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| 15 Nov 2009 - 12:50 | jamilett
jazzgalo12@YAHOO.COM
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hola
yo quiero saber como hago desde hace 15 anos fui violada en nicaragua vivi maltrato ficico y moral lo siquiente es que a raiz de esa violacion nacio un ninos y este hombre me amenazo por 2 anos con matarlo si decia algo y sali envarasada si bolumtad propia de una nina trate de contar con la mama y la senora me maltrataba o me humillaba despues del nacimiento de la nina queria huir pero nunca pude tener dinero para hacerlo y un dia lo logre y sali de nicaragua hacia costa rica y el hombre este me encomtro y me quitaba todo el dinero y abusaba de mi cada salida de mi trabajo com amenasa y ultrajo bueno a lo que voy es que sali huyendo de haya y me regrese a nic a despedirme de los ninos y viaje a guatemala porque la mama de el me quito alos ninos al darse cuenta que no estaba me fue a buscar a guatemala tuve que cambiarme el nombre y todo y volvi a huir es muy duro para mi escribir esto pero necesito ayuda o un consejo porque me tuve que venir dejando amis ninos solos con ellos y ha sido muy duro para mi porque estas personas me han explotado desde entonces pidiendome cantidad de dinero para ellos y los ninos ya crecieron pero se criaron con ellos y yo no he podido lograr nada ni superar el trauma causado por que los ninos me lo recuerdan acada momento pero quisiera un consejo porque han padado 15 anos de mantener a estas personas y son una familia completa y no se que hacer los qinos quieren verme pero solo el hecho de ir sin poder regresar a usa me aterra no tengo papeles ni se que puedo hecer para poder verlos ayudenme a darme un consejo porfavor.
jamilett
jazzgalo12@YAHOO.COM
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| 15 Nov 2009 - 12:43 | New York Times, Health
URL: well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/men-mo . . .
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Divorce Risk Higher When Wife Gets Sick
By TARA PARKER-POPE
When Dr. Marc Chamberlain, a Seattle oncologist, was treating his brain cancer patients, he noticed an alarming pattern. His male patients were typically receiving much-needed support from their wives. But a number of his female patients were going it alone, ending up separated or divorced after receiving a brain tumor diagnosis.
Dr. Chamberlain, chief of the neuro-oncology division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, had heard similar stories from his colleagues. To find out if these observations were based in fact, he embarked on a study with Dr. Michael J. Glantz of the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute and colleagues from three other institutions who began to collect data on 515 patients who received diagnoses of brain tumors or multiple sclerosis from 2001 through 2006.
The results were surprising. Women in the study who were told they had a serious illness were seven times as likely to become separated or divorced as men with similar health problems, according to the report published in the journal Cancer.
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| 14 Nov 2009 - 08:28 | Women's enews
URL: www.womensenews.org/story/prostitution-a . . .
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Trafficking Victims at U.N. Highlight Need for Recognition
By Theresa Braine
WeNews correspondent
Survivors of human trafficking spoke at the U.N. recently as part of a new institutional effort to have their input on policymaking. Panelists said a major problem was not being seen as trafficking victims when they suffered their ordeals
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www.womensenews.org/story/prostitution-and-trafficking/091030/trafficking-victims-at-un-highlight-need-recognition
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| 14 Nov 2009 - 08:09 | Lucia Tufro, TRAMA
lulatufro@gmail.com
URL: www.nuevastramas.com.ar/
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En el marco de los 16 días de activismo contra la violencia de género que se iniciará el día 25 de noviembre, la Asociación Civil Trama – Lazos para el desarrollo ha diseñado la Guía “Aportes para la sensibilización sobre violencia de género a nivel local y comunitario”.
La idea es brindar a las organizaciones, movimientos sociales y gobiernos locales, herramientas para el diseño, implementación y evaluación de campañas y acciones de sensibilización.
Este material es de dominio público y se distribuye electrónicamente en forma gratuita para lograr que la mayor cantidad de personas y organizaciones puedan acceder a sus contenidos y desarrollen capacidades de comunicación.
En el mismo sentido hemos publicado la página web “Nuevas Tramas” www.nuevastramas.com.ar una red de comunicación contra la violencia de género donde encontrarán información y recursos sobre esta temática.
