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| 17 May 2009 - 08:27 | altagracia reyes
teescuchomujer@yahoo.com
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Hola vivo en florida soy sobreviviente de violencia domestica y tenemos un programa de radio se llama te escucho mujer, siempre estoy en la computadora dejando informacion sobre la V.D. y ayer me llamo una mujer de texas y esta bien afectada y con mucho miedo, yo le premite conseguirle un sitio serca de donde vive en texa quisiera ver si la pueden ayudar y a quien tiene que llamar gracias tambien soy voluntaria de Help Now y osceolacounty gracias mi numero es 321-746-9166
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| 16 May 2009 - 09:11 | On the Issues, Progressive Women's Magazine
URL: www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009spring/i . . .
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SPRING ISSUE
Spring 2009
Higher Ground, Not Common Ground
Content:
Mobilizing for Reproductive Justice
To Run the World, Power Up Feminism
Listen Up: UN Must Hear Women on Violence
Second Bill of Rights: Economic Security
Common Enemies: LGBT, Abortion Share Foes
Activists Boost Female Health Empowerment
Shaping Sexual Futures On A Budget
Teaching Daughters About Lollipop Politics
Know thy Clitoris
Taking a Stand on Hospitals, and Meaning It
Equal Rights Amendment Still Brings Out Ranters
The Art Perspective
The Poet's Eye
Related Stories From Past Issues
www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009spring/index.php
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| 15 May 2009 - 21:06 | Jewish Women International
URL: www.jwi.org
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Teleconference:
Expert Witnesses in Domestic Violence Cases: How They Can Assist Survivors
Join us for a teleconference
Thursday, May 21, 2009
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
REGISTER NOW
No charge for members, $25 for non-members
Learn more about National Alliance membership
Each participant is required to pre-register.
An effective expert witness can educate judges and juries about the myths and misconceptions they often hold about domestic violence. Many DV programs receive requests to provide experts and this call will help providers or individuals decide if they want to take on that challenge. Expanding the pool of expert witnesses is one way to provide more services to survivors without excessive cost. This call will help you learn the benefit of having an expert witness and what needs to be done to become qualified in that capacity.
Agenda:
How to use experts
Policies of DV organizations for staff serving as expert witnesses
What can an expert do?
How to survive cross examinations
Obstacles to the use of experts
What we have learned
Leading the discussion:
Sarah Buel, J.D., Clinical Professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law where she serves as Founder and Co-Director of the Domestic Violence Clinic. Professor Buel has more than thirty years experience lecturing nationwide and publishing on domestic violence issues.
Toby Myers, Ed.D., National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, has been referred to as the mother of the Texas Battered Women’s Movement. She has founded, worked in, and been active in organizations to end violence against women for over 30 years. Both she and Buel have been part of an initiative for training Expert Witnesses offered collaboratively, now for the 3rd time, by the University of Texas School of Law, University of Texas School of Social Work-Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, and the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence.
More Info:
www.jwi.org
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| 15 May 2009 - 09:57 | IPS Gender Wire
URL: ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46860
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RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE: Women Call for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation
By Ntandoyenkosi Ncube
JOHANNESBURG, May 15 (IPS) - Women’s rights groups have urged the establishment of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission in Zimbabwe as part of bringing to justice people who committed human rights violations - including sexual abuse against women - during the run-up to a second-round presidential vote in June 2008.
Zimbabwe witnessed some of its worst-ever political violence after then-opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai failed to achieve the margin required to take power in a first round of balloting. Tsvangirai eventually pulled out of the June ballot, citing state–sponsored attacks against his supporters, leaving incumbent president Robert Mugabe as sole candidate.
The election was widely condemned, and a political stalemate was eventually resolved when rival parties signed a Global Political Agreement (GPA) establishing a government of national unity.
"Any transitional process will not be effective unless it addresses the issues raised by those affected. Attempts of national healing and reconciliation without (justice) provide a short-lived remedy to conflict," said Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) chair Emilia Muchawa.
