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| 28 Mar 2009 - 10:28 | Elkins Family Law Task Force
URL: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=S4Pv1mJOo . . .
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Elkins Family Law Task Force: Litigant and Advocate Input Group
Monday, April 6, 2009 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Judicial Council Conference Center Milton Marks Auditorium (lower level)
at
the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) at 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
The Elkins Family Law Task Force will convene for a one-day meeting to provide a special opportunity for family law litigants and advocates to address the Task Force directly. The Litigant and Advocate Input Group will allow the Task Force to hear suggestions and responses directly from litigants and advocates about how to improve the processes and procedures for everyone involved in family law proceedings.
To sign up for your 5-7 minutes of testimony, please take this survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm= S4Pv1mJOoNw_2bMtKTaA09hQ_3d_3d
The Elkins Family Law Task Force is responsible for making recommendations to the Judicial Council of California to improve processes and procedures in family courts. It will be most helpful for your input to address the specific improvements you think are needed. Please keep in mind that the Task Force needs to hear about systemic issues, not the details of a particular case.
See below for the 4 working groups and their preliminary ideas. You might want to consider commenting on Case Management, which would allow judges to order a case manager (probably Special Masters or parenting coordinators). These case managers currently are stipulated to and even so have great control over cases with little accountability.
Also, you might want to consider commenting on Attorneys for the Minor.
1. Research & Best Practices
This working group is focused on big picture, long-term possibilities for changes and reforms in family law. The working group is looking to courts in California, the United States, and in other countries to explore possible changes.
1A. Early Intervention & ADR
The TF is considering a range of resolution models to fit litigants' needs, and tailor the level of services to issues in case. We are discussing more frequent and earlier opportunities for mediation and alternative dispute resolution of all appropriate issues
1B. Parentage & New Family Realities
The TF recognizes that increasing number of court users no longer fit traditional nuclear family structure, and may have different needs. The TF is considering adding educational and self-help programs to accommodate diverse family structures
1C. Family Law Research Agenda
Family courts need more and better data to make informed decisions. The TF is considering a family law research agenda that would include statewide statistical reporting, more differentiated caseload/workload studies, snapshot studies of family court users, and studies of new programs/services
2 Representation
This working group will make recommendations about how to ensure access to fair and impartial justice in the simplest to the most complex cases. The working group is seeking input from represented and self-represented parties about what they need and how to increase the availability of representation.
2A. Presenting Live Testimony
The TF is exploring the importance of live testimony to the court when certain factors are present, regardless of the stage of the proceeding.
2B. Representation in Family Law
The TF believes that litigants are best served by having attorneys to represent them at all stages of their cases, but recognizes that there will continue to be significant numbers of self-represented litigants. Family law courts must provide effective service to both represented and self-represented litigants.
2C. Increasing Representation in Family Law
The TF is considering earlier awards of needs-based attorney's fees; encouraging more mentoring and internships to increase representation in family law.
2D. Encourage Limited Scope Representation
The TF is exploring "unbundling" of legal services to help address economic challenges faced by family law litigants and practitioners. [Unbundling is providing legal representation in a limited, specific part of a case.]
2E. Expanding the Practice of Family Law
The TF is seeking strategies to encourage attorneys to enter the field of family law
2F. Assistance to Self-Represented Litigants
The TF is concerned about continued adequate, stable funding for ongoing and expanded court self-help centers, as well as adequate funding for legal services programs that provide assistance in family matters
2G. Early Court Intervention
The TF is considering ways to provide: early court intervention to support case stabilization and resolution; education for parties about court processes; assessment of specific case needs; identification of the more complex aspects for which attorney services are most needed; and increased access to attorneys, and other ancillary professionals, on these complex aspects of cases through unbundled, low cost & and pro bono services
2H. Minor's Counsel
The TF is looking at the role of minor's counsel in family law cases
3. Process Improvements
This working group is focusing on the critical changes that are needed to improve practice and procedure in the current environment. The working group is considering proposed changes to rules, practices, and procedures in family law, with a primary focus on fair, consistent, effective, and efficient trial and hearing practice.
3A. Case Management
The TF is considering recommendations to provide greater statutory authority for courts to manage cases, as well as rules of court for case management, without creating barriers to court access. The TF seeks to identify best practices for caseflow and operations; clarify next steps for litigants and provide more settlement options to resolve matters without need for court hearings when appropriate; and incorporate checkpoints to ensure that cases are not "lost in the system."
3B. Comprehensive Statewide Rules of Court
The TF is reviewing statewide and local family law rules. The TF is considering incorporating civil rules that apply to family law so that there is one consistent place to look for rules, and identifying local rules that should become part of statewide rules of court.
3C. Reviewing family law forms and processes
The TF is identifying specific problems with family law forms and processes and will suggest changes to be addressed by Judicial Council, or through legislation, as needed.
The TF is exploring expansion of summary dissolution limits.
3D. Education on Family Law Process
The TF is collecting existing resources, identifying what can be made available for statewide use; considering Information sheets and resources that can be available for statewide use; expanding on-line resources including videos; expanding self-help services to explain and assist with processes.
3E. Child custody mediation
The TF will explore issues related to child custody mediation - process and procedure.
4. Improving the Status of and Respect for Family Law Litigants and Family Law
This working group is focusing on the leadership, education, support, and resources that are needed to improve the status of, and respect for, family law and litigants and has initially focused on the need to develop education, communication, and advocacy. In addition, the need for sufficient resources to provide the services necessary to meet litigants' diverse needs in family law will be a major focus of this working group's efforts.
