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| 25 Oct 2009 - 09:03 | Wendy Murphy
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH,
WHO NEEDS IT?
By Wendy Murphy
The Patriot Ledger
October 24, 2009
It's October, which means it's Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
But we don't really need an “awareness month" anymore.
There's so damn much domestic violence, we're in a chronic state of awareness.
What we really need is a revolution.
First the facts:
-A woman is beaten every 15 seconds in this country.
-Nearly two-dozen victims of Domestic violence are already dead this year alone in Massachusetts. Other states report similar numbers.
-As many as ten million children a year are exposed to domestic violence, causing them to suffer emotional and psychological harm, not to mention that they grow up believing that smacking your spouse is part of a “normal†relationship. No surprise then that boys who watch their fathers beat their mothers are far more likely as adults to do the same thing to their female partners.
- According to the Justice Department, women suffer violent victimization more than four million times a year. Approximately one-third of the crimes are committed by intimate partners.
-Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury for American women between ages 15 and 44.
-Among homeless women and children, half are on the streets because of domestic violence.
-Medical expenses resulting from domestic violence amount to around four billion dollars annually.
Now a few of the embarrassing reasons for so much suffering:
- Most cases of domestic violence are not reported to law enforcement because victims fear retaliation, are financially dependent on their abuser, and/or because they believe the justice system will not protect them or deter the violence.
- Of the cases accepted for prosecution, only about half end in conviction while one-third are dismissed by the prosecutor.
- For the small percentage of cases that end in conviction, the punishment is usually trivial.
In sum, there are three main reasons why women are abused in such large numbers by men who claim to love them:
1.Offenders aren't being punished!
2.Offenders aren't being punished!
3.Offenders aren't being punished!
Some argue that punishment doesn't stop domestic violence and that we need to do more "education and prevention" to change the way males are raised so they will learn to respect women more. These tend to be the people who are paid to do “education and preventionâ€. In other words, they aren't in the business of fighting for justice - even though some research shows that the only thing that stops violent men is incapacitation (read: jail).
Even if education and cultural re-training might help someday, while we're waiting around for our species to evolve, we need to do one of two things: either give all endangered women a 45 caliber equalizer or start sending more batterers to jail.
Anti-incarceration advocates will tell you that prison isn't fun – and that it often spawns a toxic mental software that makes men who enter come out worse when their sentence wraps up.
But if fear of becoming a monster in prison, and respect for women aren’t enough to deter a man from beating his wife, he's already toxic. Putting him behind bars at least prevents him from hurting others.
Punishment isn't the only way to stop violence, but it is a legitimate and effective feature of our legal system. Lots of research shows how states that send a higher percentage of criminals to prison have lower rates of crime, even after controlling for things like poverty and urbanization.
But incarceration is a dirty word in the lexicon of some liberals who claim that locking people up gives the government dangerous amounts of power and threatens the freedom of the individual.
They're wrong.
The freedom of FEMALE individuals is actually greatly enhanced when criminals who target women for violence are incapacitated.
But our legal system doesn’t care. And despite decades of disastrous statistics, our political leaders don’t care, either. In fact, nobody in a position of leadership is even complaining about the lack of justice for victimized women much less doing something about the fact that the law has created a hierarchy that devalues women’s lives by decriminalizing domestic violence through the lack of meaningful punishment.
Earlier this month, there was a big to-do in DC about women's issues in the Obama Administration. Lynn Rosenthal, whose responsibility it is to deal with violence against women on behalf of the President, gave a lovely talk about all sorts of things, but never once mentioned the profound failure of criminal law to redress domestic violence. Deval Patrick and his administration have been equally impotent on this important issue.
Obviously, the men who promised "change" and "hope" for a better society weren’t referring to battered women. Neither leader has shied away from talking about tough punishments for criminals on Wall Street, but see if you can find a similar statement from either guy about the far more dangerous criminals on Main Street
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| 25 Oct 2009 - 08:25 | Women Living Under Muslim Laws
URL: www.wluml.org/english/newsfulltxt.shtml? . . .
