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| 22 Mar 2009 - 16:52 | Barbara J.
missbeecee67@aol.com
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I was a victim of a random attack at the home of my attacker, whom incidentally was nice enough to be the host of my youngest child's birthday party the evening of the attack. The matter was swiftly swept under the rug as the attacker is a sargeant at a local state prison. I instinctively followed my legal training, goingto the hospital,getting all the photographs documented, having a rape kit?done, calling the police, filing all the documents, seeing follow up physicians, etc.
I am a legal assistant and proud of my country and what I thought was a fair justice system until this event which happened 2 years ago. The DA treated me like a second class citizen and the officer was never charged and the case simply disappeared. I spoke to local law firms and they shunned away from taking the case due to a DA not bringing up charges. I sent the case to the State Attorneys office and I had discovered that the file had simply "disappeared" and nobody had no iota as to how or why or where.
I am no longer interested in changing these events, I am merely just trying to pick up my life and move forward. I am a victim over and over and over again.?
My children witnessed the entire, brutal attack and their testimony had no bearing against the testimony from the fraternity of brothers of the star- even my own brother turned his back on me and did not testify against his superior. I am estranged from my family as this has caused a huge divide among us and I am now a literal shut in since the event and experience a myriad of health and anxiety issues. I fear work, I fear going to the store, I fear people, I fear life!
The education, the loyalty, the love for my career and the judicial system has been cruellystolen from me. I wonder what God is teaching me. My inner core and entire belief system is rocked and unstable.
Sometimes, no matter what you believe in and no matter what the scenario may be there is unfairness in this society.
Thanks for allowing me to share.
Broken but not beaten,
Victim no more.
Barbara J.
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| 22 Mar 2009 - 12:09 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09032015-Abor . . .
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Finalizó el XI Encuentro Feminista Latinoamericano y del Caribe
Aborto y violencia, temas urgentes para mujeres de la región
Por Sandra Torres Pastrana
México DF, 20 marzo 09 (CIMAC).- El aborto y la violencia contra las mujeres son los temas urgentes en América Latina y el Caribe, que seguirán ocupando una parte medular en la agenda de las mujeres feministas, además de los temas sobre orientación sexual e identidad de género, señalaron participantes del XI Encuentro Feminista Latinoamericano y del Caribe celebrado en esta ciudad desde el 16 y que hoy concluye.
Al hacer un recuento de los temas que se abordaron en el Encuentro regional desarrollado durante cuatro días, la mexicana Axela Romero, directora de Salud Integral para la Mujer (Sipam), comentó que el movimiento reconoce el fundamentalismo religioso como una barrera que no ha permitido el avance de los derechos de las mujeres.
Durante el Encuentro, las mil 600 feministas presentes coincidieron en que el fundamentalismo es un mecanismo mucho más eficiente para garantizar la reproducción de la cultura patriarcal y la desigualdad social, así como los modelos únicos, por tanto, destacaron que la aspiración es homogeneizar el pensamiento de la población.
Continues....
www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09032015-Aborto-y-violencia.37053.0.html
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| 22 Mar 2009 - 11:23 | IPS news
URL: ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46185
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RIGHTS-SOUTH AFRICA: Election Campaign Silent on Violence Against Women
Stephanie Nieuwoudt interviews LISA VETTEN, gender rights activist
Protesting gender-based violence in Cape Town.
CAPE TOWN, Mar 18 (IPS) - With its emphasis on gender equality, the South African constitution is regarded as a great example for many other developing countries. Yet, despite laws intended to protect the rights of women like the Sexual Abuse Act and the Domestic Violence Act, women in the country still suffer indignities at the hands of police and in court.
Lisa Vetten, a policy analyst at the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, an organisation that protects the rights of women, has been fighting for the rights of women for most of her life.
IPS: When politicians speak about gender equality in this country can one really take them seriously?
Lisa Vetten: The short answer is no. When gender is discussed in parliament and by politicians, the issue is reduced to quotas. The focus is on how many women should be in parliament - this is really how shallow the debate has become. Gender quotas have become a form of political patronage. The numbers of women in parliament have gone up, but in many instances we have taken steps backwards.
At the ANC’s general meeting at Polokwane in 2007, only one of the resolutions focused on women and it dealt with whether there should be a women’s ministry. There was nothing on violence or other gender issues.
Interview continues....
ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46185
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| 22 Mar 2009 - 10:36 | UN Report
URL: www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46186
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POLITICS: Form of New U.N. Women's Entity Still Nebulous
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (IPS) - When a high-level panel of former political leaders and senior government officials released a study in late 2006 on ways to eliminate duplication and strengthen coordination among the U.N.'s myriad bodies, it also recommended the creation of a specialised agency for women aimed at consolidating gender-related activities under a single umbrella.
But more than two years later - and following the conclusion of a two-week session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) last week - the original proposal seems likely to be abandoned or diluted.
Continues....
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46186
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| 21 Mar 2009 - 12:39 | Break the Cycle
URL: www.breakthecycle.org/about-us-job-oppor . . .
