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| 03 Aug 2008 - 16:50 | Voice of Women Organizing Project
URL: www.vowbwrc.org/pdf/justiceDenied.pdf
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Justice Denied: How Family Courts in NYC Endanger Battered Women and Children
“Justice Denied: How Family Courts in NYC Endanger Battered Women and Children” is a report by the Voices of Women Organizing Project based on testimony of domestic violence survivors who have had cases in New York City Family Court.
“This report is an indictment of New York City’s Family Court,” said Susan Lob, director of the Voice of Women Organizing Project. “It shows how the system is biased against those who need its protection most.”
Executive Summary
www.vowbwrc.org/pdf/justiceDeni ed.pdf
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| 03 Aug 2008 - 16:12 | admin
URL: colorlines.com/article.php?ID=378
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Home from the Military,
Women of Color Vets Speak Out
http://colorlines.com/article.php?ID=378
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| 02 Aug 2008 - 10:50 | CLADEM
URL: www.cladem.org/espanol
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Communicado
Las integrantes del Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer – CLADEM Perú y las demás instituciones que suscriben este comunicado manifiestan su enorme preocupación por la aprobación que hiciera la Comisión Permanente del Congreso de la República el día miércoles 02 de julio, de la ley que modifica la legislación sobre violencia familiar.
La norma aprobada contiene un gran retroceso en la defensa de los derechos fundamentales de las mujeres, porque faculta a la Policía Nacional del Perú a conciliar en violencia familiar. En concordancia con los estándares y los compromisos internacionales en materia de derechos humanos asumidos por el Estado peruano, se ha insistido en la derogación de la conciliación en violencia familiar ante cualquier instancia, pues en las violaciones a los derechos humanos de las personas cualquier negociación está prohibida. Asimismo, el requisito básico de una conciliación es la igualdad entre las partes y esto no se cumple en los casos de violencia familiar: la persona agresora y la agredida no están en la misma condición.
Por otro lado, pese a que la citada ley anuncia la creación del delito de violencia familiar esto no se ha concretado. Actualmente, el Código Penal establece que los daños que ocasionan hasta 10 días de atención médica o incapacidad para el trabajo, son faltas. Cuando el daño es mayor puede ser delito de lesiones leves o graves. La Ley aprobada sólo incrementa las penas en los casos de violencia familiar que constituyan delitos leves o graves.
La mayoría de las denuncias por violencia familiar son tramitadas actualmente como faltas porque se subvalora el daño físico causado y no existen adecuadas maneras de medir el daño psicológico. Además, la Defensoría del Pueblo, en sus Informes Defensoriales N° 95 y 110, ha demostrado que las faltas por denuncias de violencia familiar no reciben sanción efectiva. La reforma aprobada no garantiza la solución de estos problemas.
Estamos convencidas que para erradicar la violencia familiar el Estado Peruano debe implementar medidas de prevención y atención especializada para las víctimas; pero también debe sancionar efectivamente todo tipo de agresión. El retorno de la conciliación en violencia familiar a nivel policial es un grave retroceso para el acceso a la justicia de las mujeres.
Lima, 17 de julio de 2008.
Publicación en Perú 21
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| 02 Aug 2008 - 10:37 | Reporte Alternativo
URL: www.chs-peru.com/reportealternativo/
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Una entrevista al Coronel Henry Carbajal Gárate
Escrito por CHS Alternativo
Viernes, 31 de Julio de 2009 00:00
Jefe de la nueva División de Investigación de delitos contra la Trata de Personas de la DIRINCRI - PNP.
La historia de la lucha contra la trata de personas en la PNP se inicia en el año 2004 con la creación de la Sección de Investigación del Delito de Trata de Personas al interior de la División de Secuestros de la DIRINCRI. Esta en el 2006 se convierte en Departamento de Trata de Personas e Investigaciones Especiales y desde el 28 de marzo del 2008 ha sido elevada a la categoría de División.
En su corto periodo como División ha realizado intervenciones importantes, como en Pukiri, zona agreste de la selva de Madre de Dios, donde logró rescatar a adolescentes que eran explotadas sexualmente en bares ubicados en medio de lavadores de oro. Posteriormenete y Luego de un paciente trabajo de inteligencia, desarticuló una red de trata de personas que operaba en la ruta Iquitos - Lima - Cusco y que era liderada por una mujer "Bertha".
Aquí una entrevista con el Jefe de la nueva División, quien nos plantea sus retos y perspectivas en la gran responsabilidad que le ha tocado asumir, nada menos, que acabar con las organizaciones criminales que lucran con la libertad de las personas.
vea la entrevista
http://www.chs-peru.com/repo rtealternativo/
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| 01 Aug 2008 - 20:15 | National Network to End Domestic Violence
cs@nnedv.org
URL: www.nnedv.org
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Announcing 2008 DV Counts: National Census of DV Services -
Please forward this message to local domestic violence programs in your state.
SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 is the date of this year's national count.
Attached are the materials for 2008 Domestic Violence Counts: the National Census of Domestic Violence Services.
It includes the sample survey form as well as information on the 3 conference calls that we will be offering for local advocates.
They can register for the calls at: www.nnedv.org/CensusCalls
Thank you for helping us all obtain a safe national count!!!!
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This count is designed to collect an unduplicated, non-invasive count of adults and children who receive services during one 24-hour survey period.
Attached is everything you need to participate -- a short survey form, definitions, and frequently asked questions.
FREE LOCAL ADVOCATE CALLS
Please join us for one of 3 free conference calls for DV programs. Each call will cover the same information, last 30 minutes, and each will be held at 3pm Eastern Time on:
Thursday, September 4
Friday, September 12
Tuesday, September 16
To join, please register at www.nnedv.org/CensusCalls
If you have any questions, you can email census@nnedv.org
NEXT STEPS?
1) Review the survey packet and email census@nnedv.org or call 202-543-5566 if you have questions.
2) Identify who will be responsible for collecting the information and who will enter the information online.
3) Discuss how you will count the number of people served and who will be responsible for collecting the counts during the 24-hour period.
2006 and 2007 CENSUS REPORTS AVAILABLE
If you want to learn more about the previous two Census reports, go to: www.nnedv.org/census
Thanks to all of the amazing local programs and state coalitions that made the first two census counts so successful. We look forward to working with you for the 2008 count!
The Safety Net Project and the Entire Census Planning Team
at the National Network to End Domestic Violence
2001 S Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
202-543-5566 (p) ext 117
202-543-5626 (f)
Census@nnedv.org
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| 01 Aug 2008 - 11:36 | cimacnoticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/08073107-Viol . . .
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Sexo forzado, estigma social y no negociar sexo seguro con sus parejas
Violencia contra mujeres, causa y consecuencia del VIH/SIDA
Por Sandra Torres Pastrana
México, DF, 31 julio 08 (CIMAC).- El sexo forzado por un compañero infectado, el miedo al estigma social, que impide a las mujeres hacerse la prueba, y la limitación de negociar el sexo seguro con sus parejas, las pone en riesgo y es para ellas un factor de infección de VIH.
De ahí que la violencia contra las mujeres constituya una causa y una consecuencia del VIH/SIDA además de ser considerada como uno de los factores asociados al proceso de la feminización de la pandemia, aseguró Inés Alberdi, directora ejecutiva de Fondo de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer (UNIFEM).
En el marco de la XVII conferencia Internacional sobre el SIDA, UNIFEM realizó el pasado 30 de julio en las instalaciones del Centro Cultural España, en la Ciudad de México, el foro “Género, violencia contra las mujeres y VIH/SIDA” en donde se dio a conocer un avance de la investigación cualitativa que realiza, con este tema, UNIFEM y el Colegio de Michoacán mediante un convenio.
El trabajo, a cargo de Víctor Ortiz profesor investigador del Colegio de Michoacán, es el resultado de veinte entrevistas con mujeres de entre los 18 y 80 años, realizadas en las ciudades de Guatemala, Panamá y Santo Domingo, y explora algunas determinantes de género que obligan a la mujer a ser víctimas de dos epidemias: el SIDA y la violencia.
Inés Alberdi, consideró a la investigación como “muy significativa” para tener una real comprensión de un fenómeno como la violencia contra las mujeres.
Ya que “aparte de ser una violación a los derechos humanos, las pone en riesgo y es un factor de infección de VIH, ya sea mediante el sexo forzado por un compañero infectado, por miedo al estigma social, que les impide hacerse la prueba y por la limitación de negociar el sexo seguro con sus parejas”.
Luego de considerar que ante la pandemia del VIH en los países latinoamericanos y en el mundo en general, para la directora ejecutiva de UNIFEM, en su primera visita a México y Latinoamérica en su actual cargo, hay un trabajo muy grande que hacer señaló que en América Latina y el Caribe el VIH y la violencia contra las mujeres tienen consecuencias devastadoras en la salud y el desarrollo humano.
ADOLESCENTES Y MUJERES JÓVENES, EN RIESGO
Con respecto a la feminización de la pandemia, Inés Alberdi dijo que a nivel mundial las y los adolescentes, así como las mujeres jóvenes, representan los casos de una cuarta parte de la población de VIH positiva y la mitad de los nuevos casos.