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| 15 May 2009 - 09:37 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2200
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Las democracias serán más débiles si no garantizan los Derechos Humanos de las mujeres
Mujeres Premio Nobel de la Paz reunidas en Guatemala
Viernes 15 de mayo de 2009,
por Gladis Torres Ruiz/AmecoPress/CIMAC
Las democracias alrededor del mundo están amenazadas por la crisis financiera y los conflictos militares y se van a debilitar aún más, a menos de que se garanticen los derechos de las mujeres.
Así lo afirmaron, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Jody Williams, Mairead Maguire y Shirin Evadí, mujeres laureadas con el premio Nobel de la Paz, en una conferencia de prensa para informar de su trabajo realizado en la conferencia “Mujeres Redefiniendo la Democracia para la Paz, la Justicia y la Equidad”, auspiciada por la Iniciativa de Mujeres Premio Nobel, (NWI’s por sus siglas en inglés), del 10 al 13 de mayo en la ciudad de Antigua Guatemala.
“Las sociedades tenemos las responsabilidad de exigir a los gobiernos que respeten los derechos humanos y que dejen de usar la fuerza y la violencia contra la población, que afecta en mayor medida a las mujeres, niñas y niños”, señalaron las Nobeles.
Las también activistas aseguraron que, durante el trabajo que realizaron tres días acompañadas por más de 130 mujeres lideresas defensoras de derechos humanos en el mundo, acordaron diversas estrategias de cómo las mujeres pueden darle otra forma a la democracia para garantizar sus derechos, entre ellas la creación de redes más amplias.
Coincidieron en que la violencia contra las mujeres limita su participación en la democracia, siendo una gran parte del problema la falta de equidad en las leyes nacionales, así como que no se adoptan o no se ajustan las leyes internacionales.
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| 15 May 2009 - 09:28 | The Voice
URL: www.preventconnect.org/attachments/2009/ . . .
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Article
Minimizing the Damage - Male Accountability in Stopping Men's Violence
www.preventconnect.org/attachments/2009/Atherton-Zeman_men_article.pdf
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| 15 May 2009 - 08:59 | Crimes Against Children Research Center
URL: www.unh.edu/ccrc/internet-crimes/papers. . . .
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Online "Predators" and
Their Victims: Myths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and
Treatment.
www.unh.edu/ccrc/internet-crimes/papers.html
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| 14 May 2009 - 09:56 | Cuerpos y Derechos
URL: cuerpoyderechos.info/home/id.php?ID=310
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Editoriales
España: La píldora poscoital ya es libre. Y no es aborto
España venderá sin receta el fármaco tras demostrarse eficaz en otros países para evitar embarazos - La medida irrita a sectores conservadores - La OMS la considera un "fármaco esencial" Se acabaron los periplos visitando un centro de planificación familiar tras otro para conseguir la pastilla del día siguiente.
En tres meses cualquier persona podrá conseguir la píldora poscoital en las farmacias sin receta médica. Eso sí, pagando unos 18 euros. La ministra de Sanidad, Trinidad Jiménez, anunció ayer que las boticas españolas deberán dispensar este anticonceptivo de emergencia a todo aquél que lo solicite.
Un fármaco que, cada año, utilizan más de 500.000 mujeres en España y que sirve para evitar embarazos no deseados, uno de los mayores problemas a los que se enfrenta la sociedad española y al que el Ejecutivo de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero intenta poner freno.
En 2007 se realizaron más de 112.000 abortos. De ellos, alrededor de 6.000 fueron a mujeres menores de 18 años, y 500 a chicas que aún no habían cumplido los 15. Unas cifras que, según la ministra de Sanidad, muestran que existe "un grave problema" que requiere "soluciones de urgencia". Medidas como implantar el libre acceso a la píldora poscoital. Una iniciativa que reclaman algunas sociedades médicas desde hace años. Otros, sin embargo, tildan este método de "abortivo", y consideran que con su libre dispensación no se hará otra cosa que dar barra libre de anticonceptivos a los jóvenes e impulsarles al sexo inseguro.