4A. Procedural Fairness
The four components of procedural fairness -- trust, respect, voice, and neutrality -- will serve as ideal measures of success for the anticipated recommendations related to education, communications, advocacy, and leadership.
4B. Education
The TF is considering education as a means to improve the family law system - this would include both internally and externally to a variety of participants in the system: judges, attorneys, court employees, litigants.
4C. Communication
The TF is considering ways to comprehensively improve communication between the courts and: litigants, attorneys, community groups, mediators, interpreters, court leaders, presiding judges, policymakers, and other service providers.
4D. Advocacy
The TF is building the case for reforms in family law seeking better outcomes for children and families, and more effective and responsive Family Courts. The TF is undertaking several efforts to advocate for improvements by collecting information about the bench, the courts, existing services, emerging trends, and more.
4E. Leadership
The TF believes that effective communication, education, and advocacy all depend upon leadership. The TF is exploring full implementation of Standard of Judicial Administration 5.30 as one way to enhance leadership and improve outcomes for children and families.
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| 28 Mar 2009 - 10:18 | familiaherreragomez
URL: familiaherreragomez.blogspot.es/12368657 . . .
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Prostitucion : Cifras de una Nueva Esclavitud
R. Poulin, profesor de sociología en la Universidad de Ottawa (Canadá) es uno de los mayores expertos en el estudio del fenómeno de la prostitución. Ha dirigido a un grupo internacional de especialistas en el estudio del fenómeno, produciendo un libro titulado: Prostitución. Globalización encarnada (publicado en Italia hace pocos meses por la editorial Jaca Book). Es un libro sumamente interesante por los datos que ofrece (estremecedores) sobre este mercado global que mueve cifras de dinero impresionantes y que produce masas de esclavos siempre en aumento. De esclavos auténticos: no hablamos con términos figurados.
Las cifras
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familiaherreragomez.blogspot.es/1236865740/prostitucion:-las-cifras-de-una-nueva-esclavitud/
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| 28 Mar 2009 - 10:10 | Apostosia Masiva
URL: www.apostasiamasiva2009.blogspot.com/?zx . . .
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Argentina
Manifestemos nuestro rechazo a la intervención de la Iglesia Católica Argentina en la vida pública.
NO somos católic@s. NO elegimos su moral. NO seguimos sus costumbres.
¡Saquen sus sermones de nuestros colchones!
¡Saquen sus misales de nuestros hospitales!
¡Saquen sus rosarios de nuestros ovarios!
¡Saquen nuestros nombres de sus registros!
No te preguntaron cuando te bautizaron…
La apostasía es un trámite simple que nos permite expresar el desacuerdo con las políticas de opresión que la Iglesia Católica sostiene sobre nuestros cuerpos:
impidiendo abortos que la ley permite,
obstaculizando programas de salud sexual,
difundiendo información falsa
sobre anticoncepción, violencia, pobreza y justicia social,
promoviendo el prejuicio y el castigo sobre las sexualidades disidentes,
los deseos irreverentes
y los placeres más frecuentes...
Somos ciudadan@s, no rebaño
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| 27 Mar 2009 - 08:53 | UNIFEM Currents
URL: www.unifem.org/news_events/currents/issu . . .
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Topics from UNIFEM Currents
For complete stories see,
http://www.unifem.org/news_events/currents/issue200903.php
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
International Women’s Day 2009: “Women and Men United to End Violence against Women and Girls”
Nigeria: Pressing for Care and Support to Victims of Violence
Tanzania: Youth Partners Develop Action Plans
Kyrgyzstan: Progress of the World’s Women Launched in Russian
China: Investing in Women and Girls during the Financial Crisis
Timor-Leste: Awards for Promoting Gender Equality
Vietnam: Building on the Success of the Say NO Campaign
India: Women from All Walks of Life Come Together to Share Stories
Pakistan: Priorities for National Action Plan on Ending Violence
Say NO to Violence against Women
Italy: Minister for Equal Opportunities Committed to Put Violence against Women onto G8 Summit Agenda
Turkey: State Minister of Women and Family Affairs Joins Say NO Network
Philippines: Say NO Campaign Launched in Quezon City
UNIFEM around the World
UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Issues Annual Call for Proposals
Global Compact and UNIFEM Address Role of Business in
Empowerment of Women
Consultations with Civil Society on UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign
Australia: Increased Support to UNIFEM
Rwanda: National Consultation on Gender-Responsive Budgeting
South Africa: First Consultative Workshop on Safer Cities
UNIFEM Supports Leadership Programme for Indigenous Women
Pakistan: Engendering the Development Framework
Georgia: Situation of Conflict-Affected Women Calls for Urgent Action
Recent Speeches & Statements
Upcoming Events
Job Vacancies
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| 27 Mar 2009 - 08:40 | Centro de Medios Independientes
URL: ecuador.indymedia.org/en/2009/03/28170.s . . .
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Cronicas del XI Encuentro Feminista Latinoamericano y del Caribe
ecuador.indymedia.org/en/2009/03/28170.shtml
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| 27 Mar 2009 - 08:30 | Andrea
andrea_qn@hotmail.com
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soy,andrea de neuquen,vivo en un barrio,chico pero infierno grande hace dos,o tres semana me entere que abusaron de una nena,del barrio,pueden creer que fue su propio vecino,ensima fueron varias veses,me da una impotencia,no se que puedo hacer,....gracias por el espasio
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| 27 Mar 2009 - 08:24 | Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority
feministmajority@mail.democracyinaction.org
URL: salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900 . . .
