page at http://learningpartnership.org/en/programs/ywlp/udhr-contest.
What do Mahatma Gandhi and Pink Panther have in common?
Both Mahatma Gandhi and Pink Panther urge viewers to think about human rights and to be the change that they want to see in the world. Violence against women, particularly honor crimes, are taken to task by a Palestinian participant. These are the response videos submitted by contestants in WLP's Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Commemorative Video Competition.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Full text in 337 languages.
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/navigate/alpha.htm
Women's Learning Partnership
http://www.learningpartnership.org/
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| 11 Feb 2009 - 09:14 | admin
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Peru
PRONUNCIAMIENTO
En favor del acceso de las mujeres más pobres a la anticoncepción oral de emergencia (AOE)
Los y las abajo firmantes saludamos la sentencia de la Segunda Sala Civil de la Corte Superior de Lima, en la que se reconoce el derecho de todas las
peruanas a acceder a la Anticoncepción Oral de Emergencia (AOE) en condiciones de igualdad. Esta sentencia declara infundada una demanda de amparo que pretendía evitar que el Ministerio de Salud distribuya gratuitamente la AOE a las mujeres de escasos recursos.
No distribuir gratuitamente dicho anticonceptivo crea una situación de
discriminación contra las mujeres más pobres del país, pues la venta de la AOE en farmacias privadas nunca ha sido cuestionada. A la fecha existe alrededor de 36 registros sanitarios otorgados y 14 marcas disponibles en las farmacias.
La sentencia reconoce que la AOE no tiene efecto abortivo, y basa tal
afirmación en las evidencias científicas a la que también se refieren la Organización Mundial de la Salud, el Fondo de Población de Naciones Unidas, el Colegio Médico del Perú, así como las principales sociedades científicas
nacionales e internacionales. Todas estas instituciones han rechazado que el levonorgestrel, principio activo de la AOE, tenga efecto abortivo.
De esta forma, el Poder Judicial ha resuelto este caso en consonancia con la sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional de 13 de noviembre de 2006, en la cual se establece que los efectos de la AOE son anticonceptivos y que el MINSA
debe cumplir con distribuirla gratuitamente en sus servicios de salud.
Confiamos en que el Tribunal Constitucional, reiterando su jurisprudencia, resuelva a favor del derecho de todas las mujeres a acceder a la AOE.
Dr. Javier Arias Stella - Ex Ministro de Salud
Dr. Eduardo A. Pretell - Ex Ministro de Salud
Dra. Pilar Elena Mazzetti Soler - Ex Ministra de Salud
Dr. Alvaro Vidal Rivadeneira - Ex Ministro de Salud
Dr. Uriel García - Ex Ministro de Salud
Dr. Luis Pinillos - Ex Ministro de Salud
Dra. Annel Towsend - Ex Ministra de la Mujer
Dra. Susana Villarán - Ex Ministra de la Mujer
Dr. Baldo Kresalja - Ex Ministro de Justicia
Dra. Rosario Sasieta - Congresista de la República
Dra. Mercedes Cabanillas - Bustamante Congresista de la República
Dr. Carlos Bruce Montes de Oca - Congresista de la República
Dr. Guido Lombardi Elías - Congresista de la República
Dr. Alberto Escudero Casquino - Congresista de la República
Ing. Celso Sotomarino - Ex Congresista de la República
Dr. Edmundo Murrugarra - Ex Congresista de la República
Dr. Jorge Santiesteban de Noriega - Ex Defensor del Pueblo
Dra. Rocío Villanueva - ex Defensora de la Adjuntía de los Derechos de la Mujer y Derechos Humanos - Defensoría del Pueblo
