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| 25 Jan 2009 - 09:22 | Associacion para los derechos de la mujer y el desarollo
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América Latina: la región más desigual del mundo
Source: Amecopress
Entrevista a Gladys Acosta, nueva directora Regional de Unifem para América Latina y El Caribe, por Sara Lovera.
Miércoles 14 de enero de 2009, por Sara Lovera
Las mujeres de América Latina deben actuar urgentemente en la política, la academia, los medios de comunicación, la organización social, en todos los espacios y por todas las vías, ante una crisis que impactará las economías de la región y aumentará la carga que ellas ya llevan. Así resumió un llamado a las mujeres organizadas y feministas de esta región, la abogada y activista peruana Gladys Acosta, nueva directora Regional del Fondo de Desarrollo de Naciones Unidas para la Mujer (Unifem) para América Latina y El Caribe
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http://www.awid.org/esl/Temas-y-Analisis/Temas-y-Analisis2/America-Latina-la-region-mas-desigual-del-mundo
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| 25 Jan 2009 - 08:50 | Association for Women's Rights in Development
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Religious Fundamentalisms on the Rise: A case for action
AWID Program: Challenging & Resisting Religious Fundamentalisms
Religious fundamentalisms are gaining strength within the world’s major and minor religions, and across all the world’s regions. In the views of women’s rights activists, these movements have intensified over the last ten years, and have grown more visible, strategic and aggressive.
This publication draws on the survey responses of more than 1,600 women’s rights activists and interviews with 51 key experts. It seeks to build a deeper and more shared understanding among women’s rights activists and their allies of the way fundamentalist projects work to undermine women’s rights, human rights and development.
Read the complete publication here:
The link to this document is on the following page:
www.awid.org/eng/About-AWID/AWID-News/Religious-Fundamentalisms-on-the-Rise-A-case-for-action
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| 25 Jan 2009 - 07:40 | Association for Women's Rights in Development
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Working together to raise money for women’s rights
AWID Program: Where is the Money for Women's Rights?
Founded three years ago, the Latin American Consortium of Women’s Funds consists of seven women’s funds in the Latin American region. The Consortium has become one of the most innovative feminist strategies for collectively mobilizing resources. AWID interviews Emillienne de Leon of Semillas, one of the women's funds that belong to the Consortium.
By Kathambi Kinoti
AWID: Why did women's funds in Latin America come together to form the consortium, and what have been the benefits of working together?
EMILLIENNE DE LEON: We made a diagnostic analysis of the lack of resources coming to the region, and in particular for women’s rights, from bilateral and international cooperation organizations. Then we decided that we could go together to look for funds and that would be an interesting strategy would strengthen the capacity for all the six existing funds. The fact is that Semillas in Mexico and the Central American Women’s Fund in Central America have better opportunities for getting funds. The Southern America region has fewer possibilities, and acting together would bring the attention to the whole region rather than only prioritizing the Mesoamerica region as most of the foundations and bilaterals have done. Both things have happened, more has come to the region, and acting together has strengthened our ability to think strategically, and has enforced the sense of community and regional cooperation.
AWID: I understand that the Consortium’s priorities are economic justice and sexual diversity rights. How did you come up with these priorities?
EDL: So far these have been our priorities. We decided on them after our analysis on where the money is for women’s rights in the region, and also what our common priorities are. This is how sexual diversity was identified as the first priority. Now we are also making the case for economic justice as one of the main aspects in which women's groups are asking for support.
AWID: What are some examples of the work you are supporting through the consortium?
EDL: We have had the opportunity to support the women's movement in the region as is happening with the Lesbian, Bisexual and Transsexual movement, not only as isolated organizations supported by women's funds but as a movement. We have also supported and strengthened individual organizations as well as the movement and promoted encounters in a bilateral way to in order to encourage learning from each other. This project also makes more visible the women's funds in the region and at the international level with the funders as an innovative strategy and a smart way of getting more money for women's rights.
