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| 24 Jul 2009 - 17:16 | Patricia Guerrero, Liga de Mujeres
patricia.guerrero@ligademujeres.org
URL: www.ligademujeres.org
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Hola mujeres:
* Queremos invitarlas a conocer nuestro trabajo sobre La estrategia de Resistencia Jurídica de la Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas y del Observatorio Genero democracia y Derechos Humanos en
www.ligademujeres.org y www.observatoriogenero.org
Un Brazo sororo
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| 24 Jul 2009 - 09:45 | Violence Against Women Net
URL: new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php? . . .
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Collection of Resources:
Violence in the Lives of Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
This Special Collection offers information regarding the experiences and needs of individuals who are Deaf or hard of hearing and victims/survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence. The purpose of this collection is to: 1) increase knowledge and understanding of Deaf culture, 2) provide resources to assist helping professionals in direct service work with Deaf individuals, and 3) highlight best practices.
This collection was prepared by staff of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence in consultation with Gretchen Waech, and with guidance from the National Cross-Systems Advocacy Network, a national partnership among advocates, persons with disabilities, Deaf persons, and others from the disability rights and anti-violence movements.
Table of Contents
Deaf culture
Definitions
History
Inclusion
Myths and realities
Audism: Oppression in the lives of Deaf individuals
Language and communication
Etiquette
Accommodations
Accessibility
Interpreters
Best practices
Use of Interpreters
Working with Deaf Victims/Survivors
Training tools
Additional Resources
Organizations providing services to Deaf Victims/Survivors
Bibliography
Collection:
new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=966
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| 24 Jul 2009 - 09:32 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2311
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Colombia: Infancia afectada por la guerra y la pobreza
Alarmante aumento de niños y niñas combatientes
Entre 14 y 17 mil menores de edad reclutados por las FRAC
Bogotá, Colombia, 23 de julio, por Ángela Castellanos Aranguren
Bogotá, Julio 09.
AmecoPress/SEMlac.- Pese a los informes y resoluciones de la Organización de Naciones Unidas, el reclutamiento forzado de menores en Colombia por parte de los grupos armados al margen de la ley no sólo continúa, sino que ha aumentado y la edad de enrolamiento de niñas y niños es cada vez menor. "A través de nuestro trabajo en terreno y con desplazados, (...)
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www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2311
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| 24 Jul 2009 - 09:19 | Mi Pequeno Rincon
URL: rincondebasileia.blogspot.com/2009/07/es . . .
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ESTADÍSTICAS DE LA VIOLENCIA DOMESTICA EN E.E.U.U.
rincondebasileia.blogspot.com/2009/07/estadisticas-de-la-violencia-domestica.html
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| 24 Jul 2009 - 09:08 | New American Media
URL: www.tribunact.com/news/2009/0722/news_en . . .
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Obama allows asylum for women victims of domestic violence
New America Media, News Report, by Viji Sundaram
Calling it one of the best options the Obama administration has made available to battered women around the world, women's advocacy groups in the United States lauded the administration for making it possible for these women to begin a new life in this country.
The administration said that if women in foreign countries could show, in addition to meeting other strict conditions for asylum, that they had been treated by their abuser as little more than chattel, and that their home countries "wink" at such behavior, then the women could seek to make the United States their permanent home.
"This restoration of gender-based asylum should be celebrated," said Purvi Shah, executive director of the 20-year-old New York-based support group for South Asian abused women, Sakhi. "We all deserve to live free of abuse, and immigration status should not be a barrier to that vision of a healthy life."
"It's a very positive policy change," asserted Karen Musalo, director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. "It's going to benefit many women." The administration's position stemmed from a case filed in an immigration appeals court by a Mexican woman who said her common law husband in Mexico would likely murder her if she were sent back to her homeland. In court documents, the woman claimed she had been repeatedly raped at gunpoint by her husband, and had been threatened to be burnt alive when he found out that she was pregnant.Several other such claims by other battered women seeking asylum have been tied up in the U.S. courts over the last dozen years.
