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| 04 Jul 2008 - 11:37 | cimacnoticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/08070312-Agre . . .
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Se relacionan con salud sexual y reproductiva y violencia de género
Agresiones contra mujeres migrantes al cruzar la frontera
Por Carolina Velázquez
México, 3 julio 08 (CIMAC).- Las mujeres forman hoy parte de esa “corriente silenciosa de la migración”, como señala el Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas, que se caracteriza por una sistemática violación a los derechos humanos de miles y miles de mujeres y niñas que cruzan las fronteras de los países del mundo.
De acuerdo a un registro de la organización de la sociedad civil Sin fronteras, desde 1975 el número de migrantes a nivel mundial se ha más que duplicado y más del 50 por ciento son personas económicamente activas. En el 2002, señala, había más de 175 millones de personas fuera de sus países de origen, alrededor del 3 por ciento de habitantes del planeta.
Actualmente, las personas se desplazan de países menos industrializados a más industrializados, de países con índices mínimos de producción a países con altos niveles de PIB, de países con altas tasas de natalidad a países con menores tasas de natalidad, de países con elevados índices de desempleo, a países con niveles aceptables de empleo, de países con graves problemas de pobreza, a países con mejores niveles de vida, apunta en su página Web.
Informa que en 2000 el 60 por ciento de las y los migrantes residía en los países desarrollados, mientras que el 40 por ciento se encontraba en países en desarrollo. La mayor parte que migra vive en Europa (56 millones), Asia (50 millones), América del Norte (41 millones).
Una de cada 10 personas en los países desarrollados es un migrante y entre 1995 y 2000, llegaron casi 12 millones de migrantes a los países desarrollados.
VIOLENCIA
Las mujeres migrantes, dice Sin Fronteras, viven una situación particular. Por ejemplo, son víctimas de violencia sexual con mayor frecuencia que los hombres, en una proporción de 100 a 1.
“La sociedad construida sobre relaciones basadas en el poder no le brinda una condición de igualdad con respecto al varón. La considera débil y por tanto susceptible de someterse en una relación de poder. Las autoridades y patrones, basados en la creencia de que la mujer es incapaz de reclamar o exigir un trato digno, confían en que pueden cometer abusos e irregularidades sin temor de ser denunciados”, explica.
Así, para esta OSC, la mujer migrante es víctima de violencia sexual con mayor frecuencia que los hombres, en una proporción de 100 a 1.
A lo largo de su traslado, las migrantes pueden ser objeto de trata de personas y en el lugar de destino enfrentan discriminación y explotación laboral, sueldos bajos, condiciones precarias y no tienen derecho a servicios de seguridad social, según el Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (Inmujeres).
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| 04 Jul 2008 - 10:00 | Alicia
alicialoga@aol.com
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estoy en una situacion horrible tengo tanto miedo, quiero irme, pero no puedo tengo un joven de 13 anos con autismo, siempre estamos solos amenazados humullados, no se que pasaria si me fuera con mi hijo, por el he soportado todo esto que hago
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| 04 Jul 2008 - 09:45 | admin
URL: www.justicewomen.com/DAfiresMiriam.pdf
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Sonoma County DA Fires Veteran Victim Advocate Miriam Gaon
A Wake Up Call to All Who Want to End Violence Against Women
It's Time to Re-Invent Independent Victim Advocacy!
See pdf file......
www.justicewomen.com/DAfires Miriam.pdf
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| 04 Jul 2008 - 09:33 | AWID
forum08@awid.org
URL: www.awid.org/forum08
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The 11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development The Power of Movements November 14-17, 2008
Cape Town, South Africa
http://www.awid.org/forum08
R EGISTER TODAY
online at http://www.awid.org/forum08/forum_regist ration.html
or contact us at forum08@awid.org
or +1 416 594 3773 for a registration form
The struggle for women¹s rights continues to face formidable challenges.
