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| 09 Mar 2008 - 22:42 | Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
URL: family-law.lawyers.com/news-headline/Dom . . .
| Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
February 4, 2008 Monday
Domestic violence law `trumps immunity'
BYLINE: STEPHANIE POTTER
The family of a woman who allegedly was murdered by her former boyfriend can go ahead with its lawsuit alleging that two suburban police departments failed to protect her after learning of the man's plot to kill her, the 1st District Appellate Court held Monday.
The appeals court reinstated the suit brought by relatives of Mary E. Lacey. Lacey and her mother, Margaret Ballog, were found murdered on Dec. 13, 2004, at Lacey's Glenview home.
The Lacey family alleged in their suit that the Palatine and Glenview police departments promised to protect Lacey after learning of former boyfriend Steven Zirko's plot to kill her, but failed to do so. Zirko is now awaiting trial on murder charges.
Named in the suit were the municipalities and a handful of police officers who worked on the case.
Cook County Circuit Judge Kathy M. Flanagan granted a motion to dismiss brought by the Palatine and Glenview defendants, finding they were immune from suit under the provisions of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, 745 ILCS 10/4-101 et seq.
In so ruling, Flanagan rejected the plaintiffs' claims that the Domestic Violence Act, 750 ILCS 60/101 et seq., overrode the immunity typically granted to police officers for failure to provide police protection or make an arrest.
But on Monday, the appeals court found that the Domestic Violence Act did provide the basis of a cause of action for Lacey's death. However, the appeals court affirmed the dismissal of the claims brought on Ballog's behalf, determining that she was not a protected person under the Domestic Violence Act.
Writing for the court, Justice Robert Cahill said the Domestic Violence Act provides an exception to the general rule of governmental immunity. Section 305 of the act provides: "Any act of omission or commission by any law enforcement officer acting in good faith in rendering emergency assistance or otherwise enforcing this act shall not impose civil liability upon the law enforcement officer or his or her supervisor or employer, unless the act is is result of willful and wanton misconduct." (West 2006).
article continues..,
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| 09 Mar 2008 - 22:31 | Lorena
lorena_veliz70@hotmail.com
| mi hija a sido violada x su propio tio , el vive en arizona pero la violacion fue en ecuador , y mi hija vino a contarlo ya cuando habia pasado un mes,todo salio x que ella anda muy distante y no rendia en sus estudios me llamaron del cole y me comentaron que algo pasaba con ella . yo vivo en españa diganme que hago,como lo denuncio , este maldito es mi propio hermano. ayudarme
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 17:56 | admin
URL: www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/02/26/husb . . .
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Behind the speeches and marches, the promises and programs, there is the reality of women's lives.
If you only have a few minutes this international women's day, please see the two minute video by RAWA (the Revolutionary Association of Afghanistan Women) at:
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/02/26/husband-cuts-toes-of-his-wife-po urs-hot-water-on-her.html
or click on the active link above the text
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 17:19 | Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
URL: www.rawa.org/events/mar8-2008_e.htm
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RAWA communiqué on the International Women's Day, March 8, 2008
Afghan women burn in the inferno of
fundamentalists and invaders
Today on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Women’s Day, women in the developed countries celebrate it with joy, but we still have to voice the miseries, problems and cruelties that our people and particularly women are going through in Afghanistan.
Women's Rights Catastrophe in Afghanistan
After the US and allies invaded Afghanistan around seven years ago, they misleadingly claimed of bringing peace and democracy and liberating Afghan women from the bleeding fetters of the Taliban. But in reality Afghan women are still burning voraciously in the inferno of fundamentalism. Women are exchanged with dogs, girls are gang-raped, men in the Jehadi-dominated society kill their wives viciously and violently, burn them by throwing hot water, cut off their nose and toes, innocent women are stoned to death and other heinous crimes are being committed. But the mafia government of Mr. Karzai is tirelessly trying to conciliate with the criminals and award medals to those who should be prosecuted for their crimes and lootings.
Unaware of the realities, some people considered the presence of tens of women in the parliament as a symbol of democracy, development, freedom and women’s rights. But it is clear now that these women are related to intelligence agencies or fundamentalist bands, are like dolls in the hands of Jehadi warlords who are calmly watching the adversity of our misfortunate women and instead of revealing and protesting against the horrible condition of women, are busy in corruption and collaboration with the sworn enemies of women’s rights and keeping their position in the parliament. If these women were truly representatives of Afghan women, they should have stood firmly beside Malalai Joya to fulfill their obligation towards our people and country with honesty and sincerity.
Continues,
http://www.rawa.org/even ts/mar8-2008_e.htm
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 11:29 | Proyecto ESPERANZA
comunicacion@proyectoesperanza.org
URL: www.proyectoesperanza.org
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Espana
Un cordial saludo.
EL PROYECTO ESPERANZA DENUNCIA
LA TRATA CON FINES DE EXPLOTACIÓN LABORAL
EN EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LA MUJER TRABAJADORA
* Según la OIT1, 1,1 millones de personas son víctimas de la trata con fines de trabajo forzado para explotación laboral.
* Según Naciones Unidas2, en el mundo el 28 % de las víctimas de trata lo son para trabajo forzado para explotación económica.
* La explotación y situación de servidumbre se desarrollan en
servicios domésticos, trabajo en la agricultura y venta ambulante.
* Las mujeres sufren amenazas, retención de pasaportes, jornadas de trabajo sin descanso, entornos insalubres y un sinfín de vulneraciones de sus derechos humanos.
Madrid, 6 de marzo de 2008. En el día 8 de marzo en que se conmemora el día
internacional de la mujer trabajadora, el Proyecto ESPERANZA, quiere aportar
una palabra para denunciar una forma particularmente invisible de violencia:
la trata de mujeres con fines de explotación laboral.
“España está entre los 10 países con más mujeres víctimas de trata en el mundo y a pesar del aumento de presencia del fenómeno de la violencia de género en los medios de comunicación, a pesar del aumento de jornadas,
campañas, carteles, días y noches internacionales… a pesar del esfuerzo de comunicación y sensibilización, el fenómeno de la trata de mujeres con fines
de explotación sigue siendo una forma de violencia de género que queda impune en la mayoría de los casos.” comenta marta González, coordinadora del Proyecto Esperanza.
El Proyecto ESPERANZA, lleva más de 9 años acompañando y facilitando una salida a más de 450 mujeres víctimas de la trata, y solicita de cara a la próxima cita electoral a los partidos políticos que concurren:
* La firma y la ratificación de la Convención del Consejo de Europa
contra la Trata de Seres Humanos, entrada en vigor el pasado 1 de febrero.