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Dear Feminist Activist,
The Afghan Supreme Court is upholding a 20 year prison sentence given to student and journalist Parwez Kambakhsh for blasphemy after he simply downloaded from the internet and circulated an article about women's rights under Islam. We now must rally together to pressure Afghan President Hamid Karzai to pardon this innocent man. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/140 0/t/900/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY= 722
Kambakhsh was originally sentenced to death for his "crime." His sentence was later reduced to jail time for distributing the internet article. Freedom-of-the-press advocates and human rights groups who have championed Kambakhsh's case are horrified by the decision.
Join us in seeking from President Hamid Karzai a presidential pardon of Kambakhsh and urging the U.S.A and the U.N. to intervene for human rights. We must do everything we can to save him. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY= 722
Kambakhsh has been denied legal representation and the opportunity to present evidence in his defense. Act now to help free this innocent man for helping to raise awareness about the plight of women. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY= 722
For Equality,
Eleanor Smeal
President
Act Now: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY= 722
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| 27 Mar 2009 - 08:15 | Stacy
stacy-dunning@att.net
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Hello!
* I have a r/o against my ex. He has tried to kill me a couple of times and all of this is in our family court file. I went to court on 3/19 to revoke his supervised visits due to violations and provided all my cell records, but the judge did nothing with the violations and increased his visits to once a week when they were at my discretion before. Why is this? I have heard that the judge actually was obligated to do something, but didn't since I did not have a lawyer. My ex is also on probation and I have reported so many violations, but nothing really gets done. He once got 5 days of picking up garbage just for a prob violation. The r/o violations were dismissed by our DA. Did this judge do something that was contempt by doing nothing? I know he didn't enforce a penal code, but which one is it? Thanks! Stacy
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| 26 Mar 2009 - 09:41 | King County Bar Association
URL: www.kcba.org/newsevents/barbulletin/arch . . .
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Jail Reform Gets Creative Transformation
Book Review
By Ginny NiCarthy
Dreams From the Monster Factory By Sunny Schwartz with David Boodell, Scribner, 2009
I’m accustomed to being plagued by dark thoughts about the ever-expanding prison industrial complex and the enhanced brutality it fosters. But suddenly, out of the gloom, from San Francisco County’s Jail 7, comes a burst of light. It brings hope that something can be done about the monstrous treatment of incarcerated “monsters.” In Dreams from the Monster Factory — written with David Boodell — Sunny Schwartz relates how she and colleagues Michael Marcum and Becky Benoit have created a model jail program.
Program administrator Schwartz has brought to life her creative vision of how to help “the worst of the worst” jail inmates transform their lives and return to the outside world prepared to work and live as responsible citizens. To make that happen, Schwartz directed a number of changes. Staff took control of what inmates watched on TV. They made school classes and other programs mandatory. When addiction was a problem, the addict was required to participate in treatment.
Deputies were put through training that required them to be role models for how to act in civilized society. That meant getting serious about disallowing racist, sexist and demeaning language, including swearing — by staff as well as prisoners. That meant undertaking the formidable task of revamping the jail culture. Deputies who resisted or who declined to treat inmates with respect were transferred out, and those who stayed have gradually embraced the changes.
Inmates, and even committed staff, periodically rebelled against the new requirements, and it soon became apparent to Schwartz
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www.kcba.org/newsevents/barbulletin/archive/2009/09-03/article10.aspx
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| 26 Mar 2009 - 09:25 | Vicky Lynes, Battered Women's Justice Project
vlynes@bwjp.org
URL: www.bwjp.org/conferences/conferences.asp . . .
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Audio Conference:
Theoretical and Research Support for the Duluth Model
Register online at: http://www.bwjp.org/conferences/conferen ces.aspx
Session Three: Thursday March 12, 3:00 p.m
. - 4:30 p.m., EST
Speakers : Researcher: Ed Gondolf, Ph.D. Practitioners: Judge Chris
Wickham and Sarah James, advocate/monitor of BIPs. Hosted by Barbara Hart, Muskie School.
Article: Theoretical and Research Support for the Duluth Model.
This audioconference will examine the Duluth approach to batterer
intervention programs. It will consider the backlash it has received and acknowledge
its contributions. The attacks against the Duluth model's CCR and accountability model appear to be based in an agenda other than enhancing safety for survivors and accountability for batterers through a coordinated system that
includes monitoring of and expedited/consistent/accountable delivery of educational programs for men who use coercive controls and violence against their partners.
The backlash against the Duluth model may have an alternative agenda- support for treatment approaches, especially couples counseling, pathology-based
models and so-called “gender neutral†modalities.
The audioconference will also examine the practice of monitoring batterer educational programs by probation and battered women's advocates in Bucks County, PA.
For more information contact: Vicky Lynes at 612-824-8768 ext. 100 or
vlynes@bwjp.org
Register online at: www.bwjp.org/conferences/conferences.aspx
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| 26 Mar 2009 - 09:05 | Fraternidad Americana
URL: www.migrantesecuador.org/content/view/28 . . .
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* Estados Unidos: Redadas impactan a niños
Miles de niños estadounidenses hijos de padres indocumentados que han sido deportados por el servicio de inmigración sufren severos daños psicológicos en algunos casos irreversibles, denunció la Fraternidad
Americana en un informe divulgado el miércoles.
www.migrantesecuador.org/content/view/2893/108/
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| 25 Mar 2009 - 19:52 | UN
hbrykarz@globalrecruitment.net
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UN Action Seeking Gender Based Violence experts
Please share this with your colleagues. Thank you.