Fundamentalist forces have gained ground around the world, exerting an
increased control on women¹s lives. The Millennium Development Goals alongside the new aid architecture have restructured development assistance with women¹s rights taking a back seat. The HIV and AIDS pandemic has
continued to spread, with women being disproportionately affected. Migration has become an increasingly feminized phenomenon, particularly in relation to issues of labour and sexual exploitation. Militarization has increased, with particularly devastating impacts on women, while at the same time "security"
agendas have obscured global strategies for human development and the eradication of poverty.
These challenges and others have been accompanied by a marked increase in the fragmentation of social movements, as well as decreased investment by
funding agencies in movement-oriented as opposed to project-oriented work. The result has been a lack of spaces for women¹s rights advocates to think together about the implications of these trends and what new responses they
may require, not just as individuals but as global movements responding to global forces ‹ working in cooperation with other, like-minded social movements towards the common goals of gender equality, peace, social
justice, environmental sustainability and human rights for all.
The questions we urgently need to reflect on are complex and multi-faceted:
How do we build movements that allow us to be strong but flexible, diverse without being fragmented, adaptable without compromising our core values, strategic without being expedient? What kind of collective power is possible
in the 21st century? What types of mobilizations work and in what
contexts? What are the contradictions we need to confront in our movements in order to move forward? How do we build solidarity across different movements? And what is the cost of simply letting things drift along the present path?
From November 1417, 2008, up to 1,500 women¹s rights activists from around the world will gather in Cape Town, South Africa to debate and strategize about how to build stronger movements to advance women¹s rights and gender
equality globally.
We invite you to contribute to this urgent discussion Register today to participate in the 11th AWID International Forum on Women¹s Rights and Development:
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| 04 Jul 2008 - 09:22 | Lynette Dumble
lynette.dumble7@bigpond.com
URL: www.medindia.net/news/Boomtime-for-Broth . . .
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Boomtime for Brothel Business in Sydney
As Sydney prepares for a visit by Pope Benedict XVI and hundreds of thousands of Catholics, the city's brothels are readying themselves for an expected surge in demand for sex.
Any time Australia's biggest city hosts a major event -- from the 2003 Rugby World Cup to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit last year -- it is boomtime for the sex industry, insiders say.
And with 225,000 foreign and Australian pilgrims expected in Sydney for six-days of events celebrating the Catholic faith from July 15-20, they expect World Youth Day to be no different.
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http://www.medindia.ne t/news/Boomtime-for-Brothel-Business-in- Sydney-38747-1.htm
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| 04 Jul 2008 - 08:58 | Lynette Dumble
lynette.dumble7@bigpond.com
URL: www.global-sisterhood-network.org/conten . . .
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UK: A thriving sex industry is a magnet for human traffickers
Following shocking reports in London's Guardian and Independent of the tens of thousands of women and girls being trafficked into Britain's
brothels as the sex industry cashes in on the doubling of the country's men after "paid sex", Rahila Gupta in the below op-ed calls for the feminist solution, i.e. criminalise men who pay to rape.
In other words, put these men behind bars. Who wants them walking the streets, but on the same subject Sydney's brothels are anticipating another gang-buster season as crowds gather for the Papal visit to the World Youth fest [see item #2]. How obscene is that?
A luta continua - Lynette
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The Guardian ~~ London ~~ Thursday July 3, 2008
A thriving sex industry is a magnet for human traffickers
Police raids can rescue some victims, but for long-term results the
government must criminalise the buyers of sexual services
By Rahila Gupta
The news that a police crackdown on human trafficking netted 13
children between the ages of 14 and 17, shocking as it is, comes as no surprise to those working in the field. Although the exact number of
women working in prostitution is by definition unknowable, one of the
most commonly accepted statistics is that there are 80,000 women of
which 70% were recruited before the age of 18 (see Paying the Price,
Home Office, 2004). If you are considered to be a minor until the age of 18 under British law, and if trafficking is defined as "coercion or
deceit", then it is possible to conclude that 56,000 young women or children are being trafficked into the sex industry. Most of these
will not be British born, as some police estimates put numbers of
women trafficked from abroad at 85% of the total.
