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| 02 May 2010 - 09:16 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article3813
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Desinterés en Honduras para evitar femicidio y violencia
Impunidad ante una elevada tasa de homicidios
por Carolina Velázquez
Tegucigalpa – Honduras, 30 abr. 10. AmecoPress/CIMAC.- Honduras es uno de los países más violentos del hemisferio. En 2008, el Observatorio de la Violencia (OV) reportó una tasa de homicidios de 57.9 por cada 100 mil habitantes más alta que Guatemala (45 por cada 100 mil) y Nueva York (siete por cada 100 mil).
Las mujeres hondureñas han sufrido la peor parte de esta violencia y cuando se les asesina, los perpetradores quedan impunes con mayor frecuencia que en los casos de hombres asesinados.
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| 02 May 2010 - 08:48 | Dhruba Prasad Ghimire, Rural Women's Network Nepal
ruwonnepal@yahoo.com
URL: www.ruwonnepal.org.np
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Respected madam/sir,
* Warm greetings from RUWON Nepal.
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* RUWON Nepal is a network based NGO working in Nepal for the rights and development of women and children. We organize wonderful rally on the occasion of 100th International Women’s Day in Kathmandu , Nepal . In our rally there were four hundred members, volunteers and supporters of RUWON Nepal. This rally was jointly organizing Government of Nepal, Women’s commission, UNIFEM and other sixty three organizations all over the nation.
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* Rally on International Women's Day: www.saynotoviolence.org/join-say-no/nepali-women-join-celebrate-international-womens-day
* We have women’s literacy programs where are two sifting for formal and non-formal classes. There are reading sixty three women’s from different community.
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* Women's Literacy Program: www.saynotoviolence.org/join-say-no/womens-literacy-programs-nepal
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* We impressed from your important work. So, we are very much interested to develop partnership from Nepal . Could you give us the right way on it?
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* We look forward to hearing from you soon!
* With best regards,
* Dhruba Prasad Ghimire
* General Secretary
* Rural Women’s Network Nepal (RUWON Nepal)
* www.ruwonnepal.org.np
*
Dhruba (ruwonnepal@yahoo.com)
+977 9841 877157 (Phone)
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| 02 May 2010 - 08:40 | Canadian Press
URL: www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ot . . .
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Ottawa refuses to fund abortion in G8 plan
Andrew Vaughn/The Canadian Press
There will be no debate, Tories say, putting Canada’s signature maternal-health initiative at odds with policies of U.S. and Britain
Share with friends Close
Canada is refusing to fund abortion services as part of a G8 initiative to improve the health of mothers in poor countries.
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| 02 May 2010 - 08:30 | International Action Network on Small Arms
URL: www.iansa-women.org/sites/default/files/ . . .
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International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
IANSA Women's Network - April 2010 Bulletin
The IANSA Women's Network is the only international network focused on the connections between gender, women’s rights, small arms and armed violence.
Link to Full 8-Page Publication - Much Easier Reading:
www.iansa-women.org/sites/default/files/newsviews/en-iansa-wn-bulletin22-web.pdf
Women at Work: Preventing Gun Violence
28 April 2010
This edition includes: Canada: Torturers, Guns and Bullets • Network news • Spain: Seminar on women and peacebuilding • Reinforcing disarmament • Renewed energy for the Control Arms Campaign • Central Africa: Recent activities • Meeting Margot Wallstrom Special Focus: UN Commission on the Status of Women • Guns - the unending cycle of violence and information about events and resources.
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| 30 Apr 2010 - 10:03 | Domestic Violence and Child Custody
URL: www.domesticviolenceabuseandchildcustody . . .
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New Book:
Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody
The site is at
www.domesticviolenceabuseandchildcustody.com
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| 30 Apr 2010 - 09:48 | El Dia
URL: www.eldia.com.ar/edis/20100429/informaci . . .