Dr. Samuel Abad Yupanqui - ex Defensor Adjunto - Defensoría del Pueblo
Colegio Médico del Perú
Colegio de Obstetras del Perú
Colegio Regional de Obstetras III Lima - Callao
Colegio Regional de Obstetras II - La Libertad
Colegio Regional de Obstetras IV - Arequipa
Academia Peruana de Salud
Comité de Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos - Federación Latino-Americana de
Sociedades de Obstetricia y Ginecología - FLASOG
Sociedad Peruana de Contracepción
Organizaciones
Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos
Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos
Amauta del Cusco - Cusco
Asociación Mujer Sana - Cusco
Asociación Ruta del Loncco - Arequipa
Asociación Humanidad Libre - Arequipa
Asociación Señor de los Milagros - Arequipa
CADEP-José María Arguedas - Cusco
APROPO
Asociación Distrital de Promotoras de Víctor Larco - La Libertad
Asociación Educativa Sin Violencia - Arequipa
Asociación Grupo de Trabajo Redes
Asociación Propuestas - La Libertad
Asociación Hogares Comunitarios de Paucarpata
SOS - Arequipa
APPRENDE
CARE Perú
Central Nacional de Mujeres Micaela Bastidas - Arequipa
Comedor Popular Virgen de la Asunta - Arequipa
Coordinadora Regional de la mujer - Arequipa
CADES - Perú
CLADEM - Perú
Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán
Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos -
PROMSEX
C.P.M. "Micaela Bastidas” - La Libertad
CEPROMUN - La Libertad
Colectivo de Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos - Cusco
Consejería en Proyectos - PCS
Club de Madres Nuestra Señora del Pilar - Arequipa
DEMUS
Educación en Derechos Humanos con Aplicación en
Salud - Edhucasalud
Foro Por la Equidad de Género - Arequipa
Foro Regional por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos - Arequipa
Horizontes en Medio Ambiente - HOMAS
ILDER
INPPARES
Género y Economía
Mesa Temática de Vigilancia de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva - ForoSalud La Libertad
Milenia Radio
Movimiento de Promoción por los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres - Cusco
Movimiento El Pozo
Movimiento Manuela Ramos
Pathfinder International - Oficina Perú
Psicólogos Sin Fronteras Perú - Arequipa
SUALORNA -Arequipa
Red por la Vida Sin Violencia - Arequipa
Red de la Mujer Rural - Arequipa
Red Nacional de Promoción de la Mujer
coordinación - Cusco
Personas
Abraham Siles, Amador Vargas Guerra, Ana Tallada, Augusto Alvarez Rodrich,
Alberto Adrianzén Merino, Ana María Yañez, Fiorella Ramírez, Blanca Figueroa
Galup, Carmela Chung Echevarria, Carlos Monge, Carlos Rivera, Daniel
Aspilcueta G.,Enrique Taco Cornejo, Héctor Guillén Tamayo, Alfredo Guzmán,
Valentín
Jaimes S, Eduardo Maradiegue Mendes, Eduardo Cáceres Chu, Enrique Guevara
R., Alfredo Celis López, Hugo Rengifo Cuellar, Diana Miloslavich Tupac, Daniela
Luque Arpita, Esther Vargas Camacho, Emma Rubín de Celis, Francisco Soberón,
Gabriela Arrieta Clavijo, Gustavo Guerra Garcia Picasso, Hans Landolt, Hugo
Salas, Ismael Vega, Iliana Estabridis, Irma Barbarán, Javier Casas, Javier
Diez Canseco, Jennie Dador Tozzini, Jeannette Llaja, Jorge Avendaño, Julio
Zavala R,
Liliana Panizo, Marcela Huaita, Maria Gracia de Losada, María Kahn S, Martha
Rondón, Maria Ysabel Cedano, Maria Emma Manarelli, Marisol Fernández Revoredo,
Mercedes Cruz, Marcela Rojas, Mercedes Neves, Patricia Balbuena, Rev. David
Limo, ss.aa Rossina Guerrero Vásquez, Sofía Macher Batanero, Susana Chávez
Alvarado, Susel Paredes Piqué, Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia, Sofía Mauricio, Sara Tapia, Jacqueline Paredes, Genara Espinola, Claudia Alejos … siguen firmas.