While the rescue of even one child is to be welcomed, raids and
operations like these have greater significance in leading to public
pressure to bring about changes in policy and perhaps some deterrent
effect on traffickers – but they do not make a substantial dent in
numbers rescued. The tragedy is that many of those rescued seem to
slip through the net yet again; social services and other agencies do
not appear to be well resourced enough to keep hold of them.
There are many, often interconnected, issues that make local women vulnerable to traffickers in the first place: physical or sexual abuse at home; homelessness; being in care; and drug addiction. These are
huge systemic issues that need tackling in the long term.
However, a short cut is available, if only the government were
prepared to take it: tackle demand by criminalising the buyers of
sexual services. Ironically the government is prepared to be more
robust in tackling demand for forced labour in areas such as catering,
cleaning or agriculture. Of the 13 children rescued, three had been
trafficked for forced labour. As the law now stands, their employers
could be fined and even jailed for not checking on their immigration
status, but the buyers of sexual services from the other 10 would go scot-free.
The government's action plan on trafficking limply proposes to "target
men who might use massage parlours, saunas or other kinds of brothel, through men's magazines, websites or other targeted media using advertisements which raise awareness of trafficking for sexual
exploitation and warn of the risks involved." This is a risible
response. On many internet chatrooms men exchange salacious tips about their sexual experiences with prostitutes. The younger they are or the more compliant they are because they have been trafficked, the more
attractive they are to these men. Apparently the number of men who now pay for sex has doubled to nearly one in 10 since the 1990s.
The government needs to grasp the nettle and introduce legislation to
make the buying of sex a criminal offence. Where this has been done,
for example in Sweden, there is evidence that there has been a
substantial reduction in women trafficked to those countries. A
thriving sex industry is a magnet for traffickers, both national and
international, and needs to be kicked where it hurts.
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| 03 Jul 2008 - 10:38 | IRIN
URL: www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79 . . .
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YEMEN: Government body moves to stem female genital mutilation
1 July 2008 (IRIN) - The Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), a government body, has drawn up a national action plan to end the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Yemen.
As a first step, the plan - the first of its kind in Yemen - aims to reduce FGM/C prevalence by 30 percent by 2012.
The plan has yet to be presented to Cabinet for approval, but was discussed at a workshop on 24 June, with the 65 participants representing UN agencies, the government, donors and civil society.
According to a new, unpublished, study on FGM/C presented at the workshop, FGM/C is practised in five of Yemen’s 21 governorates, with prevalence rates of 97.3 percent in al-Hudeidah Governorate; 97.3 percent in Hadhramaut; 96.5 percent in al-Mahrah; 82.2 percent in Aden; and 45.5 percent in Sanaa.
Prepared jointly by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Sanaa University's Gender Development Research Centre (GDRSC) and the Yemeni Women’s Union, the study identified four types of FGM/C, as per the World Health Organization classification.
The most common was Type 2 - partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora (excision) - found in 83 percent of the cases studied.
Type 1 - partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or the prepuce - represented 13 percent of cases.
A 1997 demographic survey found that 23 percent of girls and women had been subjected to FGM/C, including 69 percent in coastal areas; 15 percent in mountainous areas; and 5 percent in desert and highland areas.
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http://www.irinnews.or g/Report.aspx?ReportId=79025
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| 02 Jul 2008 - 19:58 | Lihue'
lih114@gmail.com
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Hace un tiempo fui victima de violacion, aun no lo he superado es mas prefiero no pensar en ello. Pero si alguna persona necesita ayuda no dude en contactarse conmigo, hare lo que este a mi alcance. Saludos.
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| 02 Jul 2008 - 19:54 | admin
URL: www.noticias24.com/actualidad/?p=15569
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Una Historia de Una Violacion Impune
El País fustiga los abusos sexuales de Ortega a su
En un reportaje que este domingo publica el Dominical de “El País” de España, la hijastra de Ortega recuerda los abusos sexuales y violaciones a que fue cometida por el presidente de Nicaragua.