Helena Brykarz
Global Recruitment Specialists
U.N. Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict is seeking professionals who are available for critical short-term assignments in various locations around the world. The announcements and application guidelines for the following assignments are below:
Senior Adviser and Coordinator, Sexual Violence
and
Gender-Based Violence Coordinator
UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) unites the work of 12 UN system entities - DPA, DPKO, OCHA, OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR,
UNICEF, UNIFEM, WFP and WHO - with the goal of ending sexual violence in conflict (www.stoprapenow.org). Launched in March 2007, it represents a
concerted effort by the United Nations to improve coordination and
accountability, amplify advocacy, and support country efforts to prevent sexual violence and respond more effectively to the needs of survivors.
UN Action seeks to amplify existing efforts by the UN system and its peace support operations to address sexual violence in conflict - reinforcing "good practice", strengthening coordination and avoiding duplication. It seeks to harness the comparative strengths of each UN entity to ensure a
comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach to sexual violence during and immediately after conflict.
SENIOR ADVISER AND COORDINATOR, SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Job Description
The main responsibility of the Senior Adviser is to strengthen the work of all agencies (UN, NGOs international and local) at country-level to prevent and respond to sexual violence during or immediately after conflict.
Applicants should therefore have a good understanding of the issue of
multi-sectoral programming to address gender-based violence in addition to a thorough understanding of the gender, protection and human rights aspects of conflict-affected and humanitarian settings.
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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE COORDINATOR
Job Description
The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Coordinator facilitates and coordinates rapid implementation of GBV programming in humanitarian settings. GBV
programming is multi-sectoral, involving multiple organizations and actors, NGO and government implementing partners, UN agencies, and other national
and international organizations which, between them, ensure a comprehensive prevention and response initiatives. The GBV Coordinator's duties include
liaison and coordination with other organizations (coalition building),
training and sensitization, programme planning, and monitoring and evaluation.
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Applications should be submitted by April 15, 2009.
Applicants should specify the job title and email a cover letter and resume to (include date of birth, nationality and publications, if applicable):
Helena Brykarz, Contract Recruiter
Global Recruitment Specialists
PO Box 7382
Berkeley, CA 94707
Tel / Fax: 510-527-3316
E-mail: hbrykarz@globalrecruitment.net
To see a complete list of current positions, visit:
http://www.globalrecruitment.net /Position_Openings.html
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| 25 Mar 2009 - 19:15 | Barb
Barbinlawschool@yahoo.com
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I am a victim of domestic violence who is about to testify. I dated an extremely abusive man for 8 months. It ended when he received a false text message from my friend on April 11th 2008. He went into my house and waited for me to get home from work. He then held me hostage at knife point frmo 5 until 3 AM. He broke my hand during the struggle and when he saw it was hurt he held me down as he tried to fix my injury. He was drunk and on pills. I escaped by waiting until he was too drunk to realize and begged him to take me to the hospital for my hand. He agreed to take me to Walgreens. He did not notice I snuck my phone in my pocket. When I arrived at Walgreens I went into the bathroom and called 911.
My life has never been the same. I have plates and screws in my left hand and I had very serious injuries from the incident. From the minute it happened I knew I was going to press charges. After some research I realized he has done this to 4 other women, none of which
prosecuted him. I am the only one who will.
Ironically, I just graduated from law school in December. Knowing how the system works and how this man's only defense is to try to discredit me is very scary. As a future lawyer you can imagine how terrible it would be to be questioned in open court. Your web-site helped me so much tonight. The general public has a misconception about cases like this. Part of the healing process is to try to move on- but once trial approaches everything just comes back. I was hoping he would take a plea bargain but he truly believes he does not deserve to go to prison for what he did. He has tried everything to stop me from continuing, including bribing me.
Everything I read on your site I experienced. I forgave him over and over and was even threatened to be put in jail for not pressing charges previously. When I chose to press charges I attended a class on domestic violence. Out of the 30 women who attended I was the only one who was there to continue prosecution. The others were there to drop the charges. At that point my hand was still in a cast. I stood up and said, "I want you all to look at my hand. It is shattered and will never be the same. This could be you."
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* Justice for victims is a double edged sword. As a future lawyer I know I am not privy to the rights of the accused, a monster, who has a history of violence against women. I am slightly afraid of his lawyer. In the State of Florida victims of crime are deposed. When his attorney deposed me it was not that bad, but I am sure in court it will be much worse. He beat me so badly he is facing the same amount of time as a person that is charged with 2nd degree murder in this state. I have a very strong case but I am still afraid. I have had Panic Disorder since the incident and it has been worse lately. I wish so badly that everyone in society would be more sensitive and aware of this issue. I hate the term domestic violence because it softens its meaning. LUCKILY and ironically my injuries are permanent so he is being charged with aggravated battery, false imprisonment, and agg. assualt with a deadly weapon, not domestic violence.
If I could do anything as a future l
awyer it would be help women (and men- women are abusers too) who are in this situation. I look at my scar everyday and think about how lucky I am to even be alive.
* A lot of attention has been given to sex offenders lately and now there is a registry in every state. What about domestic violence? Shouldn't women (and men) be able to know right away before it is too late? What people do not realize is it is "too late" very soon after the start of the relationship. If I only would have known that he had done this to 4 other women I would have never ever dated him. I also think the term domestic violence should either elevate penalties or be dropped. What is worse than being hurt, threatened, and in fear of a person who claims they love you? I am so glad I found your web-site. E-mail me anytime.