The move by the Obama administration would allow abused women to file for legal residency status through asylum
The Bush administration did not want to recognize those claims, the first of which was filed in 1996 by a Guatemalan woman. After many years
of litigation, an immigration court declared that she was not a part of any persecuted group under U.S. law.
Three years ago, Congress gave some relief to undocumented abused women in the form of the so-called U-visa, which allowed them a temporary work permit, which could eventually lead to a green card.
The move by the Obama administration would allow abused women to file for legal residency status through asylum."Asylum gives you permanent status without having to go through any other steps," said Sheela Murthy, an immigration lawyer in Baltimore, Md., who also advocates for women.
Most requests for asylum currently filed in the United States are based on claims by applicants that they fear persecution if they are sent back to their homeland because of their race, religion, nationality, political beliefs or any particular party they may belong to. Murthy said nearly 80 percent of those applicants are denied asylum for lack of providing adequate evidence.
Asylum seekers generally arrive in the United States on fake travel documents. Upon arrival at the airport, they ask for asylum.
"Getting asylum is not going to be a slam dunk" for abused women, Murthy reiterated, noting that they have to meet the most stringent of requirements.
Even so, Atashi Chakravarty, executive director of the Berkeley-based help line for South Asian battered women, said she believes that scores of people from the Indian sub-continent will benefit from the new policy change."We have clients who are taken to India by their abusive spouses and abandoned there, only to face more physical and emotional abuse from their in-laws," Chakravarty said.Shah and other women's advocates say there is no danger of the new policy opening the floodgates of applications from women who claim they were battered.
"Anyone who believes such a thing has never filed for asylum," said Shah, noting, "The fact that this route exists again doesn't negate the need for significant evidence of abuse and the need to meet very rigorous parameters to qualify for gender-based asylum.
"This is why other strategies for immigration relief must still exist - so that any immigrant survivor understands she can be safe, and that in the United States, violence against women is a crime which will not be condoned."
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| 24 Jul 2009 - 08:30 | Voice Male Magazine
URL: www.voicemalemagazine.org/pdfs/voice_mal . . .
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Voice Male Magazine
Online
www.voicemalemagazine.org/pdfs/voice_male_summer_09.pdf
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| 24 Jul 2009 - 08:05 | Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces
gender@dcaf.ch
URL: www.dcaf.ch/gender-security-sector-refor . . .
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DCAF releases training resources on National Security Policy-Making and Gender
DCAF is pleased to present the latest addition to its Gender and SSR Training Resource Package,
www.dcaf.ch/gssrtraining
the attached training resources on National Security Policy-Making and Gender.
These include:
* Key messages for training on National Security Policy-Making and Gender;
* 11 training exercises, from 35 to 110 minutes, suitable for use in training on policy-making as well as dedicated gender training;
* Topics and tips for facilitating discussions on National Security Policy-Making and Gender
* Case studies from Jamaica and Israel
Developed as a companion to the Gender and SSR Toolkit <http://www.dcaf.ch/gssrtoolkit > , the Gender and SSR Training Resource Package is a series of practical training materials to help trainers to integrate gender into SSR training, and to deliver effective gender training to security sector audiences.
The Gender and SSR Training Resource Package is designed for:
* People providing SSR training, education and capacity building
* People providing gender training to security sector policymakers, practitioners and personnel
The Gender and SSR Training Resource Package contains:
* A Guide to Integrating Gender in SSR Training: how to take into account gender issues throughout the SSR training cycle-in training needs assessment, learning objectives, design and development of training, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and follow up.