Esto es parte del reportaje de Juan Jesús Aznarez que puede leer completo pulsando aquí:
Zoiloamérica Narváez sintió el insoportable peso de la revolución sandinista cuando su jefe, Daniel Ortega, le hizo creer que su estabilidad emocional, el cumplimiento de los deberes del líder con la historia, el destino de la revolución y de la patria pasaban por la satisfacción de sus apetitos sexuales. “Realmente llegué a creer que mi sacrificio realmente aportaba a la revolución”, testimonió la víctima.
El manipulador caudillo, presidente de Nicaragua durante dos periodos (1985-1990, 2007-1212), consumó la primera violación de su hijastra en el año 1982, cuando él tenía 34 años y la niña había cumplido los 15, de acuerdo con el pliego de acusación.
Ésta es la historia de una violación impune; de un movimiento hecho trizas, el sandinismo, y de la espuria alianza entre su principal dirigente, el ex revolucionario Ortega, y el corrupto ex presidente derechista Arnoldo Alemán (1997-2001), que todavía conspira, pese a la condena de 20 años en 2003 por blanqueo de dinero y saqueo de las arcas del Estado: un botín de 250 millones de dólares (unos 160 millones de euros).
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| 02 Jul 2008 - 15:43 | Kirity Roy
kirityroy@gmail.com
URL: www.masum.org.in
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28 June 2008
To
The Superintendent of Police
District – Murshidabad
Beharampur
Sir,
We have already brought to your notice vide our complaint dated 7/7/2007 about the unnatural death of a young minor girl namely Shilpi Khatun D/o Ms. Mafia Bewa of village-Enayetpur, P.O: -
Sadikhan's Dearh, Jalangi Police Station, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India who was allegedly raped and murdered on 27/4/2007 by a minor boy namely Sahin Mondal son of Lalu Mondal of the same village. The police shamelessly displayed their apathy in the matter starting a criminal case vide Jalangi Police Station Case no. 102/2007 dated 1/6/2007 under sections 448/354/306 of Indian Penal Code on a concocted complaint prepared at their whims.
The higher administration of the police of the district was of no different nature and the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Domkal; Murshidabad submitted a report justifying the police action. Our earlier complaints dated 7/7/2007 and 28/1/2008 made before you were in detail of such incidents.
The victim Ms. Mafia Bewa again faced the fury of the perpetrators when on 23/6/2008 at about 9.30 p.m. the perpetrators namely Mr. Shahin Mondal and his father Mr. Lalu Mondal, Mr. Sirajul Seikh, Bablu Sk., Mr. Hamu Sk and other unidentified persons of Enayetpur village, P.O: - Sadikhan's Dearh, Jalangi Police Station, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India stormed into the house of the victim. They threatened, abused the victim and forced her to sign on several blank papers at gun point.
On 24/6/2008 the victim immediately went to Jalangi Police Station to lodge complaint but failed. Then she lodged written complaint before the Superintendent of Police,
Murshidabad. It also important to mention here that the day i.e.24/6/2008 was fixed for deposition of the victim before the Juvenile Board Kolkata, West Bengal which took up for disposal the criminal case i.e. Jalangi Police Station Case no. 102/2007 dated 1/6/2007. But she could not present before the Board under the compelling situation as stated above.
The circumstances as mentioned are of serious concern as the perpetrators do not care about law and resorting themselves to criminal activities endangering the life of the victim with the passive help of the administration in spite of being accused in criminal case which is still sub-judice.
Hence we seek your urgent attention and intervention in the matter in the following manner:-
· That immediate action must be initiated against the perpetrators
for their alleged criminal activities.
· That the accused police officers of Jalangi Police Station must be
held responsible for their deliberate negligence, omission in discharging their lawful duties.
· That an independent inquiry must be initiated against the guilty
police officers by a neutral agency and they must be suspended from their service pending the inquiry.
