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| 01 Mar 2009 - 10:37 | US State Department
URL: www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/index . . .
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Just released, US State Department country-by-country human rights reports. About 2/3 the way down each report is an ample report on the status of women's human rights, with an emphasis on violence against women.
For an alfabetical country index of links to reports....
www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/index.htm
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| 01 Mar 2009 - 10:08 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09022702-Publ . . .
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Policía intervendrá de inmediato en flagrancia de violencia
Publica GDF Reglamento de Ley de Acceso a Vida Libre de violencia
De la redacción
México DF, 27 febrero 09 (CIMAC).- Con el objeto de reglamentar las disposiciones de la Ley de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida libre de Violencia para el Distrito Federal, ayer fue publicado en la Gaceta Oficial del DF el Reglamento para la aplicación de la ley que garantiza a las mujeres su derecho a vivir sin violencia.
La ordenación que entrará en vigor a partir de hoy, establece las reglas para la aplicación de la Ley a través de 54 artículos y dos transitorios en los que se describen las reglas para el adecuado funcionamiento de: la Declaratoria de Alerta por Violencia, la Coordinación Interinstitucional, la Prevención, la Atención, el Acceso a la Justicia, las Medidas de Protección, así como las Casas de Emergencia y Centros de Refugio.
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09022702-Publica-GDF-Reglame.36770.0.html
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| 01 Mar 2009 - 09:57 | United Nations
URL: www.unodc.org/documents/Global_Report_on . . .
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UNODC report on human trafficking exposes modern form of slavery
2009 - A Global Report on Trafficking in Persons launched today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provides new information on a crime that shames us all.
Based on data gathered from 155 countries, it offers the first global assessment of the scope of human trafficking and what is being done to fight it. It includes: an overview of trafficking patterns; legal steps taken in response; and country-specific information on reported cases of trafficking in persons, victims, and prosecutions.
At the launch of the Report in New York, the Executive Director of UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa said that "many governments are still in denial. There is even neglect when it comes to either reporting on, or prosecuting cases of human trafficking". He pointed to the fact that while the number of convictions for human trafficking is increasing, two out of every five countries covered by the UNODC Report had not recorded a single conviction.
According to the Report, the most common form of human trafficking (79%) is sexual exploitation. The victims of sexual exploitation are predominantly women and girls. Surprisingly, in 30% of the countries which provided information on the gender of traffickers, women make up the largest proportion of traffickers. In some parts of the world, women trafficking is the norm.
The second most common form of human trafficking is forced labour (18%), although this may be a misrepresentation because forced labour is less frequently detected and reported than trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Worldwide, almost 20% of all trafficking victims are children. However, in some parts of Africa and the Mekong region, children are the majority (up to 100% in parts of West Africa).
Although trafficking seems to imply people moving across continents, most exploitation takes place close to home. Data show intra-regional and domestic trafficking are the major forms of trafficking in persons.
The United Nations Protocol against Trafficking in Persons - the foremost international agreement in this area - entered into force in 2003. The Report shows that in the past few years the number of Member States seriously implementing the Protocol has more than doubled (from 54 to 125 out of the 155 States covered). However, there are still many countries that lack the necessary legal instruments or political will.
"This Report increases our understanding of modern slave markets, yet it also exposes our ignorance", said Mr. Costa. "We have a big picture, but it is impressionistic and lacks depth. We fear the problem is getting worse, but we can not prove it for lack of data, and many governments are obstructing", he admitted. The head of UNODC therefore called on governments and social scientists to improve information-gathering and -sharing on human trafficking. "If we do not overcome this knowledge crisis we will be fighting the problem blindfolded", he warned.
In a Panel Discussion on "Exposing Denial and Benign Neglect", Mr. Costa called on governments, the private sector, and the public at large to step up the fight against trafficking in persons. "More must be done to reduce the vulnerability of victims, increase the risks to traffickers, and lower demand for the goods and services of modern-day slaves", he said.
To increase public awareness of human trafficking and rally the world to fight it, Mr. Costa appointed Academy Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino as a Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking. "We know that Mira's commitment to the plight of trafficking victims will move people to take action against modern-day slavery", said the Executive Director of UNODC.
Full Report...
www.unodc.org/documents/Global_Report_on_TIP.pdf
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| 01 Mar 2009 - 09:47 | ONU
URL: www.unodc.org/documents/human-traffickin . . .
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Para explotación sexual y trabajo forzoso
Mujeres y niñas, principales víctimas de trata en el mundo
Por Leticia Puente Beresford/corresponsal
Nueva York, EU 27 febrero 09 (CIMAC).- The United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime informó que trata de seres humanos y el tráfico de inmigrantes en el mundo --principalmente mujeres y niñas-- tiene como finalidad la explotación sexual, seguida del trabajo forzoso y concluye que son las formas más comunes de este flagelo.
En su estudio titulado: ‘Global Report on Trafficking in Persons’ (Reporte global en el tráfico de personas) encontró que la explotación sexual representa poco más del 79 por ciento de los casos de tráfico de inmigrantes, en tanto que el del trabajo forzoso es superior al 18 por ciento.
Estadísticas muestran que 66 por ciento de las personas víctimas son mujeres y 13 por ciento niñas, sobre todo en Europa y Asia Central, reporta Ms. Magazine.
En tanto, Antonia Maria Costa, titular de la Oficina de Naciones Unidas sobre Drogas y Crímenes, le dijo a la cadena CNN que en ciertas regiones “por norma las mujeres son las que trafican con mujeres indocumentadas... Esto es espantoso, que las víctimas se conviertan en traficantes. Necesitamos entender el problema, psicológicamente, financiero y razones coercitivas, del por qué las mujeres reclutan a otras mujeres y las introducen a la esclavitud’.
El reporte, realizado en 155 países, indica que de cada cinco seres humanos víctima de trata, uno menor de edad.
Y señala que lo más preocupante es lo que acontece con los y las menores de edad que son abusados, explotados sexualmente, inmersos como víctimas de la pedofilia o en la pornografia.
Resumen ejecutivo...
www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Executive_summary_spanish.pdf
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| 01 Mar 2009 - 09:07 | New American Media
URL: news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_artic . . .
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Juarez Femicides on the Big Screen
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Staff, Posted: Feb 27, 2009
Directed by Carlos Carrera (“The Crime of Padre Amaro”) and written by Sabina Berman, the Mexican-produced film “Backyard” is the latest fictionalized story of the Ciudad Juarez femicides to hit the big screen. Distributed by Paramount Pictures and first showing February 20 in the major Cinepolis chain of theaters scattered across Mexico, the movie begins in the Ciudad Juarez colonia of Lomas de Poleo where the bodies of at least eight women were discovered during the 1990s. A haunting scene in which police recover the remains of yet another brutally murdered woman sets the tone and pace of the gritty imagery that follows.
