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| 07 Dec 2008 - 18:14 | Evelyn Martinez
silverstarfish929@yahoo.com
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tengo una conocida quien es originaria de Guatemala es indigena, aqui esta su hermano y su primo y son indocumentados, ella se acompano con un joven hondureno legal, tiene 2 nenas una de un anos y meses y una recien nacida, ella se quiere ir a vivir con sus familia pues ya no es feliz con el, el le dice que se vaya pero que le tiene que dejar las nenas, y si no le echa la policia, que puede hacer tiene miedo porque son ilegales pero esta presa en su casa, ............................ donde vivimos no hay policias que hablen espanol, se llama Apalachicola Florida 32320, cualquier sugerencia muchas gracias.
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| 07 Dec 2008 - 18:06 | marcela
ilovekungfu@hotmail.com
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i need desperately somewhere to go and ask for help, im having a bad time with this abusive guy!!! i am now in juarez mexico but i just dont know where to ask for help . thanks
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| 07 Dec 2008 - 10:36 | CLADEM
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Comunicado de Prensa/ CLADEM reconocido con Premio Rey de España
Español- Comunicado de Prensa de CLADEM
CLADEM recibe reconocimiento en la tercera edición del Premio Rey de España en Derechos Humanos
CLADEM, Comité de América Latina y El Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer, recibe con inmensa alegría el reconocimiento concedido en la tercera edición del Premio Rey de España en Derechos Humanos que se otorga a organizaciones que se distinguen por su labor en la defensa y promoción de los derechos humanos y de los valores democráticos en Iberoamérica.
Dicho premio fue otorgado de forma unánime a la labor cumplida por el CLADEM, como organización regional que trabaja desde una perspectiva feminista, valorando la exigibilidad del principio de igualdad de género en la búsqueda de un mundo más justo y más humano.
CLADEM felicita a todas y cada una de las integrantes de nuestra red, por el compromiso sostenido, militante e imaginativo realizado, y también por quienes aunque no permanezcan con nosotras, han recorrido en forma solidaria y aportativa un trecho de la ruta trazada por nuestra organización a lo largo de sus 20 años de historia institucional.
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Norma Enríquez Riascos
Coordinadora Regional
CLADEM
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| 07 Dec 2008 - 10:05 | Human Rights Education Associates
URL: www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=441
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Online Course 17E09: Monitoring Women's Rights
4 February-14 April 2009 | On-line application | Application deadline: 15 December 2008
Instructor: Indai Sajor
This distance learning course is a basic introduction to measuring and monitoring the status of women and gender equality, including basic health and welfare, education, civil rights and freedoms, and special protection measures. The course will address the full cycle of monitoring, including tool development; methodologies for carrying out monitoring; and the application of results for improving the respect, protection and realisation of women's human rights.
The course involves approximately 50 hours of reading, on-line working groups, assignments, and interaction among students and the instructor, and is offered over a 10-week period beginning on 4 February 2009. The course will integrate active and participatory learning approaches within activities and assignments, with an emphasis on reflective and collaborative learning. Participants will do the required reading, prepare interim and final project assignments, including case studies, and participate in group discussions.
The maximum number of course participants is 25. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation. It is also possible to audit the course.
Course outline [tentative]
Week 1. The Monitoring Concept and Developing a Strategy of Action
Week 2. Introduction to Women's Rights, and the Role of the International, Regional and Domestic Standards
Week 3. Basic Principles of Monitoring
Week 4. Information-Gathering
Week 5. Monitoring Government Budgets
Week 6. Monitoring Women's Political Participation
Week 7. Monitoring Women's Health
Week 8. Monitoring Violence Against Women
Week 9. Monitoring Women's Rights in Armed Conflict
Week 10. Preparation of Monitoring Reports and Follow-Up
More information.....
www.hrea.org/index.php ?base_id=441
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| 07 Dec 2008 - 09:46 | Feminist Peace Network
URL: www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/12/05/ . . .