Según datos de ONUSIDA, indicó, las jóvenes tienen 1.6 por ciento más probabilidades de infectarse que los hombres de su misma edad, en El Caribe las mujeres jóvenes tienen 2.5 por ciento más probabilidad de estar infectada que los varones.
Se calcula que 40 millones de niñas y niños son sujetos de abuso sexual todos los años, en todo el mundo.
Las niñas y las jóvenes que son sometidas a abusos sexuales o violaciones en la familia tienen menos probabilidades de poder buscar y recibir atención médica y profilaxis, después de su exposición al virus del SIDA y debido a su condición de jóvenes sus voces son menos escuchas.
Alberdi manifestó, que la vulnerabilidad de las jóvenes y las niñas a la infección del VIH, es resultado principalmente de factores sociales, económicos y culturales, producto de la desigualdad de género que las exponen a sufrir abusos de poder violencia, pobreza, marginación y falta de educación.
Y consideró, “las condiciones de conflicto armado, elevan la violencia sexual, la violación ha sido y continúa siendo un arma de guerra con el objeto de torturar, aterrorizar, humillar y de ejercer el poder sobre las mujeres y las niñas, así como también de destruir sus comunidades”.
Terminó su participación en el foro con una noticia que definió como reconfortante y esperanzadora.
“La pasada conferencia mundial de Toronto sobre SIDA trató la conexión del VIH y la violencia, desde entonces el tema es más conocido y se puede decir que a nivel internacional hay una aceptación y conocimiento de esta relación, ocasionando que en algunos países las mujeres sean incorporadas a la respuesta que se esta dando en ambas pandemias: la violencia y el VIH/SIDA”.
En el panel del el foro “Género, violencia contra las mujeres y VIH/SIDA” estuvieron, además de Inés Alberdi, Teresa Rodríguez, directora regional de UNIFEM para México, Víctor Ortiz, investigador del Colegio de Michoacán, consultor para UNIFEM, y Niza Picasso de ICW México Comunidad Internacional de Mujeres Viviendo con VIH.
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Barbara Crossette: What's not to like about the UN's new rights comm issioner?
Special to Globe and Mail Update
July 31, 2008 at 2:36 AM EDT
The world has a new United Nations high commissioner for human rights, a job that comes with built-in controversy. Right at the start, Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon's choice for the post, Navanethem Pillay, a South African judge now sitting on the International Criminal Court, seems to have caught a lot of people off-guard and provoked some unexpected reactions.
Judge Pillay, 67, is something of a star among international legal experts but was not widely known outside her home country, the UN and the war-crimes tribunals and courts. Beholden to no major human-rights organizations, she
was criticized by some in the field for not being "accessible" to that
community or not being a more outspoken rights advocate. (She says that was not her role as a judge.) In Washington, where George W. Bush's administration seems to have been prodded into a last-minute scramble to try
to derail the appointment, it was discovered that she was ‹ gasp! ‹ a
feminist.
That Mr. Ban held firm to his choice in the face of U.S. anxiety, if not
actual opposition, is both interesting and important. By one measure, his ability to proceed with this appointment after nearly a week's delay may reflect a diminution of Washington's clout within the always politicized UN
system, especially in the area of human rights. Mr. Bush's administration not only refused to join the recently created Human Rights Council, but also
worked actively to undermine the International Criminal Court, even removing the United States from the list of signers of the treaty that created it. And then there is Guantanamo, a target of criticism by Canadian Louise Arbour, who was Judge Pillay's predecessor as human-rights commissioner.
Mr. Ban's steadfastness may also indicate that at this moment of multiple crises on that continent, Africa ‹ not just South Africa but also the larger African Union ‹ cannot be trifled with. Africa, which strongly supported Mr. Ban's own election, may have trumped U.S. concerns. That's something of a watershed. Will Mr. Ban, thought by many diplomats to be too close to
Washington, be emboldened to open a little more distance?
Various reports have indicated that Washington's concern was that Judge Pillay was the candidate of South African President Thabo Mbeki, and as such, she might share his unwillingness to take a strong position against
renegades such as Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan. That seems unlikely, given her track record for independence.
But the real snag in the White House may have been the campaign waged by the
anti-abortion lobby, with the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute at the forefront. Somewhere along the line, the anti-abortionists appear to have "discovered" that Judge Pillay was a co-founder of Equality Now, a New York-based nongovernmental organization that helps women around the world
learn about and fight for their rights. The organization has played a
leading role in supporting African women's campaigns against female genital mutilation and has battled successfully to stop sex tourism in New York, among other projects. It is not known as a pro-abortion lobby.
In any case, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, told reporters that the charges levelled against Judge Pillay had been checked out. "We didn't find substance to the allegations," he said July 23, as Mr. Ban made
the South African's appointment official.
