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| 27 Dec 2009 - 11:35 | Indian Country Today
URL: www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health . . .
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Exploring the prevalence of domestic violence against Native Americans
By Kathryn Tucker, Special to Today
Part 1 of 4
Native American women experience the highest rates of Intimate Partner Violence of any ethnic group in the United States. Knowledge of the prevalence of IPV in Native American communities is an important starting point to understand the pervasiveness and importance of domestic violence in American Indian communities.
This article, the first in a series of four on IPV against Native women, explores the prevalence of IPV among Native Americans from the national to tribe-specific level, focusing on Native American communities in the Southwest. Although numbers will vary from community to community, health care personnel and prominent community members must be aware of the high prevalence in order to adequately respond to the needs of Native American women. The rates of domestic violence will not begin to decrease until the problem is recognized so resources can be mobilized in response.
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www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/79410797.html
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| 27 Dec 2009 - 11:14 | VAWnet
URL: new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php? . . .
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New Collection:
Conflict Resolution Tools for Domestic Violence Shelter Staff
See:
new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=940
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| 27 Dec 2009 - 10:11 | IPS Noticias - Las Mujeres Son Noticia
URL: ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=94310
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MUJERES-NEPAL: Dalits víctimas de caza de brujas
Por Mallika Aryal
KATMANDÚ, 23 dic (IPS) - A apenas 40 kilómetros de la capital de Nepal, Kalli Kumari B.K., una mujer dalit de 46 años, fue acusada de "brujería", golpeada sin misericordia, encarcelada y obligada a comer sus propios excrementos.
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| 27 Dec 2009 - 09:48 | Raisa
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Solo deseo comentar lo que me sucedio no resido en los EUA pero mi ex novio si y me invito a visitarlo y cuando estuve con el intento lastimarme, me empujo y grito groserias y amenazo con lastimarme mas y me dejaba en su casa sola por horas. No lo denuncie en su momento porque tenia mucho miedo, estaba en otro pais con otra lengua un amigo quizo ayudarme llevo a la policia pero no quise que le hicieran nada estaba muy mal y con mucho miedo , solo deseo que quede precedente de este hombre en caso el intente maltratar a otra persona, es muy agresivo y violento y ahora todo mundo me dice que hice mal al no haberlo denunciado pero tuve miedo pero se que alguien mas puede estar en peligro.Desconocia totalmente las leyes de ahi y que podian ayudarme. Esto sucedio el 26 de noviembre en .... Georgia,.....Yo vivo en Mexico y lo conoci a traves de una pagina de citas en internet. Es una situacion muy dolorosa .
Mil gracias y espero esto sirva de experiencia para otras mujeres en esta situacion.No doy mi nombre real por miedo pero si es necesario con gusto lo proporciono en el correo que especifico aqui.
Raisa
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| 26 Dec 2009 - 10:51 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2906
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Más del 80 por ciento de la población española apoya que el aborto sea legal en una amplia gama de circunstancias
por Gloria López
Madrid, 23 dic. 09. Según los datos de la encuesta realizada por Catholics for Choice para conocer las opiniones de la ciudadanía española sobre el aborto y sus puntos de vista en relación con la actitud de los obispos, más del 80 por ciento de las personas españolas están a favor que el aborto sea legal en una amplia gama de circunstancias y sólo el 19 por ciento de las personas (...)
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| 26 Dec 2009 - 09:19 | Polaris Project
URL: www.polarisproject.org/content/view/51/7 . . .
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Dear Supporters,
Would you like to be in Washington D.C. from January to May? Are you looking for a great organization to contribute your time? Are you interested in getting involved in the fight against human trafficking? If you answered yes to any of these questions you should apply to Polaris Project's nationally recognized Fellowship Program.