We have involved other women's funds from the North such as Astrea, in the sexual diversity project to cover four more countries where the women's funds based in Latin America have no presence. We now support more than 50 organizations in 17 countries. The project provides two years support to organizations, and we combine resources from foundations from the United States of America and Europe, together with two international women’s funds; MamaCash and the Global Fund for Women.
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http://www.awid.org/eng/Issues-and-Analysis/Issues-and-Analysis/The-example-of-the-Latin-American-Consortium-of-Women-s-Funds-An-interview-with-Emillienne-de-Leon-of-Semillas
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| 24 Jan 2009 - 16:33 | Feminist Majority
URL: feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.a . . .
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Victory for Women! Global Gag Rule Repealed
The Feminist Majority applauds President Barack Obama for issuing an executive order today that repeals the Global Gag Rule. President Obama's expeditious action on behalf of women worldwide will save the lives, health, and suffering of literally millions of women worldwide yearly.
"Barack Obama, with the stroke of a pen, is now saving the lives and
health of countless women and girls around the world. President Obama is keeping his pledge to women and I believe this is only the
beginning," said Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal.
The Global Gag Rule prohibited family planning programs in other
nations that receive US aid from using non-US monies for abortion
counseling, advocacy, and referrals. The rule was instituted by
President Reagan in 1984, was repealed by President Clinton, and was reinstituted by President George W. Bush.
The Global Gag Rule inhibited women worldwide from access to
gynecological exams, AIDS prevention and treatment, and contraceptive options. It also halted shipment of condoms and contraceptives to more than 20 countries. In part because of restricted access to reproductive health services, more than 70,000 women annually die from
unsafe abortions worldwide.
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The Feminist Majority, founded in 1987, works for women's equality and to enhance feminist participation in public policy nationwide and worldwide.
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| 23 Jan 2009 - 09:54 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2120
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Espana
Más inversión en menores e inmigrantes y en la vigilancia de los maltratadores
El Ministerio de Igualdad colaborará en la implantación de nuevos dispositivos de detección de maltratadores y en el acceso a los recursos de los colectivos más vulnerables
Estado Español, Violencia de género, Madrid, Jueves 22 de enero de 2009, por Elena Duque
La ministra de Igualdad, Bibiana Aído, anunció ayer en medio de la Conferencia Sectorial, que desde ahora se llamará Conferencia Sectorial de Igualdad, la distribución de 5 millones de euros entre las Comunidades Autónomas para la asistencia a las víctimas de violencia de género, con especial atención en las víctimas inmigrantes y las y los menores. Avanzó además el estado de las negociaciones para los nuevos dispositivos telepáticos para maltratadores, que podrían estar funcionando en abril.
En total, 5 millones de euros se distribuirán entre las Comunidades Autónomas dentro del fondo de Asistencia Social Integral para asegurar la atención de las víctimas, un fondo complementario, especificó la ministra, porque es “una competencia exclusiva de las Comunidades Autónomas, pero el Ministerio entiende que debe ir colaborando”.
Aído recordó que, aunque el porcentaje de víctimas mortales totales se ha reducido del 77 por ciento en 2004 al 55,7 por ciento en 2008, se ha incrementado en el caso de las víctimas inmigrantes, un colectivo con especiales dificultades de acceso a los recursos.
Para poder atender a todas las víctimas, e incidir en el acceso de este colectivo, cada
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| 23 Jan 2009 - 08:56 | CBS News
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Obama To End Ban On Abortion "Global Gag Rule"
(AP)President Obama plans to sign an executive order today reversing a Bush-era policy banning federal funding for international groups that promote or perform abortions, according to the Associated Press.
The move comes just one day after thousands marched in an anti-abortion rights demonstration on the National Mall in Washington for the anniversary of the Roe V. Wade decision. It will likely be met with anger by those marchers and their supporters, who differ with the president over abortion.
Yesterday, Mr. Obama put out a statement reaffirming his support for abortion rights. He also called for steps to be taken to reduce the number of abortions.
The policy that the president plans to end bans taxpayer money from going to international family planning groups. In addition to keeping money from groups that offer abortions or provide abortion counseling or referrals, the so-called "global gag rule" keeps money from going to groups that talk about abortion following unplanned pregnancies.
