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| 13 Sep 2009 - 22:13 | IPS Noticias - Las Mujeres Son Noticia
URL: www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=9326 . . .
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MUJERES-ARGENTINA: Justicia de género con juezas y jueces
Por Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, 8 sep (IPS) - Para que Argentina tenga una justicia con perspectiva de género, más importante que superar el desequilibrio hombre-mujer a medida que se escala en el Poder Judicial, es garantizar la auténtica inclusión de ese enfoque en las sentencias, las dicten juezas o jueces, coinciden especialistas.
"La cantidad de mujeres que hay hoy en el Poder Judicial no nos satisface, pero si lo que se buscan son fallos con perspectiva de género, entonces lo que importa es la capacitación de jueces y juezas", distinguió para IPS Natalia Gherardi, directora ejecutiva del no gubernamental Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia y Género (ELA).
Según Gherardi, tanto en Argentina como en los demás países de América Latina, la proporción de mujeres en el Poder Judicial "no es representativa de la cantidad que egresa de las carreras de derecho", donde desde hace 20 años y en forma sostenida son mujeres la mayoría de quienes obtienen el título de abogacía.
No obstante, son pocas las que llegan a las instancias superiores de este poder del Estado. De acuerdo al Informe sobre Género y Derechos Humanos 2005-2008 de ELA, lanzado el lunes 7, entre la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación y sus homólogas en las 23 provincias, hay apenas 20 por ciento de juezas.
Ese promedio oculta conquistas recientes como la incorporación de dos magistradas a la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación, y retrasos en siete provincias --30 por ciento del total-- donde no hay ninguna mujer en los máximos tribunales respectivos.
Los datos del estudio muestran que existe una "evidente segregación vertical" que mantiene a las juezas en instancias inferiores o en fueros tradicionalmente asociados a su género como el civil, el administrativo o el laboral. En cambio, son excepción en el fuero federal y en el penal, añade.
continua...
www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=93260
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| 13 Sep 2009 - 15:19 | World Health Organization
URL: whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789 . . .
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Report
Preventing Violence and Reducing Its Impact:
How Development Agencies Can Help
World Health Organization
Excerp from the forward:
Violence has long been considered a criminal justice issue and a
human rights issue. More recently it also has been considered a
health issue. However, with the exception of some forms of organized violence, rarely is violence regarded as a development issue. Yet, in
many countries, violence between young people or the abuse of
women, children or the elderly seriously hampers economic and social development.
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The impact of violence on development too often remains ignored by those who have
the possibility to act on it. This document makes the case for increased attention by
international development agencies to violence prevention. A key aim is to stimulate dialogue on the role of international development agencies in the prevention of violence globally, and ultimately to increase investment in a commonly agreed set of applied violence prevention strategies.
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We hope that this document will serve as a roadmap by which official development assistance
agencies, United Nations organizations, countries, and
NGOs can move towards developing a shared vision of violence prevention and a common understanding of how to enhance and expand upon existing commitments to prevent
violence.
Please join us in this crucial endeavour.
Etienne Krug
Director
Department of Violence and Injury Prevention
See Report:
whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789241596589_eng.pdf
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| 13 Sep 2009 - 14:31 | Times Online
URL: www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/art . . .
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Australian teenager faces jail over home abortion
Anne Barrowclough in Sydney
A teenager faces seven years in prison after being ordered to stand trial for organising her own home abortion in the first such prosecution in Australia in over half a century.
Tegan Leach, 19, from the north Queensland city of Cairns, was committed to trial today in Cairns District Court. Her boyfriend, Sergie Brennan, 21, who has been charged with supplying drugs to procure an abortion, faces three years in jail
continues...
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6830145.ece
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| 13 Sep 2009 - 14:21 | Huffington Post
URL: www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/12/12year . . .
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12-Year-Old Girl Dies While Giving Birth In Yemen
Huff Post
Yemen — A 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labor to give birth, a local human rights organization said Saturday.
Fawziya Abdullah Youssef died of severe bleeding on Friday while giving birth to a stillborn in the al-Zahra district hospital of Hodeida province, 140 miles (223 kilometers) west of the capital San'a.
Child marriages are widespread in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, where tribal customs dominate society. More than a quarter of the country's females marry before age 15, according to a recent report by the Social Affairs Ministry.
Youssef was only 11 when her father married her to a 24-year-old man who works as a farmer in Saudi Arabia, said Ahmed al-Quraishi, chairman of Siyaj human rights organization, which promotes the rights of children in Yemen.
Al-Quraishi said that he stumbled upon Youssef in the hospital while investigating cases of children who had fled from the fighting in the north.