* La adaptación/elaboración de una política de tolerancia cero ante la
Trata de personas mediante un Plan Nacional de lucha contra la trata de personas con una perspectiva de protección de los derechos de las víctimas y
a través de un proceso que incluya a la sociedad civil.
* El establecimiento y fortalecimiento de un sistema de detección y protección integral de todas las víctimas de trata, con independencia de que
colaboren con las autoridades interponiendo denuncia contra los autores del delito.
* La adopción de medidas específicas para las menores víctimas de trata.
* El refuerzo de los recursos existentes con los medios económicos y personales imprescindibles para garantizar la eficacia en la lucha contra la
Trata.
Más información:
Laura Toronjo [Responsable de Prensa Proyecto Esperanza]
comunicacion@proyectoesperan za.org
Tel: 91 415 91 74 | 696792238
Sobre Proyecto ESPERANZA www.proyectoesperanza.org
Proyecto Esperanza surge en el año 1999 ante el crecimiento de la
Trata de Mujeres en España, y desarrolla un programa de acogida integral para mujeres
víctimas de explotación en condiciones de esclavitud. El proyecto, a cargo de la Congregación de Religiosas adoratrices, cuenta con un equipo
multidisciplinar de profesionales que considera el tráfico de persona una violación de los derechos humanos. Colabora estrechamente con otras organizaciones, y forma parte de la Red Española contra la Trata y la Alianza Global contra el Tráfico de Mujeres (GAATW).
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 11:17 | Carolina Ruiz Torres
carolina@flora.org.pe
URL: ccelima.org/pLog/index.php?op= ViewArti . . .
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Peru
ACTIVIDADES EN EL MES DE LA MUJER!!! (CCE)
<http://ccelima.org/pLog/index.php?o p=ViewArticle&articleId=264&blogId=1>
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 11:11 | Claudia
URL: www.larepublica.com.pe/content/view/2077 . . .
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Mayoría dice: Perú es un país machista
Breves Mayoría dice: Perú es un país machista Según la última encuesta de la Universidad de Lima sobre la situación de la mujer, el 78.5% de entrevistados (5,554 hombres y mujeres) considera que en el Perú hay discriminación. Asimismo, el 54.3% cree que las mujeres son machistas, mientras que el 44.2% estima que las mujeres realizan mejor los trabajos que también son realizados por hombres. De otro lado, el 94% de encuestados señala estar dispuesto a votar por una mujer para la Presidencia de la República.
Fuente: http://www.larepublica.com.pe/content/vi ew/207754/30/
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 11:09 | Consejo Directivo de la RIPAVF
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Red Interinstitucional para la Prevención y Atención de la Violencia Familiar
RIPAVF-AYACUCHO
ACTIVIDAD ES EN EL MARCO DE LAS CELEBRACIONES POR EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LA MUJER-2008
Marzo, 08 "Día Internacional de la Mujer"
El primer Día Internacional de la Mujer fue organizado en los Estados Unidos el último día de febrero de 1908. Ese día las organizaciones de mujeres socialistas llamaron a desarrollar enormes manifestaciones públicas para luchar por el derecho de la mujer al voto y por sus derechos políticos y económicos.
En 1909, en fecha similar, 2,000 personas asistieron a una demostración para celebrar el Día de la Mujer en Manhattan, Nueva York. En 1910, las feministas y las socialistas de todo el país se unieron a la celebración de este día de movilización popular.
La Segunda Conferencia de Mujeres Socialistas que tuvo lugar en Copenhague, Dinamarca, el 27 de agosto de 1910 estableció el 8 de marzo como Día Internacional de la Mujer. El Perú también participó.
El objetivo principal fue obtener el derecho a voto de la mujer. Posteriormente se han conseguido normas a favor de la promoción de derechos de la mujer.
RIPAVF-AYACUCHO
Las instituciones públicas, privadas y organizaciones de base, integrantes de la Red Interinstitucional para la Prevención y Atención de la Violencia Familiar- RIPAVF, es el espacio de coordinación y concertación contra la violencia familiar y sexual en la Región Ayacucho; concientes del indiscutible valor del rol de la mujer en el desarrollo de nuestra sociedad.
En este marco de celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer, la RIPAVF cada año, promueve a través de las instituciones públicas y privadas que la conforman diferentes actividades de promoción de derechos y realce de ésta fecha; por estos motivos tiene el honor de presentar el siguiente programa de actividades que se llevarán a cabo en la Región de Ayacucho.
Por lo tanto, invitamos a unirse a esta celebración y juntos busquemos el ejercicio pleno de los Derechos Humanos de la Mujer para construir un mundo de Paz, Justicia Social y Democracia.
Muchas Gracias.
Consejo Directivo de la RIPAVF; Y
Jorge Fernández Mavila
Representante de la RIPAVF
Lucy Margarita Mucha Chate
Comisionada por los Derechos de la Mujer, Niñez y Adolescencia
Defensoría del Pueblo - OD Ayacucho
Av. Mariscal Cáceres 1420 - Telf (66) 311256
Cel Mov. 01-90768876
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 10:53 | Isabel Mendoza
briyim@yahoo.com
URL: capwiz.com/sfvo/utr/2/?a=11019446&i=8653 . . .
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President's Budget Devastating to Victims of Violence
President Bush’s 2009 budget proposal, released Feb. 4, proposes a devastating $120 million cut in Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funds, caps Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) funding at the lowest level in 6 years, does not provide any increases for Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (shelter) funding, and ELIMINATES the $2 billion in the VOCA reserve.
"The Administration's budget for Violence Against Women Act programs is an outrage," said Sen. Joe Biden, author of the Violence Against Women Act. "Domestic violence impacts one in every four women, yet the Administration proposes cutting spending by almost a third. If allowed to go forward, this Administration's disastrous budgeting priorities could roll back more than a decade of success in investigating, prosecuting and preventing domestic and sexual violence."
YOU CAN HELP!! Click on this link to take action now
http://capwiz.com/sfvo/utr/2/?a=110194 46&i=86534530&c=
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 10:37 | Lucinda Marshall
URL: www.feministpeacenetwork.org
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Happy International Women's Day.
--Lucinda Marshall, @2008
With Strength, With Wisdom, With Solidarity: Reflections On International Women's Day
As women throughout the world gather to observe International Women's Day on this, the 100th anniversary of the New York City Bread and Roses March, they
do so in the face of a seemingly intractable culture of impunity that
enables increasingly horrendous acts of violence against women.
In Kenya, women are being gang-raped in refugee camps. In Afghanistan, young girls are forced into marriage. In Mexico and Guatemala women continue to
disappear, the victims of brutal rapes and murder. In Iraq, women are being indiscriminately killed in the name of male honor. In the U.S. military, women are more likely to be assaulted by their fellow soldiers than by any enemy. The list, truly, is endless.