The policy has been implemented by Republican administrations and then ended by Democratic administrations since its establishment by Ronald Reagan in 1984.
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| 23 Jan 2009 - 08:54 | CBS News
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Obama: On Roe Anniversary, I Remain Committed To Choice
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President Obama has put out a statement to make the 36th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
(AP / CBS)"On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters," said the president. "I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose."
The president went on to suggest that people on both sides of the debate agree on the importance of working to reduce the number of abortions that take place.
"While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue, no matter what our views, we are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support women and families in the choices they make," said Mr. Obama. "To accomplish these goals, we must work to find common ground to expand access to affordable contraception, accurate health information, and preventative services."
The president released the statement on the same day that tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists rallied on the National Mall. Organizers have suggested that Mr. Obama's election threatened to set back their cause.
“Today, passionate Americans from coast to coast gather in Washington, D.C. to march for the rights of all," Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan said in a statement. "Protecting the sanctity of every life is the responsibility of this nation. I commend the efforts of each person assembling here today, and praise those working to defend the ones who cannot defend themselves. I hope the work of those marching today leads to a renewed appreciation for every human life.”
In his statement, the president tied his position on abortion rights to opportunities for women nationwide.
"On this anniversary, we must also recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights and opportunities as our sons: the chance to attain a world-class education; to have fulfilling careers in any industry; to be treated fairly and paid equally for their work; and to have no limits on their dreams," said President Obama. "That is what I want for women
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| 22 Jan 2009 - 12:56 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09012105-Pueb . . .
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Desde el poder político y judicial, los pedófilos se fortalecen
Puebla y Oaxaca, historia de un país productor de pornografía infantil
Por Lydia Cacho*
México DF, 21 enero 09 (CIMAC).- Hace tres meses, me buscó la madre de una de las niñas que fuera utilizada, a los 5 años, para fabricar pornografía infantil por la red de Succar Kuri, protegido de Kamel Nacif, de Mario Marín y Emilio Gamboa, entre otros.
Con la mirada inundada de desesperanza, con la voz cansada, con la ira colgada de su pecho, me dijo que luego de casi cuatro años de abogados, de juicios, de amenazas de muerte, Succar otra vez quiere que su hija vaya a verlo y declare por enésima vez.
Y la niña, ahora de quince años, habla de quitarse la vida si la fuerzan a ir al penal de La Palma a ver a su abusador; si otro juez se atreve a pedirle que narre sus recuerdos de terror infantil. Y la madre dice que si tiene que matar a alguien, pues mata, pero a su hija no la vuelven a llevar a un juzgado.
Y menos aun cuando la Suprema Corte avaló la protección de Kamel Nacif Y Mario Marín, la protección a la red de pederastas y políticos que se protegen por intereses compartidos, intereses empresariales, políticos, de lavado de dinero. Pero no va a matar a nadie, volverá a su hogar a soñar que algún preso compasivo asesina al pederasta en su celda. Ese es el sueño que le permite dormir, que le da esperanza.
A esas madres se suma una más joven, de Oaxaca, llena de orgullo maternal, de dignidad, cuenta una y otra vez las historias. Su mirada muestra cómo su corazón ya está al borde del desconsuelo. Trae consigo los videos –como los traían las víctimas de la red de Succar Kuri-, lleva consigo fotografías y peritajes médicos del daño ocasionado a su bebé por los pederastas. Y habla, y habla para que su país le crea, le crea que aquello que está más que probado, mas que demostrado sí sucedió. Que lo real es cierto.
Leticia Valdez Martell, en su periplo agotador por los medios, busca con la fortaleza de una madre arquetípica, que los culpables paguen por eso que se ve en los videos, por violar bebés en una escuela y grabarles para producir pornografía infantil.
Mientras ella se atreve a decir la verdad, Ulises Ruiz da órdenes para silenciarla. Según una secretaria del juzgado de Oaxaca, hay órdenes precisas del gobernador para que el caso se dilate, para que no se sigan acumulando pruebas. Órdenes para que se apague el caso en el cual está implicados la propietaria del Instituto San Felipe, Yolanda León Ramírez, su esposo, Hugo Gabriel Constantino, su sobrino y profesor de ese centro escolar, Alan Salvador Pérez Ramírez.