"This is one of many cases that exist in Yemen," said al-Quraishi. "The reason behind it is the lack of education and awareness, forcing many girls into marriage in this very early age."
Impoverished parents in Yemen sometimes give away their young daughters in return for hefty dowries. There is also a long-standing tribal custom in which infant daughters and sons are promised to cousins in hopes it will protect them from illicit relationships, he said.
Al-Quraishi said there are no statistics to show how many marriages involving children are performed every year.
The issue of child brides vaulted into the headlines here two years ago when an 8-year-old Yemeni girl went by herself to a courtroom and demanded a judge dissolve her marriage to a man in his 30s. She eventually won a divorce, and legislators began looking at ways to curb the practice.
In February, parliament passed a law setting the minimum marriage age at 17. But some lawmakers are trying to kill the measure, calling it un-Islamic. Before it could be ratified by Yemen's president, they forced it to be sent back to parliament's constitutional committee for review.
Such marriages also occur in neighboring oil-rich Saudi Arabia, where several cases of child brides have been reported in the past year, though the phenomenon is not believed to be nearly as widespread as in Yemen
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| 12 Sep 2009 - 20:47 | La Estrella
jalfaro@laestrella.com.pa
URL: www.laestrella.com.pa/mensual/2009/09/08 . . .
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Panama
INFORME REVELA ATERRADOR AUMENTO DE VÍCTIMAS
Violencia doméstica: 50 mujeres muertas
JULIO ALFARO
jalfaro@laestrella.com.pa
Cifra de ocho meses de 2009 supera todo el año 2008
PANAMÁ. En ocho meses del año 2009, ha habido más muertes violentas de mujeres que las ocurridas en todo el año pasado.
Así lo revela un informe del Observatorio Panameño contra la Violencia de Género (OPVG), adscrito a la Defensoría del Pueblo.
Según el reporte, entre enero y agosto de este año, 50 mujeres fallecieron en Panamá, por situaciones relacionadas con hechos violentos.
De esta cifra, 35 casos pueden considerarse como “feminicidios”, de acuerdo con el reporte.
El informe del OPVG detalla que las provincias donde han ocurrido estos hechos la encabeza Panamá, cuya incidencia es del 72.5% de los casos de muertes violentas de mujeres, seguida de Colón con un 17.6% y Chiriquí con 5.9%. En tanto, las provincias de Los Santos y Chiriquí registran un 2% de las defunciones, respectivamente.
Las cifras indican que se ha producido un peligroso y progresivo aumento de casos de violencia contra la mujer.
En todo el año 2007, los casos de este tipo sumaron 36, mientras que el año pasado hubo 41 situaciones de violencia y muerte que involucraron a mujeres.
Otros datos reveladores del informe del OPVG es el método utilizado para matar a las mujeres, siendo las armas de fuego, seguido del arma blanca y los estrangulamientos los mecanismos más utilizados por los asesinos.
Al respecto, el defensor del Pueblo, Ricardo Vargas, precisó que la violencia de género ha ido en ascenso en los últimos tres años, y formuló un llamado a las autoridades para dar cumplimiento más efectivo a las normas sobre protección a las mujeres contra la violencia.
PROBLEMA CONTINENTAL
En materia de violencia doméstica, los datos que se manejan a nivel continental también son alarmantes.
De acuerdo con un estudio de la Universidad de Panamá, el 70% de las mujeres ha sido víctima de abuso físico, emocional o sexual por parte de su compañero, ya sea esposo, novio, o bien de un familiar.
El pasado 11 de junio, el gobierno panameño inauguró el Instituto Nacional de la Mujer (INAMU), creado mediante ley aprobada el año pasado, cuyo objetivo es luchar contra la violencia sexista, orientar a las víctimas y lograr la igualdad entre sexos.
Continua...
www.laestrella.com.pa/mensual/2009/09/08/contenido/144518.asp
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| 12 Sep 2009 - 08:24 | Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network
URL: www.feministpeacenetwork.org
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Insurance Companies Consider Domestic Violence A Pre-Existing Condition
In the very low blow department–As I’ve pointed out before, the current system of health insurance in this country is hugely discriminatory against women, but what I somehow missed until today is that health insurance can be denied to victims of domestic violence in nine states and the District of Columbia because domestic violence is considered a pre-existing condition! No this isn’t a Granny Death Panel type rumor, it comes straight from a website run by the oh-so-radical Department of Health and Human Services.
As the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) blog puts it, “Words cannot describe the sheer inhumanity of this claim.”