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| 24 Mar 2009 - 14:34 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09032305-OPIN . . .
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OPINIÓN
“Asesinadas (muertas) de Juárez”, 15 años de continuada impunidad
Por Laura Viadas
México DF, 23 marzo 09 (CIMAC).- Hace exactamente un año usé el titulo de “Las Muertas de Juárez, 15 años después”, una investigación especial en tres partes para el programa de televisión “México Confidencial” que se transmitió –en otra versión-- también de tres partes por radio y se publicó en un periódico.
Hace un año estuve en Ciudad Juárez para esa investigación sobre el feminicidio: la idea era seguir los pasos de una historia sin final que durante todo este tiempo ha generado grandes alegatos, inmensas manifestaciones y resultados dudosos.
Seguir las huellas del hoy tratado como “fenómeno” de “las Muertas de Juárez”, es decir las mujeres asesinadas en esa ciudad, me llevó también a recorrer nuevamente las páginas del libro de mi querido amigo Víctor Ronquillo, un texto hoy traducido incluso al italiano que mostraba la abismal realidad de Juárez, la misma que quince años después yo encontraría casi exactamente igual.
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http://www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09032305-OPINION-Asesinadas.37068.0.html
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| 24 Mar 2009 - 14:25 | Break the Cycle
URL: www.breakthecycle.org/newsroom.html
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Break the Cycle Releases
"2009 State-by-State Teen Dating Violence Report Card"
Nearly Half of States Fail to Make a Passing Grade in Protecting Victims of Teen Dating Abuse, Receiving a D Grade or Below
Los Angeles, CA (March 24, 2009) – Break the Cycle (www.breakthecycle.org), the nation’s leading non profit teen dating violence prevention organization, today announces the results of their "2009 State-by-State Teen Dating Violence Report Card" that grades each state’s laws on their ability to protect victims of teen dating violence seeking protection orders against their abusers.
As the leading voice for teens on the issue of dating violence, Break the Cycle offers education prevention and intervention programs for teens, advocates for laws and policies to better protect the rights and promote the health of teens nationwide and, in 2007, the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women assigned Break the Cycle to be the first national Teen Dating Violence resource and training center to help communities nationwide effectively address teen dating violence.
Victims of teen dating abuse face overwhelming obstacles to getting help because, as minors, it is often difficult for them to move from their home, change their school or gain access to basic securities like money, shelter and transportation. Exacerbating the barriers is the fact that few states recognize teens as victims of domestic abuse and therefore do not allow them to take out restraining orders. In fact, teens experience abuse at extremely high rates and young women between the ages of 16 and 24 exhibit the highest rates of abuse - above any other age group.
As co-chairs of the national task force that drafted the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, and the authors of three federal grant programs that address teen dating violence included in that law, Break the Cycle set out to assess each state’s ability to protect teens from abusive relationships by creating the first "State-by-State Teen Dating Violence Report Card" in 2008. As each state’s laws differ, Break the Cycle established a consistent standard for evaluating and grading each state. The law firm of Latham & Watkins assisted with the research.
"With several states changing their laws to better protect teens since 2008, we have already seen that these grades spur action among state legislatures throughout the country, as well as activism among our nation’s youth," said Marjorie Gilberg, Executive Director of Break the Cycle. "It is essential that dating violence and the needs of minor victims be specifically addressed within state domestic violence statutes. State lawmakers have a responsibility to address this issue and to propose legislation that will ensure the protection of all victims of domestic violence - regardless of their age."
Highlights and Key Findings, See.....
www.breakthecycle.org /newsroom.html
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| 24 Mar 2009 - 14:18 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09032307-Pros . . .
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Inició 1ª Reunión Regional de CATWLAC
Prostitución, obstáculo para una vida libre de violencia
Por Sandra Torres Pastrana
México DF, 23 marzo 09 (CIMAC).- La prostitución es un obstáculo para que las mujeres puedan construir una vida libre de violencia y una sociedad democrática, sobre todo porque representa un retroceso en el camino a la igualdad real entre las mujeres y los hombres.
Así lo señaló la maestra Teresa Ulloa, directora regional de la Coalición contra el Tráfico de Mujeres y Niñas en América Latina y el Caribe (CATWLAC, por sus siglas en inglés), al inicio de la primera reunión regional de América Latina y el Caribe, que organiza la CATWLAC bajo el tema “Buenas practicas contra la demanda y la legalización de la prostitución: Siglo XXI”, que se lleva acabo del 23 al 25 de marzo en la Ciudad de México.
Durante su ponencia del diagnóstico regional, Ulloa destacó que el modelo masculino tradicional y el orden sociocultural de poder basado en patrones de control, dominación o subordinación como la discriminación, el individualismo, consumismo, la explotación humana y la constante trasformación a éstas, manifiestan formas extremas de violencia y discriminación de género.
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09032307-Prostitucion-obsta.37071.0.html
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| 24 Mar 2009 - 14:12 | KARE Radio
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Website, billboard target johns seeking prostitutes in South Minneapolis
Police in Minneapolis hope shame is enough to convince prostitute-seeking Johns to stay away from the city's south side.
Wednesday, the city released plans to activate electronics billboards to send a message to would-be Johns; if caught, they will face tougher prosecution, and have their faces posted on a website for all the world to see.
"Prostitution harms the family and the entire community," insisted Ninth Ward City Council Member Gary Schiff. "These billboards send a message loud and clear: you will be caught and your neighbors, your co-workers and family will find out."