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) considera la píldora del día siguiente como un medicamento "esencial". "Toda mujer en edad reproductiva podría necesitar, en algún momento, anticoncepción de emergencia para evitar un embarazo no deseado", argumenta. Toda mujer. Sin límite de edad. También las menores, un colectivo en el que el número de abortos no deja de aumentar. Dentro de tres meses -el tiempo necesario para que el preparado pase a formar parte del listado de fármacos de venta sin receta- España se sumará a la lista de los 46 estados que suministran este medicamento sin prescripción médica. Países como Francia, Reino Unido, Bélgica, Estados Unidos, India o Portugal. En todos se ha demostrado eficaz para prevenir embarazos indeseados.
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| 14 May 2009 - 09:41 | Promsex
URL: www.promsex.org/contents.php?id=481
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Tres mujeres dirigirán comisarías de Lima por primera vez en la historia de la Policía
Se trata de las mayores PNP Rosa Hidalgo Serna, Betty Calderón Castañeda y Carmen Muñoz Vásquez. Destacan que lo lograron por mérito propio.
Por primera vez en la historia de la Policía Nacional del Perú (PNP), tres Comisarías de Servicio Policial Básico de Lima Metropolitana serán dirigidas por mujeres policías, luego que destacadas oficiales fueran designadas en los cargos en reconocimiento a su ardua labor por garantizar la seguridad ciudadana.
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| 14 May 2009 - 09:33 | Promsex
URL: www.promsex.org/contents.php?id=484
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República Dominicana: Urgente acción de solidaridad ante reforma constitucional que atenta contra derechos de las mujeres
A continuación compartimos un urgente llamado de solidaridad de las compañeras dominicanas, en rechazo a las reformas constitucionales aprobadas que atentan contra sus derechos humanos:
Estimadas/os Amigas/os:
El Congreso Nacional de la República Dominicana, en funciones de Asamblea Revisora, está conociendo desde hace varias semanas un controversial proyecto de Reforma Constitucional presentado por el Poder Ejecutivo.
El pasado martes 21 de abril, bajo presiones y amenazas de la jerarquía católica y de la derecha. fue aprobado el artículo 30, el cual modifica la Constitución actual al instituir en el derecho a la vida “desde la concepción hasta la muerte”.
En vista del grave retroceso que implicaría para los derechos humanos de las mujeres la puesta en vigencia del mismo, cerca de cien organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil dominicana, articuladas en la Coordinadora Nacional de Resistencia al Retroceso
Constitucional, hemos desarrollado un amplio programa de movilizaciones que incluye una gran marcha nacional hacia el Congreso de la República el próximo miércoles 6 de mayo.
El objetivo principal de esta marcha, además de expresar nuestro rechazo al artículo 30, es mostrar a los y las congresistas la preocupación de la ciudadanía por el sesgo conservador y la derechización del debate del proyecto de Carta Magna y solicitarles que en la segunda lectura donde, de acuerdo al reglamento de funcionamiento de la Asamblea, el artículo debe ser discutido y sometido de nuevo a aprobación, sea modificado, o de lo contrario, se mantenga la redacción de la actual Constitución.
Es ante esta grave situación que estamos solicitando de su solidaridad para que ese mismo día 6 de mayo, visiten las Embajadas de la República Dominicana en sus respectivos países y les hagan entrega de una carta donde expresen su preocupación por el retroceso, en materia de derechos humanos de las mujeres, que significaría mantener el articulo 30 tal como fue aprobado en primera lectura.
Les pedimos que la comunicación entregada en las Embajadas esté dirigida a:
Presidente de la República, Leonel Fernández Reyna
Presidente de la Asamblea Revisora, Senador Reynaldo Pared Pérez
Vice-Presidente de la Asamblea Revisora, Diputado Julio César Valentín.
Sería muy importante que los medios de comunicación en sus países cubran las visitas y les pedimos nos hagan llegar, tanto copias del documento como de cualquier reseña de prensa.
Con saludos solidarios de la Coordinadora Nacional de Resistencia al Retroceso Constitucional y el Foro de Mujeres por la Reforma Constitucional
Nota: Adjuntamos un Modelo de Carta
Enviar copia de las cartas a: sergia galvan <sergiagalvan@hotmail.com>
Para mayor información puede visitar:
http://mujeresporlaconstitucio n.blogspot.com/
http://colectivando.blogspot.com/
http://www.cipaf.org.do <http://www.cipaf.org.do>
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| 14 May 2009 - 09:13 | Guardian UK
URL: www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/13/ . . .