See:
www.feministpeacenetwork.org
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| 12 Sep 2009 - 08:17 | Drum Beat
drumbeat@comminit.com
URL: www.comminit.com/en/drum_beat_509.html
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Demonstrating Impact
No matter what the development field, there are increasing calls for understanding the impact of our work. This particularly applies to the communication and media for development field, where demonstrating the impact of communication and media processes and initiatives on development issues can lead to a significant multiplier effect - both through scaling up of approaches and projects and application of communication strategies elsewhere in the field.
Excerpts of communication and media project impact data can be seen through the main Evaluations section of The CI site.
We have also recently begun collecting examples of impact specific to some of our main thematic foci: Democracy and Governance, Early Childhood Development, HIV/AIDS, Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D), Media Development, Polio, and Natural Resource Management (NRM).
This issue of The Drum Beat introduces our new collections of theme-specific impact data examples. We hope you find it useful related to making data-based changes in the work you undertake and in the positioning of that work and mobilising resources to support your efforts.
We'd love to grow these lists of examples. Please send us additional, well-sourced impact data at any time: drumbeat@comminit.com
See:
www.comminit.com/en/drum_beat_509.html
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| 11 Sep 2009 - 18:26 | University of Pretoria
cherryl.botterill@gmail.com
URL: web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=6 . . .
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World Human Rights Moot Court Competition
The University of Pretoria with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will present the first World Human Rights Moot Court Competition on 9 December 2009.
WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS MOOT COURT COMPETITION
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
9 DECEMBER 2009
Background
The world will celebrate the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 2009. The University of Pretoria with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will, during the week leading up to the celebrations of 10 December, present the first World Human Rights Moot Court Competition. The Competition will focus on and carry further the theme identified by the OHCHR for the celebrations, namely ‘Discrimination’.
More info:
Visit the World Human Rights Moot Court Competition website
web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=6003&ArticleID=2794
Or contact:
cherryl.botterill@gmail.com
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| 11 Sep 2009 - 16:28 | Rochelle
roger.rochelle@sbcglobal.net
URL: www.petition2congress.com/2/2386/stop-co . . .
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Violence against women is continued through the courts, and inflicted upon the children of abuse as well.
We need many, many, supporters to sign and send the emails attached to the petition in order to promote awareness to the problems.
Anyone with a website can post the link too.
http://www.petition2congress.com/2/2386/stop-court-ordered-child-abuse/
Thank you again,
Rochelle
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| 11 Sep 2009 - 10:15 | la prensa, nicaragua
nacionales@laprensa.com.ni
URL: www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2009/agosto/ . . .
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Violencia sexual aumenta casos de niñas embarazadas
Roberto Pérez Solís
nacionales@laprensa.com.ni
Los casos de violencia sexual contra las mujeres aumentan a diario, y en particular las menores de 14 a 17 años resultan más afectadas, según Marta María Blandón, del organismo Ipas Centro América.
Blandón basó sus declaraciones en un estudio sobre violencia sexual que realizara el llamado grupo Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, de acuerdo a un análisis cuantitativo de las noticias sobre violencia sexual publicadas en el 2008 en los periódicos LA PRENSA, Hoy y El Nuevo Diario.
El análisis, al menos de los datos de los medios de comunicación escritos, demostró que 318 mujeres fueron víctimas de actos de violencia física y sexual a nivel nacional, de las cuales 46 resultaron embarazadas por el agresor.
EMBARAZOS EN NIÑAS
Pero lo más relevante es que el 58 por ciento se ubicaba en el rango de los 14 a los 17 años. Esto demuestra que el 80 por ciento de las mujeres que resultaron embarazadas eran niñas menores de 17 años.
“Está presente el tema de la naturalización de la maternidad impuesta, todas las niñas son obligadas a ser madres a temprana edad, obligadas a ser madres de sus propios hermanos”, dijo Blandón.
Y es que, según el estudio, 36 de las víctimas fueron violadas y salieron embarazadas en primer lugar por sus propios padre (36.1 por ciento), seguido de sus padrastros (16.7 por ciento), tíos (8.3 por ciento), hermanos (5.6 por ciento), primos (2.8 por ciento) y cuñados (2.8 por ciento).
AGRESORES ADULTOS
continua...
www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2009/agosto/07/noticias/nacionales/342503.shtml
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| 11 Sep 2009 - 10:03 | A CALL TO MEN
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSvo4-2taHM
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4 min Video
A CALL TO MEN
from the 2009 conference
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSvo4-2taHM
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| 11 Sep 2009 - 09:51 | Ken Pope, Ph.D., ABPP and Melba J.T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP
URL: kspope.com/suicide/index.php
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Assessing and Responding to Suicidal Risk
Ken Pope, Ph.D., ABPP
Melba J.T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP
Full text available online:
kspope.com/suicide/index.php
INDEX
** introduction
** evaluating suicidal risk: 21 factors
** 10 steps to reduce risk
** avoidable pitfalls: advice from the experts (Norman Farberow, Marsha Linehan, Nadine Kaslow, Ricardo Munoz, Jessica Henderson Daniel, David Rudd, Daid Barlow, Erika Fromm, Larke Nahme Huang, Gary Schoener, Marla Craig, Jesse Geller, Don Hiroto, Helen Block Lewis, Hans Strupp, Michael Peck)
** difficult scenarios & questions
** related studies
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| 11 Sep 2009 - 09:34 | Center for Men's Leadership and Service, St. John's University
URL: www.csbsju.edu/menscenter/conference/def . . .
