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| 23 Jul 2010 - 14:06 | American Mothers Political Party, Blogtalkradio
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Blog Talk Radio
Host Name: American Mothers Political Party
Show Name: The Winds of Change
Date / Length: 7/22/2010 3:00 PM - 1 hr 1 min
Length: 1 hr 1 min
Description:
h:135200 s:1163956 Mothers across the world are uniting to expose the criminals of family court. We demand justice and equality within the system. We will discuss the impact that Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives have done to Motherhood. We will share what we have uncovered and who has been paid off. Please join us and share your story of family court nightmares!
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| 23 Jul 2010 - 13:24 | Irinnews
URL: www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89 . . .
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DRC: Getting away with rape
GOMA, 12 July 2010 (IRIN) - When nine-year-old Jeanne* from North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was raped by a neighbour, her parents were determined he would not get away with it.
With the help of an international organization that provides legal services for victims of sexual violence, they contacted the police and got a lawyer.
Then the DRC’s legal system kicked in.
The man, who lives in Masisi territory several hours from the provincial capital Goma where Jeanne is hospitalized, paid off the local police to let him out of prison. When officers from Goma came to make the arrest, he was gone - tipped off by a family member who works at Goma police station, according to Jeanne’s family.
When the officers left he came back and threatened to kill Jeanne’s father who had stayed in their village to care for their other three children. Terrified, the family fled. The neighbour, meanwhile, remains at home.
“Even when she is healed we can’t go back to our village,” said Jeanne’s mother, speaking from the Heal Africa hospital where her daughter is being treated. “Where are we going to live now?”
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| 23 Jul 2010 - 13:09 | Amnesty International
URL: www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/land . . .
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Landmark US legislation addresses sexual violence against native women
23 July 2010
Amnesty International has welcomed groundbreaking legislation in the USA, which addresses the disturbing rates of acts of sexual violence committed with impunity against American Indian and Alaska Native women.
The Tribal Law and Order Act, which was passed by the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, aims to address public safety issues in Indian territories.
The act would enhance the criminal justice system by improving coordination and communication between federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies, Amnesty International said.
"This historic, bi-partisan legislation addresses long-overlooked human rights abuses in Indian Country. It is an important effort to tackle major challenges that allow crimes against Native American and Alaska Native peoples to flourish," said Larry Cox, executive director for Amnesty International USA.
"If properly implemented, it will open the door for the US government to address the erosion of tribal authority. In time it will decrease the high levels of rape and finally provide Native women with effective recourse if they are sexually assaulted. In short, this legislation stands to curtail the impunity that allows rapists to prey on Native women like vultures."
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www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/landmark-us-legislation-addresses-sexual-violence-against-native-women-2010-07-23
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| 22 Jul 2010 - 10:02 | Equality Now
URL: equalitynow.org/english/takeaction/newsa . . .
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Urgent Alert: Mexico
July 2010
Take action against the officials who raided a high security women’s shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua State
On 9 June 2010, fourteen men, six of whom were carrying high-powered weapons, arrived at the secret facilities of Sin Violencia A.C. (“Without Violence”), the only high security shelter in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua State, Mexico, for women at extreme risk of violence. Heading the group was court clerk Román García, who presented a copy of an official letter signed by the First Judge of the Bravos Judicial District Family Court, Lic. Guadalupe Manuel de Santiago Aguayo. The letter authorized the use of force and breaking of locks in order to take immediate custody of a minor girl named in the letter. However, the letter was not addressed to the shelter. Accordingly, the shelter staff refused to allow the men to enter and asked for a search warrant, which the men did not have. The staff also informed the men that the girl was not at the shelter, and further explained that it was not possible to allow them to enter since it was a high-risk shelter where the protocols prohibited the entry of men, especially armed men.
The men threatened to send the shelter staff to prison and one of them, while showing his weapon, told the staff, “I invite you all to cooperate, or I will have no other choice but to act.” Another took the shelter director’s identification card saying that now he had more information about who was opposing them and further threatened, “You all are going to regret this, you’re going to get into trouble, it is better that you cooperate, and we’re going to tear down the doors and break the locks.”
Faced with threats of violence, the shelter staff was obliged to open the doors of the facility. The men entered the shelter violently, throwing furniture around, looking under beds and creating a hostile and terrifying situation for the resident women and children who had previously escaped violent situations in their homes. The men did not find the girl as she was not in the shelter.
TAKE ACTION!