While International Women's Day is, and rightly should be, a day to
celebrate the lives and accomplishments of women, a recent statement by the
Gabriela Network is correct in pointing out that IWD is, and also must be, more than that:
"We need to return our Day and our Month to their rightful and correct
significance in both national and international arenas.
Though March was meant to be a celebration of women's achievements, International Women's Day and International Women's Month were also meant to be the time when the women's voice regarding national and international events was meant to be the loudest. State violence has been foremost in women's minds, as this has been the most destructive of life and the conditions for the well-being, not only of womankind, but of the entire human species.
March 8th has been co-opted and turned into a so-called commemoration of women's achievements, as though there were no more need for further
achievements. It is time to return March 8th to its historic role as the day women challenge government decisions and policies inimical to peace, justice and the preservation of the human species. It is time for March 8th to be known as the day when women unite and march against state policies dangerous
to the health and safety of the nation."
This must be a day when we name and acknowledge the atrocities that are daily perpetrated against women throughout the world. It must be a day to honor our strength and wisdom and renew our commitment to ending these
assaults on our lives. On International Women's Day we must indeed insist on being, as Alice Walker so eloquently put it, the ones we have been waiting for. International Women's Day is a time to stand in the place that we are, and in that place to stand
with and for the women of the world.
As you observe International Women's Day, please hold a special place in your hear for women who will be gathering despite the grave danger of doing
so, particularly the women in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan who are planning a march and the brave women celebrating in Iraq who tell us, "There will be no civil society without liberated women."
With strength, with wisdom, with solidarity.
Happy International Women's Day.
--Lucinda Marshall, @2008
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| 08 Mar 2008 - 10:27 | Margaret
URL: shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.433425/it.I . . .
| Sharing a new SA/DV article
Posted
Popular Government is a publication of the School of Government here at UNC-Chapel Hill. It is distributed to 8,000 elected officials and staff of local and state government across NC. The cover story of the issue that is being mailed out this week is "Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: The Community's Role in Weaving a Safety Net."
The cover itself lists the names, ages, and communities of the people who died in NC as a result of domestic violence in 2007.
We ask you to share the article through your newsletters and
listservs to encourage SA/DV program staff to use it in their
communities to build support for their efforts.
http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c. 433425/it.I/id.338/.f?
sc=7&category=56 89
Link to the page for the whole Popular Government
issue
http://www.sog.unc.edu/pubs/electron icversions/pg/pgwin08/article1.pdf
Dire ct link to the article on community response to sexual assault and domestic violence
http://www.publicintersect ion.unc.edu/sexdomvio.html is the page on
our project's website on which we share resources related to SA/DV
work.
Thanks again-
Margaret
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| 07 Mar 2008 - 23:53 | Scott
stopdomesticviolencenow@earthlink.net
URL: nn
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I wanted to make you aware of at least the outlines of the domestic abuse and violence case of my client Juan, a Peruvian immigrant. Though I am in New York City, this case involves the issuing of U-Visas in a way that I think should be of grave concern to all victims' advocates in the United States.
Juan was over the two year period September 2005 to September 2007 held hostage to death threats and cycles of abuse and violence at the hands of Bradley .
Though you are a women's organization and this is a case of domestic violence in which the victim is a gay male, and the abuser is a male, I believe it merits your attention because 1) the human rights of each individual human should be of concern to every decent member of society and 2) to abusers, feeling powerful as a result of abusing is more important than sexual orientation. An abuser who abuses a gay male in one period could pick a female as his next victim.
At about 2a.m. on Sunday, September 7, 2007, Bradley tried to rape Juan. Unlike past rapes of him by Bradley, Juan effectively resisted, but Bradley hoisted him into the air, slammed him to the floor and then forcefully and repeatedly kicked him, rupturing his spleen. Juan did not get to a hospital until almost 39 hours later, because bradley refused to call 911 for him and threatened him against calling 911 for himself. Juan's life was only saved by a chance incoming phone call to his cell phone, which resulted in bradley knowing he could not remain anonymous in his crimes. Bradley had many times over the course of two years threatened to kill Juan.
The police took an incomplete report and the Manhattan District Attorney at present is only seeking a misdemeanor assault charge against Bradley. The case is being meaninglessly processed through the system. Bradley is very wealthy and has hired a very high-profile criminal defense firm. The Assistant District Attorney assigned to the case is contemptuous of Juan's legal and human rights in the case.
During a meeting in October, I asked whether she could use expert witness testimony in cases involving domestic violence. She said "No." She has since refused to meet with me. Towards the end of December, I heard her on the telephone as she tried to intimidate Juan out of attending a January 2 court date in this case. There is a strong appearance of collusion between the defense attorneys and the D.A.'s Office. If corruption isn't involved, then the D.A.'s Office certainly is being very lazy and negligent about collecting information and evidence and bringing full charges. And be all that as it may, the ADA's hateful treatment of Juan is reprehensible.
Juan came to the U.S. from his native Peru on a work visa which had since expired. His being the victim of these crimes of domestic violence and his cooperation with the authorities in prosecuting the defendant result in his being eligible for a U-Visa. I had to push and push and push for the D.A.'s Office to issue a Certification Form for his U-Visa application. And people at Safe Horizon, an NYC victims' aid group, have recently told me that they are afraid of complaining about the D.A.'s inadequate handling of the criminal case, because they think the D.A. could then retaliate by denying Juan his U-Visa certification. It should never happen anywhere in the United States that an immigrant eligible for a U-Visa be expected to think of that U-Visa as the equivalent to justice being done in the criminal case involving him/her.
Additionally, no victims' services group should feel intimidated out of complaining about officials' handling of a criminal case on the basis that a D.A. could in retaliation deny a victim a U-Visa. To me it seems there is a pernicious element of anti-Latino bigotry at work in this dynamic; I wanted to make you aware that that is happening here in New York City.
Sincerely,
Scott
Victims' Advocate
Tirelessly Fighting for Victims' Rights
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| 07 Mar 2008 - 23:41 | admin
URL: www.dgco.org
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Mesa de Apoyo a la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres en Colombia
6 de marzo de 2008
Firma el Manifiesto por la paz y los Derechos Humanos de las mujeres desplazadas por la guerra en Colombia
Un grupo de ONG españolas y colombianas han creado una mesa para denunciar en el mundo la situación de las víctimas del conflicto en Colombia y constituir un "espacio para establecer alianzas solidarias".
