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| 20 Aug 2010 - 08:55 | California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
URL: www.californialatinas.org/about-us/CLRJ_ . . .
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Job Announcement
Executive Director
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
see particulars:
www.californialatinas.org/about-us/CLRJ_FINAL_ED_Job_Announcement_08_2010_FOR_POSTING.pdf
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| 20 Aug 2010 - 08:44 | DOJ, Department of Public Affairs
URL: www.lep.gov/final_courts_ltr_081610.pdf
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Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Justice Department Issues Guidance Letter to State Courts Regarding Their Obligation to Provide Language Access
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today issued a letter to chief justices and administrators of state courts clarifying the obligation of courts that receive federal financial assistance to provide oral interpretation, written translation and other language services to people who are limited English proficient (LEP). This month marks the 10th anniversary of Executive Order 13166 which requires federal agencies to ensure that recipients of federal financial assistance comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by providing meaningful access to LEP persons.
Today’s letter provides state courts guidance regarding the requirement to provide meaningful access to their programs and services for LEP persons through the provision of language services, pursuant to the prohibition against national origin discrimination contained in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (Safe Streets Act), and their implementing regulations. The letter includes an overview of applicable civil rights laws, Supreme Court precedent, guidance and illustrative examples of situations that would warrant the provision of language services.
The letter explains that applicable civil rights laws require courts receiving federal financial assistance to provide meaningful access to all civil, criminal or administrative hearings, at no charge to LEP individuals. It further explains that such access should be extended to LEP parties and other LEP individuals whose presence or participation is appropriate to the court proceedings; should be provided in court programs or activities outside of the courtroom; and should include language services for communication between LEP individuals and court appointed or court managed service providers.
“Justice requires that all individuals have meaningful access to the critical services provided by the nation’s state court systems, regardless of the individual’s English language skills,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “As we mark the 10th anniversary of the issuance of Executive Order 13166 this month, it is especially appropriate to remember our shared responsibility to reduce persistent language barriers in court proceedings and services that are of such importance to the daily lives of parties, victims, witnesses and the public.
See Letter:
www.lep.gov/final_courts_ltr_081610.pdf
For more information about Title VI visit
www.lep.gov
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| 20 Aug 2010 - 08:27 | Milenio, online
URL: impreso.milenio.com/node/8818261
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Libro
por Lydia Cacho, Esclavas del poder. Un viaje al corazn de la trata sexual de mujeres y nias en el mundo, prlogo de Roberto Saviano, Grijalbo, Mxico 2010
Periodismo valiente (primera parte)
CRIBA
Jess Anaya Rosique
Recomendarvotar ahoraUn viaje al interior de las redes internacionales del trfico de mujeres y menores a travs de historias terribles y conmovedoras, as como una denuncia acuciosa de las mafias del crimen organizado y de los gobiernos e instituciones que las encubren. Durante cinco aos la autora recorri ms de 10 pases de tres continentes y entrevist a tratantes, prostitutas, clientes, proxenetas, autoridades y vctimas de la explotacin sexual para demostrar las complicidades entre mafiosos, polticos, militares, empresarios, industriales, lderes religiosos, banqueros y policas, que integran una gran cadena global en la que cada ao 1.39 millones de personas en todo el mundo, en su mayora mujeres y nias, son sometidas a la esclavitud sexual... compradas, vendidas y revendidas como materia prima de una industria criminal... Unos crean el mercado de la esclavitud humana, otros lo protegen, promueven y lo alimentan y otros ms renuevan la demanda... El crimen organizado es un negocio ilegal muy lucrativo, la llamada economa en la sombra. Los delitos ms evidentes del pacto entre Estados y mafias son la compraventa de armas, drogas y personas. La trata de personas (documentada en 175 pases) demuestra la debilidad del capitalismo global y la normalizacin de la crueldad humana.
El escritor Roberto Saviano afirma en el prlogo:all donde un gobierno es dbil y la sociedad acepta el crimen, las mujeres y los menores son las primeras vctimas. La trata y explotacin de seres humanos es el ms primitivo de los crmenes, que proporciona un margen de ganancias exorbitante con riesgos mnimos.
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| 20 Aug 2010 - 08:17 | Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
URL: www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/Utv . . .