Pero no están solos. Han sacado ya de la Procuraduría de Oaxaca doce expedientes de casos similares con los mismos implicados pero a los cuales se suman nombres de agentes de la policía estatal de Veracruz y de Oaxaca. Personajes del PRI estatal y según las fuentes, un pedófilo perteneciente al PRD de esa entidad.
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| 22 Jan 2009 - 12:05 | Lois Andreasen, Carr Center for Human Rights
hr-education@lists.hrea.org
URL: www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/
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Fellowships at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
Dear Colleagues,
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University is pleased to announce the availability of five 10-month fellowships for scholars and practitioners starting in September 2009.
These fellowships are designed to attract a diversity of human rights scholars and practitioners to join our team and work at the Carr Center. The following 10-month fellowships will be available, some with a specific topic or requirements in mind:
* Two positions open under the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Fellowships to undertake a topic of the fellow's choice.
* One fellowship for those with specific interests in human trafficking and modern slavery issues, as part of the Carr Center Initiative to Stop Human Trafficking.
* With a Middle East emphasis, the recently created Gebran G. Tueni Human Rights Fellowship opens the opportunity for two fellows coming from the Lebanon and/or Iraq.
All these fellowships are specific in funding, eligibility and expectations.
Thus, we encourage potential candidates to visit our Website: www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/
For further details and the application procedure:
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/c chrp/opportunities/fellowsprogram/fellow sprogram.php
Please be aware of the February 27, 2009 deadline for all applications.
We hope you find this news as exciting as we do, and that you will consider this unique opportunity to become part of the Carr Center Community; or recommend someone that your believe would be interested who would qualify for the fellowships.
Sincerely,
Lois Andreasen
Executive Director
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
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| 22 Jan 2009 - 08:42 | Women's enews
URL: www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=3895
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Restoring Repro Rights Is Big Job, Start Now
Run Date: 01/21/09
By Caryl Rivers
WeNews commentator
Clearing out the underbrush of Bush-era rules and regulations that rolled back reproductive rights is a big job because it entails so many federal agencies. Caryl Rivers' advice to the new U.S. president: Start now and stay on it.
Editor's Note: The following is a commentary. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the views of Women's eNews.
(WOMENSENEWS)--As Barack Obama begins his first days in office, he's got a lot on his plate, from the ailing economy to the war in Gaza.
But the damage done to women's reproductive rights under the Bush administration has been vast and the necessary repair work cannot be allowed to drop to the lower depths of the president's "to do" list.
In Bush's waning days he took one last swipe at women's reproductive health. The "right of conscience" rule, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services under the agency's rule-making authority, went into effect yesterday.
The federal rule with the force of law permits workers at more than 584,000 U.S. medical facilities that receive federal funding to refuse to provide care or administer procedures with which they disagree, including emergency contraception, known as Plan B. The rule could hamper states from enforcing laws that require hospitals to offer those treatments, such as the morning-after pill for rape victims.
"In just a matter of months, the Bush administration has undone three decades of federal protections for both medical professionals and their patients," Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement Jan. 8. "It replaced them with a policy that seriously risks the health of millions of women, then tried to pass it off as benevolent."
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| 22 Jan 2009 - 08:33 | Association for Women's Rights in Development
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Obama Asks Abstinence-Only AIDS Coodinator to Stay
Confirming month-old rumors, a high-level source reported last night that President-elect Obama's transition team has asked Ambassador Mark Dybul to remain in place as Global AIDS Coordinator, despite strong opposition by treatment access, HIV prevention, and women's rights advocates across the global HIV and AIDS community, many of whom signed letters calling for a change in PEPFAR leadership, at this crucial time.
While keeping Dybul on may be a stopgap measure for a new administration dealing with huge problems across the board, it is a decision that signals we may not be getting "the change we need" in global AIDS policies.