The billboards will steer those who see them to the police website, where they will find mug shots of those who have been arrested for soliciting or engaging in prostitution.
http://www.johnspics.org
Previous efforts to target the 'prostitute' side of the equation have fallen short, so now the City Attorney's office will concentrate on lessening demand for illegal sex. Convictions that were previously forgiven by an offender diversion programm will now end up on the John's criminal record. The police department will continue to conduct regular and unannounced 'John Stings' in areas where prostitution is a recurring problem.
The billboard is just off 35W near Lake Street.
The website lists the names and photos of men who have been convicted of soliciting a prostitute in the last 12 months.
Police say men have come to south Minneapolis for years from as far as the suburbs and even outstate Minnesota to find prostitutes, and that there's no way to stop them all. So they hope the shame of having their friends, family and employers see their arrests online will deter them from the crime. "If their arrest is not public information, then nobody might ever find out about it," said Minneapolis City Council Member Gary Schiff. "And basically then there's no other penalty they've paid other than a fine or going to a restorative justice program."
Everything on the website is public information, and several other cities are already doing this. In addition to the billboard and website, prosecutors say now even a first time offender will have a conviction on their record.
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| 24 Mar 2009 - 14:00 | Maria
mariamacias6868@msn.com
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pues yo miro muchas paginas como esta, que el derecho y proteccion de las mujeres y e hablado a mas de cien lugares y que nadie sabe como me podria yo defender, aqui en los estados unidos las latinas estamos siendo explotadas y maltratadas y hasta golpiadas en los trabajos y las leyes parece que no pueden hacer nada y hasta molestadas sexualmente en nuestros trabajos y al poner una queja solamente somos desechadas y la EEOC no hace tada ni los derechos humanos ni la policia nadie,este fue mi caso en donde yo trabaje en una compañia que se llama Christenssen ship yard, el vancouver wa y la internet esta llena de estas paginas y no hay ninguna ley que proteja alas latinas como yo , de este maltrato .
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| 24 Mar 2009 - 13:51 | Mar
marmadeinperu@hotmail.com
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Yo tuve un caso d DV cuando estaba embarazada d mi unico hijo(2006). su papa me golpeo y me boto d nuestro depto.tuve q vivir en un albergue d madres e hijos x 2años. el año pasado pidio divorcio y visitaciones. me hace la vida imposible, tanto el como su familia.No me saludan.actuan como si Yo no existiera cada vez q les doy a mi hijo x visitas.el padre d mi hijo asusta a la baby sitter, me molesta: es ironico falta respeto, cruel y amenaza con llamar a la policia. que puedo hacer para parar estos abusos?
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| 23 Mar 2009 - 10:00 | Women of Color Network
URL: womenofcolornetwork.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Tonya Lovelace
Project Manager
Women of Color Network (WOCN)
6400 Flank Drive, Ste 1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112
717-545-6400
tl@pcadv.org <mailto:tl%40pcadv.org>
http://womenofcolornetwork.org
"Who Is Helping Rihanna?"
A National Statement from the Women of Color Network -
A National Organization Responding to Violence Against
Women of Color
Harrisburg, PA:
The alleged domestic violence incident involving Chris Brown
and R&B singer Rihanna has ignited national discussion about dating violence.
The early media coverage focused on the chain of events: how the seemingly happy couple attended the Grammy Awards parties; the argument over a text message; Brown's physical assault of Rihanna; her calls to her personal
assistant to have the police waiting for her when she arrived at home; and Brown's threats to kill her. The shock of the picture bearing Rihannaís battered face seemed to quell any denial that the incident actually happened. People began to ask, "How could Chris Brown have done this?"
Then, as rumors began to swirl that Rihanna was going to reunite with Brown, the subject switched to whether or not the purported assault was ìprovokedî
by Rihanna. The question "what did she do to make him hit her?" is an almost instinctive response ingrained in the fabric of our society, and one that ultimately places the blame on the victim. Unfortunately, the assertion that domestic violence victims somehow "provoke" batterers has been repeatedly
used to both justify domestic violence and reduce the culpability of the perpetrator.
And now the conversation has landed in a place that those of us who are advocates around the country hear almost every day: "Why does she stay?" It is not unusual for victims to remain with an abusive partner. For many survivors, it takes several rounds of leaving before they are able to gather
the resources, support, and information needed to ultimately end a relationship. We as advocates know that leaving is not always the safest option - victims who leave their partners are just as likely to be re-abused
as those who stay with their partners.(1) The focus should not be on whether or not Rihanna stays in the relationship; the focus should be making sure that she knows all of her options and has a safety plan in place in the event that she finds herself further endangered.
That leads us to our question: Who is helping Rihanna? We know that Sean "P. Diddy" Combs provided a space for Brown to reconcile with Rihanna. We understand that Brown and his legal counsel are going into private negotiations concerning his two felony charges in which he is reportedly
requesting no jail time. We also hear they are recording a new duet. All of these occurring days after the physical wounds have barely healed upon her face.
So again, we ask, "Who is helping Rihanna?" Where is her time to emotionally heal? To think about what has happened to her? Where is the opportunity for her to just breathe? Does she have an advocate? Does she know that she is entitled to one? Who is helping her determine what is in her own best interest as a survivor?