Para quienes, a través de la lectura de este material, se interesen por profundizar sus conocimientos y habilidades de comunicación destinados a acciones de sensibilización sobre este y otros temas, les proponemos ponerse en contacto con el equipo de la Asociación Civil Trama – Lazos para el desarrollo. Allí estaremos para acompañar a las organizaciones sociales en sus sueños y sus luchas cotidianas.
Agradecemos la difusión de esta información
www.trama.org.ar
www.nue vastramas.com.ar
www.tramapicodelora.blogspot.com
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Asociación Civil TRAMA
Lazos para el desarrollo
Lucila Tufró
lulatufro@gmail.com
Cel. (011) 155838-8965
www.lucilatufro.com.ar
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| 14 Nov 2009 - 08:01 | Saturday Nation, Kenya
URL: www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/680450/-/uo . . .
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Shocking details of sex abuse in Kenyan schools
By SAMUEL SIRINGI
Shocking details have emerged on the extent to which school girls fall prey to sexual predators — their own teachers. Up to 12,660 girls were sexually abused by teachers over a five-year period, reveals a government report to be launched on Monday.
The report by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) says that in some cases, teachers abused as many as 20 girls in a single school before they were reported
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| 13 Nov 2009 - 09:13 | Avra Cohen, Fight Slavery Now
URL: www.thevillager.com/villager_340/talking . . .
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Roman Polanski Apologist in "The Villager"
To whom it may concern,
A current opinion piece in my community newspaper, The Villager, has me livid. The writer's fallacious arguments excusing Roman Polanski, typify every stereotype that enables our culture to find child sexual exploitation acceptable. I have responded to the editor, and I hope you will wish to do likewise.
Kindly give this a look:
www.thevillager.com/villager_340/talkingpoint.html
If you wish to take The Villager to task, here is how to contact them:
E-mail letters, not longer than 250 words in length, to news@thevillager.com or fax to 212-229-2790 or mail to The Villager, Letters to the Editor, 145 Sixth Ave., ground floor, NY, NY 10013. Please include phone number for confirmation purposes. The Villager reserves the right to edit letters for space, grammar, clarity and libel. The Villager does not publish anonymous letters.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Sincerely,
Avra Cohen
Assistant Organizer, Fight Slavery Now!
(FightSlaveryNow.Org)
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| 13 Nov 2009 - 08:18 | Women's Media Center
URL: womensmediacenter.com/ex/111109.html
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Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle
By Colette N. Tamko
Recently the UN announced approval of a new agency for women—an event that followed years of complex organizing by individuals and advocacy groups around the world. Here, one of the principle coordinators of that ongoing effort explains what it means for women, and the work that still remains to ensure its success.
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| 12 Nov 2009 - 15:45 | Coalicion Internacional Contra la Trata y el Trafico de Personas
URL: www.amunod.com/
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ESpana
-Ex prostitutas lanzan una campaña hacia el cliente con el lema ¿Comprarías a tu madre?
Ex prostitutas lanzan una campaña hacia el
cliente con el lema ¿Comprarías a tu madre?
Por Agencia EFE – hace 6
horas
Alicante, 12 nov (EFE).- "¿Comprarías a tu madre?,
¿pagarías por tu hermana? o ¿venderías a tu
hija?" es el lema de la campaña que ha iniciado la
Asociación de Mujeres de la Noche Buscando el Día (AMUNOD),
dedicada a la reinserción social de la mujer prostituida.
La campaña está dirigida fundamentalmente al
"cliente", al hombre que consume prostitución, para
hacerle llegar el mensaje de que la prostitución, a juicio de
AMUNOD, es "un ejercicio de violencia contra la mujer".
Además, el mensaje que lanza esta asociación pretende
dotar a la mujer prostituida "de otra identidad que, normalmente, el
cliente ignora", han informado fuentes de AMUNOD, que quiere hacer
ver que "estas mujeres no son sólo un cuerpo del que hacer
uso, ya que, como cualquier otra mujer, "puede ser la hija de
alguien, la madre de alguien o la hermana de alguien".