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UN: "Traditional values" Resolution adopted at Twelfth session of HRC
The resolution "Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind in conformity with international human rights law" was adopted by a vote of 26 in favour, 15 against and six abstentions. (WLUML Networkers)
The promotion of traditional values does not necessarily mean the defense of patriarchal norms; women/human rights defenders have long sought to reclaim traditions and cultures from the purveyors of fundamentalist and reactionary ideologies. The Resolution, however, assumes that “traditional values” inevitably make a positive contribution to human rights; there is no recognition in the resolution that “traditional values” are frequently invoked to justify human rights violations.
Rather than talking of ‘traditional values’, we should refer to ‘traditional practices’. The former Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Dr. Yakin Ertürk, has in her reports repeatedly addressed harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation, honour killings, spousal abuse, dowry-related violence and customary laws that deny women’s equality. Such practices – from the Global North as well as from the Global South – are frequently legitimised by the values on which they are founded. Once the concept of “traditional values” is affirmed in a Human Rights Council Resolution, it will be introduced into all future discussions.
In presenting the draft resolution, Russia declined to define “traditional values” or explain what these meant. We are not alone in fearing these “traditional values” may be invoked to excuse violations of women, sexual minorities, and other vulnerable groups. Indeed many UN instruments and resolutions recognize that tradition and culture may be invoked to violate universal human rights. For example:
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| 24 Oct 2009 - 10:12 | National Association of Police Organizations
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October 23, 2009
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The Honorable Christopher S. Murphy
United States House of Representatives
412 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
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Dear Congressman Murphy:
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On behalf of the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO), representing
241,000 rank-and-file law enforcement officers from across the United States, I would
like to advise you of our support for the “Help Find the Missing Act (Billy’s Law),”
H.R. 3695. This important legislation would address and fix the gaps in our nation’s
missing persons systems, helping law enforcement solve cases and give closure to the
loved ones of the missing.
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While federal law mandates state and local law enforcement report missing children,
there are no such requirements for adults or unidentified bodies. Compounding this
problem is the fact that local law enforcement agencies, medical examiners and coroners
often do not have the resources, personnel or training to voluntarily report these cases.
Furthermore, even when missing adults and remains are reported, finding a match can be
a significant challenge because existing federal, state, local and non-profit databases for
missing and unidentified bodies are not connected.
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H.R. 3695 would address these issues by authorizing the Department of Justice’s
National Missing Persons and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) and connecting it to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Information Center (NCIC). This would
make missing persons and unidentified remains databases more comprehensive as well as
streamline the reporting process for local law enforcement. Additionally, the legislation
provides incentive grants to assist state and local law enforcement report missing persons
and unidentified remains to NCIC, NamUs, and the National DNA Index System (NDIS).
These provisions not only increase accessibility to NamUs, but also facilitate data sharing
between NamUs and NCIC.
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I thank you for your support of the law enforcement community. We look forward to
working with you to fight for the passage of this bill. If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact me, or NAPO's Government Affairs Director, Andrea Mournighan, at
(703) 549-0775.
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Sincerely,
William J. Johnson
Executive Director
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| 24 Oct 2009 - 09:51 | The Drumbeat
dheimann@comminit.com
URL: www.comminit.com/en/drum_beat_515.html
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The Drum Beat - Issue 515 - Internet Human Rights Activism
This issue includes:
* ACTIVISM EXAMPLES
* HAVE YOUR SAY: Newspapers and democracy.
* Advocates: PROTECTING, SHARING, DEBATING
* Please tell us your CI STORIES!
* HOW TO'S of internet advocacy and campaigning.
Access this issue online at www.comminit.com/en/drum_beat_515.html
This issue of The Drum Beat offers a selection of resources and initiatives available on The CI website focused on digital strategies and tools for human rights advocates. It includes projects using the internet for rights-based activism - communication, advocacy, and organising. It also lists a few tools and guides that website developers offer to human rights activists who hope to put digital resources to work for their campaigning. Further, it offers information sources on computer-based protections for human rights activist identities, web-based information, and digital sharing.