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| 22 Jul 2010 - 09:56 | Unavision
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Plan para rehabilitar prostitutas
Opción para no pasar noches en prisión
DALLAS - Era casi la medianoche en un atestado tribunal ambulante y una prostituta se disculpaba ante un juez por haberse quedado dormida durante la vista.
Explicó que no había dormido en tres días y que estaba sintiendo el bajón que viene luego de consumir crack, por lo que no se sentía en condiciones de tomar una decisión. La mujer debía optar entre dos salidas que sólo en Dallas se ofrece a las prostitutas: van a la cárcel o se someten a un tratamiento de rehabilitación.
Dajar la calle o...
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| 22 Jul 2010 - 09:42 | International Crisis Group
URL: www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/ . . .
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Working Paper on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence against Women Displaced by Conflict
Donald Steinberg,
In March 2010, the United Nations established the Civil Society Advisory Group on Women, Peace, and Security (CSAG) to advise the Secretary-General and the High-Level Steering Committee of UN agencies and entities on ensuring a coherent and coordinated approach to protecting women's rights during armed conflict and ensuring their full participation in all conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconstruction processes. CSAG’s co-chairs are Mary Robinson and Bineta Diop, and its members are Sanam Anderlini, Thelma Awori, Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, Lakhdar Brahimi, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Swanee Hunt, Hina Jilani, Elisabeth Rehn, Zainab Salbi, Salim Ahmed Salim, Donald Steinberg, and Susana Villarán de la Puente.
In addition to recommending concrete, time-bound and accountaable steps for commemorating the tenth anniversary of UNSC resolution 1325 in October 2010, CSAG is preparing a series of working papers with concrete recommendations for actions on the topics: (a) women’s participation and leadership in the UN and peace processes; (b) civil society involvement in peacebuilding; (c) preventing and responding to sexual violence against women displaced by conflict; (d) advancing National Action Plans, regional action plans, and twinning on women, peace and security; and (e) resourcing women, peace and security.
Attached is the working paper on preventing and responding to sexual violence. The chairperson for this working group, Crisis Group Deputy President Donald Steinberg, would welcome comments and inquiries regarding the analysis and recommendations included therein. He can be contacted at dsteinberg@crisisgroup.org .
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| 21 Jul 2010 - 10:58 | CIMAC Mx
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10072008-En-1 . . .
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Seis de ellas purgan condenas de 25 a 29 años de prisión
En 10 años 160 guanajuatenses han sido denunciadas por aborto
Por Gladis Torres Ruiz
México, D.F 20 jul 10 (CIMAC).- De 2000 a 2010, en Guanajuato 160 mujeres han sido denunciadas por aborto, 14 de ellas están bajo un proceso penal, y 9 purgan una sentencia bajo caución. Hasta el momento 7 han sido encarceladas por una sentencia de homicidio en razón de parentesco, y sólo una de ellas fue recientemente liberada, “porque no cometió ningún delito”.
Verónica Cruz Sánchez, directora del “Centro Las Libres”, informó en entrevista telefónica que las 6 mujeres encarceladas, todas son pobres, originarias de la zona Noreste del estado, “casualmente la más marginada con escaso acceso a la educación básica”.
“Estas mujeres no tuvieron acceso a los servicios de salud, ni educación sexual y comunicación entre sus padres, los hombres que las embarazaron las abandonaron a su suerte”, subrayó.
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| 21 Jul 2010 - 10:38 | Association for Women's Rights in Development
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USA: Religious Hospitals Probed for Denying Women Care
Source: Women's eNews
A legal commentator analyzes the possible reverberations of a Catholic nun being excommunicated for authorizing an abortion that saved the life of a young woman and the ACLU's decision to act against what they say is a violation of federal law.By Caroline Johnston Polisi
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| 20 Jul 2010 - 09:31 | Kathy Jammer, PASS
URL: www.traffickjamming.org
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Hawaii Anti Human-Trafficking Legislation and Events UPDATE
Aloha, PASS Supporters:
As you know, on July 6th 2010, Governor Linda Lingle vetoed SB2045 (Hawaii Anti Sex-Trafficking Bill) which had been drastically altered in Legislative Conference by then Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu currently running for Lt. Governor. We still supported the bill as it would have established the definition of sex-trafficking and its perpetrators and victims. Details and problems resulting from Rep. Karamatsu's changes would've been amended next session much more easily than starting over with a new bill.