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CAMPAÑA EN LA PLATA
Movida de varones contra el consumo de prostitución
Organizan talleres donde analizan críticamente, entre hombres, el rol del cliente
Se estima que 400.000 argentinas son víctimas de la trata de personas, el 95% de las cuales son obligadas a prostituirse. Cada mujer en esa situación genera un promedio de 1.000 dólares mensuales, mientras el valor de compra de una mujer dentro de las redes de trata oscila entre los 100 y los 5.000 pesos, según su aspecto y su edad. La cifra de víctimas de trata se eleva a 4 millones en todo el mundo, donde el negocio de la prostitución mueve anualmente 32.000 millones de dólares. Estos son algunos de los datos provenientes de organismos como Unicef y la Policía Federal que enumera Luciano Fabbri, del Colectivo de Varones Antipatriarcales, antes de describir la nueva campaña que impulsa el grupo: una campaña para poner en debate el rol del cliente dentro del mundo de la prostitución y su vínculo con las desigualdades de género.
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| 30 Apr 2010 - 09:40 | LaPrensa
URL: www.laprensasa.com/2.0/3/23/650557/Mexic . . .
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LATINOAMÉRICA-TRATA PERSONAS
La ONU destaca la "gran vulnerabilidad" de Latinoamérica en trata de personas
México, 15 abr (EFE).- La Organización de Naciones Unidas sostuvo hoy que América Latina se ha convertido en una región de "gran vulnerabilidad" en el delito de trata de personas, debido a las duras condiciones sociales y económicas existentes en algunos de sus países.
En entrevista con Efe, el director ejecutivo de la Oficina de Naciones Unidas para la Droga y el Delito (UNODC en inglés), el italiano Antonio María Costa, dijo que la situación se está agravando "gracias a la globalización, a la facilidad del comercio, del tráfico", de movimientos, entre otros factores.
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www.laprensasa.com/2.0/3/23/650557/Mexico/La-ONU-destaca-la-gran-vulnerabilidad-de-Latinoamerica-en-trata-de-personas.html
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| 30 Apr 2010 - 09:27 | Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - WILPF
URL: www.wilpfinternational.org/PDF/EconomicJ . . .
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Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - WILPF
MILITARY SPENDING VS. GENDER EQUALITY - YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!
Direct Link to Full 6-Page Publication:
www.wilpfinternational.org/PDF/EconomicJustice/YGWYPF.pdf
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| 30 Apr 2010 - 09:07 | Leslye E. Orloff, Legal Momentum
iwp@legalmomentum.org
URL: reformimmigrationforamerica.org/blog/mar . . .
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Please circulate widely.
Speak up for Immigration Reform: Against Law's Like Arizona's New Law and For Immigration Reforms That Will Work for Immigrant Women
March on May 1st
reformimmigrationforamerica.org/blog/march-index/
Get Your Organization to Sign on to the Attached Letter Urging Support for Immigration Reforms Immigrant Women and their Children Need --
Deadline extended to May 2nd at 5:00 p.m.
We are writing to seek your support in joining us in support of the attached sign-on letter urging members of Congress to support comprehensive immigration reform and changes in immigration enforcement policies that are crucial to the safety and well being of immigrant women, their children and our communities. This sign-on letter highlights the particular needs of immigrant women and children in the context of immigration reform legislation and Congressional oversight efforts with regard to the effects of current immigration policies and practices on immigrant women and children. It sets forth a set of principles that will assist the Congress in developing immigration and enforcement policy to help redress the too-often invisible circumstances in which many immigrant women live.
If your organization will sign on to the attached letter, please contact Alejandro Navarro at Legal Momentum, iwp@legalmomentum.org or (202) 326-0044.
May 1 March: On May 1st, people across America will be joining marches in their communities calling upon Congress and the Obama Administration to act now to fix our broken immigration system. Every day that our government doesn’t pass immigration reform, the fabric of America is unraveled and the American dream is deferred. The immigrant women immigrant women who care for our children, nurse our elderly, clean our offices and homes, and work in the farm and factories that feed and clothe our nation are forced to continue living in the shadows.