Please send additional project, evaluation, strategic thinking, and materials information on communication for development at any time. Contact Deborah Heimann at dheimann@comminit.com
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| 23 Oct 2009 - 08:46 | CATW-Ar
catw-argentina@arnet.com.ar
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Prostitución y mitos
Las ONGs que integran la campaña "Ni una mujer más víctima de las redes de prostitución" derriban mitos sobre el tema. No es cierto que sin prostitución, habría más violaciones: los "irrefrenables" deseos sexuales de los varones son una construcción del patriarcado, vinculada con una práctica sexual ligada al dominio, y no al placer.
Reglamentar la prostitución no protege a las mujeres, sino que habilita para que sean explotadas, traficadas, maltratadas y enfermadas, pues a los clientes no se exige certificado de salud. Sólo protege a los fiolos y a las redes de trata, y aumenta el negocio de los "pagos" a la Policía.
Los varones son clientes-prostituyentes: "Porque tú pagas es que hay prostitución".
La vida de las mujeres en situación de prostitución no es fácil ni alegre: es una expresión acuñada por clientes y proxenetas para reducir su responsabilidad.
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| 23 Oct 2009 - 08:38 | Erica Smith, Department of Justice
Erica.L.Smith@usdoj.gov
URL: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pipvcluc.p . . .
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Dear friends and colleagues,
Today, the Department of Justice released a report entitled "Profile of
Intimate Partner Violence Cases in Large Urban Counties," co-authored by
myself and my colleague, Donald Farole. We are sending this email out to you
all, in the hopes that the information contained in the report will be of
use or interest to at least a few of you. I have included below a brief
summary of the contents of the report, as well as a link to the full report
online.
If you have any questions about the publication or the data that support the
findings, please don't hesitate to contact Don or myself at the email
addresses above. My phone contact information is also listed at the bottom
of this email.
Thank you,
Erica
Profile of Intimate Partner Violence Cases in Large Urban Counties
This report examines the characteristics and processing of 3,750 cases of
intimate partner violence, filed in the state courts of 16 large urban
counties in May 2002. Topics covered include the types of charges filed
against defendants, incident-specific information such as victim injury,
defendant weapon use, evidence obtained, adjudication outcomes, and
sentences imposed on convicted defendants. The report also examines the
impact of various case characteristics on the likelihood of conviction.
Highlights include the following:
* Most cases of intimate partner violence involved a charge of
assault, either aggravated (12%) or simple (78%); an additional 5% were
charged with intimidation, including stalking.
* A witness to the incident was present in 50% of intimate partner
violence cases; half of those witnesses were children.
* The defendant was convicted in 56% of intimate partner violence
cases. A third (33%) of cases were discontinued by the prosecution or
dismissed by the court; less than 1% ended in acquittal by a judge or jury.
Another 9% of defendants were in pretrial diversion or deferred adjudication
status one year after their initial appearance in court.
The full report can be accessed on the web at
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pipvcluc.pdf
_____________________
Erica L. Smith
Statistician
Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20531
(202) 616-3491 (p)
(202) 616-1351 (f)
Erica.L.Smith@usdoj.gov
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| 23 Oct 2009 - 08:26 | Emily, Peace Over Violence
Emily@peaceoverviolence.org
URL: www.peaceoverviolence.org
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Peace Over Violence Releases TDV and SV School-Based Policy Project
Peace Over Violence has just released an advocacy paper entitled Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Violence Policy Project at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. The report contains a description of the pilot site characteristics, definition of the policy project, review of successes and challenges, and recommendations to others who are seeking teen dating and sexual violence policy change in school systems.
Access to the report is available here:
http://peaceoverviolence.org/prev ention/vft_conference/workshop_presentat ions
If you have any questions or comments on the policy paper, please contact me, Emily Austin.
Thank you for your continued dedication to ending domestic violence, teen dating violence, and sexual assault!
Yours Truly,
Emily Austin, J.D.
Division Manager, Prevention Services
Peace Over Violence
605 West Olympic Blvd.
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone: 213-955-9090 xtn 109
Fax: 213-955-9093
Emily@peaceoverviolence.org
www.peaceoverviolence.org
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| 22 Oct 2009 - 08:30 | Associacion para los derechos de la mujer y desarollo
URL: www.awid.org/esl/
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Resolución de la ONU sobre Valores Tradicionales: ¿Qué se pone en juego para los derechos de las mujeres?