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Job Opportunity
Break the Cycle
State Policy Attorney
Job Summary
The State Policy Attorney is responsible for coordinating our state policy agenda; researching and analyzing state laws and bills that impact the rights and access to services for survivors of teen dating violence; and working collaboratively with domestic and sexual violence service providers, local legislators, youth service providers and other local and national advocates to help them develop and implement policies to better serve teens. The State Policy Attorney also provides one-on-one consultation to service providers and conducts impact work and advocacy within service systems. The State Policy Attorney reports directly to the Policy & Technical Assistance Manager and supervises volunteers and interns.
More info....
www.breakthecycle.org/about-us-job-opportunities-washington-dc.html
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| 21 Mar 2009 - 11:52 | Femista Autonoma
feministasautonomas@yahoo.com. br
URL: feministasautonomasenlucha.blogspot.com/
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por rumbo al Encuentro Femista Autonoma
A LAS FEMINISTAS NIÑAS, MUJERES Y LESBIANAS DE AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
Nosotras niñas, mujeres y lesbianas Feministas Autónomas convocadas en el Encuentro Feminista Autónomo: haciendo comunidad en la Casa de las Diferencias, desde la rebeldía, la radicalidad y el gozo por las apuestas políticas que el feminismo ha aportado a nuestras vidas y a la construcción de comunidades de mujeres, le hacemos frente al clasismo, al racismo, al sexismo, a la colonización de nuestros cuerpos y de nuestra sexualidad. Por todo eso es que afirmamos nuestras posturas políticas:
Reconocemos a los encuentros feministas como ejercicios de radicalidad desde la complicidad entre mujeres, desde nuestros cuerpos, vidas y conciencias, lo cual implica existir sin ningún tipo de concesiones.
A casi 30 años de feminismo Latinoamericano y Caribeño y once encuentros feministas, es una oportunidad para reflexionar sobre el hacer político y la construcción ética de nuestro movimiento. Los encuentros feministas históricamente han sido y deben seguir siendo espacios construidos y defendidos por y para las mujeres, para debatir, intercambiar, convocar, denunciar, edificar alianzas, defender nuestros derechos, alimentar nuestras utopías y expresar la multiplicidad de nuestras visiones.
Organizar un encuentro feminista en sí mismo, significa un ejercicio político de nuestra ética y autonomía feminista, sin embargo, la organización de este décimo primer encuentro feminista se ha convertido en un espacio que refuerza a las instituciones patriarcales, vaciando y mercantilizando el contenido de las propuestas feministas, ejerciendo un discurso legitimador de prácticas opresoras para las mujeres.
El mal uso del mayor presupuesto de la historia de los
encuentros, es un insulto ante la pobreza de las mujeres de la región, una expresión de ello son los salarios exorbitantes para la organización de dicho evento sacrificando las becas para la participación de un mayor número de compañeras.
El ocultamiento y retraso de la información así como la falta de transparencia en el uso de los recursos económicos pueden llevar a prácticas corruptas. Es indispensable entonces, contar con una obligatoria y permanente transparencia sobre los recursos obtenidos. Esa transparencia debió de ser antes y durante y debe realizarse al finalizar cada encuentro feminista. Proponemos esto como un principio fundamental y rector de nuestra ética política.
Las decisiones por mayoría, levantando la mano solamente, votando como en la falacia de las democracias burguesas, ocultan lógicas patriarcales, niegan las reflexiones que reconocen las diferencias en las ideas.
Compañeras afrodescendientes,
indígenas, lesbianas, pobladoras, que no tienen acceso al Internet o que no pertenecen a las redes tecnócratas, no han podido acceder a información ni a becas, en cambio se privilegia a los nuevos sujetos del feminismo y a quienes gozan de las prerrogativas de la sociedad neoliberal.
Los ejes temáticos no han sido decididos por las bases feministas, si no por las políticas emanadas de organismos trasnacionales que responden a intereses económicos propios y de los grandes capitales, ajenos a las necesidades y propuestas del feminismo latinoamericano.
La complicidad con un gobierno de seudo izquierda y persecutor es un dato más en todo esto.
Nosotras soñamos y hacemos un feminismo horizontal, que ejercite mínimos comunes, alejados de las lógicas clasistas, racistas, heterocentristas e institucionales. No queremos un feminismo vaciado de contenido político crítico que se esconde en la categoría de género cuyo complicidad
con el capitalismo neoliberal pretende controlar y definir nuestros espacios políticos, nuestros apuestas feministas, nuestros cuerpos, vidas y conciencias.
Queremos finalmente saludar a todas las feministas latinoamericanas y caribeñas que han venido con ilusión y buena fe. Las alentamos a ser parte de un feminismo crítico y contrahegemónico.
Desde la radicalidad y la autonomía, otro feminismo es posible.
Encuentro Feminista Autónomo
Marzo 2009, México, DF
feministasautonomas@yahoo.com.br
http://feministasau tonomasenlucha.blogspot.com/
Publicado por Rumbo al encuentro Feminista Autónomo en
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| 21 Mar 2009 - 11:15 | Uncle D
1sockd@comcast.net
URL: www.justicewomen.com/teen_domestic_viole . . .