Filmed in Ciudad Juarez and neighboring El Paso, Texas, “Backyard” is set in the 1990s during the governorship of Francisco Barrio, who is Mexico’s new ambassador to Canada. Barrio’s response to the femicides, which first became public during his administration thanks to the efforts of activists like Esther Chavez Cano and Vicky Caraveo, has been highly criticized. The issue is even following Barrio to his new post in Canada, where the Quebec Federation of Women and other organizations sent a letter to their government this month questioning the former Chihuahua governor’s appointment.
“Backyard” establishes the femicides within the bigger context of the global assembly line, migration from southern Mexico to the northern borderlands, deep-rooted gender violence and a dangerous proximity to a consumer wonderland that harkens back to dictator Porfirio Diaz’s oft-quoted lament of a Mexico “so far from God and so close to the USA.”
According to script-writer and co-producer Berman, the English name of the Spanish-language film derives from Ciudad Juarez’s “pocho” culture in addition to its socio-economic function as a dumping ground for junk cars, second-hand clothes and sex perverts from the US. Viewers are visually swallowed by a scene displaying the giant used tire pile on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez which, if set afire, would blaze environmental catastrophe across the borderlands.
In its theme, message and plot, “Backyard” bears many similarities with the ill-fated, 2005 Hollywood production “Bordertown” starring Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas. In both films, an outsider arrives in Ciudad Juarez to investigate the women’s murders only to stumble across corruption, complicity and cowardice.
Masterfully played by Mexican actress Ana de la Reguera, “Backyard’s heroine is a state policewoman, Blanca Bravo, who sets about fearlessly hunting down the multiple killers of women. In Spanish, “bravo” means brave or aggressive. Prodding along the conscience of Blanca Bravo is a woman who uncannily resembles prominent women’s advocate Esther Chavez Cano.
Unfortunately, no Blanca Bravo existed in the real-life saga of the Ciudad Juarez femicides.
In “Backyard,” Bravo gets a rude wake-up call when she realizes evidence is being fabricated to frame “The Egyptian” for a string of murders. “The Egyptian” was, of course, Abdul Latif Sharif Sharif, who rotted to death in a Chihuahua prison after being incarcerated for crimes he vowed he did not commit.
A major sub-plot revolves around Juanita, an indigenous young migrant from southern Mexico who arrives wide-eyed to Ciudad Juarez only to experience something far different than she could have possibly ever imagined. Portrayed handsomely by actress Asur Zagada, Juanita is like thousands of young women who entered the export assembly industry in its boom years. An important character is interpreted by US actor Jimmy Smits, who plays an El Paso businessman and family man with a very disturbing side.
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http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?ar ticle_id=910ba01693bec5c05fb4cd25a32d06fe
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| 28 Feb 2009 - 09:18 | ONU
URL: www.un.org/spanish/women/endviolence/ind . . .
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Día Internacional de la Mujer 2009: "Mujeres y hombres unidos para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas"
Desde 1975, las Naciones Unidas, conmemoran el Día Internacional de la Mujer cada 8 de marzo.
El tema para el 2009 es
"Mujeres y hombres unidos para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas"
Campaña 2008-2015 del Secretario General
UNIDOS para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres
El 25 de febrero de 2008, el Secretario General de la ONU puso en marcha la Campaña UNIDOS para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres, 2008-2015, con el objetivo general de sensibilizar al público, aumentar la voluntad política y los recursos para prevenir y responder a todas las formas de violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas en todas partes del mundo. El Marco de Acción proporciona un marco general para los esfuerzos que se emprendan a nivel mundial, regional, nacional y local. Identifica cinco resultados fundamentales como puntos de referencia para la Campaña, que deben alcanzarse en todos los países para el año 2015, y esboza un programa de actividades de las Naciones Unidas y los resultados previstos.
Para mayor información sobre la Campaña del Secretario General de Naciones Unidas, visite
http://www.un.org/spanish/women/endviolence/index.shtml
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| 28 Feb 2009 - 09:13 | International Women's Day
URL: www.internationalwomensday.com
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719 Events in 48 Countries
www.internationalwomensday.co m
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| 28 Feb 2009 - 08:49 | Feminist Peace Network
URL: www.feministpeacenetwork.org
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Exciting Round-up of International Women's Day upcoming events
www.feministpeacenetwork.com
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| 27 Feb 2009 - 11:47 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09022613-No-a . . .
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Mexico
No aceptamos ninguna “versión” de la NOM 046: legisladoras
CIMAC | México DF.- De ser aprobado mañana otro “proyecto” de la Secretaría de Salud de la Norma Oficial Mexicana 046 (NOM-046), en materia de violencia familiar, sexual y contra las mujeres, las legisladoras no la aceptaremos, lo que queremos es que José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, secretario de Salud (SS), comparezca, porque de no ser así, lo llevaremos a juicio político, no permitiremos que se vulneren los derechos de las mujeres, sentenció la Secretaria de la Comisión de Equidad y Género de la Cámara de Diputados Martha Tagle.
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09022613-No-aceptamos-ningun.36765.0.html
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| 27 Feb 2009 - 11:25 | Alerta DEMUS
URL: www.demus.org.pe
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Peru
Alerta DEMUS
Ministerio Público decide
registrar feminicidios.
El día de ayer se publicó en el diario Oficial El Peruano la Resolución N° 216-2009-MP-FN. Esta resolución aprueba el registro del Ministerio Público sobre información de homicidios de mujeres cuando el presunto homicida es la pareja o ex pareja de la víctima, o las personas que son consideradas en el artículo 2 de la Ley de Protección frente a la Violencia Familiar, como cónyuges, convivientes o personas, que hayan procreado hijos en común aunque no convivan. De acuerdo a esta resolución, el Ministerio Público hará un registro de los casos de FEMINICIDIO ÍNTIMO(1) que se denuncian.
Consideramos que esta Resolución es un paso importante en el cumplimiento de las recomendaciones que desde el movimiento de mujeres hemos impulsado para que se implemente y desarrolle un sistema de estadística diferenciada por sexo/edad/vínculo. Esta medida no solo permite conocer al feminicidio íntimo en su real dimensión, sino que hará más efectiva la respuesta del Estado(2).