Mr. Khalilzad's attitude throughout the mini-crisis was noteworthy. From the start, he insisted that the choice of a human-rights commissioner was the Secretary General's to make, and he seemed unwilling to join the Bushites who go on the offensive whenever women's reproductive rights come
up at the UN. These are some of the same people who have backed a boycott of U.S. contributions to the UN Population Fund since 2002 and who side with the Vatican and conservative Muslim countries on international women's issues in the Economic and Social Council.
Washington had its own slate of candidates for high commissioner ‹ assembled hastily, by most accounts. One of them, an Asian woman, has told a human-rights activist in New York that in an interview with U.S. officials
she was asked about her views on abortion, which she refused to denounce. She never heard back. None of the American candidates made the UN short list. Runners up to Judge Pillay were Juan Mendez of Argentina, a human-rights lawyer who has been the secretary-general's special adviser on
the prevention of genocide, and Hina Jilani, a Pakistani lawyer who, with her sister, is a leader in fighting for women's rights and civil liberties.
What is strange is that the qualifications Judge Pillay brings to the high commissioner's office were not applauded by the Bush team, which prides itself on having leaned on the Security Council in June to pass a resolution
reiterating the doctrine now enshrined in law that rape and other forms of sexual abuse are recognized crimes of war. Before and during her time as a
judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Judge Pillay was among those who pushed to press such charges because rape had figured horrifically in the Rwanda genocide of 1994. In September, 1998, the Rwanda
tribunal became the first of the war-crimes courts to punish sexual violence in conflict. It convicted a local government official, Jean-Paul Akayesu, of rape as an act of genocide. Is a jurist's view on abortion to be given a higher priority than this?
Navanethem Pillay is a woman for the era in other ways too. Born into an ethnic Tamil family in Durban, she grew up in a minority community no less victimized by apartheid than black South Africans. The daughter of a bus driver and an unschooled mother, she rose through the education system in
South Africa to a place at Harvard Law School, where she took two degrees before returning to Durban and becoming the first woman to open a law firm in the province of Natal. She was known for her defence of political prisoners.
After Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, she became the first non-white female justice appointed to the South African Supreme Court.
A quiet, steady and focused lawyer and judge, she epitomizes the concept, so often honoured in the breach at the UN, that the talents of women are key to development. With the right tools, including better education and more reproductive health services, women can reduce poverty and slow the spread
of HIV-AIDS across the global South. But women, especially in Africa and Asia, need to know their rights and find ways to raise their status in society. Judge Pillay, who understands this, will be there to support them.
Barbara Crossette, former foreign correspondent for The New York Times, was South Asia bureau chief from 1988 to 1991 and UN bureau chief from 1994 to 2001. Working to protect human rights worldwide
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| 01 Aug 2008 - 09:28 | admin
cimac@laneta.apc.org
URL: www.cimac.org.mx/
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Urgent Action
For years, Women's Justice Center has relied on CIMAC as a premier source of women's rights news and investigation covering the Spanish-speaking world and beyond.
The recent attack on the CIMAC offices is an attack on the voice of women. Please do all you can to help them recover and be stronger than ever.
If you don't speak Spanish, don't hesitate to write them in English.
Email: cimac@laneta.apc.org
Marie De Santis
RANSACKING OF LONGTIME WOMEN'S NEWS AGENCY
IN MEXICO CITY RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT MOTIVES*
The devastation and disorder of a burglary and violent vandalism at the
women's news agency CIMAC (Women's Communication & Information) offices in Mexico City last weekend suggest that it was more than a common break-in,
according to Lucía Lagunes Huerta, general director of the organization. Manual Fuentes, a lawyer for CIMAC noted that the evidence might be "leaving a message that CIMAC is vulnerable." On behalf of the news agency, Fuentes filed a case with the Attorney General's office of the federal district of Mexico.
CIMAC has covered women and women's human rights issues throughout Mexico, Central & Latin America and the world for 20 years, including special in-depth articles about various unresolved cases of femicide and sexual violence against women in Mexico as a systemic violation of women's human rights. This journalistic work has included the hundreds of murders and disappearances of women in Juarez, Mexico; the 14 cases of sexual assault
charges of women against soldiers on July 11, 2006 in Castaños in the
northern state of Coahuila; and charges of sexual assault and torture of 26 women by Mexican police on May 3, 2006 in San Salvador Atenco (northeast of
Mexico City), all of which remain unresolved.
Fuentes said that in the legal documents filed about the burglary against CIMAC, Erica Cervantes, a staff member declared that when they arrived the morning of Monday, July 28th they found the locks to their offices smashed and totally destroyed. Likewise, the disarray in the office was extensive and unlike typical burglaries was focused more on documents and files,
including those containing confidential information about special investigations and coverage by CIMAC. Fuentes said, "it was obvious they were searching for information and documents…this is something that is very serious since CIMAC is dedicated to the denouncement and dissemination of issues that affect women in the exercise of their human rights."