· That the victim must be given shelter and protected from any future harassment by the perpetrators ensuring safety of her life and liberty and any other appropriate relief.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Kirity Roy
State Director of NPPTI
& President of MASUM**
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*Name & Address of the victim*: - Ms. Mafia Bewa w/o late Ansar Ali, by faith- Muslim, aged about-37 years, residing at village-Enayetpur, P.O: -
Sadikhan's Dearh, Jalangi Police Station, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.
*Name & Address of the Perpetrators*: - Mr. Shahin Mondal and his father Lalu Mondal, Mr. Sirajul Seikh, Bablu Sk., Hamu Sk and other unidentified persons of Enayetpur village, P.O: - Sadikhan's Dearh, Jalangi Police
Station, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.
*Place of incident*: - In the house of the victim Ms. Mafia Bewa at
Enayetpur village, P.O: - Sadikhan's Dearh, Jalangi Police Station,
Murshidabad, West Bengal
*Date and Time of Incident*: - On 23/6/2008 at about 9.30 p.m.
*Case Details:-
*A minor girl, Shilpi Khatun, aged about 12 years, daughter of Ms. Mafia Bewa (widow) and late Ansar Ali, resident of Enayetpur village, P.O: - Sadikhan's Dearh, Jalangi Police Station, Murshidabad, West Bengal, faced unnatural death under a situation while she was resisting rape from the perpetrator who is also a minor namely Sahin Mondal son of Lalu Mondol of same village.
The unnatural death of the girl under mysterious circumstances failed to shake police of Jalangi police Station. Ultimately the Officer-in-Charge of the police station started a police case vide Jalangi Police Station case no. 102/2007 dated 1/6/2007 under sections 448/354/306 of Indian Penal Code but the police did not proceed with the
original complaint of the complainant rather obtained left thump impression from the mother of the victim to create a fresh complaint drafted at the whims of the police.
We upon getting complaint from Ms. Mafia Bewa lodged complaint on 7/7/2007 with different authorities such as The National Human Rights Commission, Ref: EU/NHRC/SK/387/07,National Commission for Minorities, Ref: EU/NCM/SK/388/07, National Commission for Women, Ref: EU/NCW/SK/389/07, West Bengal Commission for Women, Ref: EU/WBCW/SK/390/07, West Bengal Human Rights Commission, Ref: EU/WBHRC/SK/391/07, Principal Secretary (Home), West Bengal, Ref: EU/PS(H)/WB/SK/392/07, DG & IGP of West Bengal Police, Ref: EU/DG & IGP/WBP/SK/393/07, Superintendent of Police, Baharampur, Murshidabad, Ref: EU/SP/MSD/SK/393/07.
In pursuant to our complaints a concocted enquiry report was made by Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Domkol which justified and upheld the police action. The said
report supporting the police version was duly challenged inter alia by
raising some points through our complaint dated 28/1/2008 addressed to different authorities as mentioned above. On perusing our complaint dated 28/1/2008, the Chairperson, National Commission for Women was pleased to
issue a letter addressing the Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad, to inquire into the matter afresh in view of the questions raised in our complaint challenging the enquiry report and also directed to submit report within 15th May, 2008. But the Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad is yet to submit his report in this regard.
In the meantime the case which had been started by the Jalangi Police Station was taken up for disposal by the Juvenile Justice Board, Kolkata, West Bengal. It was reported that the Juvenile Justice Board fixed on 24/6/2008 for taking testimony of Ms. Mafia Bewa, the mother of Shilpi Khatun (deceased). In is mentioned that Ms. Mafia Bewa gave partial testimony before the Board on 7/3/2008.
But on 23/6/2008 at about 9:30 P.M. the perpetrators; namely Shahin Mondal and his father Lalu Mondal, Mr. Sirajul Seikh, Bablu Sk., Hamu Sk. forcibly trespassed into the house of Mafia Bewa accompanied by some unidentified persons and took her out of house. They threatened the victim using filthy language. They forcibly made her sign several blank papers at gun point. They left the premises issuing threats on her life that she would face dire consequences if she would dare to give testimony before the Juvenile Board. The victim got scared on by the sudden development of the situation and she contacted our fact finding team immediately there after.