Tal como se informó ante la Comisión Interamericana de DDHH – CIDH(3), los estados tienen el deber de proteger la vida, la integridad personal y la libertad de todas las personas. El registro de los feminicidios íntimos contribuye a garantizar cada uno de estos derechos.
Desde DEMUS saludamos el registro de los casos de Feminicidio Íntimo que el Ministerio Público se compromete a realizar; decisión que hemos exigido desde el año 2002 . Institucionalmente estaremos vigilantes para que la disposición cuente con un presupuesto adecuado que le permita ser implementada eficientemente.
Desde DEMUS saludamos el registro de los casos de Feminicidio Íntimo que el Ministerio Público se compromete a realizar; decisión que hemos exigido desde el año 2002(4). Institucionalmente estaremos vigilantes para que la disposición cuente con un presupuesto adecuado que le permita ser implementada eficientemente.
Según el estudio realizado por Flora Tristán y DEMUS(5) desde enero del 2004 y julio del 2007, murieron por lo menos 403 mujeres.
El 40% de las víctimas fueron asesinadas por sus esposos, convivientes, o parejas sentimentales, como enamorados y novios; mientras que el 14% fue víctima de un familiar, principalmente de su padre o hermanos. Esto quiere decir que el 54% de mujeres fueron víctimas en un contexto de violencia familiar o violencia de pareja.
El 10% de mujeres fue víctima de su ex pareja o ex esposo, siendo el detonante principal del asesinato la negativa de las mismas a reiniciar la relación.
El 18% de casos, los homicidas eran parte de los entornos laborales y amicales de las víctimas. En varios casos las muertes se relacionan con situaciones de acoso sexual.
Un 8% de los homicidas tenían otro tipo de relación (8%) o eran simplemente desconocidos (10%)
Lima, 26 de febrero de 2009.
DEMUS, Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer.
Elaboración de Alerta: María del Carmen Mateo.
www.demus.org.pe
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| 27 Feb 2009 - 11:09 | NARAL Pro-Choice Texas
can@prochoiceamerica.org
URL: action.prochoiceamerica.org/si te/R?i=A . . .
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Dear Pro-Choice
Activist,
In a powerful new investigative report, The Texas Observer has exposed an ongoing crisis: according to the report, pregnant rape survivors detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) find it nearly
impossible to obtain safe abortion care. You can check out the
article by Kevin Sieff in the March edition of the magazine:
http://action.prochoiceamerica.org/sit e/R?i=AeFDl37c5CG1qbWxVyxCmQ..
Women crossing the border face an appallingly high risk of sexual
assault, and many become pregnant as a result of this violence.
According to one source, "The message that these women hear is that abuse will happen. Not that it might, but that it will." Although
ICE's official policy is to allow abortion care if detainees can find
their own funding and make arrangements with a provider, researchers and health professionals tell a very different story. The report states that in many - if not most - cases, women are never told what their reproductive rights actually are. One counselor quoted in the report worked with women in ICE facilities for five years - and even she had no idea that these rape survivors could have access to abortion care.
This type of inhumane treatment is shocking, but unfortunately not
new. It is up to us to make sure that every woman in Texas has access
to her basic human rights, including her legal reproductive rights.
Here are some ways you can help:
-Contact your representatives and tell them that the inhumane
treatment of pregnant immigrant women must stop. You can find your representative by clicking here:
http://action.prochoiceamerica.org/sit e/R?i=r2D7T2OCOD8FjNC7i8m0Fw..
-Subscribe to The Texas Observer. The Texas Observer is an
award-winning, independent journal that regularly features stories such
as these - the important issues that the corporate dailies often don't cover.
http://action.prochoiceamerica.org/sit e/R?i=W7T58ww149qyvyPXf0e63A..
-Every penny you give to NARAL Pro-Choice Texas goes toward our work
to make the full range of reproductive health-care services available to all women in Texas. Please make a gift today or consider becoming a regular contributor for as little as $5 per month here on our
website:
http://action.prochoiceamerica.org/sit e/R?i=c76sIc1IcWbiKC5aZzZhpg..
These women already had their rights violated once when they were
raped. Let's not allow it to happen a second time by preventing
access to their reproductive rights.
Sincerely,
Sara S. Cleveland
Executive Director
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| 27 Feb 2009 - 11:00 | Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
URL: www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1189
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Justice Older than the Law
The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Though she is a legendary African American figure in the legal community of Washington, D.C., she remains largely unknown to the American public.
By Dovey Johnson Roundtree<http://www.upress.state.ms.us/ search/books_by_author/1217>
By Katie McCabe<http://www.upress.state.ms.us/sea rch/books_by_author/1216>
288 pages (approx.), 6 x 9 inches, 13 b&w illustrations, index
978-1-60473-132-3 Cloth $30.00T
The autobiography of a ground-breaking civil rights crusader, lawyer, and ordained minister
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From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the segregated courtrooms of the nation's capital, from the white male bastion of the World War II Army to the male stronghold of Howard University Law School, from the pulpits of churches where women had waited years for the right to minister--in all these places Dovey Johnson Roundtree (b. 1914) sought justice. Though she is a legendary African American figure in the legal community of Washington, D.C., she remains largely unknown to the American public.
Justice Older than the Law is her story, the product of a remarkable, ten-year collaboration with National Magazine Award-winner Katie McCabe. As a protégé of Mary McLeod Bethune, Roundtree became one of the first women to break the gender and color barriers in the United States military. Inspired by Thurgood Marshall and James Madison Nabrit, Jr., Roundtree went on to make history by winning a 1955 bus desegregation case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company. That decision demolished "separate but equal" in the realm of interstate transportation and enabled Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to combat southern resistance to the Freedom Riders' campaign in 1961.
At a time when black attorneys had to leave the courthouses to use the bathrooms, Roundtree took on Washington's white legal establishment and prevailed. She led the vanguard of women ordained to the ministry in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1961 and merged her law practice with her ministry to fight for families and children being destroyed by urban violence. Hers is a vision of biblical and social justice older by far than the law, and her life story speaks movingly and urgently to our racially troubled times.
Dovey Johnson Roundtree is a retired lawyer, an Army veteran, and an A.M.E. minister. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Katie McCabe is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Washingtonian Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, and Reader's Digest, among others. Her National Magazine Award-winning article on black medical legend Vivien Thomas was the basis for the HBO film Something the Lord Made, winner of three Emmys and a 2005 Peabody Award.
Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
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| 26 Feb 2009 - 19:47 | Sara Benson, University of Illinois College of Law
URL: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf m?abstra . . .