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Around The World, Many Campaigns To Involve Men In Ending Violence Against Women
As part of our continuing coverage of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, today we are highlighting efforts to involve men in ending violence against women. As we have noted before, this is not a problem that can be solved by women alone, men must become involved in order to truly achieve positive change. This year we are pleased to see numerous efforts around the world to include men in this very important campaign:
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www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/12/05/around-the-world-many-campaigns-to-involve-men-in-ending-violence-against-women/
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| 05 Dec 2008 - 10:09 | Kathy Maguina
kathy@movimientoelpozo.org
URL: www.movimientoelpozo.org
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Explotación Sexual de Adolescentes: un Problema Nacional
Estimadas/os amigas/os:
En coordinación con la Congresista Hilaria Supa Huamán y la Directora de CEDISA en Tarapoto, el Movimiento El Pozo invita a participar en la Mesa de Diálogo e Informe sobre la "Explotación Sexual de Adolescentes: un Problema Nacional", que se llevará a cabo en la Sala José Abelardo Quiñones del Congreso de la República, el día viernes 12 de diciembre a las 10 de la mañana.
Para mayores informes e inscripciones llamar al 423-5852 o al 311-7510.
Agradecemos su gentil asistencia.
Saludos cordiales,
Kathy Maguiña Sotomayor
Responsable Area de Sensibilización e Incidencia
MOVIMIENTO EL
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| 05 Dec 2008 - 10:01 | International Mothers' Network
aoreilly@yorku.ca
URL: www.internationalmothersnetwork.org
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We are thrilled to announce the establishment of the INTERNATIONAL MOTHERS
NETWORK (IMN), the first ever global consortium of motherhood organizations.
ARM's herstoric MOTHERS' MOVEMENT summit October 24-26th featured the
participation of 28 international mother organizations (including CODE PINK, NOW, Mothers Acting Up, Momsrising, Literary Mama, Sistersong, Motherhood
Project, NAMC, MINE, Welfare Warriors -- to name just a few) and was attended by two hundred
academics and activists from more than twenty countries.
At the final day of the conference at the closing roundtable, representatives of 20 plus mother's organizations announced the establishment of the IMN. The
initial goal of the IMN is to invite mother organizations from around the world to join this network. In particular, the IMN urges all progressive mothers groups -- mothers from the global south, mothers in poverty, mothers with
disabilities, welfare mothers, grandmother caregivers, etc. to join in this new network.
We hope to officially launch the IMN on International Woman's Day in
cities around the world. WE ASK THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE IMN YOU SEND DETAILS ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION BY FEBRUARY 15. We also ask that you distribute this invitation far and wide.
Initial initiatives of the IMN include:
A website that will feature a quarterly newsletter and calendar of IMN events worldwide: www.internationalmothersnetwork.org. The website will be up by the
end of November.
Month of May Mother events.
A IMN conference every three years.
We hope your Mothers' organization will join today. Please email me with any questions you may have.
For more information about ARM, please visit our website at www.yorku.ca/arm.
On behalf of the IMN,
Dr. Andrea O'Reilly,
Associate Professor,
School of Women's Studies,
Director: Association for Research on Mothering,
York University,
Toronto, Ont.,
M3J 1P3
416 736 2100;60366
aoreilly@yorku.ca
www.yorku.ca/arm
--
Frieda Werden, Producer
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service,
Vancouver BC, Canada
www.wings.org
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| 05 Dec 2008 - 09:49 | Universtity of Texas Law School
URL: www.caction.org/CommCalendar/e vents/20 . . .
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Establishing Expertise as an
Ethical Expert Witness (domestic violence)
A training designed for attorneys, domestic violence service providers and professionals who are interested in being considered as expert witnesses in court cases involving domestic violence.
January 12-13, 2009
The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Austin, Texas
Training at a Glance:
The training is designed for attorneys, domestic violence service providers and professionals who are interested in being considered as expert witnesses in court cases involving domestic violence.
Overview:
An intensive two-day training provides participants critical skills needed to serve as an expert witness or use the skills of an expert witness in domestic violence cases; knowledge about the ethical issues involved; knowledge about the legal environment expert witnesses work in; and issues
involved in expert witness testimony. Course structure uses case studies and allows participants to evaluate an expert witness on the stand.
For more information, please click here.
http://www.caction.org/CommCalendar/events/2008/ExpertWitnessFlyer.pdf
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| 04 Dec 2008 - 21:56 | Financial Post, Canada
URL: www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1028 . . .
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Vancouver is gateway for international sex trafficking
Conference told sex trade major problem during Olympics
Suzanne Fournier, Vancouver Province
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Jason Payne
Prostitution in Vancouver leading up to the 2010 Olympics is a growth industry that is creating a demand for women and children from Pacific Rim countries, activists said Wednesday.