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Justice system a 'sexist operation', study finds
Rachel Williams The Guardian, Wednesday 13 May 2009
The criminal justice system is condemned as an institutionally sexist operation that lets down female victims, fails to help women offenders out of a cycle of crime and prevents professionals reaching the top jobs.
A five-year investigation by the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality, found that discrimination against women pervades the system in England and Wales at all levels, from the police forces where women officers are still forced to wear men's uniforms to the way frontline staff doubt the credibility of victims reporting rape and domestic violence, with a gap seen between equality policy and its implementation.
The society's commission on women and the criminal justice system, whose members include high court judges and Cressida Dick, one of the most senior women in British policing, warned that since it last reported in 2004 there has been a lack of consistent progress in promoting women into senior positions, and victims and offenders continued to be marginalised in a system designed for men.
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www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/13/justice-law
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| 14 May 2009 - 09:08 | Human Rights Education Associates
URL: www.hrea.org
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Calls at UN for 'bold action' to end human trafficking
13 May 2009 – If an unarmed nun can force rebel militia in Uganda to free over 100 abducted children, it must be within the capacity of United Nations Member States to take “bold and decisive action” against the global threat of human trafficking, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
Addressing the General Assembly’s thematic debate on human trafficking, Mr. Ban spoke of Grace Akallo, a young high school student who dreamed of being the first person from her village to go to university until she was forcibly taken by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) along with 138 other girls.
Mr. Ban said that when Grace told her story to the Security Council last month, he listened with “the heaviest of hearts. ‘My spirit died,’ she said, recounting how she was forced to kill and was repeatedly raped.”
The girls were followed into the bush by the school’s headmistress, Sister Rachele, who confronted the rebels, Mr. Ban continued.
Instead of leaving after the LRA threatened to kill her in front of the girls, she “faced them down, risking her own safety” and rescued more than 100 girls.
“If this seemingly powerless educator from Uganda could face down armed rebels, surely we in this room can stand up to this threat with bold and decisive action.”
Mr. Ban noted that trafficking in weapons, drugs and blood diamonds has long been on the UN agenda, but “now we must add people to that list.”
Trafficking is not restricted to Africa, “examples could be drawn from any of a number of countries from Asia, across the Americas, to Europe,” stressed Mr. Ban. “Millions are bought and sold like chattel, most of them women and children.”
Highlighting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUC) has released nearly two dozen children from the integrated armed forces and more 1,300 children have been liberated since January, Mr. Ban said it was possible to stop human trafficking.
He underscored the need for collective action to criminalize human trafficking, prevent victimization by teaching people about their rights, reduce demand, end impunity and protect the victims.
“We will achieve nothing without uniting and speaking out. We will achieve nothing by offering fine rhetoric not matched by deeds. Moral outrage is all-too-easy. Real action takes real commitment.”
Speaking at a star-studded event at UN Headquarters last night to mark the naming of American artist Ross Bleckner as a UN Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking, Mr. Ban urged the Security Council to take action against perpetrators he has “named and shamed” for recruiting children to fight in conflicts and abducting girls as sex slaves.
UN News Centre
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| 13 May 2009 - 19:00 | Human Rights Education Associates
URL: www.hrea.org
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Human Rights Watch Press release
May 13, 2009
(Washington, DC) - The United States Senate should move beyond collecting testimony in its commitment to help prevent and punish rape in conflict, Human Rights Watch said today in a written submission to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The US is in a strong position to provide active global leadership and to press for international action, Human Rights Watch said.
Senators Barbara Boxer of California and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin are co-sponsoring a hearing today on violence against women in conflict, featuring witnesses from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Darfur. The Obama administration's new ambassador-at-large for global women's issues, Melanne Verveer, will also testify.
"It is heartening to see the Senate and the administration come together to exchange views on this critical issue," said Marianne Mollmann, women's rights advocate at Human Rights Watch. "But sexual violence in conflict is nothing new. We know it happens. We know it goes unpunished. Now is the time for action, not words."