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Failure to Arrest: A Pilot Study of Police Response to Domestic Violence in Rural Illinois
Sara R. Benson
University of Illinois College of Law
January 16, 2009
Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 08-07
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1327990#
Abstract:
The need for specific inquiry into rural domestic violence is pressing because rural survivors face barriers to legal and economic access, assistance, and development that are compounded by their isolated physical location. However, there is a paucity of legal discourse addressing the issue of rural domestic violence. In particular, it is important to consider law enforcement response to domestic violence calls because police officers often serve as the gateway to the legal community through first-response action. This Article, which was the first focus-group based study of survivors' perceptions of law enforcement response to domestic violence in the rural Midwest, points out the disparity between law and action in rural Illinois as detailed by the survivor narratives. The survivors participating in focus groups detailed ineffective police responses to domestic violence calls. The gap between law and practice is expounded by interposing the legal obligations provided by Illinois statute with the narratives of police inaction and failure to arrest. Then, a method of strengthening police responses to domestic violence calls in rural areas is proposed in order to respond to the issues presented in the survivor narratives. The proposal includes the use of detailed first response forms that will encourage officers to engage in risk assessment techniques in order to better gage whether an arrest is warranted in response to a domestic violence call. Additionally, the form will serve as a reminder of statutorily mandated duties imposed on law enforcement officers. Through the use of these methods, rural officers can respond more effectively to domestic violence calls and better serve rural survivors of domestic abuse.
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| 26 Feb 2009 - 13:26 | National Academy of Sciences
URL: www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12589
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
National Academy of Sciences
New Report Forensics
'Badly Fragmented' Forensic Science System Needs Overhaul;
Evidence to Support Reliability of Many Techniques Is Lacking
Free access (scroll down on this page link for Full Report at
www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=1258
WASHINGTON -- A congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council finds serious deficiencies in the nation's forensic science system and calls for major reforms and new research. Rigorous and mandatory certification programs for forensic scientists are currently lacking, the report says, as are strong standards and protocols for analyzing and reporting on evidence. And there is a dearth of peer-reviewed, published studies establishing the scientific bases and reliability of many forensic methods. Moreover, many forensic science labs are underfunded, understaffed, and have no effective oversight.
Forensic evidence is often offered in criminal prosecutions and civil litigation to support conclusions about individualization -- in other words, to "match" a piece of evidence to a particular person, weapon, or other source. But with the exception of nuclear DNA analysis, the report says, no forensic method has been rigorously shown able to consistently, and with a high degree of certainty, demonstrate a connection between evidence and a specific individual or source. Non-DNA forensic disciplines have important roles, but many need substantial research to validate basic premises and techniques, assess limitations, and discern the sources and magnitude of error, said the committee that wrote the report. Even methods that are too imprecise to identify a specific individual can provide valuable information and help narrow the range of possible suspects or sources.
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| 26 Feb 2009 - 09:45 | Buffalo News, Discussion page
URL: blogs.buffalonews.com/inside_the_news/20 . . .
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To view (and add to) discussion of the domestic violence murder of Aasiya Hassan, go to
blogs.buffalonews.com/inside_the_news/2009/02/making-sense-of-the-incompreh ensible.html
For story, scroll down to next post on this page
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| 26 Feb 2009 - 09:29 | Buffalo News
URL: www.buffalonews.com/home/story/586519.ht . . .
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Hello friends ,
It is with great sadness I am forwarding to you this email about the tragic death of Aasiya Hassan. Aasiya Was the inspiration behind Bridges TV and she spent all her life to protect the image of American Muslims in the country.
Unfortunately Domestic violence continues to touch our lives on daily basis and we have a lot of work yet to do. It is so sad that it took such a tragic death to open the dialogue among our Muslim leaders around the country on the important role that they can play to prevent domestic violence We should be proactive and not reactive in order to address this silent disease. Thank you
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from Buffalo News...
A history of abuse preceded Orchard Park beheading
Aasiya Hassan endured years of violence and controlling behavior from her husband while keeping up the facade of a stable marriage
By Sandra Tan, Gene Warner and Fred O. Williams
NEWS STAFF REPORTERS
The lives of Muzzammil and Aasiya Hassan were quite different from their public image in the local Muslim and broadcast communities.
In the public eye, they were a dynamic couple, building their — actually her — dream of a Muslim-lifestyle TV channel in the United States.
But police reports compiled for much of their marriage tell another story:
Their home life was a nightmare. Aasiya was repeatedly subjected to controlling and sometimes violent acts by her ambitious but troubled husband.
To protect herself, she went to the police in two states. Yet for years she stopped short of pressing charges — thus preserving Muzzammil’s reputation and the venture they built together.
On Feb. 6, she filed for divorce and obtained an order of protection, barring him from their home in Orchard Park. A week later, she lay dead in their television offices — stabbed and decapitated. Muzzammil was charged with her murder.
“I think of Aasiya as a martyr,” said Faizan Haq, a local professor who helped launch Bridges TV, the station in Orchard Park that the Hassans started in 2004. “She has given her life to protect the image of American Muslims. And as an American Muslim community, we owe it to her not to let this happen again.”
The Hassans were well-known to local police, both in Orchard Park and Texas, where Muzzammil has family. Police were called to their Orchard Park home more than a dozen times for domestic issues dating back 2z years. And in 2006, Aasiya told police that the abuse had been going on “for about the last six years.”
The abuse, according to police reports, ranged from restrictive control to outbursts of violence, including a black eye and fat lip.
At various times, Aasiya accused her husband of physically preventing her from calling the police, abandoning her vehicle in Clarence so she couldn’t flee and pouring water on her to keep her from sleeping.
A nationwide debate has begun among Muslim leaders and women’s advocates about what role religion and culture may have played in this awful killing.
That debate continues.
Continues....
www.buffalonews.com/home/story/586519.html
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| 26 Feb 2009 - 09:02 | Michael Flood
mflood@vichealth.vic.gov.au
URL: www.engagingmen2009.org/
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Addressing men's roles in prostitution, e.g. as male clients and pim
Dear friends and colleagues,
I'm lucky enough to be participating in the Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality (http://www.engagingmen2009.org/ <http://www.engagingmen2009.org/> ) in Rio, Brazil. I'm speaking on men's roles in sexual exploitation (especially prostitution) and its prevention. This extends the substantial work I've done on men's roles in violence against women and its prevention. I've collected a bunch of materials on male clients etc., and I've identified a bunch of references (including the ones listed here and a few more: http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/sexwork.h tml#Maleclients <http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/sexwork. html#Maleclients> ).