Dybul, a medical doctor, is strongly associated with the failed policies of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), including those that flout both evidence and human rights, and that neglect the role of stigma, discrimination and gender equity in the spread of HIV. Under his tenure and that of his predecessor Ambassador Randall Tobias, for example, the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) has funded abstinence-only until marriage programs that fail to provide all individuals with the basic information, skills and methods for practicing safer sex, supported policies that prohibit US funding of syringe and needle exchange programs despite evidence that such programs are the best means of preventing the spread of HIV among injecting drug users, and perpetuated restrictions on organizations conducting HIV prevention among sex workers. All of these policies have been shown ineffective by government agencies, such as the Government Accountability Office and the Institutes of Medicine, as well as by numerous independent studies conducted by non-govenmental organizations.
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| 21 Jan 2009 - 10:25 | Human Rights Education Associates
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Liberia: Record number of female police officers graduate
20 January 2009 – A record number of over 100 newly-trained women police officers, making up two-thirds of the cadets completing the training for the Liberia National Police (LNP), prompted a senior United Nations official to hail the progress made since the first batch of recruits passed through the gates of the National Police Training Academy in 2005.
“LNP now has 3,800 officers trained in modern policing methods and techniques,” said Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, the Deputy Head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), speaking at a graduation ceremony on Saturday.
That total exceeds the initial UN target of 3,500, she added, including 150 new officers of which104 are women, which takes the female representation in the LNP to 449 officers, or 12.6 per cent of its current strength.
While cautioning that the Academy “must not become complacent, but set goals and objectives that reinforce the LNP as a model of professional and democratic police service in the sub-region,” the Deputy Head of UNMIL noted that the vast majority of officers were now educated in the areas of law enforcement relevant to the West African nation.
Almost 2,900 officers have now been trained in the protection of women and children, criminal investigations, traffic investigations, media relations and firearms instruction, in a bid to create a force able to meet the policing needs of all communities.
To date, some 43 police facilities throughout Liberia have been renovated or rebuilt through funding and support from the UN and its partners, working in collaboration with the government and local communities, and there are 35 additional on-going construction projects, including new training facilities at the Police Academy.
UN News Centre
HREA - www.hrea.org
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| 21 Jan 2009 - 10:11 | Equality Now
info@equalitynow.org
URL: www.equalitynow.org
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FUNDAMENTALIST PRESSURE IN NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN, HAS LED TO ALARMING VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GIRLS AND WOMEN
January 20th, 2009
From Equality Now:
In late December 2008 the Taliban ordered a ban on girls’ education in the district of Swat in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The announcement made by an extremist cleric, Maulana Fazlullah through an illegal FM radio station, asked all parents to remove their daughters from school (both private and public) by 15 January 2009, failing which schools would be bombed, girls murdered and, like the recent case in Afghanistan, acid thrown in their faces.
The Taliban have come to play an increasing role in the Swat valley and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) over the past two years. According to media reports, in the last 14 months they have destroyed 100 schools in Swat affecting about 70,000 girls. If the education ban is not effectively challenged, it is estimated that an additional 40,000 girls will be denied their basic right to education.
Women in Swat have also been deeply affected by the growing prominence of the Taliban in other ways. The Taliban have threatened to take dire action if women are found outside their homes without the company of male family members and identity cards. In addition, they have ordered the complete veiling of women. Media reports estimate that about a dozen women have been shot for “immoral activities,” including women such as Bakht Zeba, a 45-year-old councilor committed to advancing girls education. Local NGOs have confirmed to Equality Now that the situation for women and girls in FATA and more recently Swat, are grave.
Pakistan’s government is reportedly considering the application of Shariah law within these areas as a way to end conflict with militants, although it appears as if fundamentalists have already established their own courts in many areas to enforce Shariah and have introduced public executions for those who break it. Government sanction of a parallel legal system interpreted by those who deny the basic rights of women and girls is both unconstitutional and unacceptable.