Así lo ha explicado la directora de la ONG española Atelier y promotora de la iniciativa, Consuelo Vidal, quien asegura que la Mesa ha decidido centrar su trabajo en las mujeres de Colombia por tener este país "una de las más graves crisis humanitarias del mundo".
Vidal ha explicado que existe cuatro millones de personas desplazadas por la guerra en Colombia, el 75% o el 80% por ciento son mujeres y niños y se trata de una crisis que las organizaciones de la ONU sitúan en los primeros lugares junto con Sudán e Irak.
Las ONG han presentado un Manifiesto en el que denuncian la "guerra pertinaz" que genera desigualdad, pobreza y exclusión "de amplios sectores sociales" colombianos y pide al Gobierno de España que su cooperación con Colombia sea supeditada al cumplimiento de las recomendaciones de la ONU.
La Mesa pide también al Gobierno que apoye la lucha de la sociedad civil "contra la impunidad" y que promueva una conferencia internacional en favor de los derechos humanos de las mujeres en Colombia que establezca mecanismos para que sean respetados sus derechos "a la verdad, la justicia y la reparación integral".
Entre las promotoras de la Mesa (www.dgco.org), entre ellas también la Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas y Campesinas (ANMUSIC) y la organización Sisma Mujer -ambas de Colombia- han presentado también una serie de actividades que pretenden llevar a cabo para denunciar la situación de las mujeres en el país suramericano.
La Mesa presenta el Manifiesto para su suscripción en Internet -ya lo han firmado más de 50.000 personas- y una exposición con 40 imágenes cedidas por cinco fotógrafos de España, Italia y Colombia. Consuelo Vidal explicó que la Mesa es un proyecto que empezó con cuatro ONG y hoy aúna a 17 con la pretensión común de divulgar entre la opinión pública el problema colombiano.
En España participan también en la Mesa el Centro de Estudios de la Mujer de la Universidad de Alicante, la Asociación de Mujeres Marxa 2000, de Valencia; la Asociación de Mujeres Juristas Themis, o la Federación de Organizaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los DD.HH, y las colombianas Organización Femenina Popular, la Red Nacional de Mujeres e Indepaz.
Toda la información en: http://www.dgco.org
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| 06 Mar 2008 - 13:31 | Legal Momentum
URL: www.njep-ipsacourse.org/
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Online Course Offering on Intimate Partner Sexual Assault
Legal Momentum will venture into the world of online teaching and learning with the launch of its first Web-based course. The course, IntimatePartner Sexual Assault: Adjudicating This Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence, was created by the National
Judicial Education Program under the direction of Senior Vice President Lynn Hecht Schafran, a renowned educator and expert in sex discrimination law.
The 12-module course is focused on an aspect of domestic violence that is not often noted or well understood: Intimate partner physical violence is often accompanied by sexual assault. Studies of battered women find that 4070 percent are also sexually abused and that those women and their children are at greatest risk of being killed by their abusers. This course teaches methods for determining the risk, and ways in which court orders can be tailored to provide greater protection to victims.
Though written for judges, the course and the resources it references are multi-disciplinary and will be useful for attorneys, advocates, law enforcement, forensic sexual assault examiners, and victim service providers. (The public is warned, however, that this course contains disturbing graphic descriptions of sexual and physical violence.)
Thanks to a generous grant by the State Justice Institute and the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, the course is offered free of charge.
Part I is now available at http://www.njep-ipsacourse.org/
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| 06 Mar 2008 - 09:54 | Amnesty International
URL: www.amnesty.org/es/appeals-for-action/in . . .
| El Día Internacional de la Mujer
6 marzo 2008
La petición para mostrar tu apoyo a unas escuelas seguras para las niñas
El Día Internacional de la Mujer es el momento de celebrar los logros de las mujeres y mirar hacia delante, con la vista puesta en las interesantes oportunidades que aguardan a las mujeres. La clave para un futuro brillante es poder elegir. Las mujeres deben ser libres para elegir el camino que les conviene, un camino que las mantenga a salvo y les permita avanzar y desarrollar todo su potencial.
La educación es un paso crucial en este viaje. Es fundamental para romper el círculo vicioso de la pobreza, la violencia y la enfermedad. La educación es un derecho humano, y por tanto es el derecho de cada niña.
A punto de cumplirse el centenario del Día Internacional de la Mujer, y 60 años después de que se consagraran los derechos humanos en la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos, las niñas de todo el mundo encuentran una serie de barreras a la educación:
Las niñas son agredidas de camino a la escuela o en los patios escolares y soportan las burlas de sus compañeros de clase. Sufren amenazas de agresión sexual de otros estudiantes, son obligadas por los profesores a mantener relaciones sexuales, e incluso son violadas en la sala de profesores.
En países azotados por la guerra, los grupos armados son un peligro para las niñas, así como los ataques a sus escuelas. Los abusos sexuales y la explotación son problemas para las niñas que viven en campos de personas refugiadas o desplazadas internas.
Algunas niñas corren mayor peligro de sufrir violencia en la escuela. Ciertos aspectos de su identidad, como su sexualidad, su condición de migrantes, huérfanas o refugiadas, su casta, su etnia y su raza, pueden incrementar el riesgo de sufrir abusos.
Aunque todos los niños y niñas deben tener acceso a la enseñanza primaria, las escuelas de todo el mundo suelen cobrar tasas. Las niñas tienen más probabilidades que los niños de verse excluidas de las escuelas cuando no hay dinero suficiente para pagar su educación.
La violencia hace que innumerables niñas no lleguen a ir a la escuela, abandonen los estudios o no participen plenamente en las actividades escolares. Los efectos de esta situación son dolor, miedo, baja autoestima, enfermedades de transmisión sexual, embarazos no deseados y depresión. En muchos casos, los abusos no se denuncian.
El problema se agrava porque a menudo las niñas deciden no denunciar, al tratarse de un tema tabú en algunas sociedades o por miedo a sufrir represalias. Esto hace que se denuncien muchos menos actos de este tipo de los que realmente se producen y que sus autores queden impunes.
Nada justifica la inacción. No se trata de un asunto de recursos, sino de voluntad política. Gobiernos, maestros y autoridades escolares deben colaborar para evitar la violencia contra las niñas en los colegios, investigar sin demora los informes de abusos, imponer castigos adecuados a los autores, apoyar la recuperación de quienes han sufrido violencia y asegurarse de que tales abusos no vuelven a producirse.
Únete a la campaña de Amnistía Internacional para proteger los derechos de las niñas a la seguridad, la igualdad y la educación. Haz que las escuelas sean lugares seguros para las niñas.