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i miss jasa
unckle D
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| 21 Mar 2009 - 10:57 | Lea Hegge
lhegge@dsvsmontana.org
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Violence Prevention Educator Job Opening
Please check out this job opportunity and spread the message to anyone who would be interested. Red Lodge, Montana is a beautiful mountain town just north of Yellowstone National Park. A very fun place to live! Contact me if you have any questions.
Lea Hegge
lhegge@dsvsmontana.org
Education Coordinator
Domestic and Sexual Violence Services of Carbon County
PO Box 314
Red Lodge, MT 59068
406-446-2296 (office)
406-446-1430 (fax)
406-425-2495 (cell)
DUTIES:
1. Assist in developing and maintaining relationships and information-sharing strategies with schools and other youth-serving agencies to encourage the implementation of anti-violence curricula and other anti-violence activities/strategies as outlined in the DSVS Comprehensive Education Strategy
2. Assist in expanding education/prevention efforts in Carbon, Yellowstone and Stillwater Counties.
3. Deliver curricular instruction, trainings and workshops for young people and the adults who serve them and administer evaluations as appropriate
4. Coordinate annual Teen Dating Violence Prevention Summits and other large educational events as appropriate with Education Coordinator
5. Provide technical assistance to school-based Violence Prevention Clubs
6. Attend trainings as appropriate
7. Write required reports
8. Assist in general office duties (filing, mailings, correspondence etc.)
9. Serve on the DSVS Helpline once trained as an advocate
10. Other duties as assigned. Should such duties become part of the regular job routine, this job description will be reviewed and revised..
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| 21 Mar 2009 - 10:35 | Sloane C. Burke
burkes@ecu.edu
URL: endabuse.org/health/ejournal/2009/02/lat . . .
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Latina Women’s Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence: A Grounded Theory Approach
Sloane C. Burke, Ph.D., CHES - East Carolina University et al
email: burkes@ecu.edu
Abstract
Approximatel y one-third of all women will experience domestic or intimate partner abuse during adulthood. Despite increased public awareness, limited research has been done on this issue, and very few estimates of the incidence and prevalence of this problem among minority populations exist. Although Latinos are now the largest and the fastest growing minority group in the country, few studies have been conducted which focus on intimate partner abuse against Latina women. For this qualitative research study, 15 Latina women above the age of 18, who by self-report were survivors of intimate partner abuse, were recruited via flyers distributed to community organizations and gatekeepers serving the Latina population and victims of domestic abuse in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, including social service agencies, health care services, women’s shelters, domestic abuse services, churches, and universities. In-depth, semi-structured interviews with these participants were conducted. Through the researchers use of grounded theory methodology, themes emerged from analysis of the interview transcripts. Based on these themes, a substantive theory of the process of Latina intimate partner abuse was developed. This abuse process includes four phases: The Pursuit, The Abuse Begins, The Abuse Continues or Escalates, and End of the Abuse or Escape to a New Life. The findings from this grounded theory study, and the abuse process identified from the themes that emerged from it, provide useful information for the provision of culturally appropriate programs and services aimed at domestic violence prevention and intervention for the Latina women, as well as relevant support services for the victims of intimate partner abuse in this population.
Read full document:
endabuse.org/health/ejournal/ 2009/02/latina-womens-experiences-with-intimate-partner-violence-a-grounded-theory-approach/
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| 20 Mar 2009 - 09:26 | National Human Trafficking Resource Center
nhtrc@]polarisproject.org
URL: www.polarisproject.org
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National Human Trafficking Resource Center
24/7 hotline can be reached at 1-888-373-7888
The NHTRC, which is manned by Polaris Project, is a national service that provides information and resources to trafficking victims and activists, and is a hotline for leaving tips about suspected trafficking situations. Organizations and coalitions related to the fight against human trafficking are encouraged to contact the Center so that they have you on file in their national resource database.
NHTRC and the 24/7 hotline can be reached at 1-888-373-7888 or nhtrc@polarisproject.org
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| 20 Mar 2009 - 08:48 | The Silver Braid
sisasurvive@yahoo.com
URL: www.thesilverbraid.org
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The Silver Braid for
Survivors of Sexual Exploitation
www.thesilverbraid.org
Ho tline: 888-702-7273
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| 20 Mar 2009 - 08:19 | International Women's Tribune Center
mavic@iwtc.org
URL: www.iwtc.org
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WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY
IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #352
ACTIVITIES & INITIATIVES OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE
At international colloquium in Liberia governments called to act on UNSCR 1325, women, peace & security
March 18, 2009
Mavic Cabrera Balleza
1. Call to action on UNSCR 1325
2. Recommendations from the 1325 thematic sessions & break out groups
3. Liberia launches its 1325 National Action Plan
4. Women peace builders' community of practice meets at the colloquium
1. CALL TO ACTION ON UNSCR 1325
A Call to Action on UNSCR 1325 on Women Peace and Security was adopted at the culminating event of the International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development and International Peace and Security held in Monrovia, Liberia on March 9-10, 2009. Co-convened by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia and President Tarja Halonen of Finland (see IWTC's Women's Globalnet #349 and #350), the colloquium brought together more than 1,000 participants, including heads of state and high-level government officials, youth, academics, NGOs, representatives of the UN and other intergovernmental organizations. The Call to Action sets forth recommendations intended to accelerate UNSCR 1325 implementation and uses the 2010 Ministerial Review Conference of Resolution 1325 as its time frame for accountability and action. Key recommendations include:
On Peace Keeping Operations
- The UN Security Council should require all troop contributing countries to increase the number of female civilian and military personnel in peacekeeping missions.