However, we do not consider all this a defeat as we have gained many supporters such as yourself committed to stopping Human Trafficking in Hawaii and more public awareness than ever before. We can and will pass state law in the near future. Only a small percentage (on average about 6%) of bills introduced into the Hawaii legislature make it all the way to the Governor's desk for signing. We proved we can do it once and we can do it again in 2011!
Success does not happen within two hours like in the movies. It is the long process by which a movement of people educates a generation to be good to each other; regardless of power and politics. Success IS the continual fight for justice. And PASS is in this for the long haul!
Currently, we have already started to draft a new bill for next session with input from law enforcement. We hope to reach out to as many members on all levels of law enforcement in the near future to make next year's bill a collaborative effort and not a point of dissent.
We also send a message of sincere THANKS to Sen. Suzanne Chun-Oakland and the Women's Legislative Caucus for supporting the effort to establish state law.
Among our goals for the next bill are:
1) define sex-trafficking as a class A felony offense by revising current promoting prostitution statutes (which will clearly define the role of the sex-trafficker);
2) hold patrons of prostitution responsible for the advancement of prostitution (currently, patrons are exempt under state promoting prostitution laws); and
3) require patrons of prostitution/trafficking to register as sex-offenders in the state sex-offender registry.
We have left out labor trafficking from this next bill, which will be addressed in a separate bill, because of the fact that labor trafficking was immediately removed from our last bill at its first hearing by the Senate Judiciary committee under Sen. Brian Taniguchi. The bill would have been killed had we advocated against its removal.
We are progressing in steps and with your help, we will finally pass state laws, which will make Hawaii among 45 states that have passed Human Trafficking legislation on the local level.
Benefits for a state law include:
1) Enabling local law enforcement to better identifying victims in sex-trafficking, rather than seeing them as "prostitutes" by law, especially youth victims;
2) Enabling local law enforcement to create a "High Risk Victims' Identification" program for children at high-risk for Human Trafficking;
3) Enabling local law enforcement to create a division specifically focused only on Human Trafficking crimes;
4) Enabling adequate statistics to be gathered for perpetrators and victims of sex-trafficking, rather than relying on general prostitution arrests.
If you have not done so already, please we just started a petition on Change.org titled "2011 Signatures to Pass Hawaii Anti Sex-Trafficking Laws in 2011", and I'd love your support. You can sign the petition in less than 30 seconds by clicking the link below:
www.change.org/petitions/view/2011_signatures_to_pass_hawaii_anti_sex-traffi cking_laws_in_2011
SPECIAL EVENTS COMING UP
On the morning of Saturday, October 2nd, Stop Child Trafficking (Honolulu) will hold a Walk Against Child-Trafficking. According to federal officials, Hawaii recently ranks among the handful of states with the worst child-trafficking problem (Honolulu StarAdvertiser). The walk will start at 8:30am until noon commencing at Fresh Cafe on 831 Queen Street off Ward Avenue, very close to three noted brothels, two of which have been sites for sex-trafficking both domestic and international victims. This walk is free and open to all ages, individuals and community groups. (registration check-in starts at 7:30am)
For more information on how to register for this walk, visit: www.traffickjamming.org
The 7th Annual Girl Fest Hawaii is coming November 10-14, 2010! The program will include an anti human-trafficking showcase and the opportunity to network with other island abolitionists sharing our common cause. For more info, visit: www.girlfesthawaii.org
Please keep in touch with future abolitionist events by joining these FB pages:
PASS
http://www.facebook.com/traffickjamming
GIRL FEST
http://www.facebook.com/girlfest
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Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery
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| 20 Jul 2010 - 08:59 | El Clarin
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A 16 meses de su sanción, reglamentaron la ley de violencia de género
Aún no se sabe de dónde saldrán los fondos para que se aplique íntegramente.
PorSibila Camps
La presidenta firmó ayer el decreto, ley de violencia de género En un acto realizado en la Casa Rosada, la presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner firmó ayer el decreto por el que se reglamenta la ley 26.485, para luchar contra la violencia de género. La Presidenta destacó el trabajo participativo de organizaciones civiles y especialistas de instituciones públicas en la elaboración de las pautas. Sin embargo, no hizo ningún anuncio acerca de los fondos necesarios para implementar la norma.
La “Ley de protección integral para prevenir, sancionar y erradicar la violencia contra las mujeres” fue aprobada hace 16 meses. Establece diferentes tipos de violencia: física, psicológica, sexual, económica y simbólica . Y describe distintas modalidades, según el ámbito donde se ejerza: violencia doméstica, laboral, contra la libertad reproductiva, obstétrica, mediática e institucional.