This past week Arizona passed a new immigration law. This new Arizona Anti Immigrant law is a dramatic example of the federal government's failure to take the lead on immigration. Increased immigration enforcement efforts like those required by the Arizona law and those created by the Obama Administration's expansion of 287(g) agreements authorizing local police to enforce immigration law raises the danger and vulnerability of immigrant women and make the need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform all the more important. Every day these enforcement actions continue immigrant women become more and more vulnerable to crime victimization, crime perpetrators go free and our communities become more and more unsafe.
Thank you in advance for joining us in these important efforts!
Leslye E. Orloff
Vice President and Director Immigrant Women Program
Legal Momentum
1101 14th Street, N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 326-0041
(202) 210-8886 (cell)
(202) 589-0511 (fax)
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| 29 Apr 2010 - 09:50 | Hugo Huberman, Lazo Blanco
URL: www.lazoblanco.org
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Abierta Convocatoria para Primer Curso Virtual
GÉNERO Y MASCULINIDADES
“HERRAMIENTAS TEÓRICO PRÁCTICAS PARA LA COMPRENSIÓN DEL
COMPORTAMIENTO MASCULINO Y EL TRABAJO CON HOMBRES DESDE UNA
PERSPECTIVA DE GÉNERO”.
Convocado por La Campaña Lazo Blanco Argentina - Uruguay
Con la colaboración de la Asoc. Civil “Pablo Besson”
Profesores: Lic. Raydel Romero Cabo
Educ. Hugo Huberman
Contactos: (+54) 1130874326
35307586
cursomasculinidades@gmail.com
www.lazoblanco.org
Curso dirigido a:
Hombres y Mujeres sensibilizados con el trabajo y conocimiento de las relaciones sociales entre hombres y mujeres, interesados/as en contribuir al mejoramiento de las relaciones genéricas y que requieran conocimientos sobre las masculinidades para la facilitación del trabajo en el tema, su vida social o individual.
Comienza el 17 de Mayo Duración 16 semanas.
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Hugo Huberman
Educador
Facilitador de Género, paternidades y familias.
http://hombrespadresfamilias. blogspot.com/
Coordinador Campaña Lazo Blanco
www.lazoblanco.org
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| 29 Apr 2010 - 09:42 | Iranian Women's Rights Activists
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Letter by Iranian Women's Rights Activists to Members of the United
Nation's Economic and Social Council
27 April 2010
Your Excellencies,
The news of the Iranian government's candidacy for membership in
ECOSOC's Commission on Status of Women (CSW) has disturbed women's
rights activists worldwide. According to the available information,
ECOSOC members will vote on Iran's candidacy for a vacant seat from the
Asia region on 28 and 29 April.
We, a group of gender-equality activists, believe that for the sake of
women's rights globally, an empty seat for the Asia group on CSW is much
preferable to Iran's membership. We are writing to alert you to the
highly negative ramifications of Iran's membership in this international
body.
In recent years, the Iranian government has not only refused to join the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW), but has actively opposed it. The Iranian government has
earned international condemnation as a gross violator of women's
rights. Discrimination against women is codified in its laws, as well as
in executive and cultural institutions, and Iran has consistently sought
to preserve gender inequality in all places, from the family unit to the
highest governmental bodies.
Iran's discriminatory laws demonstrate that the Islamic Republic does
not believe in gender equality: women lack the ability to choose their
husbands, have no independent right to education after marriage, no
right to divorce, no right to child custody, have no protection from
violent treatment in public spaces, are restricted by quotas for women's
admission at universities, and are arrested, beaten, and imprisoned for
peacefully seeking change of such laws.
While the Iranian women's rights movement has inspired equality
activists around the world, the Iranian government has no basic belief
in gender equality, and would bring those views to the leadership of
CSW. How would that support CSW's mission to remove gender
inequalities and promote and protect the status of women?