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First National Conference For Campus Based Men's Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups
Best Practices for Involving College Men
November 6-7, 2009
Across the country, groups of male students are making their voices heard! More and more men are finding the courage to say “no” to ideas of manhood and relations between the sexes that aren’t good for women and aren’t good for men as well. They’re speaking out against date rape and violence against women. They support gender equality. Some work through residence life or student activities offices, others through women's centers and counseling programs. Some are campus branches of national organizations like Mentors in Violence Protection, White Ribbon, Men Can Stop Rape, 1 in 4, or V-Men. These men face common problems: How to have an impact? How to find positive ways to get their message to other campus men? How to deal with backlash, to work in partnership with women’s groups, to recruit and sustain their groups? For the first time, campus-based pro-feminist men's groups from across the country are meeting together to share resources, trade their best ideas, discuss strategies, and simply find out what’s happening on other campuses.
More info:
www.csbsju.edu/menscenter/conference/default.htm
For more information please check out our flyer in this link.
Conference Flyer
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| 11 Sep 2009 - 09:11 | Cathy Church
catcchurch@gmail.com
URL: http://domesticviolencenews.blogspot.com . . .
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Intimate and Domestic Violence Homicides
A compilation of daily news articles about intimate violence homicides and suicides from around the United States. I wonder when society is going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
See...
http://domesticviolencenews.blogspot.com/
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| 10 Sep 2009 - 12:40 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09090902-Repr . . .
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Chávez Chávez, “inviable” para ser el abogado de la nación
Reprueban organizaciones civiles la propuesta de Calderón para la PGR
Por Lourdes Godínez Leal
México, DF, 9 sep. 09 (CIMAC).- Más de 15 organizaciones civiles de Ciudad Juárez protestaron hoy en el Puente Internacional por la propuesta de Felipe Calderón para que Arturo Chávez Chávez sea el titular de la Procuraduría General de la República, pues señalaron que durante su mandato como Procurador de Chihuahua maltrató a los familiares de las víctimas del feminicidio, denigró a las mujeres asesinadas y obstaculizó las investigaciones por asesinatos y desapariciones, informó Marisela Ortiz Rivera, de la organización civil Nuestras Hijas de regreso a casa.
continua...
www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09090902-Reprueban-organizac.39292.0.html
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| 10 Sep 2009 - 09:37 | Marcella Chester
URL: abyss2hope.blogspot.com/2009/09/carnival . . .
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I found so many interesting posts related to the fight against sexual violence in the blogosphere that I created the Carnival Against Sexual Violence in late May, 2006. Links to past editions are located in the sidebar.
The 77th edition is now up at Abyss2hope
The carnival comes out on the 1st and 15th of each month unless otherwise noted.
As a rape survivor who felt completely alone for many years before finally speaking out about what I went through, I wanted to provide a way for survivors and others who care about this problem to collect our stories and our thoughts. Together we can help those who can't speak about their ordeal to discover they aren't alone and they aren't without hope. We can also raise awareness about attitudes and practices that contribute to the number of assaults that occur every day.
Since this isn't a problem only for women and girls, posts by men are welcome.
The carnival is open to personal stories, creative expression (poetry, art, etc.), legal issues, media watch, raising awareness, solutions and more. You can now add this carnival to your carnival favorites.
See latest Sept 1 edition:
abyss2hope.blogspot.com/2009/09/carnival-against-sexual-violence-77.html
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| 10 Sep 2009 - 09:21 | admin
URL: www.netflix.com/Search?lnkce=iwsceOf&v1= . . .
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Excellent Documentary Film on child prostitution,
Very Young Girls
Now available for immediate play on Netflix
www.netflix.com/Search?lnkce=iwsceOf&v1=very+young+girls&lnkce=acsNoEnhRt&search_submit.x=39&search_submit.y=30
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| 10 Sep 2009 - 09:04 | Catherine
universalchild27@hotmail.co.uk
URL: www.hiddenhurt.co.uk/Personal/ Portia.ht . . .
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Hi.
I love your words- as I work on restoring the sacred feminine energy to planet Earth.