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| 06 Mar 2008 - 09:38 | Ursula E. Gamauf
ipt@aspr.ac.at
URL: www.aspr.ac.at/ipt.htm
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Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the following training opportunity:
SPECIALIZATION COURSE ON CHILD PROTECTION, MONITORING AND REHABILITATION
8 June - 20 June 2008
to be held in the framework of the International Civilian Peace-keeping and Peace-building Training Program (IPT) at the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR).
Aim & Content:
The overall objective of the Specialization Course on "Child Protection, Monitoring and Rehabilitation" is to prepare experts who would like to become involved in monitoring, advisory, and executive functions related to children in crisis areas. It does not duplicate already on-going training efforts which mainstream the topic, but rather trains experts in topics related to become specialized in child protection, monitoring and rehabilitation.
Participants will become acquainted with:
- child rights assessment and monitoring;
- strategies for prevention of child rights violations and strategies to reduce the impact of armed conflict on children (child recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration), emphasizing the relevance of child rights based and child-participatory approaches as well as the direct involvement of children in rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts;
- methods, instruments and actors for the implementation of strategies for child protection, monitoring and rehabilitation.
Target Group:
- People with relevant professional backgrounds in working with children who want to become experts for child protection, monitoring and rehabilitation in crisis areas (e.g. child protection officers);
- People who come from diverse professional backgrounds but plan to intensively include the children's rights topic in future activities in their respective areas of competence.
Basic knowledge on peace and conflict related topics, organizational and management skills, monitoring techniques, situation assessment and analytical skills, documentation as well as communication and networking skills is required. Participants should also have a basic understanding of international human rights and humanitarian law.
During all SPECIALISATION COURSES there will be a person from UN Volunteers (UNV) conducting job interviews with participants interested in joining UNV!
Cost of Participation
The course fee is 630 Euro / week including half-board accommodation.
Scholarships are available for applicants from Non-OECD states.
Further information on the programme and application form at: www.aspr.ac.at/ipt.htm
In case of questions, please do not hesitate to contact the IPT team (ipt@aspr.ac.at).
With my best wishes,
Ursula E. Gamauf
ASPR Programme Director
Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR)
Rochusplatz 1
A-7461 Stadtschlaining/Burg
phone: +43-3355-2498-517
fax: +43-3355-2662
mail: gamauf@aspr.ac.at
web: www.aspr.ac.at
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| 06 Mar 2008 - 09:31 | Esperanza
esperanza@esperanzacenter.org
URL: www.esperanzacenter.org
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San Antonio, Texas
THIS SATURDAY:
Women Will March!!!
Int'l Woman's Day 03-08-2008
*Mujeres Marcharan! Women Will March! 03-08-2008
*
International Woman's Day
March & Rally
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**10am **Meet @ Travis Park
(Jefferson & Travis Streets)
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March to Plaza del Zacate - 1 mile
(Commerce & Santa Rosa Streets)
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*
*Speakers and Performers
* will include several local voices, speaking about many interrelated
issues: war, immigration, reproductive rights, sexual harassment, police violence, etc.
Also, traveling all the way from Calaboz, TX, *Eloisa and Margo Tamez* will speak about their work resisting the Dept of Homeland Security's attempt to build a border wall on Lipan Apache land.
There have been nearly 80 women involved in the planning of this year's International Woman's Day March and Rally. After months of hard work and planning, March 8th is almost here. Thanks to everyone that has come to meetings, forwarded emails, made presentations in schools, contacted
performers, made posters, and otherwise worked on the 2008 IWD March and Rally.
*If you're still looking for ways to get involved, call us at 228.0201.*
*Poster-making Meeting
THIS THURSDAY*
* 5pm to 9pm @ Esperanza
*
_*We Need Your Help:*_
*- help to make posters, banners, and noisemakers*
*- donate supplies:*
- acrylic paints
- poster board, canvas, or vinyl
- spray paints
- permanent markers
- plastic containers for noisemakers
- duct-tape
*- write new slogans and chants*
*- make calls to remind people about the march & rally*
*
- make copies of the chant sheets
and rally programs*
*- gather other supplies that we will need for the rally, like water
jugs, megaphones, and clipboards*
- Arrive at 8am at Plaza del Zacate
(Commerce & Santa Rosa) to set-up
- Lend your truck or van to help transport equipment to or from
the rally. Call 228-0201.
- Bring your megaphones, drums, tambourines, or other noisemakers to contribute to the energy of the march.
- Bring your water jugs, donate plastic cups, or volunteer to refil
water jugs at the rally. Let's keep everyone well-hydrated without
using bottled water.
- Stay after the rally to help clean-up and pack-up equipment
- Offer rides to people who need help getting back to their cars after
the rally.
*
*FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Esperanza Peace & Justice Ctr. (210)228-0201,
Fuerza Unida (210)927-2294,
Martinez St. Women's Ctr. (210)534-6638
P.E.A.C.E. Initiative (210)533-2729*
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| 06 Mar 2008 - 09:26 | Amnesty International
URL: www.hrea.org
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Amnesty International Press release
6 March 2008
On the eve of International Women’s Day, Amnesty International called on governments and school officials around the world to take concrete action to end violence against girls, particularly inside schools, in a new report published today.
"Governments are failing girls at the most basic level. Their failure to address violence against girls in schools is unacceptable," said Widney Brown, Senior Director at Amnesty International.
"Virtually every government claims to abhor violence against women and girls. Schools are a place where governments have direct responsibility and can start backing up their words with concrete actions."
The report Safe Schools: Every Girl’s Right, shows how violence in and around educational institutions remains pervasive. From Mexico to China, girls continuously face the risk of being sexually assaulted, harassed or intimidated on their way to school or once inside school premises.
Some girls suffer violence more than others. Particular groups, such as ethnic minorities, lesbians or girls with disabilities, are at higher risk than their peers.
At school, many girls face psychological violence, bullying and humiliation. Some are caned or beaten in school in the name of discipline. Girls are threatened with sexual assault by other students, offered higher marks by teachers in exchange for sexual favours, and even raped in the staff room.
A 2006 study of schoolgirls in Malawi found that 50 percent of girls said they had been touched in a sexual manner without permission by either their teachers or a fellow student.
Equally, a study in the USA found that 83 percent of girls in grades 8 to 11 (aged around 12 to 16) in public schools experienced some form of sexual harassment.
Attacks against girls in schools have both immediate and long-term impacts.
Not only do girls suffer from the impact of violence on their physical and mental health, but in the context of education, the violence may cause girls to drop out and lose any hope of escaping poverty and political marginalization.
"Ensuring that girls have meaningful access to education is widely recognized as key to women’s empowerment. Being denied an education will follow a woman all her life," said Brown.
Very often, aggressive and inappropriate sexual advances by boys in schools are dismissed as "just boys being boys". Such behaviour often goes unreported and unpunished, sending out the message that violence against women and girls is acceptable and that male aggression is the norm.