The Iranian government does not respect or implement the Beijing
Platform, and has done much to prevent the implementation of this
platform. After fifteen years of gains on this front worldwide, Iran
explicitly claims that the Beijing Platform has failed. In recent
years, the government has actively sought to justify paternalism and
gender-inequality under the guise of traditional values and cultural
relativism. Providing an international platform to such a government is
a serious threat to women's rights globally, and not just in Iran.
We, a group of gender-equality activists, caution you that Iran's
membership in CSW is a serious threat to the goals and mission of this
institution. The Iranian government will certainly use this opportunity
to curtail progress and the advancement of women.
We write this letter hoping that you will oppose Iran's membership. If
Iran's membership at CSW is inevitable, then we urge you to require its
government to make serious commitments to international conventions on
gender equality, particularly in implementing the Beijing Declaration
and Platform and becoming a party to CEDAW.
Respectfully
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| 29 Apr 2010 - 09:30 | Pablo Richard, America Latino en Movimiento
URL: alainet.org/active/37609
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Pedofilia y poder sagrado
Pablo Richard
“Al que escandalice y haga caer a uno de estos pequeños que creen en mí, mejor le sería que le amarraran al cuello una gran piedra de molino y que lo hundieran en lo más profundo del mar” (Palabra de Jesús en Mat 18, 6 y textos paralelos: Mrc 9, 42 // Lc 17, 2)
Mi intención con este artículo no es solo profundizar en los testimonios sobre la pedofilia en la Iglesia, sino ir a las causas, raíz y consecuencias de esta perversidad. La pedofilia, y otras iniquidades similares, ha desencadenado una crisis en la Iglesia, que no es una crisis temporal, que pueda ocultarse y olvidar, sino una crisis profunda de credibilidad, que puede durar muchas décadas para ser resuelta.
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| 28 Apr 2010 - 11:30 | Center for Judicial Excellence
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California
From Center for Judicial Excellence:
We need your support for AB 2475 right now! Assemblyman Jim Beall has introduced AB 2475 that eliminates quasi-judicial immunity for private sector court appointees (minors counsel, custody evaluators, special masters, therapists, etc). If this bill passes, then private sector court appointees will no longer be protected from being sued when they violate the law, rules of court, or professional standards.
Please fax, e-mail or call in your support for this legislation right away to both Assemblymembers listed below. If you are a member of an organization, a church, or any other group that supports family court reform, then please be sure to send your support on your organizational letterhead.
A hearing for this bill in the Assembly Judiciary Committee is set for next Tuesday, May 4th! It will likely start at 8am or 9am. Please plan to come to Sacramento to add your voice to those who demand justice for the court appointees who are flagrantly violating the law. Be sure to check your email again before then, as committee rescheduling is quite common, and we have no control over what the Judiciary Committee decides to do.
The cottage industry is already raising a ruckus about this bill, and we are being told that this bill doesn't have as much support as it does opposition. We are counting on you to prove them wrong. Please show our state lawmakers that there is broad statewide support for eliminating immunity for lawbreaking court appointees.
The Honorable Mike Feuer Chair, Assembly Judiciary Committee
State Capitol P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0042
Assemblymember.Feuer@Assembly.ca.gov
PHONE: 916-319-2042
FAX: 916-319-2142
The Honorable Jim Beall State Capitol P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento CA 94249-0024
Assemblymember.Beall@Assembly.ca.gov
PHONE: 916-319-2024
FAX: 916-319-2124
Check the CJE website often for breaking news & action opportunities. We'll be posting updates on CJE's other legislative priorities & related hearings soon!
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| 28 Apr 2010 - 08:40 | El Heraldo
URL: www.oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/nota . . .