The responsibility to ensure that the right to education of any Pakistani girl is not threatened or compromised, including through acts of non-state actors, rests with the Government of Pakistan. In particular, Articles 25 and 34 of the Pakistani Constitution require that the State remove discrimination and ensure the full participation of women in all spheres and Article 37 requires the State to “remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary education within the minimum possible period” and “make technical and professional education generally available and higher education equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.” In addition, Pakistan has ratified various international conventions which obligate it to ensure gender equality and to guarantee the rights to education, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Equality Now is calling on the Government of Pakistan to take immediate action, coordinated between law enforcement, legislature (national and provincial), the Ministry of Education and other line ministries to ensure women and girls in FATA and Swat are able to fully exercise their rights without fear of violence or intimidation including the access of all girls to school as well as their security in school. In addition, the Government should reject the endorsement of any alternative legal system which does not guarantee to all citizens the rights provided under the Pakistani Constitution and the international human rights instruments to which Pakistan is a party. Please write to the officials listed below asking them to give immediate and urgent attention to eliminate the threat to girls’ education in Swat and to curb all moves to reduce or deny women’s rights in Pakistan.
President Asif Ali Zardari
President of Pakistan
President’s Secretariat
Islamabad
Pakistan
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Dr. Fehmida Mirza
Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan,
Parliament House, Islamabad, Pakistan
E-mail: speaker@na.gov.pk
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Meer Hazar Khan Bijarani
Minister of Education
Ministry of Education
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: (0092-51) 920-1392, 921-2020
E-Mail: minister@moe.gov.pk
Please keep Equality Now updated on your work and send copies of any replies you receive to:
info@equalitynow.org or www.equalitynow.org
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| 21 Jan 2009 - 09:39 | Radio fm Bolivia
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Sedeges atendió 171 casos de violencia sexual a menores
La Paz - Bolivia, 20 de enero.-
Son 171 casos de violencia sexual, maltrato, trata y tráfico de menores entre otros, que fueron atendidos durante la gestión pasada, por el Centro de Atención Terapéutica (CAT), del Servicio Departamental de Gestión Social de la Prefectura de La Paz, que brinda servicios de terapias en forma gratuita a niños, niñas y adolescentes en situación de riesgo.
DETALLES
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| 21 Jan 2009 - 09:08 | Monica
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Necesito escribir una carta a una madre religiosa superiora rectora de un plantel donde mi sobrina de apenas cinco años de edad era alumna en el que el chofer del bus estudiantil estuvo tratando de abusar de ella. Cuando mi hermana se dio cuenta de lo sucedido y fue al plantel a poner la queja con la superiora, la monja salio en defensa del chofer diciendo que trabaja por 20 años y que mi sobrina debe estar alucionando. Esto sucedio en mi pais, mi tierra natal, donde a los niños no les dan privilegios. Yo vivo en USA, donde estos actos son condenados con el castido penal. Mi hermana no ha puesto ninguna denuncia; pero yo a la distancia quiero hacerle llegar una carta expresandole mi desagrado por su negligencia y falta de etica moral ante estas situaciones, y dejando libre de culpa a un perbertido.
* Gracias por su atencion,
* Monica Carrion
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| 21 Jan 2009 - 09:03 | Maria
meb_150@hotmail.com
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necesito encontrar jurisprudencia sobre violencia patrimonial,hace 15 años que me divorcie de un violento y ahora me quiere quitar la casa que esta a nombre de los dos por ser un plan social.Si alguien puede ayudarme, para poder emprender esta lucha individual y colectiva, y tambien si hay algo sobre el pago de la crianza del que nunca se hizo cargo.desde ya muchas gracias
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| 21 Jan 2009 - 08:45 | UN Division for the Advancement of Women
daw@un.org
URL: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
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The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women is pleased to bring to your attention the second issue of Words to Action, an electronic newsletter on violence against women.
We would be grateful if you could widely share this information.