People interviewed by Amnesty International in Haiti, for example, agreed that violence was widespread in schools but was rarely reported. Corporal punishment, the use of whips, beatings with electric cables, forcing children to kneel in the sun, food deprivation, sexual abuse, insults and psychological abuse of girls was common by teachers and administrative staff.
Schools in conflict zones represent a particular threat to the lives of girls attending them.
The provision of education is also disrupted in many ways where schools, teachers and students are targets of armed violence. In Afghanistan, the burning down of schools, particularly girls’ schools, and threats or assaults against girls who attend school have become increasingly common in recent years.
Although international law requires universal primary education to be free of charge, many schools continue to levy charges. School fees and other charges are an insurmountable obstacle for many children, and girls are more likely to be excluded from school than boys when there aren’t enough resources in the family.
Amnesty International has drawn up a six-point plan aimed at government officials and bodies, including school officials, which includes, amongst other recommendations:
- Enacting and enforcing appropriate laws, policies and procedures prohibiting all forms of violence against girls, including corporal punishment, verbal abuse, harassment, physical violence, emotional abuse, and sexual violence and exploitation.
- Creating national plans of action in order to create a safe environment for girls. Those should include guidelines for schools and compulsory training for teachers and students.
- Teachers, school authorities and other state officials must promptly respond to reports of violence and ensure that a proper follow up mechanism is in place. That must include effective investigations and criminal prosecutions when appropriate and providing support services, including medical treatment, for victims and survivors.
Finally, Amnesty International is calling on governments working to achieve the 2000 Millennium Development Goals to address violence and discrimination against girls. The goals, which aim to eradicate poverty, include calls for universal primary education and gender equality, but they measure progress by the number of girls in class, without seeking to address violence and discrimination that keeps or pushes girls out of school.
"While supporting efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, Amnesty International believes that achieving gender equality in education requires increased commitment and an immediate effort to stop violence against schoolgirls. It’s difficult to learn when every school day is a struggle against violence," said Widney Brown.
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 21:47 | admin
URL: es.groups.yahoo.com/group/Mujeryderecho/ . . .
| Maestría en Género y Desarrollo
Descripción
La Maestría en Género y Desarrollo de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, busca crear espacios de reflexión interdisciplinaria sobre las conexiones de la teoría de género y los procesos de elaboración, implementación y sostenibilidad de políticas públicas que inciden sobre las exclusiones de ciertos sectores de la sociedad en razón de su sexo, género, pertenencia étnica, edad, orientación sexual, entre otras.
Es un espacio académico que busca abrir espacios de discusión y revisión crítica de los discursos sobre desarrollo existentes en el medio desde los diversos actores nacionales e internacionales, que inciden en la ejecución de planes y proyectos de los organismos públicos y privados para reducir las inequidades de género. Estas discusiones tienen como marco las relaciones entre la construcción de las relaciones de género y los cambiantes contextos histórico/sociales que constituyen un eje central en el debate académico contemporáneo.
El plan de estudios de la Maestría está orientado a presentar diversos modelos de interpretación que integren campos como la cultura emocional, la naturaleza de las instituciones públicas y privadas, el ejercicio de la sexualidad y las jerarquías sociales y étnicas.
La Maestría cuenta además con una oferta de cursos libres sobre feminismos, antropología y género, mujeres y escritura, formulación de proyectos desde una perspectiva de género, entre otros.
mas...
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 20:12 | Boletin e-leusis
URL: http://www.e-leusis.net/notici a.asp?id . . .
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Espana
Mujeres acusan a los profesionales de Justicia
Diversas asociaciones de mujeres han tachado hoy a profesionales de la Justicia de "irresponsables" por acusar a las mujeres de presentar denuncias falsas y por "boicotear en demasiados juzgados" la Ley contra la Violencia de Género, que no se está aplicando "en toda su extensión".
"Es una absoluta irresponsabilidad de algunos operadores jurídicos, algunos con responsabilidades en el Poder Judicial, en decanatos o que son abogados que presiden asociaciones de abogados de familia que pongan como único problema de la violencia de género las denuncias falsas", ha destacado la representante de la Asociación de Mujeres Juristas Themis, María Ángeles Jaime de Pablo.
continua
www.e-leusis.net/noticia .asp?id_noticia=3699
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 20:05 | Boletin e-leusis
URL: www.e-leusis.net/
| La ultima edicion,
Boletin e-leusis
www.e-leusis.net/
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 19:57 | National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
URL: www.livemeeting.com/cc/fanniemaefoundati . . .
| Free Training on VAWA housing rights with advocates and PHA executives--March 20
This online/phone training is free and open to everyone.
Implementing the Violence Against Women Act in Public and Section 8 Housing
Thursday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m. EST
The 2005 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) included important new housing provisions to protect victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. In addition to new funding for housing, new confidentiality provisions and new grant programs, VAWA created protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking in Public and Section 8 housing, required Housing Authorities to include VAWA in their planning and created notification requirements. These provisions forbid denial of housing based on an applicant’s status as a victim and prohibited evictions due to the violence or stalking.
VAWA is a powerful tool for Housing Authorities and Section 8 landlords and owners to protect victims of domestic violence, and it creates legal obligations in Public and Voucher and Project-based Section 8 housing. However, HUD has issued little guidance for Housing Authorities and Section 8 landlords and owners on implementing the law. As a result, many affected organizations and people are unclear about their rights and obligations. This Expert Chat is designed to give information to Housing Authorities, landlords, owners, developers and advocates about the provisions of the law and strategies for implementing it.
KnowledgePlex teams up with The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty for this online discussion of innovative implementation of the Violence Against Women Act and its implementation in Chicago and Alchoa County, Fla. The discussion will include policies developed by the Housing Authorities and the role of advocates in developing those policies. Our experts will strategize with participants around VAWA implementation in their own jurisdiction so that Housing Authorities, landlords and owners who participate in Section 8 will better understand their obligations under the law.
Panelists
Kate Walz - Senior Staff Attorney, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty
Gail Monahan - Executive Director, Alchoa Housing Authority
Katherine Zeisel - Staff Attorney, NLCHP, Domestic Violence Program (Moderator)
To join the online chat
KnowledgePlex Expert Chats are free to attend and use Microsoft's Live Meeting Software, a small and free program you must first install. Simply click on the Attendee URL (below) and follow the prompts to install Live Meeting. (For more instructions on the installation, click here). While you can install Live Meeting at any time, we recommend you do so at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the chat. Please note - while you may install the software at any time, you will not be allowed into the chat room until 30 minutes before chat time.