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NORWAY ACTION PLAN FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS &
GENDER EQUALITY IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Direct Link to Full 68-Page Report:
www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/Utvikling/Kvinner%20og%20likestilling/Handlingsplan_kvinner_Eng0510.pdf
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| 19 Aug 2010 - 10:00 | National Center for Victims of Crime
URL: www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbID=DB_Upco . . .
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Free Webinar: Victims' Rights and Services during Post-Conviction and
Exoneration Proceedings
Don't miss this webinar with Meg Garvin, Executive Director, of the
Crime Victim Law Institute and Chris Jenkins, Victim Witness
Coordinator, Dallas County District Attorney's Office.
Learn about the profound impact of DNA exonerations and wrongful
convictions on survivors of crime. Presenters will discuss what those
who work with victims need to know about victims' needs and services and
which victims' rights could apply in post-conviction DNA testing cases.
Speakers: Meg Garvin, Executive Director, of the Crime Victim Law
Institute and Chris Jenkins, Victim Witness Coordinator, Dallas County
District Attorney's Office
For information and to register, go to
www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbID=DB_UpcomingDNAWebinars452
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I lse Knecht
Deputy Director, Public Policy
National Center for Victims of Crime
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 480
Washington, D.C.
Cell: 703-732-2446
202-467-8700
202-467-8701
www.ncvc.org
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| 19 Aug 2010 - 09:26 | Say NO to Violence
URL: www.youtube.com/SayNoToViolence#p/a/A110 . . .
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Video 4 min. - Escalofriante. Impactante.
Mamas y Papas
Espanol (with English subtitles)
vea
www.youtube.com/SayNoToViolence#p/a/A110DFDC919020CE/2/0Y1yf1R9K5s
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| 19 Aug 2010 - 09:07 | Association for Women's Rights in Development
URL: awid.org/eng/Women-in-Action/Announcemen . . .
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Pakistan
AWARE Girls: Young Women in Floods
Source: AWARE Girls
"The Flood affected communities are struggling for their survival. Their habitats have been destroyed, they have lost their livelihood. In such circumstances in the patriarchal societies adolescent girls do not get proper attention to fulfill their specific needs, they are ignored by the Humanitarian support programs and even local philanthropists as their needs are not taken as an important issue.
Diarrhea and other water related diseases are very common, the water has become contaminated, access to safe sanitation lacks. The young women and adolescent girls have little access to nutritious food. This program is focusing on these specific issues of young women. This program will supplement the ongoing support programs by UN agencies and other Support Programs in the area.
AWARE GIRS is membership Organization and it has membership from the flood affected areas. The members from the target area have asked the organization to work for addressing the specific needs of the young and adolescents women. AWARE GIRLS is young women led organization working for the rights and development of young women of the Province. The young women can feel the sufferings and problems of young women. AWARE GIRLS has already worked for Internally displaced Young women by providing them support KITS, raising voice for Gender Cluster, and developing Research Report for Mainstreaming Gender in Humanitarian work in the North Western Pakistan.
More info and link for donations...
awid.org/eng/Women-in-Action/Announcements2/AWARE-Girls-Young-Women-in-Floods
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| 18 Aug 2010 - 09:39 | CIMAC Mx
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10081704-Anal . . .
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Durante el 88 periodo ordinario de sesiones del tribunal de OEA
Analizar CoIDH posible sentencia sobre Ins y Valentina
Por la Redaccin
Mxico, D.F., 17 ago 10 (CIMAC).- La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CoIDH) analizar la posible sentencia contra el Estado mexicano por los casos de las indgenas tlapanecas, Ins Fernndez Ortega y Valentina Rosendo Cant, violadas por militares en 2002, durante el prximo 88 Perodo Ordinario de Sesiones, a celebrarse del 23 de agosto al 4 de septiembre de 2010, en su sede San Jos Costa Rica.
La Secretara de la CoIDH inform hoy que durante el prximo periodo de sesiones, los jueces, encabezados por el peruano Diego Garca-Sayn, conocern nueve casos, entre ellos tres de Mxico, dos de Paraguay, y uno de Panam, Bolivia, Nicaragua y Guatemala.
Respecto a Mxico, los das 30 y 31 de agosto; y 1 de septiembre, la CoIDH deliberar y estudiar la posibilidad de dictar sentencia sobre el fondo y las eventuales reparaciones del dao en los casos de violacin sexual ejercida por militares en 2002 contra las indgenas del estado mexicano de Guerrero: Ins Fernndez Ortega y Valentina Rosendo Cant.