AMUNOD trabaja desde 1997 por la reinserción social y laboral de
la mujer prostituida, a través de apoyo socio psicológico y
la mediación laboral, con el fin de que pueda abandonar el
ejercicio de la prostitución ofreciéndole una alternativa
social y laboral.
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Sara
Torres
Directora Argentina de la Coalición Internacional
contra la Trata y el Tráfico de Personas
(CATW-LAC) -
Cordinadora Mercosur
Red Internacional de Derechos Humanos
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| 12 Nov 2009 - 15:31 | Sarai Theolinda Smith, MISSEY
stheolindasmith@yahoo.com
URL: www.myspace.com/478703997
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I'm one of the four Co-Founders of MISSSEY,Inc.
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* MISSSEY was created to respond to the specialized and complex needs of sexually exploited children through advocacy, specialized treatment and recovery services, professional training and data reporting. MISSSEY understands that the sexual exploitation of children is child abuse. MISSSEY is committed to the idea that sexually exploited children need specialized services that focus on victimization and recovery and redirection toward empowerment and safety.
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* Our mailing address is:
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* Alameda County Family Justice Center
* 470 27th Street
* Oakland, California
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* Contact us:
* info@misssey.org
* phone:510-267-8840
* fax:510-267-8849
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* Every day children are bought and sold on the streets of Oakland and beyond. They are demeaned, degraded, beaten, drugged, hustled, molested and ultimately discarded when they have outlived their usefulness. Sadly, these heinously abused and exploited children are further considered criminals by law, making them the most disposable individuals in our society.
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* OUR SOLUTION:
* MISSSEY is a project based out of Alameda County that was created to respond to the epidemic of the commercial sexual exploitation of children, especially in the form of child/teen prostitution. MISSSEY will dramatically decrease the current gap in CSEC-specific services by providing intensive case management, court ad...vocacy, professional & community trainings, comprehensive data reporting and local/state/national education & awareness campaigns. We constantly strive to build a broad network of support for the issue of the commercial sexual exploitation of children as well as support for recognition of commercially sexually exploited children as victims. To learn more about who we are visit the About Us and Services sections of our website. As a new project we are in the process of acquiring the tools & equipment we need to maximize our success and efficacy as an organization. We rely strongly on the support of the community, namely people like you, to maintain our daily
functions and more
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* ALSO THE MISSSEY COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE: MISSSEY believes that the commercial sexual exploitation of children is a community issue and is committed to engaging the community through volunteer’s efforts and other endeavors to respond to this issue.
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* MISSSEY's MySpace URL: www.myspace.com/478703997
* We are also on FACEBOOK!
Sarai Theolinda Smith (stheolindasmith@yahoo.com)
510)306-5316 (Phone)
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| 12 Nov 2009 - 08:52 | Palabra de Mujer
URL: palabrademujer.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/ . . .
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Organizaciones de mujeres de LA presentarán a la ONU agenda contra la violencia
Palabra de Mujer/redacción
Las organizaciones de mujeres de Latinoamérica coinciden en que es imperativo que los gobiernos implementen políticas para cesar cualquier tipo de violencia contra la población femenina,así como la impunidad que rodea las investigaciones realizadas por las autoridades de cada país; esa agenda será presentada ante la Secretaría General de Naciones Unidas el próximo 25 de noviembre.
En el contexto del lanzamiento de la campaña del secretario General de Naciones Unidas para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres, que se llevará a cabo el próximo 25 de noviembre en la ciudad de Guatemala, distintas organizaciones de mujeres del continente realizarán actividades especiales para exigir a los gobiernos el cese de cualquier expresión de violencia basada en el género.
Los movimientos de cada país coinciden en que el feminicidio es uno de los principales retos para los gobiernos, ya que sus niveles aumentan constantemente; también la impunidad que impide a las familias alcanzar la justicia.
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| 11 Nov 2009 - 18:26 | National Sexual Violence Resource Center
URL: www.nsvrc.org/news/press-releases/1879
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For Immediate Release:
November 5, 2009
Franken, Grassley, Feinstein, Hatch Introduce Justice For Survivors Of Sexual Assault Act
Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act Will Reduce Rape Kit Backlog
WASHINGTON, DC [11/05/09] –Today, U.S. Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.), and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009. The House companion bill will be introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.).