- More women must be appointed to serve as Special Representatives and Deputy Special Representatives.
- The UN should recognize and develop strategies to address the complex legal issues relating to the obligations of peacekeepers in relation to custody, maintenance, transfer and citizenship of children born during conflict and displacement.-
On Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration, Resettlement and Repatriation
- Recognize local communities as leaders in DDRRR processes. Women should be involved in every aspect of the DDRRR.
- Declare systematic rape and sexual violence in conflict a weapon of war that needs to be part of the disarmament process. Thus, if rape and sexual violence continues, reintegration compensation should not be processed.
On National Level Implementation of UNSCR 1325
- Member States must strengthen the capacities of their national gender machineries to take an active role in the full and effective implementation of the UNSCR 1325.
On Women at the Peace Table
- The UNSG must nominate a gender adviser to UN mediation teams and demand that all parties in negotiation have women in their delegations and ensure that peace agreements are gender responsive.
On the UN Secretary-General's Reports
- The UN Secretary-General's report on UNSCR 1325 must reflect the voices of women in local communities. Women's groups and NGOs advocating for women's participation in all aspects of peace building and conflict resolution must be fully consulted during UNSC missions.
The Colloquium participants mandated President Halonen and President Sirleaf to call on the UN Security Council, the President of the UN General Assembly and the UN Secretary General to:
- Adopt a General Assembly Resolution calling on all Member States to fully and effectively implement UNSCR 1325 National Action Plans with a definite budget line amongst other measures;
- Create a permanent working group on women and armed conflict within the Security Council to enforce UNSCR 1325;
- Appoint a Special Representative of the Secretary General for Women and Armed Conflict; and
- Present the implementation of these recommendations at the 2010 Ministerial Review Conference of Resolution 1325.
The full copy of the Call to Action on UNSCR 1325 is available here:
2. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 1325 THEMATIC SESSIONS AND BREAKOUT GROUPS
Complementing the official 1325 Call for Action, are recommendations emerging from the 1325 thematic sessions and break out groups which include the following:
- Establish mobile courts and paralegal teams at the community level.
- Security sector reform should involve not only the police, military and judiciary but also women in local communities.
- Continue awareness-raising on UNSCR 1325 using local languages and all forms of media.
- Strengthen women's organizations especially those who work in conflict-affected communities.
3. LIBERIA LAUNCHES ITS 1325 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN
On March 9, President Sirleaf officially launched the UNSCR 1325 National Action Plan for Liberia. More than seven months in the making, a Steering Committee chaired by the Ministry of Gender, UN-INSTRAW and UNMIL Office of the Gender Adviser and representatives from other governmental institutions, UN agencies and civil society organizations led the drafting of the plan. The Liberian National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 also incorporates some of the components of UNSCR 1820 on sexual violence.
To find out more about the Liberian national action plan, go to:
http://www.un-instraw.org/en/gps/gener al/implementing-resolution-1325-in-liber ia.html
4. WOMEN PEACE BUILDERS' COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETS AT THE COLLOQUIUM
Women's groups from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Liberia, the Netherlands, Uganda and Zimbabwe met in Liberia on March 9, 2009 to form the Women Peace Builders' Community of Practice (WPBCoP).
The WPBCoP brings together women's groups and NGOs working towards the full and effective implementation of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820. It aims to unite the initiatives and engagements of women's peace advocacy groups and find synergy in their initiatives so as to increase their outreach, accentuate the multiplier effect and enhance their collective impact.
The WPBCoP discussed a number of issues including its structure, involvement of men, the responsibilities of the coordinators, funding, communication and collective action on the 10th anniversary of Resolution 1325. The meeting participants all agreed that the WPBCoP will have a light structure with only one coordinator or focal point at the international, regional and country levels and that the work of each coordinator should build on what their respective organizations are already doing. They also emphasized that members of the WPBCoP should be supporting each other with regards to fundraising. They noted that scarce funding has resulted into competition among women's organizations and NGOs.
The meeting participants agreed on the broad plan of collective lobbying during the UN High-Level Ministerial Review Conference of Resolution 1325 in October 2010.
For additional information on the Women Peace Builders' Community of Practice, contact: Mavic Cabrera-Balleza at: mavic@iwtc.org
IWTC Women's GlobalNet is a production of:
International Women's Tribune Centre
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: (1-212) 687-8633
Fax: (1-212) 661-2704
Email: iwtc@iwtc.org
Web: http://www.iwtc.org
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| 20 Mar 2009 - 08:11 | INSTRAW
URL: www.un-instraw.org/images/files/PB%20Noe . . .