We are accepting applications for Spring 2010. Polaris Project's Fellowship Program is a formalized leadership development effort focused on training future leaders to serve in the anti-trafficking movement. Based out of Polaris Project's Washington, DC headquarters office, the Fellowship Program is one of the premiere leadership development programs exclusively focused on the issue of human trafficking and on providing young adults with training and on-the-ground practical experiences in the anti-trafficking movement.
For more information on how to apply please visit our fellowship page today https://www.polarisproject.org/content/ view/51/70/
We will be accepting applications until January 4, so send yours in ASAP! There are still open positions in the Public Outreach and Communications department, Development, Operations and Nonprofit Management, and the National Human Trafficking Resource Center.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Johanna Olivas
Program Associate
Public Outreach and
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| 26 Dec 2009 - 08:54 | Truthout
URL: www.truthout.org/topstories/122509jl01
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Top Army Commander Rescinds Controversial Order Criminalizing Pregnancy
Friday 25 December 2009
A controversial policy implemented last month by the Army general commanding soldiers in Northern Iraq that criminalized pregnancy was rescinded following an outcry from women’s groups and fierce criticism by four Democratic lawmakers.
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| 23 Dec 2009 - 19:23 | End Violence Against Women International
URL: www.evawintl.org/images/uploads/Webinar( . . .
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Free Webinar - Medical Mandated Reporting for Sexual Assault
End Violence Against Women (EVAW) International offers FREE webinars to address forensic compliance.
The next one will address issues of medical mandated reporting. Like all our forensic compliance webinars, this one is offered free, with funding provided by the Office on Violence Against Women.
Medical Mandated Reporting for Sexual Assault (including adolescent and child victims, and child abuse reporting requirements) - Wednesday, January 13th
The time for this webinar will be 11:00am PST / 12:00pm MST / 1:00pm CST / 2:00pm EST.
This webinar will also be recorded, so if you are unable to make the "live" event you will be able to access a recording of the session at a later date.
Presenters / Moderators
This webinar will be moderated by Sgt. Joanne Archambault (Ret.) and Dr. Kim Lonsway of EVAW International. Expert presenters include Kim Day, the SAFE TA Coordinator for the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), and Teresa Scalzo, a civilian attorney with the Department of the Navy, in the Office of the Judge Advocate General's Criminal Law Division.
For more information, please click here to download the course description.
www.evawintl.org/images/uploads/Webinar(3)MedicalMandatedReporting.pdf
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| 23 Dec 2009 - 10:43 | abc world news
URL: abcnews.go.com/WN/general-backs-off-thre . . .
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Senators Demand General Rescind Order on Pregnant Soldiers
Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo: 'I Do Not Ever See Myself Putting a Soldier in Jail for This'
By SARAH NETTER and LUIS MARTINEZ
Four Democratic senators have written a letter to an Army general in Iraq asking him to rescind an order that threatened to court martial female soldiers who become pregnant while deployed in the war zone.
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abcnews.go.com/WN/general-backs-off-threat-court-martial-pregnant-soldiers/story?id=9399604
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| 23 Dec 2009 - 10:07 | Women of Color Network
tl@pcadv.org
URL: pubs.pcadv.net/wocn/CALL%20FOR%20WOC%20I . . .
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PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY:
NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION INSTITUTE AND CONFERENCE:
CALL FOR WOMEN OF COLOR INSTITUTE WORKSHOP
AND PLENARY PROPOSALS
All submissions due by 5:00 pm EST on Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The Women of Color Network will present its National Call to Action Institute and Conference in New Orleans, LA on May 10-14, 2010, in partnership with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC).
The event will begin with three institutes occurring simultaneously over two days: a Women of Color Institute, Men's Institute (in partnership with A Call to Men), and Mainstream Women Allies Institute. This will be followed by a two-day national conference.