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"Zetas" secuestran y venden mujeres en 40 dólares: ONG´s
Migrantes originarias de Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, y de otras nacionalidades, continúan siendo víctimas de las redes de la delincuencia organizada. Manrique Gandaria / El Sol de México
Ciudad de México.- Organizaciones de derechos humanos que trabajan en temas migratorios sostienen que pese a las campañas de prevención que lleva a cabo el Gobierno federal para radicar la trata de personas, mujeres, hombres, niñas, niños y adolescentes que salen de sus países en busca de una mejor vida tienen que soportar el costo de sufrir todo tipo de agresiones y violaciones a sus derechos humanos a lo largo de su trayecto por territorio mexicano.
Organizaciones como Frontera con Justicia, Humanidad Sin Fronteras, Belén Posada del Migrante y el Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez afirman que de acuerdo a testimonios de mujeres centroamericanas, en nuestro país las mujeres migrantes que viajan en el tren son secuestradas por grupos delictivos como los Zetas y forzadas a ejercer la prostitución en bares, prostíbulos y casas clandestinas en donde las venden hasta por 40 dólares".
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www.oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/notas/n1609159.htm
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| 28 Apr 2010 - 08:31 | MAFO
lalo.zavala@umos.org
URL: www.mafofarmworker.com
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MAFO
2011 National Farmworker Conference
Call for Workshop Proposals
Dear Colleagues;
MAFO, a National Partnership of Rural and Farmworker Organizations, provides a national forum to address farmworker and rural Latino communities. For over 39 years, the mission of MAFO has been to build healthy communities of rural Latinos. We recognize their assets, families’ needs and work to build self-sufficiency by advocating, training and strengthening rural Latinos, i.e. farmworkers, immigrants, Latino businesses and now Latino farmers and ranchers, many who are former farmworkers.
MAFO promotes social justice through building assets and advocacy through a holistic approach. Our primary focus is to help people enhance their current skills, develop new skills, acquire access to community resources, build assets such as personal wealth and thereby creating strong, healthy and productive families. We attempt to break down the isolation and loneliness that often festers in people who travel to harvest America and survive with limited resources. As this transient community relocates within rural America, we partner with community organizations and city government to facilitate and create welcoming climate to new communities. Our members and partnering organizations offer skills building, teaching of homeownership classes and assist in acquisition and creation of new small business ownership.
If you have any questions about MAFO and/or sponsorship opportunities, please do not hesitate to call me at 320.251.1711 or via e-mail at lalo.zavala@umos.org. Look for further announcement about the Conference plans and logistics. Thank you for your consideration.
Please forward this request to other who may be interested.
Have a Great Day!!!
Heladio (Lalo) F. Zavala | Chief Executive Officer
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MAFO, a National Partnership of Farmworker and Rural Organizations
3112 Southway Drive, Suite 1 | St. Cloud, MN 56301 (: 320.251.1711 | 7: 320.203.8913 *: lalo.zavala@umos.org | www.mafofarmworker.com
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| 28 Apr 2010 - 08:18 | UNIFEM
URL: www.youtube.com/saynotoviolence
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VIDEOS - Violence Against Women
Every week UNIFEM’s Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence Against Women YouTube channel features a different video that speaks on the issue.
see:
www.youtube.com/saynotoviolence
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| 28 Apr 2010 - 08:12 | RENEW
llarance@csswashtenaw.org
URL: www.csswashtenaw.org/renew
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*CALL FOR PAPERS*
*Special Issue of Violence Against Women *
*On*
*Contemporary Perspectives on Battered Women’s Use of Non-Fatal Force in
Intimate Heterosexual Relationships: A Contextual Approach*
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*Violence Against Women* is seeking manuscripts for a special issue on
contemporary perspectives regarding battered women’s use of non-fatal force
in their intimate heterosexual relationships. Submissions from a variety of
disciplines are encouraged including, but not limited to: social work,
psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, law, anthropology, and
criminology. Submissions may be empirically based (but do not need to be),
and themes may include (but are not limited to): domestic violence, women
in prison, criminalization of women’s behavior, probation experiences, legal
system strategies, and/or historical as well as cross-cultural analyses.