Our fact finding team along with Mafia Bewa went to Jalangi police station the next morning; 24/6/2008. But the Duty Officer of the police station refused to write down any complaint, or provide an explanation why he wouldn't take the matter up. The victim Ms. Mafia Bewa, not being helped from the Jalangi Police station went to the office of the Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad on same day, 24.6.2008.
The team members of MASUM, helped her to meet the SP of Murshidabad and there she lodged a written complaint detailing the incident of 23.6.2008. As the victim; Mafia Bewa, was busy in lodging complaints before the authorities in respect of the last night incident, she could not make herself present before The Juvenile Justice Board, Kolkata before 10 am on 24/6/2008 for giving her testimony. On 25.6.2008 at about 4 pm, Mr. Subir Pal, Officer-in-Charge of Jalangi Police Station along with 4 policemen reached the place of occurance and talked with Ms. Mafia Bewa in front of many villagers. But till date Jalangi PS did not arrest those miscreants nor took any steps against them.
We have been long monitoring and lodging complaints to various authorities that since the commission of rape and murder of Shilpi Khatun; daughter of Ms. Mafia Bewa, the administration, including the police and its' higher authorities have been playing a collusive role with the perpetrators, to gouge the voice of the victims in pursuance of her fighting for
justice. Several complaints; as mentioned above, failed to yield any fruitful results either from the administration or from the police. This time also, the police
remained silent and intentionally did not take any steps against the
perpetrators for allegedly forcing Ms. Mafia Bewa to sign several blank papers.
--
Kirity Roy
President
Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha
(MASUM)
26 Guitendal Lane
Howrah 711101
West Bengal INDIA
Mobile: 09903099699
Tele Fax : +91-33-2640 4118
Phone: +91-33-2640 4520
e. mail : kirityroy@gmail.com
Web: www.masum.org.in
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| 01 Jul 2008 - 15:24 | liseth
liki1979@yahoo.com
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yo fui victima de mi esposo hace un tiempo y nunca hice nada hasta que un dia fue arrestado por otras acusaciones y desde ahora estoy tranquila pero despues de 10 meses me entere que salio de la carcel y temo por mi seguridad el dice que tengo que regresar como sea porque aun sigo siendo su esposa la verdad y o no quiero estar con el jsmss y temo tambien que me deporte porque ese es su arma de amenaza contra mi por vor ayudenme que puedo hacer
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| 01 Jul 2008 - 10:16 | admin
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq-NJ1YQu8M
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Listen to this rant against child abuse victim/witnesses by state representative James Fagan of Taunton MA.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq-NJ1YQu 8M
Then ponder the fact that Fagan sits on the MA House Committee on Ethics and the House Committee on Rules.
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| 01 Jul 2008 - 09:34 | Amy L. Harcar, CASA
aharcar@casa-stpete.org
URL: www.casa-stpete.org
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JOB! JOB! JOB!
Hi All!
We have an opening for CASA's residential director that supervisors our shelter and transitional housing programs. See the ad below and I
encourage you to apply if you are interested in working for CASA in St.
Petersburg, FL! Please share this ad far and wide! The position is
open now and we will be interviewing and hiring as soon as we find a qualified candidate. Women of color and battered/formerly battered
women are especially encouraged to apply!
Linda A. Osmundson
CASA Executive Director
PO Box 414, St. Petersburg, FL 33731
727-895-4912
www.casa-stpete .org
________________________________
Residential Director - CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse) Manage DV Shelter, Transitional Housing & Youth Services. Must be able to work with diverse groups & demonstrate understanding of empowerment philosophy. Min BA or equivalent.
Prior DV residential & supervisory exp. req. FL Dr. Lic req. EOE.
Resume/cover letter to fax 727.821.7101
or aharcar@casa-stpete.org.