As advocates in the anti-violence against women movement, we recognize the coercive tactic of the whirlwind that often occurs after battering..."Baby, I'm sorry"; "Let's reconcile"; "Let's show the public you are not harmed"; "Let's fix my reputation"; "Let's keep me out of jail"; "Let's save my career"; "Let's keep you isolated from people who can help you." This is just another extension of the abuse.
As a young woman of color, there is a lot of pressure being placed on
Rihanna to serve as a model for others, and she is receiving harsh public warnings from prominent talk show hosts and critics of all races to "leave him". She is also hearing from parents and youth that they are disappointed with Rihanna for "taking him back". This seems to come from a genuine place
of wanting to help her, but telling her what to do is not a way to help her,
and blaming her for continuing to be involved with Brown takes the attention away from his actions.
Just like any other survivor of domestic and dating violence, Rihanna should have access to people who will hear her out, let her talk through her pain, listen to her reasons for staying with Brown and for possibly leaving, and
who have the expertise to assist her in developing a safety plan in case she finds herself in danger again.
We understand now that Rihanna and Brown are reportedly taking a small break though not breaking up. We encourage Rihanna and those surrounding her to reach out to national, state and local organizations equipped to provide
information to survivors as they go through the trauma of domestic and
dating violence and consider their options in seeking safety and security. We join others in suggesting that Chris Brown seek help beyond anger management because battering is not about anger, it is about power and
control. Batterer intervention or re-education is a better choice.
We hope to see Rihanna and Chris Brown get the individual assistance they each need. We also hope that the national dialogue will move to realities and solutions to dating and domestic violence.
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The Women of Color Network (WOCN) is a national grassroots initiative responding to violence against women and families in communities of color.
For statistics and information on dating and domestic violence, visit the
Women of Color Network website at http://womenofcolornetwork.org.
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| 23 Mar 2009 - 09:35 | New York Times - Op Ed
URL: www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/opinion/21her . . .
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NYT Op-Ed Columnist
The Great Shame
Bob Herbert
Published: March 20, 2009
I had a conversation several weeks ago with a former Army officer, a woman, who had been attacked in her bed a few years ago by a superior officer, a man, who was intent on raping her.
The woman fought the man off with a fury. When she tried to press charges against him, she was told that she should let the matter drop because she hadn’t been hurt. When she persisted, battalion officials threatened to bring charges against her.
“They were talking about charging me with assault,” she said, her voice still tinged with anger and a sense of disbelief. “I’m no longer in the Army,” she added dryly.
Tia Christopher, a 27-year-old woman who lives in California and works with victims of sexual assault in the military, told me about the time that she was raped when she was in the Navy. She was attacked by another sailor who had come into her room in the barracks.
“He was very rough,” she said. “The girls next door heard my head hitting the wall, and he made quite a mess. When he left, he told me that he’d pray for me and that he still thought I was pretty.”
Ms. Christopher left the Navy. As she put it: “My military career ended. My assailant’s didn’t.”
Rape and other forms of sexual assault against women is the great shame of the U.S. armed forces, and there is no evidence that this ghastly problem, kept out of sight as much as possible, is diminishing.
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http://www .nytimes.com/2009/03/21/opinion/21herber t.html?_r=2
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| 23 Mar 2009 - 09:27 | Promsex
URL: www.promsex.org/news.php?nid=322
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Aborto en Chile: Un Debate Pendiente
Chile sigue en deuda con este tema. Sin embargo, las recientes declaraciones de los candidatos presidencias y la iglesia permiten iniciar una reflexión seria. Por: Pilar Pezoa.
Abortos se han practicado desde siempre y en 1931 se autorizó expresamente para salvar la vida o la salud de la mujer, contando con indicación médica. El artículo 119 del Código Sanitario autorizó el aborto terapéutico, práctica que se mantuvo legal hasta 1989, año en que la Dictadura Militar lo derogó prohibiéndolo y castigándolo en toda circunstancia.
Desde entonces, los abortos que se realizan en el país son clandestinos. Comparte la situación con El Salvador, Honduras, República Dominicana y Nicaragua.
Desde 1991 –en la reconstrucción de la democracia- se han presentado sin éxito en el Parlamento seis proyectos de ley tendientes a restituir el derecho al aborto. Estas propuestas han sido archivadas sin siquiera abrir un debate en comisiones a las que pudieran asistir expertos y expertas en el tema y organizaciones de la sociedad civil.
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| 23 Mar 2009 - 09:21 | Promsex
URL: www.promsex.org
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Peru
Mujeres policías son acosadas y golpeadas
Las mujeres policías son acosadas sexualmente y golpeadas en las calles de Lima.
La Defensoría de la Policía tiene registradas más de mil 800 quejas y denuncias formuladas por las agentes del orden en el 2008.
El 80 por ciento de los casos son de hostigamiento sexual, agresión física o verbal en la calle o en sus hogares.
Sin embargo, para Ana Marita Marino, Defensora de la Policía, la cifra mencionada puede incluir un subregistro, ya que muchos casos ni siquiera son denunciados por miedo a represalias del agresor.
Asimismo, el año pasado se brindó apoyo a unas 200 mujeres policías que denunciaron ser víctimas de discriminación por causa de género.
Fuente: peru21.com
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| 23 Mar 2009 - 09:13 | New York Daily News
URL: www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2009/ . . .
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Bronx ADA Jill Starishevsky's book raises awareness of child sex abuse
BY Chrisena Coleman
DAILY NEWS WRITER
Bronx Assistant District Attorney Jill Starishevsky's telephone is ringing off the hook these days with invitations to speak at upcoming events during National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.