Source: AWID
19/10/2009 18:18
El 2 de octubre de 2009, el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU adoptó una resolución propuesta por la Federación Rusa sobre "Promoción de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales a través de una mejor comprensión de los valores tradicionales de la humanidad." La resolución se aprobó con 26 estados miembros a favor, 15 en contra y 6 abstenciones.
Durante la decimosegunda sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, se enmendó el borrador original de la resolución para eliminar la estipulación según la cual los "valores tradicionales"deben estar supeditados a los principios de derechos humanos.
Diversos instrumentos y resoluciones de la ONU reconocen que la tradición y la cultura pueden violar los derechos humanos. Como enfatizó el ACNUDH: “Pese a su dañina naturaleza y su violación de las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, estas prácticas persisten porque no son cuestionadas y adoptan un aura de moralidad a los ojos de quienes las practican.” De hecho, las mujeres a menudoestán subordinadas a las tradiciones, habitualmente vinculadas con normas nacionales, culturales o étnicas, las cuales comenten violaciones a las libertades y los derechos humanos. La Relatora Especial sobre Violencia contrala Mujer en reiteradas oportunidades ha advertido sobre las prácticas tradicionales nocivas como la mutilación genital femenina, los asesinatos por honor, la violencia conyugal, la violencia relacionada con la dote y las leyes consuetudinarias que niegan la igualdad de las mujeres. Si bien existen numerosos ejemplos de interpretaciones progresistas de la religión, las prácticas consuetudinarias nocivas y los valores tradicionales siempre son justificados haciendo referencia a la religión.
Poco tiempo después de que la Asamblea General de la ONU expresara un firme yunánime apoyo a la adopción de una resolución para crear la nueva entidad para la igualdad de género que será liderada por una Sub-secretaria General, esta resolución envía un mensaje completamente equivocado. El Consejo de Derechos Humanos no puede volver al pasado en materia de derechos humanos, en particular en materia de derechos humanos de las mujeres.
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| 22 Oct 2009 - 08:19 | Amnesty International
URL: www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-wome . . .
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International Violence Against Women Act:
Background and Resources
Click on Active Link Above
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| 22 Oct 2009 - 08:10 | UNIFEM
URL: www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail. . . .
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Support call for International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA)
UNIFEM GOODWILL AMBASSADOR NICOLE KIDMAN AND UN TRUST FUND GRANTEE TESTIFY AT U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
United Nations, New York ‹ United Nations Development Fund for Women
(UNIFEM) Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman and Mallika Dutt, anti-violence
group Breakthrough¹s Executive Director, today supported the call for a
comprehensive approach by the United States to address ending violence
against women. Ms. Kidman and Ms. Dutt, speaking to members of the U.S.
House of Representatives Sub-Committee on International Organizations, Human
Rights and Oversight, emphasized the urgency to invest in women, partner
locally and provide resources for effective programmes in developing
countries.
They joined Ambassador for Women¹s Global Issues Melanne Verveer,
Congresswoman Janice D. Schakowsky, Vice-Chair of the Women¹s Caucus, and
former Congresswoman and President of Shared Hope International Linda Smith
in supporting the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA), which
represents an unprecedented commitment by the U.S. government to create a
comprehensive strategy to reduce violence in countries that have severe
levels of violence against women and girls.
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| 21 Oct 2009 - 08:31 | Feminist Law Professor Blog
URL: feministlawprofessors.com/
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Undignified Marketing Alert: Northeastern University School of Law
The image at left is taken from the Northeastern University School of Law publicity that landed today in my faculty mailbox. The text in the tan box in the upper left corner reads, “Faculty and students advocate together for those too-often underrepresented in the justice system.”
That’s a nice message.
A woman sitting on the floor gazing upwards adoringly at a professor is not a nice message.
It is as if the school is saying, “At Northeastern, our professors tower over all others. Here, women sit on the floor and beam at their older male professors. We like that image so much we wanted to share it with the world. It represents a typical interaction at our school.”