The legislation will work to reduce the national backlog of over 180,000 untested rape kits currently in police storage. It will also address several other problems that work to deny justice to victims of sexual assault – including the denial of free rape kits to survivors of sexual assault and the shortage of trained health professionals capable of administering rape kit exams.
“These backlogs have serious consequences for law enforcement and public safety,” said Sen. Franken. “We just learned of a case where a rapist struck both a pregnant woman and a minor while the rape kit for one of his earlier victims sat unprocessed at a crime lab. It takes about a week to process a DNA evidence sample and there is no reason that every rape kit completed should not be tested in a timely manner
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| 11 Nov 2009 - 09:15 | Feminist Peace Network
URL: www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/11/10/ . . .
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Women’s Human Rights Under Siege In Honduras
On Nov. 2 representatives from Honduran women’s organizations presented a grim panorama of violations of women’s human rights by the de facto regime led by Roberto Micheletti before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission.
During a fact-finding mission with international human rights experts and observers in August, over 400 cases of violations of the human rights of women were registered. Of these, 240 testimonies were documented. The following facts are drawn from those testimonies.
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| 11 Nov 2009 - 08:37 | Ellen Bublick
URL: new.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/AR_Civ . . .
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Civil Tort Actions Filed by Victims of Sexual Assault -
Promise and Perils
by Ellen Bublick
see
new.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/AR_CivilTortActions.pdf
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| 11 Nov 2009 - 08:29 | IPS Noticias
URL: www.justicewomen.com/articles/manage/man . . .
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AMÉRICA CENTRAL: Violencia sexista, cara oculta de la inseguridad
Por José Adán Silva
MANAGUA, nov (IPS) - En América Central el principal problema de seguridad ciudadana es la violencia de género y las agresiones sexuales, un fenómeno que tiene en Nicaragua un ejemplo alarmante de acuerdo a estudios de Naciones Unidas y de organizaciones del área.
El informe sobre Desarrollo Humano para América Central 2009-2010, publicado en octubre por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), reveló que la violencia contra la mujer, la adolescencia y la niñez es la "cara escondida" y "la más invisible" de la inseguridad ciudadana en los países del istmo centroamericano.
Dos de cada tres mujeres asesinadas en el área mueren por razón de género, en lo que se conoce como femicidios, revela el estudio.
En Nicaragua, un asesinato que resultó no ser uno más, dio pie a una investigación profunda sobre el problema. Se trató de la suboficial mayor Luz Marina Lezama, muerta por su pareja con un arma de fuego en abril, mientras ejercía como jefa de la Comisaría de la Mujer del oriental departamento de Granada.
La Policía Nacional de Nicaragua (PN) decidió entonces investigar la incidencia de género en los delitos contra las mujeres, con el resultado difundido en septiembre de que durante el primer semestre de 2009, al menos 25 de las 45 mujeres asesinadas en Nicaragua lo fueron por violencia intrafamiliar.
Más de 65.000 mujeres reportaron distintos tipos de agresiones, reveló la directora general de la institución, Aminta Granera, al difundir la investigación.
Pero de todas ellas, sólo 15.000 denunciaron formalmente las agresiones en las comisarías. Se trató de mujeres que sufrieron ataques graves como abusos sexuales, lesiones, mutilaciones y torturas, informó Granera
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| 10 Nov 2009 - 08:49 | IPS Gender Wire
URL: ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49131
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PERU: Cuzco Women Stand Up to Violence
By Milagros Salazar
CODECC activists join together to fight gender-based violence in Cuzco.
Credit:Julio Ángulo/IPS
CUZCO, Peru, Nov 4 (IPS) - For tourists and other visitors, Cuzco has a special fascination as the ancient capital of the Inca empire. But social scientists know it as one of the areas in the world with the highest rates of violence against women.
Ten years ago, a group of Cuzco women decided to take an organised stand against all forms of gender-based violence, focusing on encouraging other women to report their abuse and get help.
"We used to keep our heads down, but now we’re doing something about it. It’s never too late to start," Elsa Mamani, one of the activists, told IPS.