Manuscripts that include innovative strategies in work with women from
communities of color and other marginalized groups are of particular
interest.
Submission Deadline: January 7, 2011
Manuscripts should not exceed 30 double-space pages, including tables,
references, and notes. Authors should email their manuscripts to: Lisa
Young Larance, at llarance@csswashtenaw.org
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Lisa Young Larance, MSW, LCSW, LMSW
RENEW Program Coordinator
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County
4925 Packard Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
Tel: 734-971-9781 x468
Fax: 734-971-2730
Email: llarance@csswashtenaw.org
Web: www.csswashtenaw.org/renew
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| 27 Apr 2010 - 09:57 | Guardian, UK
URL: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/25/git . . .
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Gita Sahgal's dispute with Amnesty International puts human rights group in the dock
The champion of womens' rights has accused it of losing its moral compass over its association with Moazzam Begg
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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/25/gita-sahgal-amnesty-international
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| 27 Apr 2010 - 08:05 | El Pais, ES
URL: www.elpais.com/articulo/reportajes/Lobos . . .
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REPORTAJE: PADRES DEL MAL
Lobos entre corderos
La Iglesia española ha dado la espalda durante años a las víctimas de los curas pederastas. EL PAÍS saca a la luz sus historias
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www.elpais.com/articulo/reportajes/Lobos/corderos/elpepusocdmg/20100425elpdmgrep_1/Tes
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| 27 Apr 2010 - 07:57 | National Sexual Violence Resource Center
URL: www.nsvrc.org/projects/just-rural-confer . . .
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Just Rural! Conference
The Just Rural! Conference registration is now open!
June 8-10, 2010 in beautiful Denver, Colorado!
Conference registration is FREE for OVW Rural Grantees!
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the Resource Sharing Project will provide a unique training opportunity for OVW Rural Grantees to enhance the provision of sexual assault services in the context of intimate partner violence. This national conference will bring together advocates, medical professionals, prosecutors and law enforcement community partners to share and learn as peers. Workshop topics and sessions will address basic core competencies in the provision of sexual assault services to survivors of intimate partner violence, as well as more advanced topics.
more info...
www.nsvrc.org/projects/just-rural-conference
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| 26 Apr 2010 - 21:37 | Amecopressa
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article3759
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Plan integral contra la trata de seres humanos con fines de explotación sexual
El Gobierno hace una valoración positiva del primer año del plan de trata
Bibiana Aído presenta un informe en el Consejo de Ministros
por Gloria López
Madrid, 26 abr. 10, AmecoPress. La ministra de Igualdad, Bibiana Aído, presentó en el Consejo de Ministros del pasado viernes un informe sobre el primer año del plan integral contra la trata de seres humanos con fines de explotación sexual, aprobado el 12 de diciembre de 2008. En rueda de prensa posterior, la vicepresidenta primera del Gobierno, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, realizó una valoración positiva del primer año de aplicación del plan ya que “se han cumplido la mayoría de las prioridades establecidas para 2009”.
La vicepresidenta explicó que el plan tiene tres áreas clave que son la asistencia y protección a las víctimas, la persecución del delito y la prevención y sensibilización. Señaló que en materia de legislación, el delito diferenciado de trata se ha incluido en la reforma del Código Penal y, además, se ha ratificado el convenio del Consejo de Europa para la lucha contra esta lacra.
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| 26 Apr 2010 - 14:34 | Amnesty International
URL: www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNA . . .
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AFGHANISTAN - ATTACK ON FEMALE POLITICIAN HIGHLIGHTS
GROWING RISK FOR AFGHAN WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE
The shooting of a female Afghan politician on Monday demonstrates the fragility of the modest gains made by Afghan women after the fall of the Taleban, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
Nida Khyani, a female Provincial Council member, was left in critical condition after being attacked in a drive-by shooting in Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital of Baghlan in northern Afghanistan.