Who suggested this shot? Why did the faculty member agree to it? Why didn’t the students object? Why didn’t the arketing/Communications staff reject it? Hey, Northeastern, you can do better.
see
feministlawprofessors.com/
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| 21 Oct 2009 - 08:10 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09102006-El-P . . .
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Raül Romeva nuevamente pone el tema en la agenda a dos años de la resolución
El PE hará un balance sobre feminicidio en México y Centroamérica
Por Anayeli García Martínez
México DF, 20 oct 09 (CIMAC).- A dos años de que el Parlamento Europeo (PE) condenara por mayoría el feminicidio en México y Centroamérica, iniciativa impulsada por el eurodiputado español Raül Romeva i Rueda, nuevamente el PE retomará el tema al hacer un balance y recuento de los avances en la región, el próximo 19 de noviembre, informó a Cimacnoticias, la oficina de prensa del diputado.
Previo al Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer que se conmemora el 25 de noviembre, el diputado Romeva i Rueda, consideró “que es el momento idóneo para hacer un balance” cuestionándose ¿Qué han hecho la UE, México y los países de América Central para luchar contra el feminicidio desde que se adoptó la resolución del PE? ¿Cuáles son las dificultades que se han encontrado? ¿Y cómo se puede aumentar y consolidar el impacto de la resolución PE en la región, en particular frente a la Cumbre de Madrid?
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09102006-El-PE-hara-un-balan.39706.0.html
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| 21 Oct 2009 - 07:55 | IPS Gender Wire
URL: ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48915
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner
By Wambi Michael
A billboard in Kapchorwa town, which is part of the campaign against female genital mutilation.
KAMPALA, Oct 19 (IPS) - Over three decades ago a 14-year-old girl, her sister and a group of young teenagers from Bukwo headed to the River Amana for a ceremony that would change their lives forever.
Since her childhood, Gertrude Chebet had been told of the day she would become a woman. She was led to believe it would be a great moment of change and it was something to look forward to with much joy.
As she and her sister began that early morning trek, from their village in eastern Uganda, in the cold and through the bushes to the place of initiation, she expected it to be the best day of her life. But she was wrong.
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| 21 Oct 2009 - 07:44 | Men's Center for Leadership
URL: www.csbsju.edu/menscenter/conference/con . . .
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Come to the First Conference for Campus Based Men's Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups!
November 6-7, St. John's University, MN.
www.csbsju.edu/menscenter/conference/conferenceinfo.htm
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| 21 Oct 2009 - 07:25 | Battered Women's Justice Project
URL: conferences.bwjp.org/webconferencedetail . . .
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Audioconferences on Violence Against Women: Researcher/Practitioner
Discourse Women´s Experience with Sexual and Domestic Violence, 2009
Series, Session 7
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., EDT
Registration: This audioconference series is open to OVW grantees and the
general public.
For details, see:
conferences.bwjp.org/webconferencedetail.aspx?confid=101
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| 20 Oct 2009 - 21:37 | Rebeca
URL: www.justicewomen.com/cj_sweden_sp.html
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Hola, acabo de leer el caso de Suecia y creo que éste país se ha ganado hoy una admiradora más. Durante muchos años el tema de la prostitución en todas sus formas ha sido una tortura para mí, porque sueño con el día en que sea erradicada completamente del mundo y sé que llegará. Mientras tanto, el ejemplo Sueco es una luz de esperanza que habrá que difundir para que pueda alcanzar a más mujeres y hombres por la igualdad y la justicia. ¡Ánimo a todas y todos los involucrados en ésta loable labor!.
Rebeca
articulo sobre Suecia y prostitucion...
La solución de Suecia para la prostitución:
¿Por qué nadie intentó esto antes?
www.justicewomen.com/cj_sweden_sp.html
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| 20 Oct 2009 - 09:18 | Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
URL: www.taasa.org/prevention/pdfs/GuidebookF . . .
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Tools for Change
An Introduction to the Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence
See document
click on active link above
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| 20 Oct 2009 - 09:00 | Opinion.com
URL: www.opinion.com.bo/Portal.html?CodNot=76 . . .