Also during the break-in, 12 computers were stolen, as well as electronic and recording equipment used in news productions by CIMAC. Apparently finger prints and shoe prints were found on the scene by police who investigated the burglary. Fuentes requested that the federal prosecutor's office act immediately and with determination to identify those responsible for these felonies.
CIMAC staff said they have no idea who could have burglarized their offices, and noted that this was the first time in their 20 year history that
something like this had happened.
Numerous feminist and civil society organizations, as well as journalistic
associations have expressed their support for CIMAC and denounced this crime against the agency.
The National Center of Social Communication and the International Organization Article 19 sent an alert to more than 30 civil society organizations of civil society signed by many of these and others to express support for this feminist civil society organization and also asking for suggestions on ways to ensure that despite this situation, CIMAC can continue its work uninterrupted.
CIMAC also received a flood of messages of solidarity via telephone, email and visits to their offices, many of whom acknowledged the importance of
CIMAC for Mexican society, and particularly for women and media, in a national context involving a rise in violations of human rights and the
rights to freedom of expression and information. This situation has been
documented and denounced by the National Network of Journalists,
Tri-National Network of Journalists, International Network of Journalists
with Gender Vision; National Gender & Economy Network; World March of Women, and Women for Dialogue.
Communication media who have joined the solidarity effort include *La Voz del Puerto 870AM *(The Voice of the Port) de Oaxaca; Radio XENKA 1030 AM of Quintana Roo; Radio Vallekas of Spain; Reporters without Borders and the Communicators & Writers Organization of the State of Veracruz, among many others.
FIRE called CIMAC both to express our solidarity and support, to make a
commitment to translate and write in English the information that has come out in Spanish so that English-language media and communicators can also
respond. FIRE staff will also visit CIMAC this week in Mexico to assess further needs of the agency..
The robbery and vandalism of equipment and documents at CIMAC does not weaken the staff's commitment to the project or their journalistic work. At the same time, the official investigation launched on Monday continues.
For more information or to send messages of solidarity go to: *
http://www.cimac.org.mx/* <http://www.cimac.org.mx/>
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Sources: CIMAC reports: http://www.cimacnoticias.com/site/
Phon e interview by FIRE with Lucía Lagunes Huerta, executive director of CIMAC;
Elizabeth Velasco C. (2008, July 29), "Saquean oficinas de la agencia CIMAC"
(Offices of the agency CIMAC ransacked), *La Jornada, *Mexico.*
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/20 08/07/29/index.php?section=sociedad&arti cle=043n1soc
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Frieda Werden, Producer
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, Vancouver BC, Canada
www.wings.org
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| 31 Jul 2008 - 10:14 | National Indian Nations Conference
URL: ovcinc.org/default.aspx
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11TH NATIONAL INDIAN NATIONS CONFERENCE
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Office of Justice Programs, within the U.S. Department of Justice is pleased to announce the 11th National Indian Nations Conference: Justice for Victims of Crime. The Conference will be held December 11 — 13, 2008, in Palm Springs California, with the theme, “Strengthening the Heartbeat of all our Relations.” This year’s conference is coordinated again by the Tribal Law and Policy Institute under a grant from OVC.
The purpose of the 11th National Indian Nations Conference — the largest U.S. Department of Justice sponsored Indian Nations conference — is to bring together Native American victims, victim advocates, tribal leaders, victim service providers, community volunteers, prosecutors, judicial and law enforcement personnel, family violence and sexual assault specialists, medical providers, social services and mental health personnel, probation/corrections, criminal justice and juvenile justice personnel, as well as federal and state agency representatives to share their knowledge, experiences and ideas for developing programs that serve the unique needs of crime victims in Indian Country.
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| 31 Jul 2008 - 10:09 | Randy McCall, Victim Assistance Online
info@vaonline.org
URL: www.vaonline.org/new.html
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The following have been added to the VAOnline.org website; you can view these links at http://www.vaonline.org/new.html
* 23rd Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family
Maltreatment (Conference, USA)
* Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (Washington, USA)
* Deaf Abused Women's Network (Washington DC, USA)
* Deaf Hope (California, USA)
* Deaf Vermonters Advocacy Services (Vermont, USA)
* DOVE - Advocacy Services for Abused Deaf Women and Children
(Colorado, USA)
* Sego Lily Center for Abused Deaf (Utah, USA)
The following new post has been published on the VAOnline.org Fusion blog: http://vaonlinefusion.blogspot.com/
* Iowa CASA to Oversee Justice for Deaf Victims National Coalition
Grant
Randy McCall
(202) 657-5507
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Victim Assistance Online
info@vaonline.org
URL: http://www.vaonline.org/
Blog: http://vaonlinefusion.blogspot.com/
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| 30 Jul 2008 - 14:20 | Igualdad Ya
wan@equalitynow.org
URL: equalitynow.org/spanish/actions/action_2 . . .