Amy L. Harcar
Executive Assistant & HR Coordinator
Community Action Stops Abuse (CASA)
P.O. Box 414
St. Petersburg, FL 33731
727.895.4912 ext. 111
727.821.7101 fax
aharcar@casa-stpete.org <mailto:aharcar@casa-stpete.org>
www.casa-stpete.org <http://www.casa-stpete.org>
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| 30 Jun 2008 - 23:15 | ADMIN
URL: ethicsdaily.com/article_detail.cfm?AID=1 . . .
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ETHICS DAILY.COM
Southern Baptist Scholar Links Spouse Abuse to Wives' Refusal to Submit to Their Husbands
Bob Allen
06-27-08
One reason that men abuse their wives is because women rebel against their husband's God-given authority, a Southern Baptist scholar said Sunday in a Texas church.
Bruce Ware, professor of Christian theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., said women desire to have their own way instead of submitting to their husbands because of sin.
"And husbands on their parts, because they're sinners, now respond to that threat to their authority either by being abusive, which is of course one of the ways men can respond when their authority is challenged--or, more commonly, to become passive, acquiescent, and simply not asserting the leadership they ought to as men in their homes and in churches," Ware said from the pulpit of Denton Bible Church in Denton, Texas.
In North Texas for a series of sermons at the church on "Biblical Manhood & Womanhood," Ware described his "complementarian" view as what "Southern Seminary as a whole represents."
Commenting on selected passages from the first three chapters of Genesis, Ware said Eve's curse in the Garden of Eden meant "her desire will be to have her way" instead of her obeying her husband, "because she's a sinner."
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http://ethicsdaily.com/article_de tail.cfm?AID=10675
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| 30 Jun 2008 - 17:31 | admin
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from CNN
(CNN) -- Authorities identified a soldier in training as a person of interest in the death of a pregnant soldier found in a North Carolina motel room, a military official said.
Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, was seven months pregnant when her body was found in a motel.
Lt. Col. John Clearwater, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, told CNN affiliate WRAL that the person of interest is a training student at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School located at nearby Fort Bragg.
News of the development came Saturday as a local newspaper reported that it had received a letter from someone purporting to be Spc. Megan Lynn Touma's killer -- and claiming an infamous serial killer as a role model.
However, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told CNN affiliate WNCN, "I do not believe there is a serial killer on the loose in Fayetteville." Watch how the letter's author taunted police »
WNCN also reported that police had searched the home of a person who may be linked to Touma's death. Police would not divulge the home's owner or location but said officials are ready to "start the analysis of many items that were taken from the suspect's home."
Authorities discovered the body of 23-year-old Touma in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, motel room June 21 after receiving a report of a strong odor coming from one of the motel rooms. Touma was seven months pregnant.
Motel employees told the police that there was a "Do Not Disturb" sign on Touma's door for four days before she was found, according to local media reports.
According to The Fayetteville Observer, police are also investigating a letter, dated June 17, sent to the newspaper by a person claiming responsibility for Touma's death.
The letter's author included in the letter the name of the hotel, room number and date Touma was found. It also mocked Fayetteville police, saying, "I basically, sat there and watch while investigaters were on site." Investigators was misspelled in the letter.
The author also wrote, "It was a master piece. I Confess, that I have killed many times before in several states, but now I will start using my role-model's signature. There will be many more to come." Read the letter »
The letter has a circle with a cross in it, the same symbol used by the Zodiac Killer, who was responsible for at least five deaths in California in 1968 and 1969. The Zodiac Killer was never identified.
The Observer reported on Friday that a source close to the investigation said that the same symbol was drawn in lipstick on a mirror in Touma's motel room.
Lt. David Sportsman told the paper that the letter is valuable evidence, but that it was written in an attempt to mislead investigators.
"There is absolutely no reason to believe there have been any other killings or that any other killings have occurred related to this so-called confession," Sportsman told The Observer.
It is not known whether there is a connection between the person of interest and the author of the letter.
Touma, a dental specialist from Cold Spring, Kentucky, arrived at Fort Bragg on June 12.
In five years with the Army, Touma had served with the U.S. Army Dental Activity Clinic in Bamberg, Germany, and in Fort Drum, New York, before her assignment to Fort Bragg.
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