Mamani is a shy woman, has been all her life. So it’s even more surprising that at 52 she would become the heart of CODECC (Coordinadora Departamental de Defensorías Comunitarias del Cusco), a vigorous organisation of women advocates formed to combat the widespread gender violence in their communities.
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| 10 Nov 2009 - 08:39 | ONU
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Reportan expertos aumento de tráfico de personas en el mundo
Unidas, 21 Oct (Notimex).- El tráfico de personas con propósitos de explotación, ya sea sexual, laboral o para obtener partes de su cuerpo, ha aumentado en el mundo en el último año, según expertos de la ONU.
"El tráfico ha aumentado desde que comenzó la crisis económica mundial, porque la gente pobre se vuelve más vulnerable a las ofertas de los traficantes", dijo Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, relatora especial de la ONU para el tráfico de personas.
En una conferencia de prensa en la sede de la ONU, la experta explicó que su oficina ha reunido muchos indicios de que el tráfico humano ha aumentado durante los meses recientes, aunque dijo no contar con cifras precisas.
Ngozi Ezeilo comentó, de hecho, que los cálculos sobre el comercio de personas son muy variables. Las estimaciones van desde 12.3 millones a 27 millones de individuos que viven en condiciones de explotación.
La relatora de la ONU también comentó que, además del comercio con propósitos sexuales, se ha incrementado la explotación laboral y el movimiento de personas con objeto de extirparles el hígado.
Por su parte, Ruchira Gupta, activista contra el tráfico humano, explicó que de acuerdo con sus investigaciones, el fenómeno en efecto ha aumentado en los últimos meses, especialmente en el sureste asiático, afectado por desastres naturales.
"Las crisis afectan principalmente a las mujeres y a los niños, que son los primeros en ser expulsados de sus trabajos", dijo Gupta.
La activista explicó también que en poblaciones que sufren de sequías o inundaciones, en India, se presentan los traficantes a hacer ofertas que las personas no pueden rehusar por necesidad económica.
Mientras tanto, la alta comisionada para los derechos humanos de la ONU, Navi Pillay, dijo que el tráfico humano es un problema mundial, que afecta a países de origen, de tránsito y de destino final.
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| 09 Nov 2009 - 19:41 | ECPAT
URL: www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/hecht_08_p . . .
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Private Sector Accountability in the Combating the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
ECPAT
www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/hecht_08_private_accountability_0309.pdf
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| 09 Nov 2009 - 10:11 | Women's Justice Center
rdjustice@monitor.net
URL: www.justicewomen.com
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5 ft. 4 in.Tall, 120 lbs., Mother of Small Child...
Should This Person Be a Cop?
by Marie De Santis
Women's Justice Center
www.justicewomen.com
'Not on my watch', say too many male officers, even in this day and age. 'How's she going to scale the 6 ft. wall?' 'Back me up in a clutch?' 'What if she gets pregnant?' .... And worst of all on the tired litany of doubts, 'What if she freezes under fire?'
No matter the mountain of studies showing female officers perform as well or better than their male colleagues. The male police establishment has mostly stuck by it's guns and prejudices. The result, ten years into the 21st century? Females make up only 12% of our nation's police officers, and the number is declining.
But sometimes the most irrefutable proof is in the pudding. And in the last few weeks, in separate incidents, three female police officers and two civilian teen girls have given us precisely that kind of proof, and more.
On November 5th, at Ft. Hood, in what Lt. Gen. Robert Cone called, "an amazing and an aggressive performance", Sgt. Kimberly Munley daringly stopped the massacre in progress. With soldiers falling and bullets flying, Sgt. Munley rushed up to within feet of the shooter, confronted him, and opened fire, her bravery saving countless lives. Sgt. Munley is 5 ft. 4 in. tall, 120 lbs, and the mother of a 3-yr-old daughter.
So much for 'freezing under fire'! Except to mention that this line of judgement has always been the manly measure of worth. But good police work is really so much more.