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Igualdad Ya acaba de publicar una Actualización en su campaña contra la MGF en Malí, renovando su llamamiento al gobierno maliense para que respalde la promulgación de una ley que penalice la MGF como asunto prioritario. La Acción también informa de las últimas novedades en torno a la evolución notable, tanto en lo que se refiere a la salud como en materia educativa, de Fanta Camara, cuyo caso recogía la Acción Mujeres 25.1. Para ver la Actualización, haga clic en el siguiente enlace:
http://equalitynow.org/spanish/actions/action_2502_sp.html
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| 30 Jul 2008 - 14:07 | Equality Now
wan@equalitynow.org
URL: www.equalitynow.org/english/actions/acti . . .
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Equality Now has just issued an Update in its campaign against FGM in Mali, renewing its call on the Malian government to support the passage of a law criminalizing FGM as a matter of urgent priority. The
Action also provides an update on the remarkable health and
educational progress of Fanta Camara, whose case was highlighted in Women's Action 25.1. For the Update, please visit:
http://www.equalitynow.org/english/actions/action_2502_en.html
If you would like to contact the Malian government via e-mail, please note that Equality Now was unable to obtain working e-mail addresses for the President and Ministers. We encourage you to aditionally contact the Malian embassy in your country:
Embassy of Mali in Washington, DC, United States
Fax: +1 202 332 66 03
E-mail: infos@maliembassy.us
Embassy of Mali in Ottawa, ON, Canada
Fax: +1 613 232 7429
Email: ambassadedumali@rogers.com
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Menores de edad trabajaban hasta 17 horas cortando carne
Migrantes detenidas en redada revelan esclavitud y acoso sexual
Por Leticia Puente Beresford/corresponsal
Nueva York, EU, 29 julio 08 (CIMAC).- Condiciones de esclavitud, violaciones laborales, contratación de menores de edad y acoso sexual a mujeres salieron a la luz pública, luego de la redada en contra de inmigrantes indocumentados e indocumentadas por parte de las autoridades migratorias, ocurrida en mayo pasado en la empacadora de carne propiedad de Agriprocessors Inc., en Postville, Iowa.
La redada tuvo como saldo la detención de cerca de 389 trabajadoras y trabajadores indocumentados, la mayoría de Guatemala, quienes explicaron a las autoridades sobre la explotación laboral en ese centro de trabajo, informa el diario New York Times.
De las y los detenidos, 27 son menores de 20 años de edad, incluso algunos tienen 13 años. Relataron a los investigadores del caso que laboraban de 12 a 17 horas o más cortando carne. Entre las jóvenes detenidas está Gilda, de 16 años, ciudadana guatemalteca, quien trabajaba de noche en el área de pollos, para ayudar a sus padres a pagar sus deudas.
Elmer, menor de 16 años procedente de Guatemala, trabajaban de noche, hasta seis noches por semana. Trabajaba 17 horas diarias por seis días a la semana. Constantemente estaba cansado, dice, no tenía tiempo para otra cosa que trabajar y dormir. “Estaba muy triste”, dice, “sentía como si fuera esclavo”.
Sobre las denuncias por acoso sexual contra mujeres, la Equal Employment Opportunity Commision lleva a cabo pesquisas en la planta.
Los abogados de las y los inmigrantes indocumentados están preparando una demanda, basándose en Federal Fair Labor Standars Act, sobre salarios y violaciones de horarios entre otros.
E investigadores laborales están realizando averiguaciones en contra de Agriprocessors Inc., lo que podría resultar en cargos criminales contra la empresa.
Agrega el New York Times que el pasado 27 de julio cerca de mil personas, incluidos inmigrantes hispanoamericanos, integrantes del clero católico, rabinos y activistas, marcharon protestando en contra de las redadas y en demanda de mejores condiciones laborales y una reforma migratoria. En la manifestación también hizo acto de presencia un grupo opositor a la inmigración indocumentada, perteneciente a la Federation for American Immigration Reform. Llevaban pancartas con las leyendas “Stop the raids” e “Illegals go home”. Hubo tensión, pero no desorden, reportó la policía. 08/LPB/GG
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| 30 Jul 2008 - 10:33 | cimacnoticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com
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PROPONEN A SEGURIDAD PÚBLICA UN REGISTRO DE DELITOS DE GÉNERO Y VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MUJERES
México DF.- Las dirigentes de las instancias estatales de las mujeres y la representante del Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (Inmujeres), acordaron presentar al secretario ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública, Roberto Campa Cifrián, la propuesta para el registro de delitos de género y violencia contra las mujeres, así como fomentar la potenciación de los diferentes fondos federales orientados a la atención de la violencia de género a fin de favorecer la continuidad de los proyectos con recursos estatales.