Women from Australia, Korea, the Philippines, India and B.C. told a conference entitled "Flesh Mapping: Vancouver Markets Pacific Women" that events such as the Olympics create demand for trafficking and prostitution.
"We are looking at the powerful growth of trafficking in women as the Olympics approach," said Lee Lakeman of the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, which is hosting the conference as part of Saturday's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
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www.financialp ost.com/story.html?id=1028732
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| 04 Dec 2008 - 08:29 | Randy McCall, Victim Assistance Online
info@vaonline.org
URL: www.vaonline.org/
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Our members may be interested in this event:
Online Event: Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Registration required, no charge to participate
Registration and other information:
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/spo tlight.html?id=1841&preview=0
This event is the last of four in the Series on Sexual Violence, sponsored by the Government Innovators Network and the National Institute of Justice.
Additional event topics include sexual violence from an international perspective, sexual violence and evidence collection, and residency restrictions for sex offenders. Ample time will be allocated for audience Q&A.
This event will examine the prevalence, nature, and reporting of various types of sexual assault experienced by university students, including those perpetrated by "undetected" rapists, and will discuss evidence-based
prevention strategies. The discussion will be moderated by Marnie Shiels, Attorney Advisor for the Office on Violence against Women. The panel includes:
* Chris Krebs - Senior Research Social Scientist, RTI International
* David Lisak - Forensic Consulting, Associate Professor, University of
Massachusetts, Boston
* Dorothy Edwards - Director, The Violence Intervention and
Prevention Center, University of Kentucky
Randy McCall
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Victim Assistance Online
info@vaonline.org
URL: http://www.vaonline.org/
Blog: http://vaonlinefusion.blogspot.com/
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| 03 Dec 2008 - 15:49 | Randy McCall, Victim Assistance Online
info@vaonline.org
URL: www.vaonline.org/new.html
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The following have been added to our sites:
On the VAOnline.org website, viewable at:
http://www.vaonline.org/new.html
- Nunavik CAVAC (Quebec, Canada)
- US State Department - Overseas CItizen Services - International Financial
Scams (USA)
- Domestic Assaults by Juvenile Offenders (Report, USA)
- Effects of Second Responder Programs on Repeat Incidents of Family Abuse: A Systematic Review (USA)
- Hope II: Faith-Based and Community Organization Program Evaluation
Study: Summary Report, Process Study Report, Outcomes Evaluation
Report (USA) Highly recommended, over 350 pages.
The following items were published on the VAOnline.org Fusion blog:
http://vaonlinefusion.blogspot.com/
- Wonderful Idea: Comfort kits for child victims of sexual abuse (USA)
- Amended Alberta victim compensation law provides seized
property/assets of crime to aid victims (Canada)
Posted via our Twitter mini-news feed:
http://twitter.com/vaonline
- (Canada) Albertan seeking support to end workplace harassment
- (USA) S.C. sees shortage of rape nurses
- (USA) Detectives affected by Infanticide
- (Canada) DVD provides support to young victims of crime
- (European Union) Europe to get cyber crime alert system
- (USA) Poignant Videos of Victims Valid in Court: Justices Decline
to Weigh Use of Such Portrayals
- (Canada) Crime victims hailed for battling back
- (USA) Severe mental illness sufferers more likely to be
crime victims
- (Jamaica) Victim Support Unit Developing Tools to Help Protect
Children from Crimes
- (Vietnam) Women `not safe in their own homes' from
domestic violence
Randy McCall
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Victim Assistance Online
info@vaonline.org
http://www.vaonline.org/
http://vaonlinefusion.blogspot.com/
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| 03 Dec 2008 - 15:16 | CIMAC Noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/
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Exige diputada a PGJ reactive Mesa de seguimiento
Sonora: denuncias mal investigadas derivaron en feminicidio
Por Silvia Núñez Esquer/corresponsal
Hermosillo, Son, 1 dic 08 (CIMAC).- La diputada perredista Petra Santos Ortiz, presidenta del Congreso de Sonora hasta el pasado 27 de noviembre, exigió al procurador estatal, Abel Murrieta Gutiérrez, que reanude actividades la Mesa Estatal de Seguimiento a los Asesinatos y otros Delitos Graves Contra Mujeres, instalada el 12 de noviembre de 2004.