En esta última, la reglamentación incluye la violencia religiosa , “cuando una creencia o práctica religiosa impide a las mujeres ejercer sus derechos o realizar conductas lícitas”.
Aún cuando la ley y la reglamentación enumeran en detalle muchas de las formas de la violencia de género, no contemplan ninguna sancióncontra quienes la cometan. Precisan, en cambio, las condiciones en las que las víctimas podrán acceder gratuitamente a la Justicia –sin tener que acreditar falta de recursos–, y a la atención de su problema, junto con los hijos e hijas que vivan con ellas
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| 20 Jul 2010 - 08:55 | El Universal
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Esclavas sexuales, criminalizadas
Al ser liberadas, mujeres secuestradas para ejercer la prostitución son acusadas de no tener papeles
MADRID.— Sólo se sabe de ella que estaba embarazada de casi tres meses de un cliente que le prohibió usar preservativo, que nació en Nigeria y que había viajado a España con un sueño: lograr una vida mejor. Tener un trabajo digno que le permitiera salir de la pobreza y poder mandar dinero a su familia.
Le prometieron que lo lograría cuidando niños, ancianos o limpiando casas. Pero desde que llegó a Madrid fue secuestrada, vejada, violada, golpeada y amenazada por una red de trata de personas que la obligó a trabajar de prostituta hasta 21 días al mes (sólo descansaba cuando tenía el periodo), y a atender entre 10 y 15 clientes por noche, muchos de los cuales la maltrataron. Todo ello bajo la amenaza de asesinar a su familia en su país natal
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| 19 Jul 2010 - 09:45 | Center for Housing Rights and Evictions
URL: www.cohre.org/view_page.php?page_id=435
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Report
Lack of housing forces victims of domestic violence in Latin America to stay with abusers
16 July 2010 – An investigative study on domestic violence and housing in Latin America released today reveals that likely hundreds of thousands of women remain in homes where they are subjected to violence simply because they have no alternative place to go.
The 50-page report, released by the Geneva-based international housing rights watchdog the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), exposes the reality facing women in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, where lack of access to adequate housing, including emergency shelter, prevents victims of domestic violence from escaping their abusers.
COHRE interviewed scores of women in cities across Argentina, Brazil and Colombia who experienced domestic violence first-hand and the report presents some of their stories.
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| 19 Jul 2010 - 09:03 | Feminist Law Professor Blog
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Naomi Schoenbaum on Elena Kagan’s “Post-Identity” Approach to Gender
by Bridget Crawford
Naomi Schoenbaum, a Bigelow Fellow at The University of Chicago Law School, has published "Post-Gender Justice: What Does Being a Woman Mean to Elena Kagan?" in The New Republic. Here is an excerpt:
Kagan has been deemed a female pioneer: the first woman to lead Harvard Law School and to serve as solicitor general. Yet, despite this impressive list of firsts, Kagan (who was dean of Harvard Law School when I was a second- and third-year student there) has not taken up the helm as a leader on women’s issues, or explicitly identified herself as a woman leader in the law. This has something to do with her age. The first generation of women lawyers to make it to the highest echelons of the American legal profession—who faced enormous barriers in the profession simply because they were women—had no choice but to take on gender as a defining feature of their legal education and career. * *
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| 19 Jul 2010 - 08:55 | Iran.com
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Crushed Under Stones
Long list of those awaiting execution by stoning
As protests against the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani arose amongst the public and western officials, the IRI embassy in London announced that the verdict would not be stoned to death. On the contrary, the Secretary of Judiciary Commission of Human Rights declared that death by stoning does exist in the law of the country and that it would be implemented.
Now, it is feared that the Islamic Republic of Iran may decide to suddenly execute all those sentenced to stoning, either by stoning or hanging, in an attempt to quiet the rising western opposition as quickly as possible.
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| 19 Jul 2010 - 08:41 | Huffington Post
URL: www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/19/health . . .
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Health Care Reform Produces Win For Abortion Foes
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
WASHINGTON — Abortion foes have won a round in the first test of how President Barack Obama's health care law will be applied to the politically charged issue.
Meanwhile, traditional allies of the administration are grumbling about a decision to ban most abortion coverage in insurance pools for those unable to purchase health care on their own.
The Catholic bishops "welcome this new policy," said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, although he added the organization remains concerned that other parts of the health care overhaul will promote abortion.
NARAL Pro-Choice America called it "inexplicable and wrongheaded
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