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Estudio:
Notas para la Política Pública
Salud sexual y reproductiva, violencia contra las
mujeres y la situación de las personas
vulnerables afectadas por la tormenta Noel
Los que ya sufren desventajas sociales están
más susceptibles, y tienen menos probabilidades
de tener medios para defenderse o
reconstruir sus vidas luego del paso de un
desastre. Aunque los desastres naturales no
escogen a sus víctimas, tampoco ocurren en un
vacío histórico, político, social o económico.2
La tormenta Noel impactó en la Republica
Dominicana en Octubre de 2007 dejando
tras su paso unas 79,728 personas desplazadas,
un centenar de comunidades aisladas
y alrededor de 20.000 viviendas afectadas.
Varios sectores productivos fueron severamente
castigados y el impacto sobre la
salud de la población fue considerable. Los
efectos a corto plazo sobre la salud de la
población (brotes epidémicos, estrés post
traumático, problemas de acceso a servicios
de salud sexual y reproductiva, incremento
de la violencia contra las mujeres…) tuvieron
mayor impacto sobre la población más vulnerable.
Cabe destacar que la tormenta produjo
consecuencias importantes sobre la salud
sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres que no
suelen constituir una prioridad en las actividades
de preparación frente a los desastres.
Continues....
www.un-instraw.org/images/files/PB%20Noel.pdf
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| 20 Mar 2009 - 07:44 | Ministry of Gender and Development, Liberia
URL: www.un-instraw.org/en/g ps/general/impl . . .
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Implementing Resolution 1325 in Liberia
After fourteen years of armed conflict in Liberia (1989-2003) has managed to establish a full functioning, democratic elected government that is highly committed to human development, equality, and sustainable peace. The only African nation that has a female head of state has proven its political will to move beyond and develop outstanding and gender friendly policies. Nonetheless, the country faces still the aftermaths of its civil conflict which resulted in atrocities such as systematic rape, recruitment of child soldiers, and the spreading of HIV and relies on the support of the international community.
In Liberia, during the conflict years, serious human rights abuses and war crimes were committed against civilians and especially against women and girls who constitute the major target of atrocities such as rape, other forms of sexual and gender-based violence.
Continue...
http://www.un-instraw.org/en/gps/general/implementing-resolution- 325-in-liberia.html
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| 19 Mar 2009 - 17:06 | Human Rights Watch
URL: www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/03/18/thailand- . . .
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Human Rights Watch Press release
March 18, 2009
(New York) - The killing of a prominent Muslim women's rights activist by alleged separatist insurgents is a major setback to ending violence in Thailand's southern border provinces, Human Rights Watch said today.
On March 12, 2009, an eyewitness saw an insurgent fatally shoot Laila Paaitae Daoh, a prominent Muslim women's rights activist and peace advocate, in broad daylight in Krongpenang district, Yala province. She was rushed to Yala Hospital Center, but died of her wounds the next day. Laila and her family had long received threats and had been targets of insurgent attacks. Alleged insurgents killed her eldest son in 2004 and her husband and second son in 2006.
The killing of Laila followed the March 7 shooting and burning of two Buddhist civilians in Pattani province. In addition to daily shootings and bombings, insurgents have allegedly committed at least five beheadings of civilians and security personnel since the beginning of this year.
"Laila's brutal murder is part of ongoing efforts by insurgents to intimidate and attack Muslims who oppose insurgency or have supported Thai authorities," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "Her death is a serious loss for those trying to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in the south."
Continues...
www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/03/18/thailand-insurgents-target-leading-muslim-woman-activist
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| 19 Mar 2009 - 08:23 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09031811-Femi . . .
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Fundamentalismos obstaculizar autonomía de las mujeres
Feministas deben recapitular el camino y no olvidar sus metas
Por Sandra Torres Pastrana
México DF, 18 marzo 09 (CIMAC).- Mujeres feministas de la región latinoamericana y del Caribe tienen una necesidad latente de romper con las inercias impuestas por el fundamentalismo, del patriarcado en sus diversas manifestaciones, y la invisibilidad de las mujeres en el ámbito político, declaró la escritora Sabina Berman en el XI Encuentro Feminista de América Latina y del Caribe que se lleva a cabo en esta ciudad del 16 al 20 de marzo.
Ante mil 600 mujeres de la región, Sabina Berman añadió que desde 1994 se ha invisibilizado a las mujeres en la política, no hay respeto a las cuotas de género y en México sólo ha habido dos secretarias de Estado, y dentro de los medios de comunicación masiva, una directora en radio en el Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER).
Durante la segunda plenaria, “Expresiones feministas frente a los fundamentalismos”, en el ex convento de Regina Coelli, Berman comentó que hay necesidad de que las mujeres aterricen los valores que se han ganado, sin poner en duda los principios del movimiento feminista, una batalla histórica que obliga a recapitular el camino para no olvidar las metas.
Señaló que hay que hacer visible el machismo que hoy en día se mantiene invisible, mientras que las mujeres se deben asumir en una democracia para entonces hablar con los fundamentalistas y evidenciar sus contradicciones.