La legisladora sostuvo que en 14 años se han cometido en Sonora 351 feminicidios, de los cuales 60 por ciento se habrían evitado si las autoridades hubieran atendido denuncias que las víctimas interpusieron antes de morir, “las cuales no fueron correctamente investigadas”, opinó.
Agregó que la Mesa de Seguimiento a asesinatos acordó reunirse de nuevo 4 de abril de 2005, pero ya no se convocó, por lo que agrupaciones de defensa de los derechos de la mujer le pidieron que intervenga, dijo Santos Ortiz.
Lamentó que Sonora destaca a nivel nacional por la violencia contra mujeres, que incluye un promedio mensual de dos feminicidios. Pero ésta no es la primera vez que la legisladora retoma el tema de la violencia extrema hacia las mujeres.
En abril de 2003, siendo diputada federal, propuso un punto de acuerdo ante la Cámara de Diputados, para que ésta solicitara al Ejecutivo federal que la Procuraduría General de la República investigara las muertes violentas en el estado de Sonora.
“Las autoridades deben asumir su responsabilidad y evitar los argumentos simplistas para justificar el asesinato de mujeres, deben también diseñar e implementar estrategias efectivas de atención y prevención de la violencia hacia las mujeres y por último establecer una comisión y fiscalía especial que dé atención a dichos casos”, decía el documento.
El punto de acuerdo de abril de 2003, solicitaba al Ejecutivo que a su vez pidiera a la Procuraduría General de la República, “investigue y solucione rápidamente las muertes de mujeres en los municipios de Agua Prieta, Nogales, Guaymas, Obregón y Etchojoa, Sonora, para seguir evitando que casos como éstos se acumulen”.
En su Artículo segundo decía que la Cámara de Diputados del Congreso de la Unión “solicite a la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación integre una comisión urgentemente para que se investiguen los terribles asesinatos de mujeres ocurridos en Sonora”.
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| 03 Dec 2008 - 14:52 | Rita Smith, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
rsmith@ncadv.org
URL: www.ncadv.org
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The Obama-Biden transition team is strongly considering adding a senior level advisor on violence against women for the White House staff. This person would be
responsible for making sure all agencies work together on these issues, and it will be the first time we have had such a high profile advocate within an administration.
The OVW Director will be an integral part of the response by DOJ, but the senior level person will also be working with HHS, DOD, HUD,
CDC, etc. to craft a response that is consistent throughout all agencies.
This creates very exciting possibilities for our work. I and others from the national organizations that work on violence against women issues will continue working with the transition team, so if you know anyone who is interested in either position, please
let me know. I think it helps to have an organization support a submission, and I suspect there will be many people wanting to join this historic administration.
Rita
Rita Smith
Executive Diretor
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.ncadv.org
Every Home A Safe Home
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| 03 Dec 2008 - 10:15 | Zil Hajj
URL: jang.com.pk/thenews/nov2008-weekly/nos-3 . . .
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Excellent article summarizing the status of women's rights in Pakistan
Sad But True
Despite the fact that a young mother dies every 20 minutes and about 30,000 women die every year due to preventable maternal causes, Pakistan still does not have a national maternal and newborn health policy
By Sheher Bano
A Telgu proverb says: "Bringing up a girl is like watering the plant in your neighbour's garden." Bitter but true. The condition of women in most developing countries like Pakistan can be best understood in the light of this proverb. The women in Pakistan, whether they are based in rural or urban areas, face multiple forms of violence, including sexual violence, domestic abuse, burning and disfiguring through acids, beating and threatening, honour killings, custodial abuse and torture, dowry-related violence, rape, female genital mutilation, etc.
A multifaceted issue, which finds its roots in biological, psychological and social fabric of the society, the effects of violence can be devastating for a woman's reproductive health, as well as for other aspects of her physical and mental well-being.
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jang.com.pk/thenews/nov2008-weekly/nos-30-11-2008/p ol1.htm#7
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| 03 Dec 2008 - 09:56 | Martin Dufresne
URL: www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/35years/fles . . .
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Flesh Mapping: vancouver markets pacific women
Fascinating discussion being web-streamed live from Vancouver Rape Relief.
Today's theme: "Can We Connect the Building of Pacific Empires to the
Growth of Prostitution and Trafficking?" :
http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/35years/fleshmapping-ustream1.html
Daily webcast discussions on similar themes from 5 to 7 EST until December 16.
Upcomng themes:
December 3
Pacific Environmental Degradations, Migrations, Dislocation,
Uprooting & Borders.