You may listen to the chat through your computer or by dialing into a conference call.
To join the chat, click or cut and paste this URL into your browser:
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/fanni emaefoundationseminars/join?id=VAWACHAT& role=attend
To listen via phone, dial 641-715-3828 and use this access code: 8360630#
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 18:43 | Brandi Cutler
kreardon@victimrights.org
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JOB * JOB * JOB
Paralegal, Victim Rights Law Center
Hello,
Attached and below please find the job annoucement for a paralegal position at the Victim Rights Law Center.
Thank you, Brandi Cutler
Title: Paralegal
Status: Full-time
Location: This position is located in the Boston, MA office
Description:
The Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) is a nonprofit law center based in Boston, MA, with a satellite office in Portland, OR. VRLC provides free legal representation to victims of sexual assault in Massachusetts, and legal technical assistance nationally to lawyers, advocates, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, state sexual assault and domestic violence coalitions, tribes, medical providers, and other grantees of the Office on Violence Against Women. The Paralegal will work with the client services team assist staff attorneys to provide legal services to sexual assault victims.
Responsibilities:
The Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) seeks a bright, energetic, self-directed individual for a Paralegal position at the VRLC office in Boston, MA. This person will provide litigation and case management support to VRLC staff attorneys. Specific responsibilities include: performing client intake interviews, maintaining an organized client database and case management system, preparing documents as assigned by staff attorneys, and conducting legal research.
Please send cover letter, resume with complete work history, and salary requirements to Katie Reardon at kreardon@victimrights.org with "Paralegal" as the subject of your email. Please note job title in the memo line of your email. No phone calls please.
VRLC is an equal opportunity employer. Persons of color, women, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals are encouraged to apply.
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 18:37 | Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
llitton@ispconsults.com
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Registration is open for free webcast - Community Insights Into Domestic Violence
The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American
Community is pleased to offer an audio webcast on:
Community Insights into Domestic Violence
In an effort to increase understanding of the perceptions of African Americans toward domestic violence, the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community established the Community Insights
Project.
This national project focuses on securing information from individuals who maintain an insider-specific understanding of the causes and consequences of domestic violence and identifying what they consider to be effective solutions in preventing domestic violence in African American communities.
Presenters will highlight findings of community assessments that have occurred across the country and discuss how the information can be used to shape and inform grassroots mobilization efforts to address domestic violence among African Americans in California.
Presenters
Linner Ward Griffin, EdD William Oliver, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor Associate
Professor
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 18:22 | CIMAC
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/080 30401-Mu . . .
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En la frontera sur de México
Mujeres migrantes: 7 de cada 10, víctimas de aduanales y policías
Por Gustavo González López
México DF, 4 marzo 08 (CIMAC).- En la frontera sur de nuestro país, 7 de cada diez mujeres migrantes jóvenes provenientes de El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua, son agredidas en sus derechos humanos por oficiales de aduanas, agentes de la Policía Federal Preventiva (PFP), judiciales federales y estatales, policías municipales y elementos de las fuerzas armadas.
Así lo aseguró la presidenta de la Comisión de Equidad y Género de la Cámara de Diputados, Maricela Contreras Julián, a través de un documento hecho llegar a los medios de comunicación, en el cual añade que estas jóvenes centroamericanas son vendidas en 200 dólares cada una para ser utilizadas en la explotación sexual, en albañilería, comercio ambulante y recolectoras de basura en el interior del territorio mexicano.
continua
www.cimacnoticias.com/site /08030401-Mujeres-igrantes.32304.0.html
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 18:15 | Tonya Lovelace
tl@pcadv.org
URL: pubs.pcadv.net/wocn/ovw_ccallyfocusgroup . . .
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Please Distribute Widely
The Women of Color Network (WOCN) has received OVW funding to conduct a Cultural Competency and Ally Training in early 2009. In preparation for the training, WOCN will be conducting two focus groups with mainstream advocates, or those aspiring to be allies, to determine the range of need for
cultural competency training and ally coaching.
The dates for the focus groups will be held at 1:00 pm EST on Monday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 19. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the registration form at the link below:
http://pubs.pcadv.net/wocn/ovw _ccallyfocusgroup.pdf
We look forward to receiving your participation and feedback.
In solidarity,
Women of Color Network
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 16:59 | Melissa Robinson
Melissa@americanislamicfellowship.com
URL: www.SignUp4.com/notinourname
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Greetings,
I am contacting you regarding a Domestic Violence Awareness Event called "Not in Our Name: Honoring the Victims of Domestic Violence."
This event will be held on March 26, 2008 from 7:30-9:00pm.
Muslim communities in
Washington D.C., Phoenix, AZ, and Atlanta, GA are working jointly to
organize sister events in each of these cities. They will be accepting
donations for local women's shelters and organizations that are dedicated to combating domestic violence. The organizers hope the event will have a media presence and significant press coverage.
Speakers will be present at each of the events to address the extensive
reach of domestic violence as a particularly human problem that affects people across all race/religion/culture/class lines and will share faith perspectives concerning this problem. The organizations hope to raise
awareness concerning the breadth of domestic violence and to connect various organizations with resources in Faith communities to provide those in need with the services and support these various organizations may offer. The
organizers hope that the Women's Justic Center is interested in
participating in the event. Tables will be set up for pamphlets and flyers
to offer attendees resources and information about various organizations and entities dedicated to ending Domestic Violence.
In Atlanta, the event will be held at White Hall Room 208 on the Emory
University Main Campus and hosted by the American Islamic Fellowship. The beneficiary of donations will be the Baitul Salaam Network, a Domestic Violence Shelter Program.
Co-sponsors include The Muslim Student Association at Emory, Center for Women at Emory, Candler School of Theology, Emory University Student Health and Counseling Services, Emory Intimate Partner Violence Workgroup, Emory
Office of Multicultural Programs & Services, The Office of the Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life.
To learn more about this effort, please visit
http://www.SignUp4.com/notinourname or
contact Melissa Robinson, Director of American Islamic Fellowship at
Melissa@americanislamicfellowship.com
I appreciate your consideration of
our request and look forward to hearing from you soon. Please email or call me with any questions! I have attached the Press Release and the Flyer for the event.
In Peace,
--
Melissa Robinson
Director and Co-Founder
American Islamic Fellowship
865-256-3600
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 16:50 | Rick and Lynn Frey
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To Anyone Using our Daughter's Legacy,
It has come to our attention that there is a group of people who wish to
legalize prostitution and set up a brothel in Vancouver. As the parents
of Marnie Frey, who was murdered by Robert "Willie" Pickton, we believe
that both these ideas are very dangerous recommendations.