However, I'm writing to ask if anyone knows of particularly useful discussions regarding preventing or addressing men's participation in prostitution (as clients or purchasers or pimps or traffickers, not as prostitutes).
I've found some materials on this, and it's clear that the intense feminist debates about prostitution / sex work also play themselves out in relation to what do with male clients. E.g., do we criminalise such behaviour, given that prostitution is fundamentally a form of sexual exploitation? Or do we treat prostitution as a kind of labour, similar to other forms of labour, and demand merely that male clients treat female prostitutes well, e.g. educating them with codes of conduct etc.? I've got my own thoughts on this, but I'd love to hear others'.
Best,
michael flood.
Dr Michael Flood
Research Leader
Violence Against Women Program
VicHealth & La Trobe University Partnership
Email: mflood@vichealth.vic.gov.au <mailto:mflood@vichealth.vic.gov.au>
Post: PO Box 4026, Ainslie ACT, 2602 AUSTRALIA
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| 26 Feb 2009 - 08:54 | Guardian UK
URL: www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb . . .
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'I felt completely violated'
With hundreds of thousands of photographs taken up unsuspecting women's skirts being posted online, the practice of 'upskirting' is clearly on the rise. Emine Saner reports
Continues...
www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/25/wome n-upskirting
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| 25 Feb 2009 - 09:30 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net
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Alumnas y alumnos de secundaria contra la violencia machista
Cultura, Las jóvenes, Violencia de género,
Madrid, Miércoles 25 de febrero de 2009, por Redacción AmecoPress
“Vive o muere”, “Nunca es tarde para hacerte valer”, y “Sinrazón” son los títulos de los cortometrajes contra la violencia de género que han obtenido los tres primeros premios del concurso «– es +, cine para ser la voz de quienes callan», un proyecto realizado por el Ministerio de Igualdad con la colaboración del Ministerio de Educación, en el que han participado profesionales del cine, además profesorado y alumnado de ESO, Bachillerato y Formación Profesional.
En total, han sido cinco los guiones escritos por estudiantes que han sido premiados y rodados bajo la dirección de Ángeles González Sinde, Gracia Querejeta, Daniel Guzmán, Chus Gutiérrez, Marta Belaustegui y Jesús Ruiz. Entre los actores y actices que han participado, se encuentran Emma Suárez, Eduard Fernández, Malena Alterio y Víctor Elías.
El objetivo del proyecto es utilizar el cine como un instrumento eficaz de concienciación y sensibilización contra la violencia de género entre los más jóvenes, a través de la implicación directa del profesorado y alumnado. Con este tipo de actividades educativas además, se pretende formar a educadores en torno a las raíces de la desigualdad de género, elaborar y difundir materiales educativos de referencia y promocionar programas innovadores en materia de prevención.
El Ministerio de Igualdad distribuirá los cortos en formato DVD en colegios y centros educativos, y se formarán unidades didácticas para trabajar, prevenir y sensibilizar acerca de la violencia de género entre la juventud.
En la presentación de los cortometrajes, la ministra de Igualdad, Bibiana Aído, ha señalado que “tenemos que conseguir que nuestros centros educativos sean verdaderas escuelas de libertad, de democracia y de igualdad. La violencia contra las mujeres es una realidad también entre nuestra juventud, en nuestras aulas, por eso, nuestro sistema educativo debe ser un agente claro de prevención”.
Menos es más
Los cinco cortometrajes proyectados, basados en guiones escritos por escolares de 3º y 4º de ESO, y 1º de bachillerato, nacieron en octubre de 2007, cuando arrancó el proyecto Menos es más, con la formación del profesorado en materia de violencia de género y en técnicas para la elaboración de guiones.
Participaron en el proyecto 15.000 estudiantes de secundaria de 21 ciudades, quienes pudieron ver en pantalla grande distintas películas sobre violencia de género, como “Te doy mis ojos” de Iciar Bollaín, y compartir con su directora y personas expertas en la materia coloquios y debates.
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| 25 Feb 2009 - 09:19 | Rebecca Henry, Esq, American Bar Association
henryr@staff.abanet.org
URL: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=blGcDZOvo . . .
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Hello,
I am contacting you on behalf of the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence <http://www.abanet.org/domviol> to ask for your assistance with the development of an exciting and important resource that we hope will expand the number of pro bono attorneys providing quality legal assistance to victims of domestic violence. We need your input to ensure that we reach our goal.
With the generous support of the Avon Foundation, Inc.
<http://www.avoncompany.com/women/ speakout/index.html> , the ABA
Commission on Domestic Violence is developing a national, searchable, online directory of pro bono programs providing legal assistance to victims of domestic violence. The National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Legal Services Provider Directory will expand the number of pro bono attorneys providing legal assistance to victims of domestic violence by
enabling attorneys to search an online database of volunteer
opportunities with detailed, up-to-date information to identify programs
that best suit their skills, interests, and experience. In addition, the
directory will contain information about training and mentoring
opportunities offered by these programs to ensure the provision of safe and effective legal assistance to victims of domestic violence.
The directory is scheduled to launch in August 2009 and will be
available for free on the Commission's Web site. Our goal is for this directory to allow lawyers interested in providing pro bono services to connect with your organization more directly. Therefore, your participation is essential to the success of this project. I hope that you will take a few moments to complete an online survey about your program, including the types of cases you handle, the training you
provide, and any requirements attorneys must meet in order to take a pro bono case. The survey should take 10 to 15 minutes to complete.
Click Here to Take Survey
Or, cut and paste into your browser:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=blGcDZOvoqQsWx0nx4HBgw_3d_3d
Thank you in advance for your participation. Please feel free to forward this message to any other providers you think may have information useful for the directory. We are grateful for your assistance!
Rebecca Henry, Esq.
Senior Staff Attorney
American Bar Association
Commission on Domestic Violence
740 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 662-1737
(202) 662-1594 (fax)
henryr@staff.abanet.org
www.aban et.org/domviol
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| 25 Feb 2009 - 09:03 | Associated Press
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United States Supreme Court Upholds Domestic Violence Gun Ban
Court upholds conviction in guns case
By MARK SHERMAN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 24, 2009; 2:52 PM
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the use of a federal law barring people convicted of domestic violence crimes from owning guns, the first firearms case at the high court since last year's decision in support of gun rights.
The court, in a 7-2 decision, said state laws against battery need not
specifically mention domestic violence to fall under the domestic
violence gun ban that was enacted in 1996.
It is enough, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in her majority
opinion, that the victim of such a crime be involved in a domestic
relationship with the attacker.