Continues...
www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09031811-Feministas-deben-re.37013.0.html
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| 19 Mar 2009 - 08:14 | Associacion Argentina de Prevencion de Violencia Familiar
URL: www.aapvf.com.ar/08recursos.php
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Recursos para victimas en Argentina
www.aapvf.com.ar/08rec ursos.php
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| 19 Mar 2009 - 08:12 | Shilpa
silicon.shilpa01@gmail.com
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I am not writing for myself only. there are so many women who iare in trouble. some are taking action against their problem some are not. I just want to sugest them, who is still enduring the problem that we should not keep quiet we must take the action against our problem. first of all we should try to solve our problem for ourself first.
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| 19 Mar 2009 - 08:04 | Glenda
amor6ahome@yahoo.com
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yo tambien sufro violencia domestica y ahorita despues de 14 anos casados todo esta anombre de el y me quiere echar a la calle no tengo hijos con el pero nose si tengo derechos o no ayudenme por favor
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| 19 Mar 2009 - 08:01 | Global Rights
wrapmorocco@globalrights.ma
URL: globalrightsmaghreb.wordpress.com
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Promoting Women's Rights in the Maghreb: New Discussion Booklet on the Marriage Contract
The Global Rights Maghreb field office, in collaboration with fifteen local NGOs and lawyer partners in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, announces the publication of a Discussion Booklet on strategic use of the marriage contract to promote women's rights.
Designed as a practical tool for grassroots mobilisation by local NGOs and facilitators, the Discussion Booklet contains information on clauses that can by stipulated into the marriage contract, reasons for drafting a detailed contract, simplified explanations of national laws and marriage procedures, a Model Marriage Contract, and three human rights education program sessions to use in awareness-raising among women.
The Discussion Booklet accompanies the report Conditions Not Conflict describing the results of action-research on including rights-protective clauses in the marriage contract published by Global Rights and its partners last October.
Available in Arabic and French, Discussion Booklets specific to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia may be consulted in PDF format at http://globalrightsmaghreb.wordpress.com /
Global Rights au Maghreb
3 rue Oued Zem, Appt. 4
Hassan 10000, Rabat
Tel: 212.537.66.04.10/49
Fax: 212.537.66.04.14
E-mail: wrapmorocco@globalrights.ma
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| 18 Mar 2009 - 19:48 | Parmatta Sun
URL: parramatta.yourguide.com.au/news/world/w . . .
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German high school killer targeted girls
GORDON RAYNER, ALLAN HALL AND JOHN BINGHAM IN WINNENDEN, GERMANY
13/03/2009
A TEENAGE gunman who murdered 15 people in one of the world's worst high school massacres appeared to have targeted girls.
Tim Kretschmer, 17, killed nine former schoolmates, eight of them girls, as well as three women teachers at the Albertville school in Winnenden, near Stuttgart. Seven other female pupils survived being shot.
Continues......
http://parramatta.yourguide.com.au/news/world/world/general/german-high-school-killer-targeted-girls/1458164.aspx?storypage=1
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| 18 Mar 2009 - 11:24 | Feminist Majority
feministmajority@mail.democracyinaction.org
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FMF Campus Team Help stop costly public funding of "fake" clinics
Dear Feminist Activist,
Our federal tax dollars endanger young women by funding "fake clinics" and abstinence-only education each year. This must stop! https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/14 00/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=4575
So-called Crisis Pregnancy Centers or "fake" clinics, frequently advertising under "abortion services,"often pose as full-service women's health clinics, luring women with free pregnancy tests and "counseling" for unintended pregnancies.
These "fake" clinics too often make false medical claims to dissuade and delay women from obtaining comprehensive medical services, particularly abortion and birth control.
We must stop this costly deceit. https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/14 00/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=4575
Targeting young and lower-income women, these "fake" clinics frequently advertise around college campuses. An alarming 48% of Campus Health Centers refer students to fake clinics!
Act now. We must ensure that all women have access to medically accurate, comprehensive health services!https://salsa.democracyinaction .org/o/1400/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_ KEY=4575
For Truth, For Women,
FMF Campus Team
P.S. We cannot allow "fake clinics" and failed abstinence-only programs to take years and missed opportunities away from young women. Act Now! https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/14 00/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=4575
Take Action: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/14 00/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=4575
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| 18 Mar 2009 - 11:17 | vtv.gob.ve
URL: www.vtv.gob.ve/noticias-internacionales/ . . .
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ONU pide investigar y sancionar violencia sexual contra mujeres en Colombia
Este flagelo se presenta en la nación neogranadina de manos de grupos armados, los cuales no han sido penalizados, lo que demuestra el grado de impunidad de las autoridades colombianas
(TeleSur / VTV)
La Oficina en Colombia del Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos llamó la atención este domingo sobre la importancia de investigar, juzgar y sancionar los crímenes de violencia sexual cometidos contra las mujeres en el marco del conflicto armado interno.