Sexual violence against women and girls has been a horrifying characteristic of all recent armed conflicts and many post-conflict situations. Human Rights Watch has documented this violence in countries ranging from Darfur and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the former Yugoslavia. The research also shows that the perpetrators of these crimes rarely are brought to justice. In many conflict areas, seeking justice for sexual violence is difficult, often dangerous, and frequently very costly.
"Victims of violence often confront a gutted, corrupt, or untrained police force and justice system," said Mollmann. "In some cases, the police are afraid of investigating crimes committed by soldiers or militia, and certainly can't provide protection for the victims of abuse."
The hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is meant to generate concrete action points for the United States and will consider detailed submissions from Human Rights Watch and other organizations. The United States is in a particularly strong position to engage other countries on this issue, both because of its permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council, and because of its substantial foreign aid to conflict-ridden countries.
Last June, the Bush administration led the Security Council in a resolution that, for the first time, unequivocally mandated the United Nations to address sexual violence as a weapon of war and a threat to international peace and security. Advocates hope that the Senate hearing will consolidate US leadership on this issue, specifically by pushing the United Nations to establish a senior special representative on sexual violence.
"Stopping rape in war is as bipartisan as it gets," said Mollmann. "Here, the Senate really can come together and speak with one voice to benefit women worldwide by urging the United Nations to put its money where its mouth is and appoint a special representative to tackle this issue head on."
--> HREA offers an e-learning course: Monitoring Women's Rights. Application deadline is 15 June 2009.
HREA - www.hrea.org
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| 13 May 2009 - 09:21 | Violencia de Genero, Blogs
URL: violenciagenero.wordpress.com/tag/polici . . .
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La agente que denunció acoso en la Policía Local de Oviedo, trasladada de nuevo de puesto
La agente de la Policía Local Mercedes García, que denunció que llevaba años sufriendo una situación de acoso por parte de varios mandos y compañeros, ha sido trasladada de nuevo de su puesto. En una remodelación interna del Cuerpo que se hizo efectiva ayer, Mercedes García vuelve a ser trasladada a la Policía judicial, después de haber sido destinada durante unos meses al Centro de Control de Tráfico.
Mercedes García denunció ante el Ayuntamiento de Oviedo que había sufrido acoso y vejaciones por parte de varios mandos y compañeros, un caso que está siendo investigado por el Juzgado número 2, que este mes tomará declaración a varios imputados. En el momento en que García hizo su denuncia, era sargento interina, destinada a la unidad de Policía judicial y encargada de los asuntos relacionados con Violencia de Género.
Cuando el equipo de gobierno decidió remodelar la Policía Local, y restituir a Agustín de Luis Criado, Mercedes García cogió una baja laboral. Poco después, fue relevada de su puesto en la Policía judicial, y destinada al centro de control de Tráfico. Posteriormente, se aprobó quitarle el nombramiento de sargento, que ejercía de forma interina. Ahora, García ha sido de nuevo trasladada a la Policía judicial, donde teme que se le ponga bajo las órdenes directas de alguno de los mandos imputados en el caso, ya que algunos trabajan en esta división del cuerpo ovetense. La agente, representada por la abogada Ana García Boto, ha pedido recientemente amparo al Alcalde.
Mas blogs
violenciagenero.wordpress.com/tag/policia/
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| 13 May 2009 - 08:43 | DiarioCoLatino
URL: www.diariocolatino.com/es/20090511/nacio . . .
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Lunes, 11 de Mayo de 2009
Mujeres marchan contra la violencia
En Santo Tomás, mujeres y hombres marchan para pronunciarse en contra de la violencia contra la mujer. Foto: Diario Co Latino/Eugenio Castro
Daniel Trujillo
Redacción Diario Co Latino
Decenas de mujeres del municipio de Santo Tomás vistieron de negro y marcharon por las principales calles del municipio en protesta por el incremento de la violencia contra las féminas.
A paso lento y vociferando “¡Justicia!”, fue como las manifestantes de la organización “Las Mujeres de Negro” expresaron y denunciaron los crímenes.