"Firearms and domestic strife are a potentially deadly combination
nationwide," Ginsburg said.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia dissented in the case of Randy Edwards Hayes, a West Virginia man whose earlier
misdemeanor conviction for beating his wife gave rise to a federal
felony indictment for gun possession.
The federal government, gun control groups and women's rights
advocates worried that a ruling for Hayes would have weakened the
federal law because about half the states, including West Virginia, do
not have specific misdemeanor domestic violence laws.
"If the case had gone the other way, there are thousands of people who
currently are prohibited from buying guns who would have been allowed
to buy guns. Women in abusive situations would have been more at risk. Police officers responding to domestic violence calls would have been more at risk," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, author of the 1996 law, said: "Since
it was enacted, my domestic violence gun ban has kept more than 150,000 guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. We know a gun in the home makes it much more likely that domestic abuse results in death and today's decision means we can continue keeping guns out of dangerous hands and saving innocent lives."
The case turned on whether the conviction for domestic violence that
leads to the gun ban can be under a generic law against the use of
force. Or, must the state law be aimed specifically at spousal abuse
or domestic relationships.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled in favor of Hayes because the West Virginia state law on battery under which he was convicted did not contain specific wording about a domestic relationship between the offender and the victim.
Nine other appeals courts rejected that interpretation.
There was no dispute, however, that the victim in the 1994 crime was
his then-wife.
Ten years later, police summoned to Hayes' home in response to a
domestic violence 911 call found a Winchester rifle belonging to
Hayes. They later discovered that he had possessed at least four other
rifles after the 1994 case.
He was indicted on federal charges of possessing firearms after the
conviction of misdemeanor domestic violence, a reference to the 1994 case.
Excluding domestic abusers who are convicted under generic laws "would frustrate Congress' manifest purpose," Ginsburg said. Lautenberg said in 1996 that people who abuse their spouses and children often are not
charged with felonies or are allowed to plead to lesser crimes,
sometimes because relatives are unwilling to press more serious charges.
In dissent, Roberts said the federal law is ambiguous and that the
case should have been resolved in Hayes' favor. "Ten years in jail is
too much to hinge on the will-o'-the-wisp of statutory meaning pursued
by the majority," Roberts said.
People on both sides of the gun debate were watching the Hayes case to see if it implicated the court's ruling last year that individuals have a constitutional right to guns.
But there was no mention of District of Columbia v. Heller in either
the majority opinion or the dissent.
The case is U.S. v. Hayes, 07-608.
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| 25 Feb 2009 - 08:28 | MAFO, Rural and Farmworker Partnership
URL: www.mafofarmworker.com/
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xxx Finally, and fantastic news, Hilda Solis confirmed as Secretary of Labor: As strong a champion of workers' rights as is Hilda Solis, she is just as strong on women's rights. In her eight years as a California state legislator, Solis authored a record 17 anti-domestic violence laws. ----admin, Women's Justice Center
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Confirmation of Hilda Solis As Our Nation’s First Latina Secretary of Labor
The first Latina to hold a Cabinet level position, Solis confirmation is an important step in putting the nation on the road to economic recovery.
For Latino workers facing an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent and small businesses struggling to make payroll, confirmation of Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary cannot come soon enough.”
Congresswoman Hilda Solis speaks for the voiceless in our society. Working men and women need her leading the Department of Labor at this critical time. The confirmation of Hilda Solis as the Secretary of Labor is critical to American workers -- especially now when there is so much economic turmoil. If ever there was a time for a fully functioning Department of Labor, now is it. We trusted the full Senate would do the right thing for the American people.
The Senate held final confirmation vote yesterday, February 24, 2009, on Labor Secretary Designee Hilda Solis at 4:30 pm EST. This vote comes more than two months after she was nominated by President Obama.
The vote was scheduled by lawmakers after Democrats were assured that Republicans would not filibuster the nomination.
This morning, Senate Democratic and Republican leaders reached an agreement that removed the procedural vote that was scheduled for earlier today which would have required 60 votes to advance the confirmation.
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| 25 Feb 2009 - 08:17 | Viva La Feminista
URL: www.vivalafeminista.com
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Viva La Feminista is written by a woman living in Chicago trying to navigate and understand the intersection between being a feminist, a mom, and a Latina. Besides the every day rantings and ravings, VLF is also home to book reviews.
www.vivalafeminista.com
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| 24 Feb 2009 - 08:40 | Associated Press
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More buried bodies found in NM desert, total at 10
By MAGGIE SHEPARD
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Four more bodies have been uncovered from the mesa west of Albuquerque, including a fetus found inside its mother's skeleton, bringing the total remains found in the area to 10.
The search for bodies began 2 1/2 weeks ago after hikers discovered some remains in an area recently razed for a housing development.
Since then, teams of detectives, anthropologists and medical investigators have excavated an area 10 yards by 30 yards, uncovering some bones in graves and others scattered either by animals or the development project, Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz said Monday.
Police suspect one person is responsible for burying the bodies because of how close the bodies were found together in what was a remote area when the bodies were estimated to have been buried, between 2000 and 2005.
Only one set of remains has been identified. Those bones belonged to Victoria Chavez, whose family provided dental records when they reported her missing in 2004. They and police have described Chavez as struggling with drug addiction and working as a prostitute.
The body of the pregnant woman and her fetus were found Monday. Schultz says the remains of two other people were found Saturday.
Forensics commander Paul Feist said about 25 investigators will continue to dig at the scene until "we get everything possible."
So far, only three skulls, including Chavez's, have been recovered, making identification of the other remains difficult and time consuming, Schultz said.
Homicide Sgt. Carlos Argueta said identification of the remains could take up to a year and the investigation into the cause of death and any possible suspects even longer.
Police said they are monitoring a list of missing prostitutes compiled by the missing person's unit. Chavez was on the list of missing women with prostitution and drug connections, which begins with a woman missing in 2001 and concludes with a woman reported missing in 2006.
Schultz said detectives are looking at suspects, but it's too premature to discuss them.
However, detectives have said two names of deceased men have surfaced as possible suspects. One was killed in 2006 by a pimp who caught the man stuffing a prostitute's body into a car trunk. The other is a well-known pimp who died of natural causes in 2009 and who had pictures of missing prostitutes in his home.
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| 24 Feb 2009 - 08:30 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09022303-Las- . . .