December 4
The Fight is on: Global Capitalism vs. Women's Human Rights (with the
participation of Montreal women).
December 5
Men's Violence Against Women as experienced around the
Pacific Rim.
December 6
National Day of Remembrance and Action
On Violence Against Women
In commemoration of the massacre of women in Montreal
How do we reconcile the Backlash to Feminism with
the Global Resistance to Prostitution and Trafficking
December 7
Beyond Harm Reproduction: the problem of aid or services
without a commitment to liberty.
December 8
What is the Feminist Road to Abolition?
December 9
A Body of One's Own:
Physical, Economic and Political Autonomy for Women
December 10
60 year Anniversary of the International Declaration of
Human Rights
Can New Age Feminist Solidarity extend de Beauvoir's "Freedom of Others"?
Please pass it on.
martin
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| 03 Dec 2008 - 09:42 | BarvbaraParadiso
Barbara.Paradiso@ucdenver.edu
URL: www.JobsatCU.com
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Job openings at the Center
Dear Friends,
The Center on Domestic Violence recently received notice that we have been awarded an OVW Grant to Reduce Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking on Campuses. As a result, we will be hiring two new staff positions. I have included brief descriptions of the positions below.
For detailed job descriptions, and to apply, go to the University Jobs website: www.JobsatCU.com<http://www.jobsatcu.com />. From the home page, these positions can be found by searching Keyword: 'domestic violence'.
Your help in circulating this announcement would be most appreciated
Many thanks,
Barb
Barbara Paradiso
Director, Program and Center on Domestic Violence
School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado Denver
Mission: To end domestic violence by fostering institutional and social change through leadership development, education, research, and community collaboration.
Job Announcements:
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coordinator
School of Public Affairs
The Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coordinator will coordinate the development and implementation of the Auraria Safe Campus Initiative (ASCI). ASCI is a new project whose purpose is to: Establish victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women on the Denver Auraria campus, specifically domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; Strengthen security and investigative strategies to prevent and prosecute those crimes; and, Increase awareness regarding domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking and the campus resources available to respond. Auraria is a tri-institutional campus. It is home to three institutions of higher learning: University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the Community College of Denver. It is a large urban campus with a highly diverse student body of more than 43,000 graduate and undergraduate students.
Primary duties of the Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coordinator include to staff and coordinate the activities of the Auraria Safe Campus Initiative Advisory Council and the Coordinated Community Response Team (CCRT). S/he will carry out training and awareness activities on campus and pursue resources for project sustainability. It is anticipated that 20% of this position's time will be spent in the provision of direct victim services.
Victim Services Coordinator 50% FTE
School of Public Affairs
The Victim Services Coordinator will coordinate the direct victim services aspect of the Auraria Safe Campus Initiative (ASCI). ASCI is a new project whose purpose is to: Establish victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women on the Auraria Campus, specifically domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; Strengthen security and investigative strategies to prevent and prosecute those crimes; and, Increase awareness regarding domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking and the campus resources available to respond. Auraria is a tri-institutional campus. It is home to three institutions of higher learning: University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the Community College of Denver. It is a large urban campus with a highly diverse student body of more than 43,000 graduate and undergraduate students.
This is a part-time position. The Victim Services Coordinator will provide direct victim services and serve as the primary liaison from the Auraria Safe Campus Initiative to the Auraria Campus Police Department. This position will be responsible for recruiting, training, scheduling and supervising volunteer advocates to respond to campus related incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking on a 24 hour basis.
SAVE-THE-DATE: Colorado Regional Conference on the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence, December 7-9, 2008, Grand HyattDenver.
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| 02 Dec 2008 - 20:04 | admin
URL: www.justicewomen.com/help_startindepende . . .
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Cómo iniciar un centro independiente de defensa para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres....y por que.
www.justicewomen.com/help_startindependentadvocacycenter_sp.html
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| 02 Dec 2008 - 20:00 | admin
URL: www.justicewomen.com/help_startindepende . . .
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How To Start an Independent Advocacy Center to End Violence Against Women, ...and Why
www.justicewomen.com/help_startindependentadvocacycenter.html
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| 02 Dec 2008 - 17:54 | Los Angeles Times
URL: www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/ . . .
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Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion
The Bush administration plans a new 'right of conscience' rule that would allow more workers to refuse more procedures. Critics say it could apply to artificial insemination and birth control.