I work with Lady Portia- Goddess of Justice.
The Liberation of Women's Energy
Will Change the World.
I am a survivor of domestic violence from Ireland. I left in 1994 and was shocked at what transpired in secret court. All was fine in the Refuge etc, but once the in camera rule came in, I felt trapped in the silence once more. The gagging order is what did more damage, as not being able to speak truth to anyone was devestating to my soul.
I was in contact with Dr X- Criminology Liverpool, UK and she asked me to write the story for her. I put my story on the net- in the hope of inspiring other women to leave toxic relationships- and also to alert them to the Witch Trials- where in many cases the abuser wins full custody and in UK 55% of women who came forward lost their children to forced adoption.
Every day i get calls from USA, Ireland, UK, Australia etc- all women who have lost their children to the abusers- and these women are deeply traumatised and most suffering PTSD and Legal Abuse Syndrome, because Justice was not Seen, To be done.
I spent 14 years on the run to keep my children and myself safe. We did not even have a toothbrush the night we left.
Our escape was from my abusive husband and the system- social workers who wanted to use ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT on children- to shut them up for telling the truth. My children-were to be sent to a children's prison and kept there- while the abuser of these children walked around free and living with one of my students.
Keep up the good work. I will link you on facebook etc.
This is my story- as I am not divorced yet- I have not put in where we escaped to, how we survived with no money etc.
Kind Regards.
Catherine BA, HdipEd, TTG
See her story:
www.hiddenhurt.co.uk/Personal/ Portia.htm
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| 09 Sep 2009 - 15:02 | msn noticias
URL: noticias.ar.msn.com/articulo_bbc.aspx?cp . . .
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Colombia: la violencia sexual como arma
Víctimas de violaciones, esclavitud sexual y abortos forzados denuncian su abandono en medio del conflicto militar.
Hernando Salazar - 9.9.2009
msn noticias
Despacio, la mujer afirma que su hija, de 14 años, desapareció después de que quedar embarazada de un miembro de un grupo armado, quien la presionó para que abortara.
La muchacha, que vivía con su papá, no quería hacerlo y decidió emprender viaje, desde el Meta, en el oriente de Colombia, hacia Bogotá, donde la esperaba su mamá.
Pero la espera lleva seis años, porque la muchacha nunca llegó y no se sabe su suerte.
"Ella venía en un bus para Bogotá, que fue detenido por paramilitares en la carretera. A la única que bajaron fue a ella. La iban buscando", relata la madre, de 48 años, quien omite su nombre y el de su hija por razones de seguridad.
La madre, una mujer desempleada que es madre de otra hija mayor, llora mientras reconstruye los hechos a BBC Mundo, acompañada por la abogada que impulsa el caso en la Fiscalía.
Técnicamente, su hija menor está desaparecida y la madre supone que está muerta, pero no tiene idea de dónde puede estar enterrado su cadáver.
"En el Meta (la zona donde ocurrió la desaparición) hay varias fosas y así es muy difícil encontrarla", añade la mujer sin ocultar su escepticismo.
La desaparición ocurrió el 3 de septiembre de 2003 y hasta el momento la investigación de la fiscalía colombiana no ha logrado establecer quiénes fueron los autores.
"No hay ningún procesado", añade la abogada Carmen Mestizo, de la Casa de la Mujer, una ONG.
La impunidad parecería ser la regla general de las mujeres víctimas de delitos sexuales en medio del conflicto que vive Colombia.
Esclavitud
Continua....
noticias.ar.msn.com/articulo_bbc.aspx?cp-documentid=21612072
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| 09 Sep 2009 - 13:01 | Margie Moore, National Center for Women and Policing
URL: www.WOMENANDPOLICING.org
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Please join us at the 2009 National Center for Women and Policing Annual Leadership Conference:
Leadership. Learning. Life Skills.
The National Center for Women and Policing is a nationally recognized organization with women from all ranks of law enforcement - from front line officers to executives, Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police. Departments represented include small, medium and large municipal police departments, county sheriff's departments, State Police agencies, and a variety of Federal agencies that include sworn officer personnel. The National Center is a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation, a 501 c(3) organization.
DATE: September 23 - 25, 2009
LOCATION:
Holiday Inn at Saratoga Springs
232 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
To register for the conference or for more information please visit our Web site,
www.WOMENANDPOLICING.org
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| 09 Sep 2009 - 12:52 | UN Population Fund
URL: www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/ . . .
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Technical Report
Global Consultation on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Author: UNFPA
This publication contains rich research findings concerning global trends and the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting and its linkages with maternal and newborn health. It describes changing patterns and practices, including medicalization, and analyzes the threat FGM/C poses to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals as well as its economic and health costs. It identifies important lessons and discusses in detail case studies as well as the application of theories as a basis for accelerating the abandonment process.