De acuerdo con este tribunal internacional, perteneciente a la Organizacin de los Estados Americanos (OEA), estos casos se relacionan con la supuesta responsabilidad internacional del Estado mexicano por la violacin sexual de ambas indgenas, as como con la alegada falta de debida diligencia en la investigacin y sancin de los responsables de esos hechos
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| 18 Aug 2010 - 09:13 | Carnival Against Sexual Violence
URL: abyss2hope.blogspot.com/
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Carnival Against Sexual Violence
August edition now online
See
abyss2hope.blogspot.com/
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| 18 Aug 2010 - 09:00 | Guttmacher Institute
URL: www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2010/08/18/i . . .
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ABORTION BAN IN U.S. MILITARY FACILITIES DISCRIMINATES AGAINST SERVICEWOMEN, SHOULD BE OVERTURNED
As a First Step, Servicewomen Should Be Allowed to Pay for the Procedure with Their Own Funds
Current policy prohibiting abortions in American military facilities should be overturned because it discriminates against U.S. servicewomen and endangers their health and safety, according to a new analysis in the Summer 2010 issue of the Guttmacher Policy Review. At a minimum, Congress should follow the lead of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which earlier this year voted to let active duty women in the military pay out-of-pocket for abortions at U.S. military facilities.
Many servicewomen will face an unintended pregnancy during their military career, but they often confront much steeper hurdles in obtaining abortion care than their civilian counterparts, the analysis finds. The ban on abortions in military facilities is particularly devastating for service members who live overseas and depend on their base hospitals for medical care. If they live in a country where abortion is illegal or otherwise unavailable, they are severely restricted in their ability to access a safe and legal procedure.
This debate is not about the morality or legality of abortion, but whether women who enlist in the military, and especially those who are living overseas, should be discriminated against as a result, says Heather Boonstra, author of the analysis. Its time that we stop treating women in uniform as second-class citizens by denying them timely access to a legal, Constitutionally protected health care service their civilian counterparts can freely obtain.
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www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2010/08/18/index.html
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| 18 Aug 2010 - 08:38 | Huffington Post
URL: www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/doj-fo . . .
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DOJ Foot-Dragging On Prison Rape Unites Left-Right Coalition
Focus on the Family, George Soros's Open Society Policy Center, the American Conservative Union and the American Civil Liberties Union are all furious with Attorney General Eric Holder -- and amazingly enough, it's about the same thing.
The incitement for such an unusual alliance is the Justice Department's failure to act in the face of a challenge to fundamental human dignity: The ongoing, almost commonplace rape of prisoners at the hands of other prisoners or prison guards
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www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/doj-footdragging-on-priso_n_685165.html
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| 17 Aug 2010 - 09:04 | Women's Justice Center
rdjustice@monitor.net
URL: www.justicewomen.com/OversightSpanish.pd . . .
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Cmo lograr que la supervisin ciudadana sobre la polica
funcione para mujeres, nias y nios vctimas de violencia
Cuando la polica no responde en forma apropiada a la violencia contra
las mujeres, qu pueden ellas hacer para exigirle cuentas formalmente?
Las juntas ciudadanas que supervisan a la polica podran ser una respuesta.
Al parecer, sin embargo, tendremos que presionarlas a que lo hagan.
Vea www.justicewomen.com/OversightSpanish.pdf
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| 17 Aug 2010 - 09:02 | Women's Justice Center
rdjustice@monitor.net
URL: www.justicewomen.org/civilianoversight.p . . .
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Making Civilian Oversight of Police Work for Victims of Violence Against Women and Children
When police fail to respond properly to violence against women,
what can women do to hold police formally accountable?
Civilian Police Oversight Boards may be one answer.
But it looks like were going to have to push them to do it.
See www.justicewomen.org/civilianoversight.pdf
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| 17 Aug 2010 - 08:58 | Change.org, Human Trafficking
URL: humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/he . . .
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Take Action Start a Petition Help Pass Critical Bill to Combat Child Sex Trafficking in America
by Amanda Kloer
This week the Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation that would fund new services for children trafficked for sex in America and crack down on the pimps who profit from selling them. The bill will make six block grants available to innovative new programs for American children who have been victimized in the commercial sex industry. And you can help make sure this critical legislation becomes law.
The Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act (TDVSA), which was introduced by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) aims to address the significant issue of American children being trafficked for sex in the U.S. While existing legislation has provided tools and resources for children trafficked into the U.S. from other countries, American kids have traditionally been overlooked. The TDVSA would help fill that gap by providing much needed resources for victim services and law enforcement investigations in the form of block grants
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humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/help_pass_critical_bill_to_combat_child_sex_trafficking_in_america?me=nl
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| 17 Aug 2010 - 08:22 | Women Thrive
URL: www.womenthrive.org/images/women%20thriv . . .
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Women Thrive Worldwide releases a new fundraising guide for grassroots womens organizations in developing countries.
Women Thrive Worldwide is proud to announce the release of its Fundraising Guide for Womens Community-Based Organizations.
Women Thrive Worldwide believes that the best way to fight global poverty is by investing in local womens groups in the developing world. Why? Because these groups best know their communities problems and how to solve them. This is why we work with womens groups around the world to make sure U.S. assistance is reaching them and addressing the priorities and needs of the women they work with.
However, we frequently notice that local organizations have difficulty navigating the often complex world of international assistance and fundraising. This guide was written to help bridge that gap. Outlining the basic concepts of professional fundraising, the guide seeks to assist our community partners through a collaborative process to increase access to effective resources.
From practical advice based on years of experience in professional fundraising in the United States to detailed instructions on how to write grant proposals, budgets and reports, the principles and methods we introduce are applicable globally and can be tailored to local environments.
To download the fundraising guide,
www.womenthrive.org/images/women%20thrive%20fundraising%20guide%20051410.pdf
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| 17 Aug 2010 - 07:51 | El Clarin
URL: www.clarin.com/sociedad/salud/titulo_0_3 . . .
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Enviar nota Respaldan desde la ONU la polmica gua del aborto
Luego del traspi oficial, reclamaron que se aplique. Representantes del organismo se reunieron el viernes pasado con funcionarios de Salud. Y plantearon su preocupacin por la alta mortalidad materna en Argentina, que atribuyeron a abortos inseguros.
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www.clarin.com/sociedad/salud/titulo_0_318568213.html
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| 16 Aug 2010 - 09:53 | Winnepeg Free Press
URL: www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breaking . . .
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Mexican woman given asylum based on domestic abuse claims, clarifying standard for asylum
By Juliana Barbassa (CP)
SAN FRANCISCO A Mexican woman who claimed she was beaten and raped for decades by her common-law husband has won the right to stay in the United States in a case that experts say makes clear that domestic violence is valid grounds for asylum.
The Department of Homeland Security found that the case of the woman known only as L.R. met the stringent standard necessary to win asylum. An immigration judge found in her favour on Aug. 4, and the decision was announced this week by her attorneys.
"The point has been made, very loud and clear, that cases such as these involving domestic violence, and even more broadly, gender-based violence against women, are valid cases," said Karen Musalo, L.R.'s attorney and the head of Hastings Law School's Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at the University of California. The name of the applicant was withheld to protect her privacy.
What makes this case remarkable is that traditionally asylum has been given to individuals being persecuted by a government; applicants had to show they suffered persecution because of their religion, political beliefs, race, nationality or membership in a particular social group.
Cases such as L.R.'s increase the scope of who may qualify for asylum by expanding the definition of "particular social group." Women who have suffered genital mutilation, or in L.R.'s case, domestic abuse, have been recently deemed "social groups" and granted asylum.
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www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/mexican-woman-granted-asylum-based-on-domestic-abuse-claims-experts-say-case-sets-standard-100651384.html
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| 16 Aug 2010 - 09:21 | Feministpeacenetwork
URL: www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2010/08/10/ . . .
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Forked Tongues Abounding On The Topic Of Women And Peace
Pretty statement, too bad it is a crock of window dressingfrom Critical Role of Women in Peace and Security, an address given by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Womens Issues on July 27, 2010:
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www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2010/08/10/forked-tongues-abounding-on-the-topic-of-women-and-peace/
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| 16 Aug 2010 - 09:11 | Ontario Globe and Mail
URL: www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/on . . .
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Belleville Police Chief speaks out about abuse
Chief says she's trying to highlight issue, as rumours surround her alleged assault
As the town of Belleville, Ont. swirls with rumours over a case of alleged domestic assault between the towns first female police chief and her husband, Chief Cory McMullan has spoken out about her decision to identify herself as the victim.