By David G. Savage
LA Times
December 2, 2008
Reporting from Washington -- The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare workers to refuse to participate in any procedure they find morally objectionable, including abortion and possibly even artificial insemination and birth control.
For more than 30 years, federal law has dictated that doctors and nurses may refuse to perform abortions. The new rule would go further by making clear that healthcare workers also may refuse to provide information or advice to patients who might want an abortion.
It also seeks to cover more employees. For example, in addition to a surgeon and a nurse in an operating room, the rule would extend to "an employee whose task it is to clean the instruments," the draft rule said.
The "conscience" rule could set the stage for an abortion controversy in the early months of Barack Obama's administration.
During the campaign, President-elect Obama sought to find a middle ground on the issue. He said there is a "moral dimension to abortion" that cannot be ignored, but he also promised to protect the rights of women who seek abortion.
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www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-conscience2-2008dec02,0,7013690.story
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| 02 Dec 2008 - 16:55 | Confederacion Sindical Internacional
URL: www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/Harcelement_ESP . . .
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Una Guia Sindical
Combatir el Acoso Sexual en el Trabajo
producido por Confederacion Sindical Internacional
www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/Harcelement_ESP_12pgs_BR.pdf
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| 01 Dec 2008 - 18:06 | Gilda Mantello, El Boletin
elboletin@mhtc.net
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My name is Gilda Mantello and as the editor of El Boletin, I would like to say thank you for such a wonderful website. I will use the information on it to maintain the Hispanic community in Southwest Wisconsin informed of such important matter.
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| 01 Dec 2008 - 16:54 | Balbina Pereira, Teen Voices
survivingsa@teenvoices.com
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Hi. My name is Balbina Pereira and I'm a mentor at Teen Voices. My teen editors and I are working on a feature called Surviving Sexual Assault. Our topic is How sexaul assault leads to suicide. We are writing to hear stories and poems from teens who have expereince being sexual assaulted anf leading to suicide. Please feel free to forward poems, stories and etc. We really appreciate it. Thank You!!!
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| 01 Dec 2008 - 10:36 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimac.org.mx
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No funciona si no hay horizontalidad y equidad de poder
Mediación pone en riesgo vida de mujeres violentadas
Por Rosa María Rodríguez Quintanilla/corresponsal
Cd. Victoria, Tam., 28 nov 08 (CIMAC).- Especialistas en Género y Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres exhortaron a los congresos de los estados a promover iniciativas que prohíban o eliminen la mediación o conciliación de las legislaciones locales porque se contrapone a las disposiciones de la Ley General de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia (LGAMVLV).
La directora general de Arthemisas por la Equidad AC, Irma Ochoa Treviño y Silvia Puente Aguilar, coordinadora de la Asociación Civil Ciudadanos en Apoyo a los Derechos Humanos, coincidieron al señalar que muchas de las mujeres que han sido sometidas a la mediación hoy están muertas.
En el Ciclo de conferencias que realizó la Secretaría de Salud denominado “Derechos Humanos para las Mujeres… Derechos Humanos para Todos”, las conferencistas insistieron que no se puede mediar o conciliar en materia de violencia familiar, cuando en éstas, predomina un desequilibrio de poder y una cultura patriarcal.
Al dictar la Conferencia “Ley General de Acceso a las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia”, Ochoa Treviño sostuvo que emplear la mediación en casos de violencia familiar es tan desigual e injusta como la pelea en un ring entre un peso mosca y un peso completo.
“La conciliación no funciona entre personas que no tienen la misma horizontalidad o situación de poder”, insistió.
Por su parte, la ex Procuradora de la Defensa del Menor y la Familia del Estado de Nuevo León, Silvia Puente, en la Conferencia que dictó sobre el feminicidio dijo que la mediación, donde se da violencia familiar, lo único que provoca es que el problema siga creciendo como espiral.
“Y lo más grave es que muchas de esas mujeres que fueron sometidas a la mediación hoy están muertas”, afirmó.
Lamentó que para muchas agencias del Ministerio Público es más fácil mediar o conciliar entre víctima y agresor para cerrar el expediente, poniendo en riesgo la integridad física de las mujeres.