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Tráfico y trata de personas es facilitado por las propias autoridades de Gobierno
Los habitantes de las zonas fronterizas eluden comentar o denunciar los actos ilícitos que se cometen en el lugar debido a que de alguna manera reciben algo del dinero que producen o por temor a represalias. Bolivia tiene 6.750 kilómetros de fronteras.
La Paz/OPINIÓN
El tráfico y trata de personas, especialmente menores de edad, es facilitado por las propias autoridades que pecan por omisión, irresponsabilidad o corrupción. El “trámite” para que especialmente menores de edad salgan del país, de manera irregular, cuesta, formalmente, unos 155 bolivianos, según una investigación de Jorge Mondaca Plaza, difundida por el Capítulo Boliviano de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo.
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www.opinion.com.bo/Portal.html?CodNot=76513&CodSec=8
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| 20 Oct 2009 - 08:49 | Peru
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Peru
Este martes 20 a las 11am
Plantón frente al Congreso
Por nuestro derecho a decidir
Aunque el pasado martes 6 de octubre la Comisión revisora del Código Penal del Perú aprobó ampliar la despenalización del aborto en caso de violación y embarazo eugenésico, reconociendo los derechos humanos de las mujeres, tal como lo han hecho ya otros países de la región como Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia y Ecuador; la comisión ha cedido ante presiones políticas externas
Políticos ultraconservadores y grupos religiosos fundamentalistas han hecho presión y han logrado que se reconsidere tan importante decisión. El tema será sometido nuevamente a voto el próximo martes 20 a mediodía, con el riesgo de penalizar todo tipo de aborto, aún el terapéutico, mecanismo que permite salvar la vida de las mujeres gestantes que corren peligro de muerte o de incapacidad permanente; y que es legal desde hace más de 85 años en el Perú
¿Otra vez la vida de las mujeres no vale nada?
Unámonos en defensa de nuestro derecho a decidir
Por un Estado laico, no confesional
Te esperamos este martes 20 de octubre de 2009, a las 11am frente al Congreso, lleva alguna prenda negra en señal de luto.
¡Ven al plantón!
Hagamos oír nuestra
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| 20 Oct 2009 - 08:27 | Fawcett UK
URL: www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Corp . . .
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Corporate Sexism: The sex industry's infiltration of the modern workplace
Fawcett's report 'Corporate Sexism: the sex industry's infiltration of the modern workplace' finds that the use of lap dancing clubs and display of pornography in a work context is a major new threat to women's equality at work.
The report’s findings include:
• 41% of UK lap dancing clubs directly target employers through marketing on their websites (4)
• 86% of lap dancing clubs in London provide ‘discrete receipts’ which enable employees to claim back expenses from their employer without it being evident the money was spent in a lap dancing club (5)
• Lads’ mags are displayed for sale purposes in over 50,000 workplaces. A content analysis of leading titles revealed all contained pornographic imagery. Yet there are no independent, compulsory guidelines regarding the display and sale of pornography, and no major retailer has a policy of covering up lads’ mags or putting them on the top shelf
• 26% of trade unions have received enquiries from members who have been exposed to the sex industry – including pornography - at work (6). Existing research has also revealed that 20% of men admit accessing pornography at work.
To download the report, follow the link below.
www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Corporate%20Sexism.pdf.pdf
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| 19 Oct 2009 - 11:06 | Women's Justice Center
rdjustice@monitor.net
URL: www.justicewomen.com/guide/index.html
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A Guide for Mothers, Grandmothers, and Others
for Helping a Girl Caught in Prostitution
or Sex Trafficking
www.justicewomen.com/guide/index.html
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| 19 Oct 2009 - 11:03 | Women's Justice Center
rdjustice@monitor.net
URL: www.justicewomen.com/guide/index_sp.html
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Guia dirigida a madres, abuelas y otras personas
para ayudar a jovenes atrapadas en la prostitucion
o la trata sexual
www.justicewomen.com/guide/index_sp.html
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| 19 Oct 2009 - 10:52 | UN, Division for the Advancement of Women
daw@un.org
URL: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/index.htm
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The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women is pleased to bring to your attention the fifth issue of Words to Action (October 2009), a newsletter on violence against women.