Sonia Sánchez, miembra de la referida organización, dijo que en Santo Tomás, las violaciones, los asesinatos y los intentos de secuestro se han intensificado de un año a la fecha. La denunciante aseguró que tanto la policía como la Alcaldía de la localidad no actúan como tiene ser, por lo que le exigen a los entes públicos trabajar en conjunto para disminuir la violencia.
“Exigimos seguridad, una verdadera seguridad de las instituciones”, expresó Sánchez.
“Las Mujeres de Negro” exhortaron a las afectadas por la violencia a denunciarla, ya que si no se hace, la impunidad seguirá sin enfrentar la justicia.
La marcha partió desde la sede de la policía de Santo Tomás y terminó frente a la Alcaldía de la municipalidad y Sánchez expresó que, aunque la policía tenga la voluntad de combatir el crimen, no tiene los recursos necesarios para hacerlo.
Asimismo, la dirigente femenina dijo que en Santiago Texacuangos también se dan hechos violentos contra las mujeres, por lo que pidió a las autoridades correspondientes tener los ojos bien puestos en esa zona.
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| 13 May 2009 - 08:36 | admin
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| 13 May 2009 - 07:56 | We the People Blog
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(Judge Sonia Sotomayor is said to be a leading candidate for nominee as Supreme Court Justice. Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic on the high court. --- admin)
Serializing Sotomayor: Abortion
May 6th, 2009 ·
In today’s judicial confirmation battles, there’s really only one subject that matters: abortion. Justice Souter’s confirmation taught the right not to simply trust a nominee to vote the preferred way on the issue, and Democrats ought to have learned the same lesson. It’s a shame to see the law of the land become, in these cases, so nakedly political, but this is the cost of doing business in a democracy, and I for one will begrudge neither party their close scrutiny.
Those scrutinizing potential nominee Sonia Sotomayor, though, will discover a dearth of real evidence on the subject (though that hasn’t stopped some of her detractors). Judge Sotomayor appears to have participated in only two cases seriously implicating the right to choose, with neither giving a strong sense of Judge Sotomayor’s position:
Center for Reproductive Law & Policy v. Bush, 304 F.3d 183 (2d Cir. 2002). Plaintiff public interest organization challenged the “Mexico City Policy,” a.k.a. the “global gag rule” and its provisions stripping U.S. aid to foreign NGOs advocating for or performing abortions. In an opinion by Sotomayor, the court dismissed the case for lack of standing, rightly so.
Port Washington Teachers’ Association v. Board of Education, 478 F.3d 494 (2d Cir. 2007). Plaintiff teachers challenged a school district policy, which suggested teachers should report student pregnancies to the student’s parents. In an opinion which Sotomayor joined, the court dismissed the case for lack of standing, noting that, because the policy was not mandatory, objecting teachers wouldn’t be fired for “violating it.” Again, the court is strictly correct.
Both are cases that a strict liberal - like myself - would have preferred to see go to trial, and result in a victory for the plaintiffs. But in both cases, Sotomayor and the court were correct in dismissing for lack of standing. Accordingly, the cases give no relevant information on Judge Sotomayor’s position on the right to choose.
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| 13 May 2009 - 07:41 | CNN
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Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives
Husbands allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, Saudi judge says
Women in the audience immediately and loudly protested his speech
Newspaper reports judge was trying to explain increase in domestic violence
May 10, 2009 -- By Mohammed Jamjoom
CNN
(CNN) -- Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday.
It is OK to slap Saudi women who spend too much, a judge has told an audience.
Arab News, a Saudi English-language daily newspaper based in Riyadh, reported that Judge Hamad Al-Razine said that "if a person gives SR 1,200 [$320] to his wife and she spends 900 riyals [$240] to purchase an abaya [the black cover that women in Saudi Arabia must wear] from a brand shop and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment."
Women in the audience immediately and loudly protested Al-Razine's statement, and were shocked to learn the remarks came from a judge, the newspaper reported.