Dichos acuerdos son el resultado de la búsqueda de mecanismos de formación a funcionarias y funcionarios estatales y municipales, planteados en la Primera Reunión Nacional de los Mecanismos para el Adelanto de las Mujeres en las Entidades Federativas del Sistema Nacional para la Igualdad entre Mujeres y Hombres, realizada la semana pasada en Chihuahua, informó el Inmujeres.
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| 30 Jul 2008 - 09:44 | Larry Kressley
lkressley@optonline.net
URL: www.stopitnow.org
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The deadline for expressions of interest in the position of Executive
Director of Stop It Now! is September 1. Please contact Larry Kressley at lkressley@optonline.net with questions or for more information. The job description is below.
*STOP IT NOW!*
*Executive Director – Position Description*
The Organization
Stop It Now! is a national non-profit organization founded in 1992 by Fran Henry, a sexual abuse survivor who recognized that traditional methods of preventing child sexual abuse were not working. Stop It Now! pioneered the now widely accepted idea that adults – not children – should be responsible
for preventing child sexual abuse. We offer support, information, and other resources to adults so they can take responsibility for the safety of their own children and others in their community. Stop It Now! operates the only national confidential toll-free Helpline and companion website designed to
provide information and guidance in responding to child sexual abuse.
Headquartered in Northampton, Massachusetts, Stop It Now! currently has an annual budget
of $750,000 and a staff of seven. For more information about the
organization, please visit our website at www.stopitnow.org.
The Position
The Executive Director will report to the Board of Directors and will lead
the Stop It Now! staff as it further develops and implements a strategic plan designed to enhance the organization's current programs, improve its marketing efforts to raise its profile, and increase its base of financial support.
To Apply
Please send a cover letter and resume to Larry Kressley, Chair of the Transition Committee, at: lkressley@optonline.net by September 1, 2008.
Whitney Gabriel
Executive Director
Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute (CMRPI)
274 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Ph: (510) 808-0386, Ext. 221
Fax: (510) 808-0378
wgabriel@cmrpi.org
www.childmolestationprevention.org
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| 30 Jul 2008 - 09:14 | annette
homerlight@yahoo.com
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i despertly need help recently cps took my grandson from my daughter after she reported the father for bringing the child back from a visit with bruies on him and claw marks on his eyes he turned the whole thing around on her this is a man who has a history of abuse and cps just took his word for it and wont even listen to us at all i am very conserned for my grandsons heath and well being and no one will listen to me. to my daughter we even offered to take lie detector test
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| 29 Jul 2008 - 17:44 | Tahirih Justice Center
justice@tahirih.org
URL: www.tahirih.org
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Executive Assistant
By providing holistic legal services and engaging in national public policy advocacy, the Tahirih Justice Center (Tahirih) works to promote access to justice in the United States for immigrant women and girls who are fleeing violence. Tahirih is a Bahá'í-inspired non-profit organization founded on the belief that the achievement of equality between women and men is necessary if society is to progress. Winner of the 2007 Washington Post Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Management, Tahirih has a staff of 23 and is based in Falls Church, VA.
Position Summary: The Tahirih Justice Center is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide administrative support to the Executive Director. The candidate must have superior organizational skills, excellent communication skills, a high level of maturity and sound judgment. S/he must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with highly motivated staff in a rapidly growing, mission-focused organization. The position will report to the Executive Director.
Family Law Paralegal
Position Summary: Tahirih is currently seeking to fill the position of family law paralegal. The ideal candidate will have experience working with female victims of violence from multi-cultural backgrounds. Additionally, the candidate will speak another language, have database knowledge, a professional demeanor, be detail-oriented, self-motivated, and a team player. S/he must be committed to the promotion of justice for women and girls, and to the foundational values of Tahirih.
Submissions: Please email a cover letter, resume, and a list of 3 references to:
Human Resources Department
Tahirih Justice Center
6066 Leesburg Pike, Suite 220
Falls Church, VA 22041
justice@tahirih.org
Fax: 703-575-0069
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| 29 Jul 2008 - 17:31 | Color of Change
URL: www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=2178-95 . . .
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Demand Congress investigate the Army's cover-up of murder
"LaVena Johnson was a 19 year old private in the Army, serving in Iraq,
when she was raped, murdered, and her body was burned--by someone from her own military base. Despite overwhelming physical evidence, the Army
called her death a suicide and has closed the case."