* Sets of training resources on:
* Security Sector Reform and Gender
* Police Reform and Gender
* Defence Reform and Gender
* Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender
* Civil Society Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender
* National Security Policy-Making and Gender
Over the coming months, further training resources will be available on:
* Justice Reform and Gender
* SSR Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation and Gender
* Border Management and Gender
These training resources have been developed to suit a range of training audiences, including:
* Ministries of Defence, Justice, Interior or Foreign Affairs
* Security sector institutions
* Security sector oversight bodies
* Parliamentarians and parliamentary staff
* Civil society organisations
* Donors, international and regional organisations
The Training Resource Package is available online at: www.dcaf.ch/gssrtraining <file:///\www.dcaf.chgssrtraining> .
For more information, or to order a CD ROM version of the Gender and Security Sector Reform Training Resource Package, please contact gender@dcaf.ch
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| 23 Jul 2009 - 14:18 | Walter De Keseredy, University of Ontario
URL: www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/owd/english/re . . .
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Shifting Public Policy Direction: Gender-focused Versus Bi-directional Intimate Partner Violence
This study examines the shift in the public policy discourse on violence against women, specifically a shift towards gender neutral language.
Report PDF...
www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/owd/english/resources/publications/dvac/shifting_pp_direction.pdf
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| 23 Jul 2009 - 13:55 | Daily Record
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URL: www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news . . .
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New sex crime chief's warning for perverts: We're after YOU
Jun 25 2009 By Annie Brown
THE chief of an elite new sex crime unit has warned Scotland's perverts there is nowhere to hide.
Top QC Derek Ogg said beasts will be hunted down by his team of specialists.
And the National Sex Crimes Unit will see a dramatic shift towards supporting victims of sexual crimes in Scotland.
Ogg said: "It has been children and victims of sexual abuse that, every day, in their hundreds in Scotland, feel frightened and scared.
"It is time the abusers felt frightened and scared. It is time they realised that we are on their case.
"An accused is entitled to justice but so is the complainer."
In his first interview since the unit was launched in March, Ogg said sexual offences would now be treated with the same seriousness as murder.
He said: "We are not the new puritans, we are not the thought police or there to judge people.
"We are there to take seriously what is happening all the time in this country, sexual abuse of children and sexual abuse of adults.
"It is time we started to take this seriously."
The unit is the only one of its kind in Europe and will be involved from the first complaint of a sex crime all the way through to prosecution.
Six of Scotland's most experienced lawyers, including Ogg, will form a top team of prosecutors who will take on the most serious of cases.
The unit mirrors a similar model at the District Attorney's office in New York. It has been running since 1974 and has seen an increase in the conviction rate of sex offenders.
The prosecutors from Scotland will travel to New York for intensive training at the DA's office over the coming months.
They include four women and two men - Ogg, Joanna Cherry, David Young, Gillian Wade, Kath Harper and Jennifer Bain.
Through the unit, cases that previously would have been considered too tough to prosecute will be pursued.
Complaints of abuse from kids with learning difficulties or prostitutes who allege rape now have a greater chance of reaching court.
Ogg said: "We will not let difficult cases go. We will investigate until we are sure it is right to give up.
"We will treat a rape the way we would approach a murder, looking at the whole picture. Does that picture present a story of consent or lack of consent?"
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www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/06/25/new-sex-crime-chief-s-warning-for-perverts-we-re-after-you-86908-21469620/
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| 23 Jul 2009 - 13:40 | Boletin e-mujeres
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La princesa saudí que huyó de la lapidación
22/07/2009
El Mundo
Sólo el diario británico 'The Independent' se hace eco de una historia de la que no existen documentos gráficos. No hay nombres ni apellidos, ni ningún dato que pueda identificar a los protagonistas, posiblemente la única forma de proteger sus vidas. Pero la credibilidad del rotativo, la identificación de las fuentes y la noticia en sí, ni siquiera novedosa, hacen de ella algo desgraciadamente muy creíble.
Se trata de la historia de una joven saudí de familia adinerada, casada con uno de los 10.000 miembros de la millonaria dinastía Saud, y más concretamente con uno de los príncipes. En un viaje a Londres se produjo un encuentro en unos grandes almacenes que le cambió la vida. Un joven británico, no musulmán, con quien cruzó miradas antes de intercambiar teléfonos. A la primera cita le siguieron otras, y unos meses después la joven, aterrorizada, descubrió que había quedado embarazada de una relación adúltera, algo que en el régimen wahabí que rige el reino saudí equivale a padecer una de las más ancestrales formas de muerte que cabe imaginar: la lapidación.