"Nida Khyani is yet another casualty of the systematic violent targeting of women in public life in Afghanistan," said Sam Zarifi, Director of Amnesty International's Asia Pacific programme.
"The Afghan government and the international troops supporting it have failed to adequately protect women working in public office and as human rights defenders," said Sam Zarifi. "The ability of Afghan women to be active outside their homes should be a key benchmark for the effectiveness of the Afghan government and NATO troops, and in this regard, the record is quite poor."
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www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010040816177&lang=e
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| 26 Apr 2010 - 13:59 | Ministry for the Status of Women
URL: www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/~/media/Resourc . . .
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AUSTRALIA - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN A CONTINUING PROBLEM - STUDY
Australia still has a long way to go to abolish violence against women, a new survey reveals.
One in four people think women falsify or exaggerate claims of rape and domestic violence, according to the federally funded survey of more than 10,000 Australians.
And one in five think domestic violence is excusable if the attacker regrets what they have done.
Despite this, 98 per cent or respondents recognise domestic violence is a crime, up from 93 per cent in a similar 1995 survey.
VicHealth, which compiled the results, says despite the wide range of conflicting views, Australian attitudes are changing for the better.
In the 1995 survey one in seven respondents said women who were raped had asked for it, compared to one in 20 in the latest survey.
VicHealth CEO Todd Harper says efforts to improve the safety of women and change community attitudes have begun to pay off.
"However, the sheer numbers of women affected by violence, mostly committed by the men with whom they share their lives, remain horrific," he said in a statement.
"So we must do everything we can to challenge the kind of attitudes, behaviours and practices that allow violence against women to flourish."
Minister for the Status of Women Tanya Plibersek told ABC Radio there were many areas "where we (federal government) need to do a lot of work with the community to really improve attitudes towards violence against women".
Men and younger people were more likely to tolerate domestic assaults on women, the survey showed.
And it predicted that one in three women would be assaulted in their lifetime.
see study exec. summary:
www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/~/media/ResourceCentre/PublicationsandResources/NCAS_CommunityAttitudes_report_2010.ashx
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| 26 Apr 2010 - 12:56 | IPS Gender Wire
URL: ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51174
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A Decade On, No Seats for Women at the Peace Table
By Marguerite A. Suozzi
Only 19 out of 192 member states have developed national action plans to implement 1325, noted Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury of Bangladesh.
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23, 2010 (IPS) - It was a historic moment for the United Nations when, 10 years ago, the Security Council unanimously recognised "the intrinsic role of women in global peace and security" through Resolution 1325, said Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury of Bangladesh at a panel at the U.N. Thursday on the continuing obstacles to its implementation.
"The resolution was primarily based on a simple thesis that the equal access and full participation of women in all layers of power structures, as well as their full participation in prevention and resolution of conflicts were essential elements for making and sustaining peace," explained Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, and the moderator of the panel, cosponsored by Bangladesh, Canada and Sweden.
But efforts to implement 1325 and other "sister resolutions" as Ambassador Henri-Paul Normandin, the deputy permanent representative of Canada, described them, have been largely stymied for the past decade.
Chowdhury, also a former U.N. under-secretary-general, cited the fact that only 19 out of 192 member states have developed national action plans to implement 1325, as one reason for the stalled progress. He also expressed deep regret about the number of reports of sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers.
"It's a shame that even peacekeepers are engaged in these kinds of things," he said, criticising the lack of accountability in bringing those accused of sexual abuse to justice, particularly those deployed by the U.N.
"During the last three years from 2007 to 2009, 450 cases of abuse [by peacekeepers] have been reported, and would you believe, only 29 have been acted on," said Chowdhury.
"If we have an International Criminal Court now, which has recognised rape and sexual exploitation as a crime against humanity, why can't these cases be taken up by the [Security] Council?" he asked.
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