On August 23rd of this year, despite a history of more than 60 parole office contacts and 30 police contacts*, Philip Garrido remained free as a bird to carry on his alleged crimes that began 18 years before with the kidnap and rapes of 11-yr-old Jaycee Dugard. But on August 24th, female Univ. of California police officer Allison Jacobs and specialist Lisa Campbell collared Garrido anonimously out of the daily flow of the crowd, even though neither of the women knew anything of Garrido or his record.
According to Officer Jacobs, during that chance routine contact with Garrido, she just had a sense that "something isn't right". And police specialist Campbell agreed; there was a vacant "robot stare", she says, in the eyes of the two little girls Garrido had with him. And working from those two observations alone, and a concern for the girls' safety, the two women ended Garrido's reign of abuse in a day; a bit of police work every bit as stunning as bravery under fire.
The fact is, in the course of their careers most cops never once fire their guns outside of practice. But a cop's keen alertness to sense 'something wrong', the ability to read the subtle signs in a child's eyes, can day-after-day save more lives and stop more crime than any once-in-a-lifetime heroic act. But police recruiting committees and training academies don't much go for that girly stuff. They'd rather stick to their guns and the 6 ft. wall that serves hiring teams so well for weeding women out.
And how about those two civilian teen girls in Richmond, California; the one who dialed 911, and the other who talked to the 911 operator? What makes their simple act so heroic is that the girls made that call from the 'no snitch' zones of Richmond where the mere act of calling the cops can get you seriously hurt or killed.
On that night of October 24th in Richmond, for over two hours a 16-yr-old girl had been beaten, robbed, and gang raped to unconsciousness by up to a dozen young men while a crowd of up to 20 onlookers stood by and did nothing. At one point on the 911 tape, one of the girls, Maggie Vargas, can be heard saying to the operator, "...no one wanted to call the cops, so we decided to call."
It's not surprising that it was girls who made the call. More often than not it's the females who are calling out the crime and corruption at all levels of the community; from board rooms to the streets. It's a brave and daring thing to do anywhere, but nowhere more so than in the "no snitch" zones of the hood --- or out from under the 'blue code of silence' that keeps police culture locked into it's neanderthal mentality.
The world desperately needs more women cops! So here's one more for good measure.
On July 3rd, 2009 still-should-be police officer, Debra Hartley, now ex-police officer, set out on foot from her home in northern Pennsylvania to walk 225 miles to the White House. After complaining about sexual harassment from male officers in the police department where she worked, Hartley's superior officers responded to her complaints the way police brass around the country respond to so many other female officers' complaints. From the chief on down, they piled on with more sexual harassment and drove Debra off the force.
Debra couldn't win justice for herself, so she trekked the distance to the White House to spotlight the rampant sex discrimination in law enforcement that dooms the careers of so many other good female officers, and robs our communities of the immense benefits women bring to policing. Don't let Debra's walk be in vain!
1. Find out how many females are on your police department! And how many hold positions of rank!
2. Read about the proven benefits women bring to law enforcement at the National Center for Women in Policing at www.womenandpolicing.org/pdf/NewAdvantagesReport.pdf !
3. Educate others!
4. Encourage girls to consider a career in law enforcement!
5. Insist that your community leaders end the male control of police power!
* Special Report on CDCR Supervision of Parolee Philip Garrido, by California Office of Inspector General, November 2009
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| 09 Nov 2009 - 08:42 | Global Sisterhood Network
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House 'health care' bill sells out women
Posted by: "rasheedaas" rasheedaas@yahoo.com rasheedaas
HR 3962 passed with Dem Rep.Bart Stupak's anti-abortion amendment,
which tightens restrictions on Federal funding of abortions.
Thanks guys...
The amendment bans the proposed new government health insurance plan from
covering abortions except in cases of rape, incest or where the life of a mother
is threatened.
Policies purchased with federal subsidies from private insurers will have the
same restrictions and women seeking abortion coverage will have to purchase
separate insurance riders with their own money.
Sixty-four Democrats joined 176 Republicans in backing the anti-abortion
amendment.
The anti-abortion amendment angered liberal Democrats who support abortion
rights, but its passage helped win backing for the legislation from moderate
Democrats, many of whom had refused to support the bill without strengthening
language that bars using federal subsidies to fund abortions.