Please visit our website, at
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/ind ex.htm
Division for the Advancement of Women Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations
2 UN Plaza, DC-2-1250
New York, NY 10017
USA
E-mail: daw@un.org
Internet location: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
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| 20 Jan 2009 - 13:59 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimac.org.mx
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PRESENTA LYDIA CACHO SU LIBRO “CON MI HIJO NO”, SOBRE EL ABUSO SEXUAL INFANTIL
México, DF.- La periodista y defensora de los derechos humanos, Lydia Cacho Riveiro, presentó el pasado 8 de enero en la Ciudad de México su más reciente libro “Con mi hijo no: Manual para entender, prevenir, y atender el abuso sexual”, el cual tiene como objetivo a decir de la autora: no transmitir a las niñas y niños los miedos sexuales propios de los adultos y que se les hable con explicaciones, anécdotas y ejemplos claros y puntuales, “tal y como lo aprendí de mi madre y otros especialistas”.
Lydia Cacho es especialista en temas de violencia y género, y durante 18 años ha ejercido el periodismo en radio, televisión y en diversos diarios y revistas de la República Mexicana. Es cofundadora de la Red de Periodistas de México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, y corresponsal de la agencia Cimacnoticias. Ha sido galardonada con los premios “Yo Donna”, de España a la labor humanitaria; el “Jineta Sagan”, de Amnistía Internacional, y el Premio Nacional de Derechos Humanos "Sergio Méndez Arceo", entre otros.
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| 20 Jan 2009 - 13:43 | Kathleen O'Shea
koshea12357@gmail.com
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* New York Queens family court is and has been removing children from parents who are trying to protect them from physical, sexual and mental health abuse, due to false allegations and even when those allegations are proven false the custody is still changed...
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* Judges, attorneys the law guardians themselves seem to be the worst offenders of the children’s rights even in spite of the new regulation for Law Guardians. These allegations are not explored in most cases. Yet unsubstantiated claims made against the mother (most often) by the father (and in a lot of case the father’s parents, who I understand under the current law have no parental rights.), are accepted as truths.
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* In my case custody was changed and I had no hearing at all. In the last 9 years
* I have been granted orders of protection form the family court and Criminal court.
* Been dined communication visitation and contact with my daughter due to the
* Court system and the father who was found guilty in an ACS report when he
* Allowed a 12 year old boy to sexually assault my daughter at the age of 3 years
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* To date, I hold three mortgages on my home just to pay attorneys and other legal fees who charge $300n to $400. And in my case destroyed my chances for a hearing. It
* has been my observation and experience even when I do have the opportunity to talk to a judge, I am told to shut up, told I do not know what I am doing and treated with a loss of custody of my child. I have no record that would justify a custody change but yet
* It happened.
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* When I have explained my case to new attorneys that have told me “The judge did not like you and your have been punished for standing up for yourself and your daughter”
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* * Please contact me at the following: I want to do what I can in these cases not just for myself but for all the others.
* Kathleen O’Shea
* koshea12357@gmail.com
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| 20 Jan 2009 - 13:14 | ECPAT
URL: www.ecpat.net/EI/publications/CYP/Youth_ . . .
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| 19 Jan 2009 - 10:31 | admin
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La promesa de Hillary Clinton, durante su confirmación,
respecto a los derechos de las mujeres
El 13 de enero de 2009 tuvo lugar la Audiencia de Confirmación de Hillary Clinton como Secretaria de Estado. El siguiente es un intercambio, durante esa audiencia, entre ella y la Senadora Barbara Boxer acerca de los derechos de las mujeres:
Senadora BOXER: “...Creo que no podemos apartar nuestra mirada de la difícil situación que viven las mujeres en el mundo. Nicholas Kristof aborda estos asuntos en una serie de artículos persuasivos. En uno de ellos nos cuenta sobre el reciente ataque con ácido contra unas adolescentes en Afganistán, quienes se dirigían a la escuela con sus maestras. Relata la historia... de una mujer pakistaní que fue cruelmente quemada con ácido por su esposo pues se atrevió a divorciarse de él... Millares de mujeres han sufrido ataques similares en toda Asia, y no hay procesos judiciales, Senadora. Kristof nos cuenta la historia de una joven vietnamita llamada Sina Vann que fue raptada a la edad de 13 años y vendida para ser esclava sexual en Camboya. Cuando se rehusó a recibir clientes, fue brutalmente torturada con descargas de electricidad y encerrada en un ataúd lleno de insectos. Kristof también ilustra un horrendo acto de brutalidad en su artículo llamado “Si esto no es esclavitud, ¿qué lo es?”, acerca de una joven camboyana a quien el dueño del prostíbulo al que fue vendida le sacó un ojo después de que ella se tomó un tiempo para recuperarse de un aborto forzado... Ninguna mujer o niña debería nunca vivir con temor o enfrentarse a persecución por haber nacido mujer”.