En un comunicado de prensa con motivo del Dia Internacional de la Mujer, la Oficina de la ONU dijo que tiene información por "la cual la violencia sexual contra las mujeres en el contexto del conflicto ha ocurrido y ocurre en numerosos casos y sus autores son miembros de los diferentes grupos armados".
Destacó que ex miembros de grupos armados ilegales que comparecen ante fiscales especiales "han mencionado 18 mil 431 delitos, de los cuales 15 corresponden a casos de violencia sexual contra mujeres, y de ellos sólo cuatro han sido confesados por sus autores".
Ello demuestra, agregó el comunicado, "no sólo el grado de impunidad sino también un preocupante subregistro, y por lo tanto poca visibilidad de este crimen terrible contra las mujeres y las niñas".
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| 18 Mar 2009 - 10:36 | SAGE
URL: www.sagesf.org/
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3/23/09 Public Memorial for Norma Hotaling
On Monday March 23, 2009, a Public Memorial will be held in San Francisco to honor our dearly departed Norma Hotaling, Founder and former Director of Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE) Project. Norma was instrumental in combating commercial sexual exploitation and making this world a safer place for all.
In a Q&A with Norma reprinted on the SAGE website (www.sagesf.org), Norma revealed “It's crucial to provide safe, compassionate, and realistic outreach and services to those who wish to exit the sex trade safely and healthfully. It's also crucial to raise awareness about what commercial sexual exploitation really is, and what it's about. To some degree, talking about that requires talking about how girls, women, boys and men are victimized through commercial sexual exploitation and the violence that often comes with it. However, so many survivor stories are also about healing, recovery, empowerment, giving back, resilience and strength that it's important to talk about that, too.”
Norma not only talked about it, but she lived it. Norma regularly traveled the globe to provide expert testimony and public policy guidance for those wishing to end the egregious human rights violations of sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. As a survivor herself, Norma always held the most special place in her heart for other survivors and would reach out to comfort victims and inspire hope in thousands of individuals throughout the world.
Norma shared the power of survival from the dirt-floored, back-alley brothels of Goa, India; the glittering, neon red-light district of Seoul, South Korea; to the most desolate street corners of San Francisco, to name just a few locations.
Norma was a fighter and a true inspiration for anyone who cares about the dignity and human rights of others. This memorial will be a great opportunity for all of us to celebrate her life, work and the impact she had on this world. Please join us if you are in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Monday, March 23, 2009
4:00 - 6:00 pm
San Francisco City Hall
North Light Court on the First Floor
For more information on the work of Norma Hotaling and SAGE, please visit us at SAGE Online.
www.sagesf.org/
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| 18 Mar 2009 - 09:47 | Ending Violence Against Women International
URL: www.ndaa.org/publications/newsletters/th . . .
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Last week, EVAW International staff co-authored a new article entitled:
False Reports:
Moving Beyond the Issue to Successfully Investigate and Prosecute Non-Stranger Sexual
Assault.
www.ndaa.org/publications/newsletters/the_voice_vol_3_no_1_2009.pdf
The article begins by reviewing up-to-date research suggesting that the rate of false reporting for sexual assault is in the range of 2-8%. It also critiques prior research suggesting that the rate of false reporting is far higher, and explores
the reasons why this issue is so challenging for professionals in the field. Questions addressed in the article include the following:
* How many sexual assault reports are false?
* What is the actual definition of a false report?
* But what if part of the report is false?
The article then concludes with a discussion of how professionals can work to overcome these challenges, and how to handle the frustrating reality of "real" false reports.
For more information, readers are directed to resources such as the On-Line Training
Institute (OLTI) module www.evawintl.org/evaw_courseware/
and materials developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (www.theiacp.org
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and the Oregon Attorney General's Office Sexual Assault Task Force (www.oregonsatf.org
The full citation for the article is:
Lonsway, K.A., Archambault, J., & Lisak, D. (2009). False Reports: Moving Beyond the Issue to Successfully Investigate and Prosecute Non-Stranger Sexual Assault.
The Voice, Vol. 3, No. 1. Alexandria, VA: The National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women, American Prosecutors Research. Available at: http://www.ndaa.org/publications/newslet ters/the_voice_vol_3_no_1_2009.pdf
We believe this will be a valuable resource not only for prosecutors, but also for all of the other professionals involved in the criminal justice and community response to sexual assault.
Joanne Archambault
Executive Director
EVAW International
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| 17 Mar 2009 - 21:58 | CNN Video
URL: www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/ . . .
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Bought and Sold for Sex
CNN Video
www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/03/09/nr.sex.trade.cnn
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| 17 Mar 2009 - 17:01 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimac.org.mx
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Si Estado no investiga, hechos similares podrían aumentar
Guatemala: feminicidio y mutilaciones, ¿estrategia de terror?
De la redacción
Guatemala, Guat., 17 marzo 09 (CIMAC/Cerigua).- Durante las últimas dos semanas, los cuerpos mutilados de seis mujeres han sido dejados en la vía pública en diversas partes del departamento de Guatemala, las expertas señalan que podría deberse a una estrategia de terror en contra de la población femenina, a la situación de inseguridad en la que se encuentran y a las precarias condiciones en la que se desempeñan.