From the Color of Change web site:
"Justice for LaVena Demand Congress investigate the Army's cover-up of her murder
Overwhelming evidence shows that LaVena Johnson was raped and murdered while serving in Iraq. Yet the US Army refuses to investigate and insists LaVena's death was a suicide."
Go to their web site to take action:
www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=2178-95930
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| 29 Jul 2008 - 11:39 | Revista Contralinea
URL: www.contralinea.com.mx/archivo/2007/agos . . .
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Trata de blancas en Centroamérica
Para las organizaciones no gubernamentales, el caso de la niña nicaragüense Jackeline, secuestrada en 2004 por una red internacional de trata de blancas, es emblemático: demuestra cómo opera este negocio ilícito que se ha convertido en el tercero más lucrativo a nivel mundial.
See
www.contralinea.com.mx/archivo/2007/agosto2/htm/Trata_Blancas_Centroamerica.htm
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| 29 Jul 2008 - 11:33 | Contralinea
URL: www.breakingchains.org/root/pages/Latin_ . . .
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Latina American Women and Children at Risk
Sex Trafficking in Latin America
Jacqueline's case shows how this type of crime involves not only criminal networks, but also relies on the disinterest of law enforcement.
see
www.breakingchains.org/root/pages/Latin_America_Women_and_Children_at_Risk%20.pdf
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| 29 Jul 2008 - 10:48 | cimacnoticias
URL: http://www.cimacnoticias.com/site/
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Inicia MP averiguación previa
Asaltan las oficinas de CIMAC
México, DF, 28 julio 08 (CIMAC).- Hoy lunes 28 de julio aproximadamente a las 7:30 de la mañana nos dimos cuenta que las chapas de la entrada principal de Comunicación e Información de la Mujer (CIMAC) estaban violadas.
Se levantó la denuncia correspondiente en las oficinas del Ministerio Público y más tarde peritos de la Procuraduría General de Justicia del Distrito Federal (PGJDF) pudieron constatar que habían desaparecido la mayor parte del equipo de computo, electrónico y de grabación con el que se desarrolla el trabajo de la agencia Cimacnoticias, las coordinaciones de las Redes de Periodistas, Centro de Documentación y Prensa.
También se violaron chapas, escritorios, archiveros de la administración y la secretaría general donde se encontraban documentos fundamentales de la Asociación. Todos los hechos quedaron registrados en la averiguación previa FCH/CUH-6/T2/1195/08-07.
Esta es la primera ocasión que sucede esto en los casi 20 años de trabajo de CIMAC, cuya misión ha sido desde su fundación informar con una perspectiva de género acerca de las condiciones de las mujeres, en México y en el mundo, desde una visión de defensa de sus derechos humanos.
Pese a este lamentable suceso nuestra labor de comunicación e información continuará a través de los medios de comunicación y las redes de periodistas.
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| 29 Jul 2008 - 10:39 | Anne Walker, International Women's Tribunal
annewalker@iwtc.org
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UNA-USA welcomes nomination of Navanethem Pillay as UNHCHR
Ambassador William H. Luers, president of the United Nations Association of the USA, today issued the following statement
concerning the nomination by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of Navanethem Pillay to serve as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. *
The United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) welcomes the nomination of Navanethem Pillay of South Africa to succeed Louise Arbour as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Judge Pillay brings a distinguished professional career in law and human rights to her new post;
she also has been a prominent voice over many years in support of women's rights, particularly leading the international community to take strong positions on crimes perpetrated against women during conflict.
Judge Pillay currently serves as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and had previously been president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In this latter position, she was responsible for the administration and management of the tribunal and worked hard to
overcome allegations of shortcomings in the operation of the ICTR. Judge Pillay led the tribunal to take advanced positions on crimes against women, especially establishing mass rape as a crime rather than assimilating it
into more general criminal categories such as assault. The institutional impact of her work is undeniable: the Rome Statute creating the ICC recognizes such crimes, and the ICC has charged some of its present suspects
and defendants with crimes against women.
Judge Pillay becomes High Commissioner for Human Rights at a pivotal moment in the history of this important United Nations post. Sixty years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations is
more than ever called upon to address human rights violations whenever and wherever they may occur. Judge Pillay has a strong reputation both as a leader and as an advocate for human rights and international justice that should enable her to work effectively with UN member-states and with such UN institutions as the Human Rights Council.
UNA-USA calls upon all UN member-states, particularly the United States, to support the nomination of Judge Pillay. We believe that Judge Pillay is
singularly qualified to serve as High Commissioner in an era when human rights issues increasingly take center stage in relations among nations.
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