“Conciliar anteponiendo los derechos de la familia por encima de los derechos de las mujeres es un grave error, porque sólo se puede considerar familia aquella que está basada en el respeto y la igualdad, de lo contrario es familismo, dijo la ex Directora Jurídica del Instituto de las Mujeres de Nuevo León. “El sólo hecho de colocar a las mujeres que denuncian frente a su agresor es una doble victimización”.
Las Agencias del Ministerio Público y jueces calificadores deben valorar cada uno de los casos de violencia “No olvidemos que esos funcionarios también fueron formados en la cultura patriarcal”.
En este ciclo de Conferencias, que fue inaugurado por el doctor Fernando Garza Frausto, en representación del secretario de Salud Rodolfo Torre Cantú, en el marco de la conmemoración del Día Internacional para la Eliminación de la Violencia contra las Mujeres, también participó el consultor internacional para el Banco Mundial y especialista en Género, Salud y Masculinidad, Luis Gerardo Ayala Real, con el tema “Empoderamiento de Mujeres y Hombres Jóvenes”.
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| 01 Dec 2008 - 10:29 | Melissa Farley, Newsweek
URL: www.newsweek.com/id/168395
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Prosecuting Johns
by Melissa Farley and Norma Ramos
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned in March 2008 after it was discovered that he had used women in prostitution, a violation of New York's comprehensive anti-trafficking law. Last week, we learned that the former prosecutor will not be prosecuted for breaking the law.
Mr. Spitzer feels that he has paid for his "sins," as he put it. His description of prostitution as sinful carefully positions the buying of a woman for sexual use within the realm of tawdry scandals rather than the harmful sexual exploitation that it actually is. Although Mr. Spitzer apologized to New Yorkers, his friend, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, has said the governor's use of prostitutes is "no big deal."
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia's decision not to pursue criminal charges against Mr. Spitzer for buying women in prostitution is a stunning betrayal of the public trust. Citing precedent, Mr. Garcia indicated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) does not typically prosecute johns who buy women from pimps, except in cases of prostitution of children. ("In light of the policy of the Department of Justice with respect to prostitution offenses and the longstanding practice of this Office, as well as Mr. Spitzer's acceptance of responsibility for his conduct, we have concluded that the public interest would not be further advanced by filing criminal charges in this matter," he said in a statement.) The DOJ also chose not to charge Mr. Spitzer for transporting a woman across state lines for the purpose of prostitution—a violation of the Mann Act. Congress might be interested to learn that its laws are being effectively nullified by DOJ policy.
Prosecutorial discretion cannot be based on gender bias, nor can it eliminate whole classes of people that the law was designed to protect. By doing so in this instance, the Justice Department has sent a clear message that it is acceptable to buy and sell women for sex; this in the face of growing evidence that prostitution is emotionally and physically harmful to those used in it, and that prostitution and sex trafficking are inextricably linked— prostitution is the endpoint of all sex trafficking.
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| 01 Dec 2008 - 10:19 | Uganda News
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Uganda Government News: MP praises the trafficking bill
The chairperson of the parliamentary Forum for Children Ruth Tuma has praised the
new bill on child trafficking saying that it will help reduce the practice in the country which has caused enormous suffering to children and women.
The recent UN report indicated that women and children are trafficked out of the country to developed countries like USA, UK and Canada and neighboring countries like Sudan, Kenya for sex and child labor.
Speaking at parliament today, Tuma said that the bill has been long overdue and it will help to ensure the safety of women and children.
She appealed to the government to start sensitizing people on the dangers of the practice at the grass root level so as to increase their vigilance in reporting cases of people involved in such bad practices.
The bill was tabled this week in parliament. If passed it will now make it hard for people to sell other people especially children and women for sex and child labor.
In Karamoja children and women have been openly sold in cow markets to people who want to use them as sex workers and child laborers.
This follows intense lobbying by child and women activists who have been appealing for a proper legislation to ensure the elimination of the practice.
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| 01 Dec 2008 - 10:13 | Unicef
URL: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_ . . .
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Shetra’s story – the life of a sexually exploited child in Bangladesh
© UNICEF Bangladesh/2008/ Noorani
The World Congress III against the Sexual Exploitation of Children, set for 25-28 November 2008 in Brazil, aims to promote international cooperation for more effective action on sexual exploitation. Here is one in a series of related stories.
BARISAL, Bangladesh, 19 November 2008 – A recent survey by UNICEF Bangladesh found the average age at which children became involved in commercial sexual exploitation was 13
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http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_46449.html
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