We would be grateful if you could widely share this information.
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
See Newsletter
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/index.htm
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| 19 Oct 2009 - 10:14 | Pagina 12, Argentina
URL: www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-1337 . . .
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GRUPOS CONSERVADORES INTENTAN FRENAR LA DISCUSION SOBRE EL ABORTO CON DENUNCIAS, AMENAZAS Y PRESIONES
Pagina 12, Argentina
Métodos para interrumpir un debate pendiente
Un juez echado de la UCA. Médicos desplazados. Legisladores y concejales amenazados. Denuncias con argumentos falaces. Cómo los grupos autodenominados “pro vida” y otros sectores ultras intentan evitar que se amplíe el debate sobre el aborto.Un juez de un alto tribunal del país fue echado de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), donde se desempeñaba como profesor de un posgrado en Derecho Administrativo, como consecuencia de haber avalado en un fallo la realización de un aborto terapéutico, no punible, claramente contemplado en el Código Penal. Un cirujano y ginecólogo pampeano fue desplazado del principal hospital de Santa Rosa donde se desempeñaba, tras promover la realización de ligaduras tubarias sin obstáculos arbitrarios y apoyar la práctica de abortos no punibles sin exigir una autorización de la Justicia. En Rosario, los concejales que aprobaron una declaración que pide al Congreso que debata los proyectos que legalizan la interrupción voluntaria de embarazo (IVE) recibieron fuertes presiones y amenazas de muerte de grupos antiderechos vinculados a la Iglesia Católica. Son algunos ejemplos, recogidos por una investigación de Página/12, de los mecanismos que usan los sectores más conservadores para intentar impedir el ejercicio de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en el país y censurar la apertura de un debate amplio en torno del problema del aborto en la Argentina: presionar, hostigar, denunciar y sancionar –sin dejar por escrito la razón– a quienes respaldan el acceso al aborto, incluso cuando la IVE está dentro del marco de la ley vigente, y también apelar a fuentes poco calificadas para sostener sus posiciones son dos de las estrategias que vienen desarrollando en el país, junto con la presentación de amparos en distintos tribunales para prohibir la distribución de anticonceptivos.
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www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-133700-2009-10-19.html
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| 19 Oct 2009 - 10:07 | Marc Dubin, CAVNET
URL: www.victimswithdisabilities.org/
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New Blog - Crime Victims with Disabilities
Crime Victims with Disabilities
This Blog is a project of the Center for Independent Living of South Florida and CAVNET. (www.cavnet.org), and will provide information and resources about crime victims with disabilities.
www.victimswithdisabilities.org
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| 19 Oct 2009 - 09:48 | Boletin e-mujeres
URL: www.e-mujeres.net/noticias/mujeres-rompi . . .
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Mujeres Rompiendo el Silencio: Tribunal de Conciencia para Mujeres sobrevivientes de Violencia Sexual durante el Conflicto Armado
19/10/2009
Tamara, ONG Mugarik Gabe
PRESENTACIÓN
Con el presente proyecto la Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas –UNAMG-, el Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial –ECAP-, La Comisiòn Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala –CONAVIGUA- y Mujeres Transformando el Mundo, junto a otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil pretende contribuir en la construcción de alternativas que posibiliten la obtención de justicia para las Mujeres sobrevivientes de Violencia Sexual durante el Conflicto Armado. El proyecto será implementado por esta alianza de organizaciones que buscan romper el silencio en torno a la violencia y violación sexual contra mujeres durante el conflicto armado. Las organizaciones que integramos esta alianza hemos venido trabajando desde hace algún tiempo con mujeres sobrevivientes de la violencia política vivida durante el conflicto armado. Otras hemos cosechado logros en los proceso organizativos de las mujeres indígenas en diferentes comunidades del país y otras hemos logrado obtener justicia formal en casos concretos
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www.e-mujeres.net/noticias/mujeres-rompiendo-el-silencio-tribunal-de-conciencia-para-mujeres-sobrevivientes-de-violenc
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