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| 10 Feb 2009 - 11:37 | Igualdad Ya
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Tome acción para detener la violación desenfrenada de las alumnas en
Zambia
Igualdad Ya acaba de publicar Acción Mujeres 32.1, Zambia: la
violación desenfrenada de alumnas por parte de sus maestros, que llama al Fiscal General de Zambia a que presente cargos penales contra Edson Hakasenke por la violación de R.M., su alumna de 13 años. La Acción pide al Fiscal General que retire su recurso de apelación de la sentencia histórica emitida en favor de R.M. en su demanda civil en contra de su violador, su escuela y el gobierno. Solicita al Ministro de Educación poner en marcha mecanismos eficaces para hacer frente a
la violencia sexual contra las niñas en el sistema escolar. La Acción
insta además a todos los funcionarios a garantizar que las niñas tengan el pleno recurso a la ley si son violadas y que los autores sean procesados con todo el rigor de la ley.
Para Acción Mujeres 32.1 por favor haga clic aquí:
http://www.equalitynow.org/spanish/actions/action_3201_sp.html
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| 10 Feb 2009 - 11:33 | Equality Now
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Take action to stop the rampant rape of schoolgirls in Zambia
Equality Now has just issued Women's Action 32.1, Zambia: Rampant rape of schoolgirls by their teachers, calling on the Zambian Attorney General to lodge criminal charges against Edson Hakasenke for the rape
of R.M., his 13 year-old student. The Action calls upon the Attorney
General to withdraw his appeal of the landmark judgment issued in R.M.’s favor in her civil suit against her rapist, her school and the
government. It asks the Minister of Education to put effective
mechanisms in place to address sexual violence against girls within
the school system. The Action further urges all officials to ensure
that girls have full recourse to the law if they are raped and that
perpetrators are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
For Women's Action 32.1 please click here:
http://www.equalitynow.org/english/actions/action_3201_en.html
We hope that you will support this and our other Women's Action
campaigns. If you would like to make a contribution to Equality Now,
please click here:
https://www.equalitynow.org/english/su pport/support_join_en.html
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| 10 Feb 2009 - 11:26 | Boletin e-leusis
URL: www.abc.es/20090210/internacional-iberoa . . .
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Critican a por la poca presencia de indigenas y mujeres en su gobierno
Varios líderes opositores de Bolivia, e incluso sectores afines al Gobierno, acusaron hoy al presidente Evo Morales de otorgar poco espacio a mujeres e indígenas en su Gabinete, pese a que la nueva Constitución propugna que ese órgano tenga un carácter "plurinacional" y equidad de género.
Morales reestructuró ayer su Gobierno, una vez promulgada la nueva Constitución, y lo amplió a 20 ministros, de los que cuatro son mujeres, dos de ellas indígenas al igual que el canciller David Choquehuanca, pero el resto son intelectuales o sindicalistas de izquierda de clase media y mestizos
continua....
http://www.abc.es/20090210/internacional-iberoamerica/critican-morales-poca-presencia-200902100123.html
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| 10 Feb 2009 - 11:16 | Boletin e-leusis
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Héroes y cobardes
José Antonio Burriel
Conocemos el suceso: una joven y un compañero de trabajo tratan de impedir que un hombre joven golpea a una chica que parecía su pareja; resultado: un golpe y la rotura de la mandíbula. Lamentable suceso que pone el descubierto muchas cosas.
Y la joven que trato de impedir “la golpiza”, como se dice en Latinoamérica, afirma: la joven que estaba siendo agredida me dijo: no me quiero ir con el; lo primero que haré al salir del hospital es ir a interponer una denuncia, pues la victima debe acudir a la Policía a denunciar el maltrato, si me ha mi me ha hacen esto, a ella le puede matar- el silencio ante el maltrato es un riesgo-; había mas personas cerca pero nada hicieron; una mujer le dijo a su marido: no pares, sigue”. ¡Héroes y cobardes!
Y mientras tengamos que hablar de héroes y cobardes, la lacra de la violencia machista estará entre nosotros cubriendo de ignominia a la sociedad, a nuestra sociedad.