If you are interested in presenting a workshop/plenary during the Women of Color Institute, please complete and submit this form by 5:00 pm EST on Wednesday, January 6, 2010.
pubs.pcadv.net/wocn/CALL%20FOR%20WOC%20INSTITUTE%20WORKSHOP%20PROPOSALS.doc
Women of Color Network
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112
800-537-2238 or 717-545-6400
717-545-9456 (fax)
tl@pcadv.org
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| 23 Dec 2009 - 09:57 | Regina
lapechilanuda
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Hola vivo en Largo FL y vivo en una situacion de violencia domestica y mi mama es drogadicta, tengo 18 .
* Quisiera saber a que numero y servicios puedo recurrir .
* gracias
regina
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| 23 Dec 2009 - 09:05 | AP
URL: news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091214/wl_sthasia . . .
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Taliban blow up Pakistan girls school: official
AFP/File – Pakistani troops inspect a girls' school building destroyed by Taliban militants in Khyber tribal … Wed Dec 23, 7:06 am ET
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – The Taliban blew up a girls' school in Pakistan's Khyber district, where troops are fighting against militants in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.
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| 23 Dec 2009 - 08:54 | Huffington Post, Peter Daou
URL: www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-daou/2010-p . . .
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2010 Prediction: Women Will Have Another Horrible Decade
Another decade closes, another decade dawns, another thing you can bet on in the years to come: women across this planet will be disrespected, beaten, abused, violated, oppressed. Simply for being born female
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| 22 Dec 2009 - 21:58 | Hombres por la Igualdad de Genero
URL: www.hombresigualitarios.ahige.es/index.p . . .
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Prostitución y violencia de género
Escrito por Enrique Javier Díez Gutiérrez
La prostitución no es el "oficio" más antiguo del mundo, es la explotación, la esclavitud y la violencia de género más antigua que los hombres inventaron para someter y mantener a las mujeres a su disposición sexual. Algunos "progres", sobre todo hombres y "empresarios" de prostíbulos que financian generosamente "corrientes de opinión", están animando últimamente el debate sobre la necesidad de "regular" la prostitución de mujeres. Es decir, convertir esta violencia en una profesión como otra cualquiera para las mujeres. ¿Cómo podremos educar para la igualdad en una sociedad donde las chicas sabrán que su futuro puede ser prostitutas, viendo a otras exhibirse en escaparates al estilo del barrio rojo de Holanda, y los chicos sabrán que puede usarlas para su disfrute sexual si tienen el suficiente dinero para pagar por ello?
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www.hombresigualitarios.ahige.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=315:prostitucion-y-violencia-de-genero&catid=47:violencia-de-genero&Itemid=60
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| 22 Dec 2009 - 21:48 | abc assignment 7
URL: abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/a . . .
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Video 4min 30sec
Military Sexual Assaults on the Rise
see:
abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=7183140
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| 22 Dec 2009 - 10:43 | Cemujer - Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer
URL: www.feminicidio.cl/intranet/documentos_d . . .
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El Salvador - Estudio - Feminicidios
El Pecado de Nacer Mujer
www.feminicidio.cl/intranet/documentos_doc/8docbco_6oct09.pdf
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| 22 Dec 2009 - 10:19 | IPS Noticias - Las Mujeres Son Noticia
URL: www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=9429 . . .
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COLOMBIA: Avanza violencia contra la mujer
Por Javier Darío Restrepo
BOGOTÁ, dic (IPS) - No parecía tener relación la noticia sobre violaciones de hombres, presuntamente utilizadas por la guerrilla colombiana como forma humillante de castigo, con otra información sobre una recompensa de 200.000 dólares que ofrecen las autoridades policiales a quien revele el paradero de un ex comandante de la policía.
Este hombre está acusado por el asesinato de su esposa. Para identificarla, los investigadores debieron juntar las partes del rostro, destrozado con 58 cortes de bisturí, en un trabajo de 10 días.
Mientras el abuso sexual contra los hombres se mira como un hecho extraño, los abusos y la violencia contra la mujer aparecen como hechos criminales pero usuales, que hacen parte de la vida de la sociedad.