Not only because she has prosecuted child abuse and sex crime cases for more than a decade, but because Starishevsky penned the recently published children's book "My Body Belongs to Me."
She said many of her child abuse cases have moved her to tears, with most of the victims too afraid to tell someone.
"I wanted to get the message out there because it is too important not to," said the 38-year-old mother of two.
"My book is a preventative tool. After reading the book, I want kids to walk away knowing their body is their own and nobody has the right to touch it."
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www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2009/03/07/2009-03-07_bronx_a da_jill_starishevskys_book_raises-2.html
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| 23 Mar 2009 - 09:07 | La Republica, Peru
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Peru:
"Es fundamental que ellas trabajen"
Entrevista a Carmen Vildoso. La ministra de la Mujer acaba de emitir una resolución que permita contabilizar los casos de “feminicidios” en el país.
Consuelo Alonzo C.
¿Cómo define el “feminicidio”?
El feminicidio lo hemos definido como aquellos homicidios cometidos en contra de las mujeres por parte de sus parejas o ex parejas. Hablamos de violencia extrema contra la mujer, que puede haber empezado como violencia psicológica, física de mediana intensidad pero que llega a un punto que se torna irreversible.
¿Ya se conocen casos?
Justamente acabamos de sacar un Registro de Feminicidios. Emití una resolución que ordena a los Centros de Emergencia Mujer (CEMs) elaborar un registro de los casos de homicidios o tentativas de homicidio, tentativas de feminicidio.
¿No se registraban los casos?
Antes no teníamos un registro sistemático y no podíamos mirar hacia el pasado para saber qué cantidad de casos desembocaron en un asesinato.
¿Se conocerá a los agresores?
Claro. En la medida en que se tenga esta información (se sabrá). También se ha coordinado con la ministra del Interior, Mercedes Cabanillas, para que desde las comisarías se haga lo mismo.
Pero aún existen muchas trabas para las mujeres que hagan la denuncia en una comisaría.
Justamente para eso, desde hace unos meses, logramos que los ministerios del Interior y Defensa incluyan en el currículo de los oficiales y suboficiales cursos de derechos humanos de las mujeres.
Y que se cuente con más comisarías de mujeres.
Es importante que existan comisarías femeninas pues tienen otro enfoque. Pero aún son muy pocas, tendría que haber más.
Justamente el Plan Nacional de la Violencia contra la Mujer que fue aprobado por el Consejo de Ministros tiene en uno de sus renglones ampliar los servicios para las mujeres y uno de estos son las comisarías femeninas. Aunque cualquier comisaría debería tratar con toda la seriedad y compromiso una denuncia de agresión, violencia física o psicológica.
Pero el no tener a dónde ir también evita que muchas denuncien.
Muchas pueden volver con sus padres, pero otras no tienen a donde ir. Eso las hace vulnerables. Esto ocurre cuando la mujer no trabaja y no tiene un ingreso. Eso la condena a la dependencia económica. Por eso es fundamental que las mujeres se mantengan activas en el mercado laboral.
Tiene que cambiar la mentalidad machista de que “la mujer solo es para su casa”.
Definitivamente.
“Cuatro de cada 10 fueron golpeadas por su pareja”
¿Qué establece el Plan Nacional de la Violencia contra la Mujer?
Tiene tres renglones de acción: las políticas públicas, los servicios (en comisarías y el Poder Judicial) y los patrones socioculturales que hay que modificar.
¿Este cambio de patrones comenzará en alguna región?
Como el registro es reciente no tenemos incidencias de feminicidios. Pero por los CEMs sabemos que 4 de cada 10 mujeres han sido agredidas por su pareja. Las regiones con más casos son Ayacucho, Piura y Lima.
¿De cuántos casos estamos hablando?
De unos 75 mil casos de violencia entre el 2007 y 2008. (Edición impresa La República)
Fuente: larepublica.pe
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| 23 Mar 2009 - 08:50 | Boletin e-mujeres
URL: www.e-mujeres.net
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Espana
Aído prestó su imagen para un videoclip dedicado a las mujeres que sufren maltratos
Bibiana Aido, la ministra de Igualdad, es uno de los personajes célebres que aparece en el nuevo single del cantate el Huecco y que está dedicado a las mujeres que son víctimas de la violencia de género.
La música es la nueva arma contra la violencia de género. Bibiana Aído, ministra de Igualdad y Miguel Lorente, delegado del Gobierno contra la Violencia de Género, han colaborado en el último videoclip del artista extremeño Huecco y que está dedicado a las mujeres que padecen de esta violencia. ´Se acabaron las lágrimas´ es el título de la canción.
También han colaborado personajes ilustres del mundo de la cultura, el periodismo y el deporte bajo el lema ´Nos duele a todas. Nos duele a todos´. El cantante ha contado con la voz de Hanna para este cuarto single de su álbum Assalto.
En el vídeo, aparecen los periodistas Iñaki Gabilondo, Mamen Mendizábal, Ana Pastor, Susana Griso, Pepa Bueno, Angels Barceló o Hilario Pino; los actores Juanjo Puigcorbé, Pilar Bardem o Antonia Sanjuan; del mundo del espectáculo salen el humorista José Mota, los cantantes Rulo (de La Fuga) o Kutxi (de Marea) entre muchos otros.
No es la primera canción que un cantante dedica a las mujeres maltratadas. Anteriormente lo hicieron Bebe, con su tema "Malo"; Carlos Goñi con "Lo que Ana ve"; Amaral, con "Salir corriendo"; o Falsalarma, con "Bondad o Malicia".
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