Continua...
www.e-mujeres.net/noticias/la-princesa-saudi-que-huyo-de-la-lapidacion
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| 21 Jul 2009 - 08:13 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09072011-Caso . . .
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Caso de hermanas tzeltales no será trasladado a justicia civil
CIMAC | México DF.- El traslado del caso de las hermanas tzeltales violadas por soldados durante un retén militar en Chiapas, en 1994 y que se encuentra en la Procuraduría de Justicia Militar para ser “investigado”, no será trasladado a la justicia civil, ya que prevalecen las leyes ordinarias federales y no “opiniones” aclaró tajante hoy el General Jaime Antonio López Portillo Robles Gil, director general de Derechos Humanos de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena).
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09072011-Caso-de-hermanas-tz.38605.0.html
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| 21 Jul 2009 - 08:02 | CNN
URL: www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/17/officer.sex . . .
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California officer admits to sexual assault while on duty Story Highlights
Feliciano Sanchez admits to forcing driver to perform oral sex on him after traffic stop
Sanchez faces up to 10 years in prison at November sentencing
Sanchez, 34, pulled over female motorist, said her car would be towed
He drove her to a parking lot, placed hand on his gun and forced her to perform act
updated 7:39 a.m. EDT, Sat July 18, 2009Next Article in Crime »
By Khadijah Rentas
CNN
(CNN) -- A former California police officer accused of sexually assaulting a motorist during a traffic stop pleaded guilty in federal court, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Federal prosecutors charged Feliciano Sanchez with deprivation of rights under color of law.
Feliciano Sanchez, 34, admitted in court Thursday that while on duty on May 16, 2007, he pulled over a female driver in a traffic stop and forced her to perform oral sex on him, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien, who heads the office for the Central District.
Sanchez, then of Los Angeles County's Bell Police Department, stopped the woman for speeding or weaving down the road, said central California U.S. attorney spokesman Thom Mrozek, citing court documents.
After learning the woman, identified as R.H. in court documents, did not have a driver's license with her, Sanchez told her he suspected her of drinking and her car would be towed, Mrozek said.
Sanchez offered to drive R.H. to her job, but instead drove her to the parking lot of an auto repair outlet in Bell, Mrozek said.
Sanchez placed his hand on his gun and forced her to perform sex on him in his patrol car, Mrozek said. Afterward, Sanchez drove R.H. to her work place, Mrozek said.
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www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/17/officer.sex.assault/
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| 21 Jul 2009 - 07:51 | Camp Sheila Wellstone
URL: www.wellstone.org/our-programs/camp-shei . . .
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Aug 3-4 In Minot, North Dakota
Aug 6-7 In Bismarck, North Dakota
"Forgotten Victims: Native Victims of Trafficking and Historical Trauma
Camp Sheila Wellstone is coming to North Dakota Indian Country.
Read more…
Learn More About Camp Sheila Wellstone!
Camp Sheila Wellstone addresses the specific needs of survivors and advocates working to end domestic and sexual violence.
Camp Sheila Wellstone Frequently Asked Questions:
What is Camp Sheila Wellstone?
Given the success of Camp Wellstone, the Sheila Wellstone Institute has developed its own unique training program called Camp Sheila Wellstone, specifically aimed at survivors and advocates working to end domestic and sexual violence. Camp Sheila Wellstone focuses on strengthening the skills of advocates, survivors and communities in the areas of action planning to win on our issue; community organizing, coalition building, social change advocacy, and leadership development.
Who should attend?
Advocates, survivors, coordinated community response members, SART members, Board members or community allies working to end domestic and sexual violence.
What skills will I obtain at the Camp?