De acuerdo con reportes de diarios locales, cinco de las víctimas aún no han sido identificadas, por lo que sus investigaciones no han avanzado, sin embargo, la fiscalía y la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) aseguran que se trata de integrantes de pandillas o “mareras”.
El caso que más espacio ocupó en las páginas de los diarios fue el de dos mujeres mutiladas y sus restos tirados en 26 distintas bolsas de plástico, a inmediaciones del Lago de Amatitlán, ubicado a 12 kilómetros del Centro Histórico en la ciudad de Guatemala.
Ingrid Cruz fue asesinada, mutilada y encontrada en tres diferentes puntos de la capital el 10 de marzo; su caso cobró relevancia, ya que un video tomado por los supuestos victimarios fue subido al blog internacional de Videos YouTube, aproximadamente 13 horas después de haber sido incautado por las autoridades; el archivo fue removido el pasado viernes debido a su contenido.
María Soto, representanta de la Fundación Sobrevivientes, aseguró que ese tipo de muertes refleja odio y misoginia contra las mujeres; mientras el Estado no investigue los casos, la impunidad prevalecerá y hechos similares podrían aumentar.
Mónica Pinzón, docente y psicóloga de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), destacó que los hechos revelan una estrategia de terror implementada por agrupaciones de delincuentes o del crimen organizado.
Las mujeres son vistas como objetos y no como sujetas de cambios positivos o del desarrollo; si una mujer pertenecía a las pandillas, entonces no tenía las condiciones mínimas de vida digna, acceso al estudio, a la justicia o a los servicios públicos, sus familias probablemente se encuentran en las mismas situaciones, añadió Pinzón.
Este tipo de asesinatos pueden calificarse como feminicidios, pero la mutilación agrega el carácter de odio; seguramente fueron cometidos por personas que padecían un alto grado de estrés o con problemas psicológicos graves, concluyó la profesional.
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| 17 Mar 2009 - 15:27 | Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority
eministmajority@mail.democracyinaction.org
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Subject: Iranian women's rights worker freed...but help sill needed
Dear feminist activist,
Good news! Iran's Nobel Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi's secretary, Jinus Sobhani, has been released from prison on bail. Sobhani had been detained in solitary confinement since January 14 without access to a lawyer. Now we must make sure 60-year-old Alieh Eghdamdoust is freed. She was recently imprisoned for her participation in a peaceful protest against Iran's discriminatory laws towards women some three years ago. She was among seventy women arrested for this "crime" and is now having to serve a three-year prison sentence. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/140 0/t/900/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26845
This news comes after alarming series of attacks against women's rights and human rights leaders by the Iranian government. Join feminist activists worldwide in urging Iranian leaders, and United Nations to pressure the Iranian government to stop harassing women's rights activists. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/140 0/t/900/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26845
Late last year, Dr. Ebadi's Center for the Defense of Human Rights, where Sobhani worked, was forcibly closed. Following this, Ebadi's personal property was seized, her home was vandalized by an angry mob and Sobhani was arrested.
Help put an end to this harassment. Urge Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Iran's Head of the Judiciary, Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi; the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay; and the U.N. and Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon to intervene now to free Eghdamdoust from prison and to re-open Dr. Ebadi's center immediately! http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/140 0/t/900/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26845
For Women's Lives,
Eleanor Smeal
President
P.S. Your messages are making a difference. In January we joined women activists throughout the world to write the Iranian government to free Jinus Sobhani. Now we must keep up our support and outrage until Alieh Eghdamdoust is freed and Dr. Ebadi's center is re-opened.
Take Action:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26845
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| 16 Mar 2009 - 08:58 | Claudia
claudiamaldonado1965@hitmail.com
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HOLA SOY DE ARGENTINA FUI MUJER GOLPEADA DURANTE 22 AÑOS,HOY TENGO UN PROYECTO PARA ABRIR UNA CASA REFUGIO QUISIERA,ME APOYARAN,ASESORARAN, Y DIERAN CONSEJOS,GRACIAS
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| 16 Mar 2009 - 08:48 | Keysa
keysag@rocketmail.com
URL: www.militarycorruption.com/grable.htm
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Thank you for providing women with the solid information needed to make an educated decision to LEAVE domestic abuse! I hope that we can all continue to provide other women the ongoing support and encouragement they need to leave abuse and never look back. If you're reading this and you find yourself in the cycle of domestic violence: You DESERVE to be safe. Develop a safety plan and get out as soon as possible! Please let my story of severe abuse serve as a warning to those of you who feel trapped. You have to realize that the abuse only gets WORSE, trust me! I know what it feels like to be severely abused, and I also know what it feels like to be FREE!!! We ALL deserve to be loved, valued and respected no matter what.
* www.militarycorruption.com/grable.htm
* PS: Chicks kick butt!!! :o)
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| 16 Mar 2009 - 08:37 | e-mujeres
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OpVP4M2Ids&eurl . . .
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Tenemos Derecho - Nuevo video de Espana
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OpVP4M2Ids&eurl=http://www.e-mujeres.net/
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