Esa chica joven –gracias por tu solidaridad y conciencia ciudadana- muestra el camino: tender la mano a las mujeres que son victimas de la brutalidad machista, no mirar hacia otro lado para no comprometerse o arriesgarse, no vivir escondiendo la cabeza bajo la tierra. Después, esos ciudadanos que siguieron caminando como si el delito –porque estamos ante un delito- no fuera con ellos, comentaran horrorizados las heridas de la joven o el último asesinato en los alrededores de Madrid. Y dirán: hasta donde vamos a llegar, los medios son escasos e ineficaces… ¡Se llegara hasta donde los ciudadanos lo permitan con su silencio y su cobardía!
No se puede exigir que todos seamos héroes. Pero si se puede exigir que todos seamos ciudadanos, que pensemos en los demás –no vivimos solos y en una isla desierta- No me cansare de repetirlo: solamente el clamor de las voces acabara con la ignominia de la violencia machista; solamente cuando ninguna mujer camine sola porque las manos se tiendan en ayuda hacia ella, será posible que la esperanza del final sea mas grande y este mas cerca.
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| 09 Feb 2009 - 15:42 | Randy McCall, Victim Assistance Online
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Updates to our various sites
On the main VAOnline.org website
Viewable at: http://www.vaonline.org/new.html
The following links to organizations or services have been added to our
directories:
- After the Trauma (Maryland, USA)
- End Violence Against Women (UK)
- European Conference of Psychology and Law (Facebook Event page,
Sorrento, Italy)
- Innocence Project (Facebook, USA)
- Innocence Project (USA)
- National Professional Training Conference on Responding to Crime
Victims with Disabilities (Conference, USA)
- Project Innocence of Florida (Blog, USA)
- Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network - RAINN (Facebook group,
USA)
- Safe Space (Scotland, UK)
The following links to online documents, articles and handbooks have been
added:
- Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System (USA)
- Confronting Evil: Victims' Rights in an Age of Terror (USA)
- Crime profiles and conditional release performance of psychopathic and
non-psychopathic sexual offenders (Canada)
- Good Intentions are Not Enough: Four Recommendations for
Implementing the Trafficking Victim Protection Act to Better Protect Victims
of Human Trafficking in the United States (USA)
- Privacy, Accountability, and the Cooperating Defendant: Towards a New
Role for Internet Access to Court Records (USA)
- Private Prosecution and the Victim of Crime (Australia)
- Violence against people with disabilities - in English, Summary Report
(Sweden)
- What's Wrong with Victims' Rights in Juvenile Court?: Retributive v.
Rehabilitative Systems of Justice (USA)
On the VAOnline.org Fusion Report blog
http://vaonlinefusion.blogspot.com/
- The effects of the economy on crime, justice and victims
- On the use of technology in court: Should plea agreements be publicly
available online?
On our Twitter headline news feed
http://twitter.com/vaonline
(USA) Effort to track sex offenders draws resistance:
(USA) States struggle to fund crime compensation
(Mexico) Families want answers from man who says he dissolved 300
people
(Australia) Australian PM says arsonists guilty of mass murder
(Scotland, UK) Ensuring families of homicide victims killed in the home don't
have to pay to clean the property
(USA) Wisconsin County DA wants to keep Facebook sexual assault victims
off the stand
(Pakistan) Bangladesh police to launch a victim support centre
(USA) Few crime victims helped by visa law ok'd in 2000
(USA) Victims Use Internet To Help Track Thieves: Web Sites Let Victims
Post Details, Search For Suspects
(USA) Iowa minor victims' privacy debated
(USA) Prosecutors, Crime Victims and Exonerees Join Innocence Project in
Supreme Court Case
(USA) Virginia Tech University: Sexual assault goes underreported
(UK) A detective inspector explains what happens in cases of rape within
families
(Canada) Two children rescued in Ontario child-porn bus
(USA) Massachusetts man freed on child luring charges - High Court
refuses to hear case
(USA) Man sends help to teen talking suicide on webcam
(Canada) Study shows psychopaths charming their way out of prison
(Pakistan) Acid attack victims suffer in silence
(USA) Tennessee juvenile crime victims' information at risk
(New Zealand) Essay helps man avoid domestic violence conviction -- no
apologies, man blames upbringing
(European Union) Children should not be treated as criminals
(Ghana) Dovvsu 'Child Help Line' ends up charging callers, with limited area
coverage
(Syria) First shelter for trafficked people opens in Damascus
(USA) Special Report: Options available to military victims of sexual assault
(Ireland) Rise in calls to crime victim helpline
(Samoa) Call by victim support group for Samoa parole programme to be
kept
(USA) Violence at work takes worker toll
Randy McCall