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Carmen de Lara, directora de Voces Silenciadas
Las periodistas, más vulnerables al revelar temas de corrupción
Por Yunuhen Rangel Medina/enviada
Puebla Puebla, 23 febrero 09 (CIMAC).- Las investigaciones de las periodistas, cuya tarea forma parte de la irrupción de las mujeres en la vida pública, nos han abierto los ojos a temáticas en donde la corrupción está involucrada, pero como no existe una buena legislación sobre libertad de expresión, son ellas las más agredidas.
Por eso es de vital importancia seguir registrando la memoria de estas situaciones en contra de las comunicadoras, señaló en entrevista con Cimacnoticias la cineasta María del Carmen de Lara, durante la presentación de su documental Voces Silenciadas, que habla sobre la falta de libertad de expresión, realizada en la Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla, el pasado jueves, como parte del Festival de documentales Ambulante.
La presentación contó también con una mesa de debate en la que participaron la periodista Ana Lilia Pérez, reportera de la revista Contralínea, quien sufre actualmente agresiones por sus investigaciones periodísticas; Lucía Lagunes, directora de Comunicación e Información de la Mujer AC (CIMAC) y el periodista Virgilio Caballero, quién forma parte de la Asociación Mexicana de Derecho a la Información (Amedi).
Voces Silenciadas, que denuncia la grave situación de la libertad de expresión en nuestro país y la urgente necesidad de legislación en materia de medios de comunicación, tiene como hilo conductor la situación vivida por la periodista Carmen Aristegui, durante su salida de W Radio.
Continua...
www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09022303-Las-periodistas-ma.36697.0html
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| 24 Feb 2009 - 08:11 | Women's Feature Service news
URL: www.wfsnews.org/freeread1.html
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India: Daughters in the Parent Trap
(An extract from 'Zealous Reformers, Deadly Laws: Battling Stereotypes', by Madhu Purnima Kishwar; Published by Sage; Price: Rs 495; Pp: 419)
By Women's Feature Service
New Delhi (Women's Feature Service) - Despite our best efforts as a women's group, we could be of very little help when families wanted to make the son-in-law accept their daughter back and expected us to convince him to treat her well. This is because we have no way of influencing the behaviour of a man or his family except through moral persuasion. But, in most cases, all possible forms of persuasion and intervention by relatives, community elders or 'biradari' (community) bodies had already been tried. Husbands do not usually respond to women's groups' reconciliation efforts because they see no advantage in doing so.
Continues...
www.wfsnews.org/freeread 1.html
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| 23 Feb 2009 - 19:34 | Igualdad Ya
URL: www.equalitynow.org
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*IGUALDAD YA INSTA AL GOBIERNO DE PAKISTÁN A PROTEGER LOS DERECHOS DE
LAS MUJERES Y LAS NIÑAS EN EL VALLE DE SWAT Y ZONAS TRIBALES DE
ADMINISTRACIÓN FEDERAL*
Estimados miembros de la Red de Acción Mujeres:
A continuación encontrará un artículo de opinión publicado el 17 de febrero en el periódico _The Independent_ del Reino Unido escrito por Igualdad Ya. El texto pone de relieve la situación en deterioro del orden público en Swat y las zonas tribales de administración federal
(FATA) de Pakistán, que ha conducido a un aumento en la violencia y la discriminación contra la mujer. También cuestiona los planes del Gobierno de Pakistán para aplicar la _sharia_ (ley islámica) como parte de un acuerdo de paz con los militantes. La autorización por
parte del gobierno de cualquier sistema jurídico paralelo que no esté codificado y sea susceptible a la interpretación, en particular por
personas que niegan los derechos básicos de las mujeres y las niñas,
es inconstitucional e inaceptable.
Póngase en contacto con los funcionarios a continuación para instarlos a garantizar que los derechos de las mujeres y las niñas estén protegidos y no se sacrifiquen con el fin de apaciguar a los militantes en Swat y las zonas FATA.
President Asif Ali Zardari
President of Pakistan
President’s Secretariat
Islamabad, Pakistán
Mr. Farooq Naik
Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights
S Block, Pakistan Secretariat
Islamabad
Pakistán
Mr. Ameer Hussain Hoti
Chief Minister of North West Frontier Province
info@nwfp.gov.pk
Tel: +92- 92- 9211705
Por favor también envíe copias de sus mensajes a la Presidenta de la
Cámara del Parlamento:
Dr. Fehmida Mirza
Speaker, Nacional Assembly of Pakistan
Parliament House
Islamabad, Pakistán
Correo electrónico: speaker@na.gov.pk
*Pakistán deja a un lado la justicia y desprecia a las mujeres ** *
_The Independent_
Por Anber Raz
Martes, 17 de febrero de 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl d/asia/anber-raz-pakistan-ignores-justic e-and-holds-women-in-contempt-1623809.ht ml
[Este enlace lleva al artículo en inglés. Una traducción no oficial
está a continuación.]
Más de 100 escuelas para niñas han sido incendiadas o destruidas por militantes en el valle de Swat y otras zonas tribales, donde se teme
que se les niegue a hasta 100.000 niñas el derecho básico a la
educación.
Los militantes han advertido a todos los padres que retiren a sus
hijas de la escuela o se enfrentarán a ataques directos contra las
niñas. A las mujeres se les ha dicho que lleven puesto el velo y no
abandonen sus hogares a menos que vayan acompañadas de un pariente varón. Se dice que el gobierno pakistaní ha acordado con los militantes la introducción de la ley de sharia como aliciente para
poner fin a los combates.
La autorización por parte del gobierno de un sistema jurídico
paralelo, utilizado para negar los derechos básicos de las mujeres y
las niñas, es inconstitucional e inaceptable. Los informes indican que más de 70 tribunales talibanes ya están en funcionamiento en la región y dictan sentencias que incluyen la flagelación. Pese a la falta de indicios de cuándo se reabrirán las escuelas de niñas en la región y la prioridad aparente de apaciguar a los militantes, el gobierno afirma hacer todo lo posible para restaurar el orden público, pero parece no haber tenido en cuenta a más de la mitad de su población.
El orden público es, sin duda, algo que sería muy bien recibido por
Mukhtar Mai. Ella fue violada en grupo en 2002 por orden de un
tribunal tribal ilegal como castigo por el presunto delito de su
hermano de 12 años de edad. Todavía no ha logrado la justicia. Tras años de luchar para pedir cuentas a sus agresores después de que el Tribunal Superior anuló sus condenas en 2005, ella recibió un mensaje a finales del año pasado que ella dice fue enviado por el Ministro Federal de Defensa de la Producción, Sardar Abdul Qayyum: una advertencia para que ella retirara todos los cargos contra los 13 hombres acusados.