Senadora CLINTON: “...He tenido el honor de ser colega y socia suya en varios de estos esfuerzos que han sido emprendidos en nombre de las mujeres en el mundo. Y quiero prometerle que como Secretaria de Estado considero que en nuestra política externa estas cuestiones son centrales, no anexas o suplementarias ni de ninguna manera menos importantes que todos los demás asuntos que debemos confrontar. También yo he seguido de cerca las historias que son ilustradas por las fotografías que usted mostró. Quiero decir que no hay palabras para expresar el dolor que se siente porque, usted sabe, las jóvenes están siendo atacadas en camino a la escuela por simpatizantes y miembros del Talibán que no quieren que las mujeres jóvenes se eduquen. No es una cuestión complicada: ellos quieren que perviva la actitud que mantiene a las mujeres, como lo dije en mi testimonio, enfermas, sin alimentación ni educación. Y esto es algo que con demasiada frecuencia genera violencia contra estas jóvenes mujeres, tanto dentro de sus familias como desde afuera. Eso no es cultura. No es costumbre. Éstos son crímenes. Y tengo la esperanza de poder persuadir a más gobiernos, como lo he intentado hacer desde que hablé en Pekín sobre estos asuntos, usted sabe, hace más de 13 años, de que no podemos tener un mundo libre, próspero, pacífico y progresista si a las mujeres se las trata de una manera tan discriminatoria y violenta. Tomo con suma seriedad la función del Departamento de Estado de liderar a nuestro gobierno, por medio de la Oficina sobre la Trata de Personas, para hacer todo lo que nos sea posible a fin de erradicar esta forma moderna de esclavitud. Existe la esclavitud sexual, existe la esclavitud salarial, y es primordialmente una esclavitud de niñas y mujeres... Tendremos una muy activa oficina de mujeres, una muy activa oficina sobre la trata de personas. Nos vamos a estar pronunciando de manera consistente y firme contra la discriminación y opresión de las mujeres, y en particular contra la esclavitud, pues creo que esto es congruente no sólo con los valores estadounidenses, como toda la gente lo reconoce, sino también con los intereses de seguridad nacional de los Estados Unidos”.
Senadora BOXER: “...Quería señalar, señor Presidente, que incluso las y los historiadores más conservadores han dicho que si a las mujeres del planeta se les permitiera realizar su potencial, esto haría que el mundo progresara. En realidad, muchos de los problemas a los cuales nos enfrentamos se derivan de esta actitud según la cual la mitad de la población no importa y se puede abusar de ella. Y así se la ignora o daña y no puede contribuir”.
· Transcripción de la Audiencia de Confirmación de Hillary Clinton, 13 de enero de 2009: www.cfr.org/publication/18225/transcript _of_hillary_clintons_confirmation_hearing.html
Declaración de Hillary Clinton como nominada a Secretaria de Estado, 13 de enero de 2009: http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2009/ClintonTestimony090113a.pdf
· “Si esto no es esclavitud, ¿qué lo es?” ("If This Isn't Slavery, What Is?"), Nickolas Kristoff, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/opinion/04kristof.html?_r=2
Traducido por Laura Asturias
for Women's Justice Center/
Centro de Justicia para Mujeres
www.justicewomen.com
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| 19 Jan 2009 - 09:25 | admin
URL: www.dvleap.org/website/
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Resources: Fighting Parental Alienation Syndrome
www.dvleap.org/website/
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| 19 Jan 2009 - 09:01 | admin
URL: uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TQydMMjbL5o
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Anti prostitution videos on youtube
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TQydMMjbL5o
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