It also addresses the needs for closing gaps in law enforcement, building capacity, mobilizing resources and building global partnerships. This extensive knowledge -- which was shared by research institutions, foundations, lawyers, medical professionals, religious scholars, development partners and NGOs -- would be difficult to find elsewhere.
See Report:
www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/publications/2008/fgm_2008.pdf
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| 09 Sep 2009 - 08:54 | Honduras Observatorio
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad03PUChRfo
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Honduras Observatorio
video 4 minutos
Spanish with English subtitles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad03PUChRfo
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| 09 Sep 2009 - 08:32 | Mitru Ciarlante, Director, Youth Initiative National Center for Victims of Crime
mciarlante@ncvc.org
URL: www.ncvc.org/youth
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Back-to-School Outreach to Youth Victims
Dear Colleague:
As students across the country return to school, the Youth Initiative of the National Center for Victims of Crime is launching its new "You(th)
Have the Right" outreach campaign.
Our campaign features a unique set of fresh materials to help you reach
and respond to youth victims of crime:
Go to....
www.ncvc.org/youth
Mitru Ciarlante, Director
Youth Initiative
National Center for Victims of Crime
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| 09 Sep 2009 - 08:20 | Skye
2fabulousme@sbcglobal.net
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To Whom It May Concern:
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* For 7 years now I have been trying to save my daughter who is now 13. I recently had her for 3 months with an OP against father and she had also been seeing a domestic violence counselor during those 3 months. Father hired attorney, there was a GAL and I was Pro se. The GAL never contacted the counselor because he says he could tell that my daughter is perfectly fine within a 30 minute conversation with her. It was necessary and important for this GAL to talk to the counselor; in fact she should have been the #1 person to call considering she knows better than anyone of my daughter’s state mind emotionally and mentally. In fact her counselor is afraid that she will become a cutter or suicidal and is concerned about her low self esteem. OP was dropped today and she was returned to father. I don’t have money for an attorney, I’ve never been able to find anyone that will do this Pro bono and Legal Aid refuses to help me. On top of this I told the judge that if my daughter was
there in court today she would have told him with whom she wants to live with and the judge said, “well then why didn’t you bring her?” Well, because I thought I had to bring her to school and in my mind and with my luck if I had brought her with today I probably would have gotten into trouble for not having her in school! I never win and I always let my daughter down. Now, I don’t know what to do and no one will help me again. If you are wondering, yes my ex-husband was abusive both mentally and physically and I could write a book on the past 7 years. Yes he hired an attorney for “father’s rights” and yes they said I had a multiple personality-NOT TRUE!!!!! PLEASE I BEG OF YOU CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HELP ME HELP MY DAUGHTER.
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* Skye
* Bolingbrook, IL 60440
* 2fabulousme@sbcglobal.net
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| 09 Sep 2009 - 08:14 | Stars and Stripes
URL: www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104& . . .
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In banning sex offenders, Navy faces tough task
By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Nearly a year after the Department of the Navy issued a tough policy barring sex offenders from Navy and Marine Corps bases, the service is struggling to enforce it.
Sex offenders must be identified and banned from all bases unless they receive a waiver, according to an Oct. 7, 2008, memo from then-Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter and a May 27 memo detailing the order.
But identifying sex offenders could require installations worldwide to check their many thousands of servicemembers, civilians and dependents against flawed and sometimes inaccurate sex offender registries.
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www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=64649
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| 08 Sep 2009 - 20:35 | United Nations
URL: www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/women/rapp . . .
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United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women: 15 Years Later
In 1994, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights appointed a Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women (SRVAW) after the adoption of a resolution for “integrating the rights of women into the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations and the elimination of violence against women” (United Nations Commission on Human Rights). To date, the position has been occupied by three appointees: Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka) from 1994 to July 2003; Dr. Yakin Ertürk (Turkey) from August 2003 to July 2009; and Rashida Manjoo (South Africa) since 2009.
A 15-year report has been published to review the work of the Special Rapporteur since the creation of the post and to position it within a global perspective of the causes and consequences of violence against women. The review specifically analyzes the mandate of the SRVAW; the main areas of violence against women covered by the mandate; methods developed to implement the mandate globally; advances made in the field of women’s human rights; and current and future challenges to women’s rights.
See Report:
www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/women/rapporteur/docs/15YearReviewofVAWMandate.pdf
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| 08 Sep 2009 - 20:24 | Associated Press
URL: www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe . . .
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Calif. violence shelters closing amid budget cuts
By JULIET WILLIAMS (AP)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six domestic violence shelters in California have been forced to close while dozens more are scaling back services after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated all state funding for the program that supports them.