Understand and implement our rights and roles as non-profit organizations to do citizen activism and voter engagement
Develop an Empowering Leadership Model within our organizations and communities
Strengthen our base of support by engaging new partners to support our efforts
Create a message that leads to policy, public attitude and societal change
Remove barriers to coalition building and strength
www.wellstone.org/our-programs/camp-sheila-wellstone
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| 21 Jul 2009 - 07:38 | Philadelphia Daily News
URL: www.philly.com/philly/news/20090720_Stor . . .
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Store video catches cop bullying woman
By DAVE DAVIES
Philadelphia Daily News
www.philly.com/philly/news/20090720_Store_video_catches_cop_bullying_woman.html?viewAll=y
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| 20 Jul 2009 - 21:35 | Terra Noticias
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MSF (Medicos sin Fronteras) dice que la violencia sexual en Guatemala es similar a la registrada durante la guerra
La organización no gubernamental Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) asegura que la situación de la violencia sexual en ciudad de Guatemala es tan 'alarmante' que alcanza niveles similares a los registrados durante la guerra en ese país (1960-1996).
'Guatemala no se encuentra en estado de conflicto. Sin embargo, el número de casos de violencia sexual reportados es tan alto como el que se ve normalmente en situación de conflicto armado', afirmó hoy en rueda de prensa el jefe de la misión de MSF en Guatemala, el italiano Fabio Forgione.
El responsable de la organización no gubernamental calificó de 'alarmante' la situación y dijo que en la capital del país se atiende a un promedio de 95 personas víctimas de violaciones.
El 94 por ciento de las víctimas son mujeres de entre 12 y 30 años de edad, y el resto hombres, que han sufrido abusos, ya sea por parte familiares, vecinos o por miembros de las pandillas y el crimen organizado, aseguró.
Detalló que el 25 por ciento de las víctimas son violadas por sus padres, hermanos, tíos o padrastros.
El jefe de la misión de MSF anotó que el 40 por ciento de las víctimas de abusos se ha presentado dentro de las primeras 72 horas después del hecho delictivo, lo que ha evitado embarazos no deseados y enfermedades de transmisión sexual.
'La violencia sexual es uno de los asuntos humanitarios más preocupantes en Guatemala', sostuvo.
Forgione indicó que desde 2007 la institución desarrolla en dos colonias marginales de la capital un proyecto de atención médica y psicológica a víctimas de violación sexual en colaboración con el Ministerio de Salud Pública y el Ministerio Público.
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| 20 Jul 2009 - 21:04 | Jaqueline
jaquetopo@hotmail.com
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quisiera saber como hago para pertenecer a la policia nacional y que requisitos y cunato bale gracias
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| 20 Jul 2009 - 08:48 | Anne Gearity, Washburn Center for Children
URL: www.washburn.org/pdf/WCCDevRepair-final- . . .
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Developmental Repair: A Training Manual (pdf)
Anne Gearity, PhD, LICSW
Washburn Center for Children has recently completed a training manual on Developmental Repair – the treatment framework that has been developed and implemented in their Day Treatment Program under the clinical leadership of Anne Gearity PhD, LICSW. It is an intensive treatment model for working with young children who have experienced complex trauma and present with aggressive and disruptive symptoms.
Manual...
www.washburn.org/pdf/WCCDevRepair-final-singlepages.pdf
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| 20 Jul 2009 - 08:44 | American Probation and Parole Association
URL: www.appa-net.org/eweb/docs/APPA/pubs/CCR . . .
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Community Corrections Response To Domestic Violence: Guidelines For Practice (pdf)
American Probation and Parole Association
"This document provides a series of guidelines for community corrections professionals that support a proactive community supervision approach for domestic violence cases. It pulls together in one place for community corrections professionals and allied justice system and community-based services the conceptual information and practical tools to develop or enhance effective programs."
pdf document...
www.appa-net.org/eweb/docs/APPA/pubs/CCRDV.pdf
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