"Placing onerous new restrictions on a woman's right to choose sets a terrible
precedent and marks a significant step backwards," Democratic Representatives
Louise Slaughter and Diana DeGette, co-chairs of the congressional pro-choice
caucus, said in a statement.
Planned Parenthood responds:
"Planned Parenthood condemns the adoption of the Stupak/Pitts amendment in HR
3962 this evening. This amendment is an unacceptable addition to the health care
reform bill that, if enacted, would result in women losing health benefits they
have today. Simply put, the Stupak/Pitts amendment would restrict women's access
to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market, undermining the
ability of women to purchase private health plans that cover abortion, even if
they pay for most of the premiums with their own money. This amendment reaches
much further than the Hyde Amendment, which has prohibited public funding of
abortion in most instances since 1977."
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| 09 Nov 2009 - 08:21 | kim.duffy
kim.duffy@hotmail.co.uk
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hi my name is kim i have just moved over from england with my family and liveing in gozo . i have been through two marraiges in which i suffered phiscal and mental abuse this is a subject close to my heart and would like to help others in the same situation as i was . i am also starting a councilling course on this subject was wondering if you know where i can help
* thank you kim
kim duffy (kim.duffy@hotmail.co.uk)
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| 09 Nov 2009 - 08:13 | Clarin
URL: www.clarin.com/diario/2009/11/09/socieda . . .
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DATOS DE LA OFICINA DE LA CORTE SUPREMA DE JUSTICIA
Violencia doméstica: 4 de cada 10 denuncias se hacen después del fin de semana
La explicación es que la convivencia forzada en el hogar dispara los casos de agresiones.Por: Sibila Camps
El 39% de las denuncias recibidas en la Oficina de Violencia Doméstica (OVD) de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación fueron radicadas en días lunes y martes. De las 6.746 denuncias registradas en el primer año de funcionamiento del sistema, sólo el 12% se presentaron en sábados y domingos. "No es fácil, sobre todo para las mujeres -el 82% de las víctimas-, justificar el salir de su casa el fin de semana", observó la ministra Elena Highton de Nolasco, impulsora de la iniciativa.
Maridos y concubinos, por partes iguales, constituyen el 52% de los denunciados, lo que indica que la convivencia forzada del fin de semana es también la circunstancia donde se produce la mayor violencia intrafamiliar. Otro 31% de los agresores son ex parejas, lo que muestra que ni siquiera la ruptura del vínculo corta el ciclo de violencia.
Las agresiones, además, no se limitan a la mujer: con frecuencia, el agresor también se ensaña con otros miembros de la familia, sobre todo con los hijos (76%). En cuanto al 18% de varones que son víctimas, el 61% correspondió a niños y adolescentes.
La OVD cuenta a toda hora con una psicóloga, una asistente social, un abogado y un médico. "El 59% de los que denuncian viene fuera del horario clásico de tribunales, y un tercio lo hace por la noche o el fin de semana; por eso la oficina funciona las 24 horas, los 365 días del año", comentó la jueza.
En el 90% de los casos, las víctimas sufrieron violencia psicológica: "Maltrato, amenazas, insultos, abuso verbal", detalló Highton. En un 70%, la violencia fue física, en un 30% económica (incumplimiento de la cuota alimentaria, no dar dinero suficiente, o controlar diariamente su manejo), y en un 14% sexual.
continua...
www.clarin.com/diario/2009/11/09/sociedad/s-02036852.htm
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| 09 Nov 2009 - 08:00 | Las Diversas Asociacion Civil
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLd8HVIj9M
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Querida Gente
les contamos que un grupo de estudiantes de Sicologia de la Universidad
Catolica de Santa Fe ,nos pidio colaboracion ya que estaban realizando un
trabajo sobre la trata haciendo hincapie en la asistencia a las
victimas.Realizaron luego un video que subieron a you tube, damos el link
para que lo vean.Las fotos que se ven de chicas son las desaparecidas de
Santa Fe(obvio que faltan...estos ultimos dias se llevaron dos chicas
mas...)
Saludos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLd8HVIj9M
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Asociacion Civil Las Diversas
Espacio Feminista
Pers. Jur. Nº 0648
www.lasdiversas.blogspot.com
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