Si no lo hacía, él y sus colaboradores se asegurarían de que el caso no saliera en su favor. El caso ha sido aplazado indefinidamente por el Tribunal Supremo y la Srta. Mai cree que nombrar al ministro ha
puesto su vida en mayor peligro.
El hacer caso omiso de la justicia y el desprecio por los derechos de
la mujer han penetrado al gobierno. Los grupos de mujeres protestaron
cuando Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani fue nombrado Ministro de Educación el
año pasado, meses después de haber presidido un tribunal tribal ilegal que regaló a cinco niñas, entre dos y cinco años de edad, como compensación en una disputa local.
El gobierno pakistaní también ascendió a Israrullah Zehri a la
posición de Ministro de Servicios Postales, después de haber defendido la masacre de tres niñas adolescentes y dos mujeres en Baluchistán porque las jóvenes trataron de elegir a sus propios esposos. Se dice que él respondió a las preguntas parlamentarias de la manera siguiente: “Estas son tradiciones centenarias y voy a seguir defendiéndolas”.
Se pueden perdonar a los observadores que cuestionan la resolución del gobierno que insiste en la educación de las niñas, el fin de la violencia contra la mujer y la igualdad de derechos en el valle de
Swat y otras zonas tribales. Como ciudadanas en pie de igualdad, las
mujeres de Pakistán merecen ver sus derechos a salvo, no sacrificados ante el altar del extremismo o dejados en manos de miembros del gabinete para quienes las protecciones constitucionales de Pakistán
tienen poco significado.
Si el Gobierno de Pakistán está verdaderamente comprometido a poner fin a la violencia contra la mujer y la promoción de la igualdad, debe enviar el mensaje claro de que los derechos de la mujer no son negociables. Y empezar por poner orden en su propia casa.
Anber Raz es la Oficial de Programa en Asia de Igualdad Ya, una organización de derechos de la mujer
Por favor, mantenga informada a Igualdad Ya sobre su trabajo y envíe copias de cualquier respuesta que reciba a:
info@equalitynow.org
Modelo de carta
[añadir la dirección del funcionario pertinente]
Estimado / a [nombre]
Me dirijo a usted para expresar mi profunda preocupación por la
violencia y la discriminación que enfrentan las mujeres y las niñas en las zonas tribales de administración federal y Swat, en Pakistán y, en particular, los últimos informes de que el Gobierno de Pakistán está dispuesto a aprobar la aplicación de la ley sharia en estas áreas como parte de un acuerdo de paz.
Un sistema de justicia paralelo, sin codificar, no sólo traería
confusión para las personas que deseen hacer valer sus derechos;
también daría lugar al riesgo de negarles las protecciones previstas
en la legislación nacional de Pakistán, así como en virtud de la
Constitución de Pakistán. Si se tienen en cuenta los antecedentes de los militantes hasta la fecha, los hechos sugieren que los derechos ya estipulados en la Constitución de Pakistán, especialmente aquellos de las mujeres y las niñas, se verían negados o disminuidos en virtud de
cualquier sistema administrado por los militantes. Esto constituiría
una violación de las garantías constitucionales de igualdad, entre
otras cosas.
Por lo tanto, respetuosamente instamos al Gobierno a que rechace con urgencia la aprobación de cualquier otro sistema jurídico que no garantice la igualdad para todos. También instamos a que usted tome medidas para defender y proteger los derechos de las mujeres y las niñas, entre las cuales están contrarrestar de manera eficaz la prohibición de la educación de las niñas por parte de los militantes y garantizar a las niñas un acceso seguro a la educación.
Le agradezco su atención.
Muy atentamente
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| 23 Feb 2009 - 17:20 | Randy McCall, Victim Assistance Online
info@vaonline.org
URL: www.vaonline.org/
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from Victim Assistance Online
www.vaonline.org
The following links to online documents, articles and handbooks have been added:
- Crisis in Rape Crisis, The (United Kingdom)
- Forced Marriage Survivors Handbook (United Kingdom)
- Hope Betrayed - An analysis of women victims of trafficking and their
claims for asylum (United Kingdom)
- Map of Gaps: The postcode lottery of Violence Against Women support
services in Britain (United Kingdom)
- Stolen Smiles: The physical and psychological health consequences of
women and adolescents trafficked in Europe (United Kingdom)
- Without Consent - A report on the joint review of the investigation and
prosecution of rape offences (United Kingdom)
On the VAOnline.org Fusion Report blog
http://vaonlinefusion.blogspot.com/
- Continuing to track the effects of the economic downturn: Part III
On our Twitter headline news feed
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| 23 Feb 2009 - 12:36 | California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
Gabriela.CLRJ@gmail.com
URL: www.clrj.org
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JOIN US for this exciting reproductive justice training, led by Latinas for Latinas!
Come learn about the intersection of our physical, social, political, economic and cultural power, and how YOU CAN work to positively impact reproductive justice policies
for Latinas through advocacy.
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Learn the Power of Policy and Advocacy
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Learn to Communicate About Reproductive Justice Issues Important to You
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Network with Other Latina Advocates
LEA Trainings are free of cost.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REGIONAL CALIFORNIA TRAININGS.
Registration information below - see extended deadline
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LEA Training Southern California
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009
Location: San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Time: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Location and parking information will be provided to you upon registration
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LE A Training Central Valley
Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
Location: California State University Fresno
Fresno, CA
Time: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location and parking information will be provided to you upon registration
Registration
To register online click here [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_ 2f7py_2bVibfPriu4UF8X_2fqsA_3d_3d].
or, contact Gabriela Valle, Sr. Director, Community Mobilization
via e-mail at: Gabriela.CLRJ@gmail.com [mailto:Gabriela.CLRJ@gmail.com]
or by phone at: 213-626-0907
Fresno Training Deadline Extended to February 27, 2009
LEA EVENTS
LEA Training Southern California
LEA Training Central Valley
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Many thanks to our local Southern California
Co-Sponsors
Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, SDSU
Women's Studies Department, SDSU
Women's Resource Center, SDSU
The MAAC Project
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Many thanks to our local
Central Valley
Co-Sponsors
Chicano and Latin American Studies, CSUF
Women's Studies Program, CSUF
ACT for Women and Girls
Fresno Barrios Unidos
Planned Parenthood
Mar Monte
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Califor nia Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ)
is a statewide policy and advocacy organization whose mission is to advance California
Latinas' reproductive health and rights within a social justice and human rights framework while striving to ensure that policy developments are reflective of the
priority needs of Latinas, their families and their communities.
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