Arab News reported that Al-Razine made his remark as he was attempting to explain why incidents of domestic violence had increased in Saudi Arabia. He said that women and men shared responsibility, but added that "nobody puts even a fraction of blame" on women, the newspaper said.
Al-Razine "also pointed out that women's indecent behavior and use of offensive words against their husbands were some of the reasons for domestic violence in the country," it added.
Domestic violence, which used to be a taboo subject in the conservative kingdom, has become a hot topic in recent years. Groups like the National Family Safety Program have campaigned to educate the public about the problem and help prevent domestic abuse.
Saudi women's rights activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider told CNN that Saudi women routinely face such attitudes.
"This is how men in Saudi Arabia see women," she said in a telephone interview from the Saudi city of Dahran. "It's not something they read in a book or learned from a friend. They've been raised to see women this way, that they're less than a person."
Al-Huwaider added that "I'm not surprised to see a judge or a religious man saying that - they've been raised in the same culture - a culture that tells them it's ok to raise your hand to a woman that this works."
Another Saudi judge, in the city of Onaiza, was the source of a separate recent controversy: he twice denied a request from the mother of an 8-year-old girl that the girl be granted a divorce from her 47-year-old husband.
Last month, after human-groups condemned the union, the girl was granted the divorce.
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| 12 May 2009 - 21:21 | Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanastan (RAWA)
URL: www.rawa.org
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97 girl students, teachers poisoned in Afghanistan
This is the second attack on female students over the past two days and the third attack since early last month.
KABUL -- Nearly 100 girl students and teachers of a school in Kapisa province, 80 km north of the Afghan capital Kabul, mysteriously fell unconscious on Tuesday, spokesman of Public Health Ministry Ahmad Farid Rahed said.
"A possible poisonous gas attack in Qazak Girl School this morning in Kohistan district has sickened 90 students and seven teachers," Rahed told Xinhua.
The affected students felt dozy and vomiting, he added.
Rahed also said that investigation is underway to identify the reason for the tragic incident.
This is the second attack on female students over the past two days and the third attack since early last month.
A similar attack on a girl school in Charikar, the capital of Parwan province, sent 52 students to hospital while previous attack early last month had sickened over three dozen female pupils.
No groups or individuals have claimed responsibility so far.
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| 12 May 2009 - 08:23 | OrovilleMR
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Prosecutor targets pimps, not girls
By Barbara Grady, Staff Writer
OAKLAND - FROM A TINY second-floor office in Alameda County Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Sharmin Eshraghi Bock is leading a state-wide charge to spare teenage prostitutes and jail their pimps.
"We treat the girls as victims and deliver specialized services to them, and we prosecute the pimps to the maximum sentences possible," Bock said in an interview one day last week as she rushed to a court hearing carrying the trademark tools of her trade: a thick court filein one hand and a Blackberry cell phone in the other.
Her mission may sound obvious, but it represents a sea change in the way the criminal justice system has historically treated minors ensnared in the sex trade. Until about two years ago, the girls — some as young as 11 or 12 — have been prosecuted and jailed.
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| 12 May 2009 - 07:30 | FronteraNortesur
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Historic Femicide Trial Gets Underway
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Staff,
Thousands of miles and a continent away, it’s a long haul from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to Santiago, Chile. But that’s where the road to justice led Benita Monarrez, Irma Monreal and Josefina Gonzalez. Mothers of murder victims, the three women from the Mexican border city pressed their case last week against the Mexican government as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights opened a milestone trial in Santiago, Chile.
Marking the first time the Organization of American States’ court has heard a Mexican femicide case, the historic legal proceeding centers on the slayings of three young women who were found with five other female victims in a Ciudad Juarez cotton field in 2001. The three victims, Esmeralda Herrera Monreal, 14, Laura Berenice Ramos Monarrez, 17, and Claudia Ivette Gonzalez, 20, all went missing between September 25 and October 29, 2001.
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| 12 May 2009 - 07:01 | Pagina 12, Argentina
URL: www.notife.com/noticia/articulo/969040/L . . .