She didnt do it lightly. Its my personal life, she said slowly in her office, her voice soft. Ive always had my professional life as something in the public eye, but this is my personal life.
On Aug. 9, Belleville police issued a news bulletin about a domestic assault that had occurred three days earlier. The victim reported she was struck by a male in the home, it read. On Wednesday, Chief McMullan, 47, sent out a media advisory disclosing herself as the victim. Her husband, retired police officer David McMullan, 53, has been charged. The couple has two teenaged children.
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www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/belleville-police-chief-speaks-out-as-a-domestic-abuse-victim/article1671473/
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| 16 Aug 2010 - 09:06 | Pagina 12, Ar
URL: www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-15 . . .
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Intento de femicidio y responsabilidad judicial
Por Ana M. Fernndez *
Los diarios de estos das nos volvieron a conmover con la noticia de otro intento de femicidio. Carina N. Fernndez fue baleada con premeditacin por su ex pareja, Javier C. Weber. Otro ataque criminal anunciado (ver artculo de Pgina/12). Frente a amenazas reiteradas y pese al pedido mucho ms atinado del fiscal Gmez Ros, que haba solicitado condena de cuatro aos con prisin efectiva por el riesgo que corran la vctima y sus hijas, la jueza contravencional portea Gabriela Zangaro, el 16 de julio, lo conden a un ao de prisin en suspenso, con recomendacin de que se abstuviera de tomar contacto con su ex esposa, se hiciera un tratamiento psicolgico y realizara 80 horas de trabajo comunitario.
El error de apreciacin, por decirlo de alguna manera, de esta jueza es gravsimo. No slo porque luego Weber intent matar a su ex mujer. Esta jueza, desconoce la especificidad de la violencia de gnero y, por ende, de su peligrosidad? Por qu habr desodo la recomendacin del fiscal? Una vez ms, ser mujer no dio mejor sensibilidad ni entendimiento frente al padecer de otras mujeres.
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www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-151317-2010-08-14.html
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| 16 Aug 2010 - 08:49 | Ann Jones, Huffington Post
URL: www.thenation.com/article/154020/afghan- . . .
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Afghan Women Have Already Been Abandoned
Ann Jones
I know Bibi Aisha, the young Afghan woman pictured on the August 9 cover of Time, and I rejoice that her mutilated nose and ears are going to be surgically repaired. But the logic of those who use Aisha's story to convince us that the US military must stay in Afghanistan escapes me. Even Aisha has already left for America.
I realize that last remark has no logical basis, but then neither does the Time cover line "What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan" beside a shocking photo depicting what happened (to this woman) after we had already stayed for eight years. I heard Aisha's story from her a few weeks before the image of her face was displayed all over the world. She told me that her father-in-law caught up with her after she ran away, and took a knife to her on his own; village elders later approved, but the Taliban didn't figure at all in this account. The Time story, however, attributes Aisha's mutilation to a husband under orders of a Talib commander, thereby transforming a personal story, similar to those of countless women in Afghanistan today, into a portent of things to come for all women if the Taliban return to power. Profoundly traumatized, Aisha might well muddle her story, but what excuses reporters who seem to inflate the role of the Taliban with every repetition of the case? Some reports have Aisha "sentenced" by a whole Taliban "jirga."
The Taliban do terrible things. Yet the problem with demonizing them is that it diverts attention away from other, equally unpleasant and threatening facts. Let's not make the common mistake of thinking that the devil we see is the only one.
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www.thenation.com/article/154020/afghan-women-have-already-been-abandoned
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| 16 Aug 2010 - 08:08 | Angela Bonavoglia, Huffington Post
URL: www.huffingtonpost.com/angela-bonavoglia . . .
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Women Take On Gender Apartheid in the Catholic Church
Angela Bonavoglia
If doubts remained about the relationship between the Catholic Church's spectacular failure to address the clerical child sex abuse crisis and the church's glaring system of gender apartheid, the Vatican put them to rest in July. Engendering a firestorm of criticism, their new canonical guidelines for handling and punishing the most "grave crimes" in church law revealed just how enraged the hierarchy is at women who dare to challenge them. Along with the crimes of sexually molesting children and developmentally disabled adults, and of using and distributing pornography, the Vatican listed "the attempted sacred ordination of a woman."
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www.huffingtonpost.com/angela-bonavoglia/women-take-on-gender-apar_b_678836.html
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