Shelters in the Central Valley town of Madera, the Sierra foothill town of Grass Valley and in Ventura County in Southern California have closed. Others in the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles and Bakersfield are on the verge of closing.
Many centers are laying off staff and closing satellite offices that serve remote areas of the state as they cope with the budget cuts. A national domestic violence group describes California's as the deepest cuts to such programs nationwide, even as other states have reduced funding.
In Madera County, officials have turned away six domestic violence victims and eight children since the county's only shelter closed Aug. 7, said Tina Figueroa, the shelter's director. The Martha Diaz Shelter served about 100 victims a year, many of them low-income and with no place else to turn, she said.
"Their only option is the local rescue mission, but they're reluctant to go there because it's a majority of men (who stay there)," Figueroa said. "Also, it's not protected. Anybody could walk in there."
Three families — mothers and their children — who were staying at the secret location also were forced to leave quickly when it was shuttered, she said.
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www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gL0ESmlj9WCVQI5DP_fLB8_gRakwD9AJCA3G0
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| 08 Sep 2009 - 11:05 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09090708-Sobe . . .
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Feministas clausuran simbólicamente la CNDH
Soberanes: 8 años de arbitrariedad contra las mujeres
Por Lourdes Godínez Leal
México DF, 7 sep 09 (CIMAC).- Feministas e integrantes de más de 45 organizaciones civiles con trabajo en la defensa de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos clausuraron hoy de manera simbólica la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) en protesta por el desempeño de su titular, José Luis Soberanes Fernández, a quien reclamaron su “gris” administración, carente de perspectiva de género y a quien acusaron de ser un factor de retroceso en materia de derechos humanos y de las mujeres en el país.
Instaladas afuera de la CNDH y en voz de María Eugenia Romero, de la Alianza Nacional por el Derecho a Decidir, las feministas --quienes se congratularon de la próxima salida de Soberanes Fernández de la CNDH-- lo acusaron de misoginia y de anteponer sus creencias personales por encima de la ley el tiempo que estuvo al frente de esta instancia encargada de velar y defender los derechos humanos de la población.
Lo acusaron de encabezar el “gran retroceso” en materia de derechos sexuales y reproductivos en el país con las reformas aprobadas en 14 entidades federativas que protegen la vida desde el momento de la concepción (sic).
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09090708-Soberanes-8-anos-d.39263.0.html
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| 08 Sep 2009 - 10:37 | LD Edinburgh, Pediatric Nursing
URL: www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fu . . .
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Journal Article
A novel, intensive home-visiting intervention for runaway, sexually exploited girls.
Edinburgh LD, Saewyc EM. J Spec Pediatr Nurs 2009; 14(1): 41-8.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Few studies have examined interventions that help adolescents who run away. This study both describes a home-visiting intervention program for young, sexually assaulted runaways (10-14 years old) and provides preliminary outcomes from the first 20 female participants. DESIGN AND METHODS: Using a strengths-based approach, advanced practice nurses provided frequent home and school visits and case management, and assisted girls to access an empowerment group over a 1-year period. RESULTS: Teens' risk behaviors decreased, including truancy, runaway episodes, sexually transmitted infections, and substance use. CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary results suggest that this is an effective intervention for reducing risk behaviors and helping younger runaways reconnect to school and family. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Client-centered interventions in community settings can address the complex health needs of vulnerable young runaways.
www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_103533_20
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| 08 Sep 2009 - 10:05 | Victim Services in Rural Law Enforcement
URL: www.ovc.gov/publications/infores/RuralVi . . .
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Victim Services in Rural Law Enforcement
www.ovc.gov/publications/infores/RuralVictimServices/intro.html
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| 07 Sep 2009 - 10:40 | IPAS
URL: www.ipas.org/Library/News/News_Items/Nue . . .
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Nuevo producto ampliará el acceso a la atención segura del aborto
Cada año, millones de mujeres en todas partes del mundo arriesgan su vida con un aborto inseguro; casi 70,000 mueren y millones son hospitalizadas con complicaciones. Incluso en los países donde el aborto es permitido por la ley, las mujeres continúan encontrado obstáculos a la atención segura del aborto: obstáculos como falta de conocimiento, costo o distancia. Mejorar el acceso a los servicios de aborto seguro es un imperativo de salud pública.