Así apareció hace tres años el asesinato de 18 mujeres en los barrios populares de la norteña ciudad de Medellín, y siguen registrándose las víctimas de la guerrilla, de los grupos paramilitares, de los narcotraficantes o de la delincuencia común, lo mismo que los casos de violencia familiar contra la mujer.
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| 22 Dec 2009 - 09:51 | Amnesty International
URL: www.amnesty.org/en/jobs_all/vacant-posit . . .
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JOB * JOB * JOB
International Human Rights Education Project Coordinator – Education for Human Dignity
18 December 2009
The Human Rights Education Team at Amnesty International is seeking a Project Coordinator to coordinate an international human rights education initiative, which is aimed at raising awareness, informing debate and enabling action in order to tackle human rights abuses that drive and deepen poverty. Together with both internal and external partners, the post-holder will ensure that the project is coordinated, planned, implemented, reported on and evaluated within the agreed timeline and resources.
We are seeking an experienced communicator who has the ability to facilitate, lead, and motivate a team of individuals and project partners.The successful candidate will have proven experience in project planning and development, including stakeholder engagement, budget management and reporting and evaluation.They will demonstrate solid understanding of human rights education methodology, as well as have practical experience in using participatory methodologies to design, plan and deliver human rights education projects, workshops and courses. They will have experience in curriculum or human rights education resource development, particularly for young people. The successful candidate will also have proven experience of supporting the exchange of dialogue, ideas and information between diverse partners and stakeholders, and be aware of the implications of cultural diversity for effective delivery of human rights education.
The post is a full-time/fixed-term contract for three years, and will require some travel.
For full details and to apply:
www.amnesty.org/en/jobs_all/vacant-positions
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| 22 Dec 2009 - 09:27 | The Union.com, Nevada county, Calif.
URL: www.theunion.com/article/20091218/NEWS/9 . . .
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More pregnancy police discussion, this time about a male school counselor who forced a 12-yr-old girl student take a pregnancy test.
See:
www.theunion.com/article/20091218/NEWS/912179976/1053/rss
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| 22 Dec 2009 - 08:39 | Military Women
URL: www.militarywoman.org/forums/showthread. . . .
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Discussion forum on the U.S. military ban on pregnancy at
militarywomen.org
www.militarywoman.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8298
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| 21 Dec 2009 - 15:39 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09121802-Chia . . .
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Un año se tardan las Procuradurías para dar información, denuncia Colem
Chiapas carece de información sobre asesinatos de mujeres
Por Sandra de los Santos, corresponsal
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chis. 18 dic 09 (CIMAC).-De enero a junio del 2008, la Procuraduría de Justicia del estado de Chiapas registró 138 homicidios dolosos en contra de mujeres, “cifra mucho mayor que la registrada en cualquier otro estado de la república” señaló la presidenta del Colectivo de Mujeres (Colem), Martha Figueroa Mier.
En entrevista con diferentes medios locales, la activista por los derechos de las mujeres dijo que en Chiapas el feminicidio se ha incrementado, incluso, dijo por encima de los registrados en la Ciudad de México que se ubicaron en 89 y en Chihuahua, donde se registraron 71 durante el primer semestre de 2008.
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| 21 Dec 2009 - 14:45 | Real News
URL: therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_ . . .
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17 min Video interview with
Malalai Joya
Bio
Malalai Joya is an Afghan politician who has been called "the bravest woman in Afghanistan." As an elected member of the Wolesi Jirga from Farah province, she has publicly denounced the presence of what she considers warlords and war criminals in the parliament. She is the author of "A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice"
To watch video:
therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4503
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| 21 Dec 2009 - 14:11 | WJC
URL: secretaryclinton.wordpress.com/2009/12/2 . . .
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*Secretary Clinton’s Speech to Commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development will be rescheduled.*
see:
secretaryclinton.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/appointment-schedule-monday-december-21st/
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