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| 09 Feb 2009 - 09:28 | Jill Miller Zimon
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Boxer to Head New Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Global Women’s Issues
February 5th, 2009
By JILL MILLER ZIMON
From a blog post by Nicholas Kristof at the New York Times:
The U.S. Senate is taking a welcome step: empowering a subcommittee specifically charged with global women’s issues. It’s the first time a subcommittee has had that mandate, and it will be led by Barbara Boxer of California, who will surely use her voice and spotlight to do some good on these issues.…
Issues like trafficking and maternal mortality and sexual violence finally seem to be getting some traction. Eve Ensler has helped put a relentless spotlight on mass rape in the Congo, aid groups like CARE, Women for Women International and Vital Voices have been doing an outstanding job emphasizing the role that women can play in economic development, the “Elders” group is talking about taking on some of these issues, and there’s discussion of a major international initiative against obstetric fistula. My own hope is that Michelle Obama grabs that issue. The new Senate subcommittee reflects all this progress and presumably under Senator Boxer will accelerate it.
And from Boxer’s announcement, included in Kristof’s post:
During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s confirmation hearing, Boxer referred to a series of stories by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof that detailed violent attacks against women in Afghanistan and Asia. Boxer raised the need for a new commitment by the United States to ending violence and discrimination against women around the world, telling Clinton, “No woman or girl should ever have to live in fear or face persecution for being born female.”
Clinton pledged that, “as Secretary of State, I view these issues as central to our foreign policy. Not as adjunct or auxiliary, or in any way lesser than all of the other issues we have to confront… And it will be my hope to persuade more governments… that we cannot have a free, prosperous, peaceful, progressive world if women are treated in such a discriminatory and violent way.”
Boxer continued, “This new subcommittee assignment offers a tremendous opportunity to shine the light of day on a very overlooked issue. Too often, we turn our eyes away as women are persecuted, abused and treated as second-class citizens. But even the most conservative historians have noted that when women are given the freedom to live up to their full potential, society as a whole flourishes. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Congress and with Secretary Clinton to stamp out violence against women in the world.”
The name of the subcommittee is the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women’s Issues.
But for all its newness, there’s extremely little coverage of the announcement, not even at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s website - which is quite uninspiring, to say the least. I’m not sure if that’s because it’s been an otherwise busy news day - stimulus, Ginsburg, Solis, Panetta, bad economic numbers - again, or some other reason.
So - what do you want them to do? Do first? Not do at all? While it’s shocking that it’s never been created before, it’s even more depressing that we need one at all. I would say this is another example of how having women in leadership positions makes a positive difference.
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| 09 Feb 2009 - 09:23 | Joanne Archambault, End Violence Against Women International
contact@evawintl.org
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EVAW International
2009 Anaheim Conference Scholarships
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REMINDER: Application deadline Friday, February 13th.
We are extremely pleased to announce that 10 scholarships are available for free registration to attend our upcoming International Conference on Sexual Assault,
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other associated costs. However, if you have an existing OVW grant, you might want to check with your grant monitor to see if any or all of your travel expenses can be covered by your grant.
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| 09 Feb 2009 - 08:42 | Women's Justice Center
rdjustice@monitor.net
URL: www.justicewomen.com/police_sex_race_08_ . . .
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Composición por sexo y raza
de las fuerzas policiales
del Condado de Sonoma
www.justicewomen.com/police_sex_race_08_sp.html
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| 09 Feb 2009 - 08:38 | Women's Justice Center
rdjustice@monitor.net
URL: www.justicewomen.com/police_sex_race_08. . . .
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Sex and Race Composition of Sonoma County Police Forces
www.justicewomen.com/police_sex_ race_08.html
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