La Fundación Concepto, en Tailandia, lanzó un nuevo producto, Medabon®, para ofrecer a las mujeres una opción de aborto con medicamentos más accesible y a precios más asequibles. El producto combina los medicamentos utilizados comúnmente en los procedimientos de aborto con medicamentos, mifepristona y misoprostol, en un solo paquete por primera vez. La Organización Mundial de la Salud recomienda este régimen combinado como el método preferido para inducir el aborto. Un solo paquete dará a los prestadores de servicios de salud, farmacéuticos y mujeres la seguridad de que están utilizando los medicamentos adecuados en dosis eficaces.
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www.ipas.org/Library/News/News_Items/Nuevo_producto_ampliara_el_acceso_a_la_atencion_segura_del_aborto.aspx
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| 07 Sep 2009 - 10:04 | Social Science Research Network
URL: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract . . .
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Campus Violence: Understanding the Extraordinary Through the Ordinary
Nancy Cantalupo
Georgetown University - Law Center
Journal of College and University Law, Vol. 35, pp. 613-690, 2009
Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 1457343
Abstract:
Recent mass shootings on college campuses have focused many on the responsibilities of colleges and universities to prevent and respond to such violence. However, in statistical terms, this type of campus violence can thankfully be considered relatively extraordinary. In contrast, the only type of campus violence that is unfortunately common enough to be characterized as “ordinary” is peer sexual assault and similar forms of campus gender-based violence. Accordingly, this essay explores the scope and dynamics of both “ordinary” and “extraordinary” campus violence, discusses the law and “best practices” dealing with peer sexual violence victims’ rights and the due process rights of students accused of misconduct, and contrasts the typical disciplinary responses of many schools to both the methods required by the applicable law and those advocated by the best practices literature. It concludes that understanding peer sexual violence and applying that understanding to less common forms of campus violence may help us to prevent and understand what the proper responses should be to both forms of violence.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1457343
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| 07 Sep 2009 - 09:46 | Melissa Farley, Prostitution Education and Research
URL: www.prostitutionresearch.com/blog/
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Elliot Spitzer’s College Course: How to Use the Boys' Club to Avoid Criminal Prosecution and Subjugate Women
The president of City College, Gregory H. Williams has asked Elliot Spitzer to teach a course in Law and Public Policy. Meanwhile, Ashley Dupre, a victim of Elliot Spitzer, blogs about how she finds earning a living difficult because she has been unable erase the stain of scandal from her own name. In response, critics of Ms. Dupre post messages like, “You are nothing but a prostitute”.
Elliot Spitzer, you are nothing but a misogynist and shame on City College. The reality is that Ms. Dupre does not have opportunities because she is a woman, not just because she was prostituted. She does not benefit from secret alliances with District Attorneys or College Presidents. If she wants any favors from them, it will have to be in exchange for sex.
www.prostitutionresearch.com/blo g/
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| 07 Sep 2009 - 09:26 | martin dufresne
martin@laurentides.net
URL: store.theonion.com/img/uploads/3143
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"My Friend Went to Thailand and All I Got Was This Lousy Prostitute."
says T-shirt for sale by "The Onion"
Protest to:
Chairman David Schafer (davidkschafer@gmail.com)
President and CEO Steve Hannah (shannah@theonion.com)
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Protesting a sick joke from The Onion
Let,s stand up to ingrained sexist, misogynist discourse and actions,
including allegedly cool stuff such as this heinous T-shirt
<http://store.theonion.com/img/uploads/3143> from the ususally progressive "The Onion"... Please protest it, in response to formerly prostituted women who are incensed and have sent out the following call to action:
"Here's some news that I'm sure will get your blood pressure up -- I know mine is. There is a T-shirt available for purchase on The Onion website featuring the slogan, "My Friend Went to Thailand and All I Got Was This
Lousy Prostitute." However, if you look at the image of the T-shirt online, it actually reads, "My Friend Went to Thailand and All I Got Was This Lousy Kidnapped Prostitute."
Either way such a message is utterly appalling. It's hard to believe it, but there are actually people out there who not only dreamed up the T-shirt slogan, but also thought it would be a good idea to
make money on such T-shirts.
Wow, it's not bad enough that millions of women and girls are sexually trafficked, rape, subjected to all kinds of physical and verbal abuse, afflicted by a host of diseases, even murdered, or tossed aside to fend for
themselves when they are no longer "marketable"; now some jerks have to make jokes about it! These people actually have the nerve to mock the abuse and
exploitation of women and children.
Just so you know, I've already called the store and confirmed that the shirt if for real, and that is for sale. Interestingly, I was not allowed to speak to a manager. Evidently the store has already received some complaints, but I think they need a few thousand more. So, won't you please take a few moments and call 1-800-280-1791 to voice your objections? This type of
callousness and outright mockery of exploitation cannot go unanswered.
Please forward this email on to your friends and family. We need as many people calling as possible. Let's make this the last time The Onion ever sells a shirt like this. "
Martin
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