Our daughter was forced into prostitution because of the need to feed
her addiction to drugs. To think of prostitution as a ‘job’ and treat it
as such is ridiculous. I am disgusted to think that anyone would think
that prostitution is a job. It is not.
It is violence against women.
Neither legalizing prostitution nor having a brothel would have
prevented the murder of our daughter. The women of the Downtown Eastside
need meaningful solutions to their addictions.
We tried on numerous occasions to have Marnie admitted to drug
rehabilitation facilities, but found that to be very difficult because
of the chronic lack of beds and funding for such places. When an addict
reaches out for help, the resources should be available immediately. To
think the best we can do for these women is giving them a safe place to
sell their bodies is a joke. There is no such thing as a "clean safe
place" to be abused in.
For a man to think he can buy a woman's body is insane, and should show
us the attitudes that women have to fight against in society. Marnie did
not choose prostitution; her addictions did, and any man who bought her
body for their sexual pleasure should go to jail for exploiting her
desperation.
What we need are facilities to get women off and away from drugs and
keep other young girls from this horrible lifestyle by helping them when
they are still young. Anything else would be a cop out and further fuel
the abuse of women as playthings for men, who prey on sick,
disadvantaged and hurting women.
My wife and I feel the legalization of prostitution and/or a brothel is
not the answer. We ask that you IMMEDIATELY stop using the name and
memory of our daughter to fight for a brothel or to legalize
prostitution.
Marnie's name CAN be used to fight for more detox beds, more recovery beds, funding for long term counseling, making it illegal for men to buy the use of women's bodies and enforcing these laws. Her legacy CAN help in the fight towards women's equality, which cannot happen as long as we keep our women for sale.
We know we have a lot of support from other families of Pickton's
victim's, in the community as well as across our Nation, who feel as we
do. Prostitution in no way should be accepted as normal or legalized.
Yours truly,
Rick and Lynn Frey (Parents of Marnie Frey)
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 16:45 | Gender and Disaster Network
URL: www.gdnonline.org
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The Gender and Disaster Network (GDN): Updated Website
The Gender and Disaster Network (GDN) has recently launched an updated
version of its website hich contains most recent resources and information
in the gender and disaster field.
A more updated look with simple navigation tabs enhances users' access to
the contents available within the website. Aside from materials shared by
its members, the GDN website utilises RSS feeds to gather relevant news and
resources from the UN information networks, Reliefweb and other
organisational websites involved in promoting gender equality in disaster
and emergency events.
The new website features a Resources area, which hosts the Gender and
Disaster Sourcebook and the Knowledgebase which contains key resources,
reports, practical guides and case studies on gender relations in disaster
contexts.
The GDN is the first web presence to advocate for gender 'mainstreaming' in
disaster risk reduction using the Internet. Its membership base of
researchers, practitioners, and individuals geographically dispersed in
more than 50 countries around the world, makes up the vibrant GDN online
community.
The discussion list of the GDN is managed by the UN ISDR and this phase of
website development has been funded by the USAID/OFDA.
It is currently hosted by the Disaster and Development Centre at
Northumbria University.
For further information and to access the updated website, please visit
www.gdnonline.org.
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 16:26 | change4equality
hadighaemi@iranhumanrights.org
URL: www.change4equality.com/english/
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Take Action: Support Iranian Women on March 8
Source: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is requesting your endorsement of the statement see web page), expressing support for the Iranian women's rights movement on the occasion of March 8. Also the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran would like you to meet with Iranian women activists to learn more about the situation of women in Iran during your upcoming visit to NY for the CSW. Please contact the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran to schedule a meeting.
The Iranian women's rights movement is the most vibrant social movement in Iran today. Having built an extensive grassroots base, Iranian women are campaigning to fight legal gender discrimination. The government routinely persecutes and prosecutes women's rights activists.
The statement below is endorsed by Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace laureate and a leading women's rights advocate in Iran.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urges your organization to endorse this statement. Their goal is to gather international support from organizations from around the world. Please circulate this statement among your ngo networks.
Please confirm your endorsement by sending an email on behalf of your organization to hadighaemi@iranhumanrights.org
For more info on Iranian women's rights movement, please visit
http://www.change4equality.com/en glish/
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| 05 Mar 2008 - 16:06 | Coalition for Women's Human Rights in Conflict Situations
URL: www.drcsexualviolence.org/site/en/node/4 . . .
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Petition: Congolese Women's Campaign Against Sexual Violence in the DRC
Source: Coalition for Women´s Human Rights in Conflict Situations
The Congolese Women's Campaign Against Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is an initiative launched by women's associations in Eastern DRC to bolster the fight against sexual violence. The Campaign is supported by the Coalition for Women's Rights in Conflict Situations.
The scope of sexual violence in the DRC is a well known reality that has
been documented and reported by media, NGOs, international institutions and
States. Initiatives and calls for mobilization against sexual violence have
multiplied over the last four years, but have not brought any concrete
results on the ground.
Born of the need to bolster the fight against sexual violence, the Campaign
aims to ensure that the assistance mobilized goes directly to the victims.
For further information and to sign a petition in support of the campaign,
please visit http://www.drcsexualviolence.org/site/en/node/41
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| 04 Mar 2008 - 17:53 | admin
URL: www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/ 2008/02/ . . .
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Afghanistan: New Party To Focus On Women's Rights
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
February 20, 2008- For nearly three decades, Afghans have endured war and foreign occupation, extreme poverty, and the Taliban. Yet some suffer more than others. Not all Afghans are created equal. Fatima Nazari wants to change that.
Nazari, an Afghan parliamentarian, is the driving force behind the
country's first political party dedicated to women's rights and issues. She launched National Need on February 19 at a ceremony in Kabul, saying the party hopes to put women's rights at the forefront of the national political debate. It intends to run in the next parliamentary elections, likely in three years' time.
"I believe women understand their own problems better than men would," she says, adding that National Need will seek to increase women's participation in politics and business. "We want to campaign for democracy, not only talk about democracy. In this way, we want to work with our brothers and the rest of Afghan society."
Some of Nazari's fellow deputies and officials in Kabul welcomed the
creation of the country's first-ever women's political party. Some called
it a step forward toward greater democracy and recognition of women's rights.
Because of quotas stipulated in the internationally backed Afghan
Constitution, the Afghan parliament has a relatively high representation of women -- 23 of the 100 members of the upper house and 68 of the 249 deputies in the lower house are women.
But in a deeply conservative Islamic country devastated by decades of war, poverty, and a lack of education, that's not enough. "I have already dealt with women's issues as a deputy," Nazari tells RFE/RL. "But I eventually
felt that we Afghans needed a special party entirely focused on women to raise their profile."
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