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Publicado en "Página 12" el 11/05/2009
La Corte Interamericana se pronunciará sobre el asesinato de mujeres en Mexico
“Tenemos varias ciudades Juárez”
Las autoridades mexicanas están imputadas de incumplir con su obligación de prevenir y castigar la violencia que padecen las mujeres en ese lugar. Un panel de expertas trazó paralelismos entre ese caso y otras situaciones en la región.
Por Mariana Carbajal
En los últimos 15 años se calcula que desaparecieron unas 15 mil mujeres; la mayoría no fue encontrada.La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos se pronunciará por primera vez sobre la responsabilidad del Estado mexicano en los femicidios ocurridos en la fronteriza Ciudad Juárez, estado de Chihuahua, donde hay más de 450 mujeres asesinadas identificadas y se estima que son casi cinco mil las desaparecidas en la última década y media.
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| 11 May 2009 - 21:29 | Boletin e-leusis
URL: www.ccoo.es/comunes/temp/recursos/1/1902 . . .
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Guía sindical "Derechos laborales y de Seguridad Social de las mujerse víctimas de la violencia de género"
Carmen Bravo Sueskun, secretaria confederal de la Mujer de CCOO
11/05/2009
La Ley Orgánica de Medidas de Protección Integral contra la Violencia de Género, ha supuesto un importante reconocimiento de derechos para la mujer trabajadora víctima de la violencia de género. Esta Ley aborda, con una visión integral y multidisciplinar, el gravísimo problema de la violencia ejercida contra las mujeres, abarcando aspectos preventivos, educativos, sociales, asistenciales, laborales, sanitarios, penales y procesales, adoptando medidas tanto de carácter preventivo como de sensibilización e intervención.
CCOO promueve la difusión de los derechos recogidos en la Ley, referidos al ámbito laboral y de la función pública, prestaciones de la Seguridad Social y derechos económicos y sociales, con el objetivo de facilitar su conocimiento a la población trabajadora y especialmente a las mujeres, así como al conjunto de delegadas y delegados sindicales, Gabinetes Jurídicos y personas implicadas en los procesos de negociación colectiva. Consideramos, que la acción sindical y la negociación colectiva deben jugar un papel fundamental, en la difusión de las medidas recogidas en la Ley, garantizando y mejorando en su caso, los derechos relativos a las condiciones laborales que regula.
Guía completa en: www.ccoo.es/comunes/temp/recursos/1/190269.pdf
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| 11 May 2009 - 21:24 | Boletin e-leusis
URL: www.ccoo.es/comunes/temp/recursos/1/1902 . . .
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Guía sindical "La acción sindical frente al acoso sexual"
Elaborada por el Gabinete Jurídico Confederal de CCOO y la Secretaría Confederal de la Mujer de CCOO.
Carmen Bravo Sueskun, secretaria confederal de la Mujer de CCOO
11/05/2009
Una realidad muy extendida, que precisa de un adecuado tratamiento para combatir y eliminar las graves consecuencias que produce a la persona afectada, por lo que se requiere trabajar paralelamente en distintos ámbitos de actuación: mejorar el empleo y las condiciones de trabajo de las mujeres, visualizar las causas y los efectos que el acoso sexual provoca, prevenir, sensibilizar y abordar adecuadamente las posibles situaciones que se produzcan, de forma que avancemos en la eliminación de una conducta que atenta contra los principios constitucionales de igualdad y no discriminación entre hombres y mujeres.
En esta guía recogemos los recientes cambios normativos producidos así como los criterios, orientaciones y propuestas, para la adecuada aplicación de mecanismos de actuación frente al acoso sexual que venimos incorporando a la acción sindical.
Con la elaboración y difusión de esta Guía sindical, desde Comisiones Obreras nos dirigimos a delegadas y delegados sindicales así como al conjunto de la población trabajadora para avanzar en la comprensión, sensibilización y tratamiento del acoso sexual. Asimismo esperamos sea de utilidad a las personas implicadas en los procesos de negociación colectiva, Secciones Sindicales y Comités de Empresa, en el objetivo de contribuir a eliminar comportamientos que vulneran derechos fundamentales de las personas y derechos laborales básicos.
Guia completa:
www.ccoo.es/comunes/temp/recursos/1/190266.pdf
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