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| 31 May 2009 - 20:37 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09052903-Educ . . .
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Sociedad civil debe exigir a Senadores aprueban iniciativa
Educación sexual desde la infancia reduciría feminicidio y abuso
Por Paulina Rivas Ayala
México DF, 29 mayo 09 (CIMAC).- La educación profesional de la sexualidad desde el nivel preescolar puede prevenir problemas como el feminicidio, la homofobia, embarazos no deseados, madres menores de edad por matrimonios forzados y se puede fomentar el uso del condón para prevenir infecciones como VIH/SIDA.
Esto explicó el doctor Juan Luis Álvarez Gayou, investigador en psicología y psiquiatría, durante la conferencia “Educación sexual”, realizada dentro de la VIII Semana Cultural de la Diversidad Sexual, donde participó también la licenciada Norma Elena Negrete Aguayo, presidenta de Espacios de Desarrollo Integral AC (EDIAC), organismo dedicado a trabajan para prevenir abuso y explotación sexual a menores de edad.
“Es importante empezar desde una edad temprana con la educación sexual, porque cuando se empieza a dar en la adolescencia ya es tarde para cambiar actitudes homófobas, discriminativas, que los llevan a riesgos como la pederastia”, explicó Gayou
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| 31 May 2009 - 20:32 | CNN Video Coverage
URL: www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/31/kansas.doct . . .
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CNN Video coverage of Dr. George Tiller Murder
www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/31/kansas.doctor.killed/#cnnSTCVideo
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| 31 May 2009 - 18:16 | Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority
feministmajority@mail.democracyinaction.org
URL: salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900 . . .
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Dear Feminist Activist,
A true hero for women's rights and lives was murdered today. Dr. George Tiller, who endured countless threats, an assassination attempt, bombings and assaults on his clinic, and many legal challenges by anti-abortion extremists was murdered in his church by such an extremist today. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/140 0/t/900/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY= 1049
I am greatly saddened by his death and by the loss of a friend to me and countless women, but I am also outraged that this could have happened again. I and the Feminist Majority Foundation had the privilege of knowing and working with Dr. Tiller over the last two decades. He was a courageous, unassuming, and soft-spoken man who cared deeply about his patients and about women's rights and lives. He knew his life was in danger, but continued to provide vitally needed healthcare services to women when few others would.
Dr. Tiller expected no accolades - he was doing what he knew was right and medically needed. However, he deeply appreciated the gratitude he received from his patients and pro-choice supporters nationwide. I am glad so many of us had the opportunity to thank him -- He deserved it.
Many of you have heard from us before about Dr. Tiller and his dedicated and courageous staff. Many of you have responded to our appeals and have sent kind messages of support to him and his clinic staff.
Today his family, clinic, and staff need our love and support. salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1049
I know you want to send his family and clinic health workers your sympathy and gratitude for his work. We will facilitate this my forwarding your messages.
In Solidarity,
Ellie Smeal
President
P.S. In Dr. Tiller's memory, you can be sure we are working to protect other physicians and healthcare workers that have been targeted. We will continue to do all we can to keep clinics open, accessible, and doctors and women's healthcare workers safe. We will never forget the courageous healthcare providers who are on the frontlines of the struggle for women's rights and lives.
Send a Letter: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY= 049
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801, Arlington, VA, 22209 | 703.522.2214 | webmaster@feminist.org
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| 31 May 2009 - 17:54 | Riverdaughter
URL: riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/w . . .
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Will Obama Call the Murder of George Tiller What it is–Terrorism?
Posted on May 31, 2009 by bostonboomer
George Tiller, 67, a Witchita, KS doctor who performed abortions was shot dead inside his Lutheran church this morning during the service. His wife was in the choir at the time. This is terrorism, and it is evil. Dr. Tiller was targeted as part of a concerted effort to intimdate women who need and seek abortions and the doctors who help them. May he rest in peace.
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| 31 May 2009 - 17:44 | Mary Mapes, Huffington Post
URL: www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-mapes/no-mer . . .
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No Mercy
by Mary Mapes
I felt just sick today when I saw the bulletin about the murder of Dr. George Tiller.
Sicker still when I saw the "sympathy" letter issued by officials at Operation Rescue, the virulent anti-abortion organization that dogged this poor man for the past two decades. The statement said, "We pray for Mr. Tiller's family."
They had better say a few prayers for their own souls. They had better pray for forgiveness for relentlessly working to make this man a target.
Operation Rescue's Web site said the organization was "shocked" by the murder.
Well, I'm not.
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| 31 May 2009 - 17:28 | Wichita Eagle
URL: www.kansas.com/news/breaking/story/83373 . . .
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President Obama outraged by slaying of abortion provider George Tiller
BY STAN FINGER AND JOE RODRIGUEZ
The Wichita Eagle
WICHITA, Kansas - President Obama said this afternoon that he was "shocked and outraged" by the killing of abortion doctor George Tiller, who was shot while attending church in east Wichita.
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| 31 May 2009 - 10:17 | Wichita Eagle
URL: www.kansas.com/news/breaking/story/83373 . . .
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BREAKING NEWS
George Tiller shot to death at Wichita church
BY STAN FINGER
The Wichita Eagle
George Tiller, the Wichita doctor who became a national lightning rod in the debate over abortion, was shot to death this morning as he walked into church services,
Reformation Lutheran Church
See a locator map of the scene of the crime
WICHITA - George Tiller, the Wichita doctor who became a national lightning rod in the debate over abortion, was shot to death this morning as he walked into church services.
Tiller was shot just after 10 a.m. at Reformation Lutheran Church at 7601 E. 13th, where he was a member of the congregation. Witnesses and a police source confirmed Tiller was the victim.
No information has been released about whether a suspect is in custody.
Homicide detectives and Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston have arrived at the church.
Members of the congregation who were inside the sanctuary at the time of the shooting were being kept inside the church by police, and those arriving were being ushered into the parking lot. Witnesses are being transported downtown for interviews and other members of the congregation are slowly being released from inside the sanctuary.
Tiller has long been a focal point of protest by abortion opponents because his clinic, Women's Health Care Services at 5701 E. Kellogg, is one of the few in the country where late-term abortions are performed.
Protesters blockaded Tiller's clinic during Operation Rescue's "Summer of Mercy" protests during the summer of 1991, and Tiller was shot by Rachelle Shannon at his clinic in 1993.
Tiller was wounded in both arms, and Shannon remains in prison for the shooting.
Tiller's clinic was severely vandalized earlier this month. According to the Associated Press, his lawyer said wires to security cameras and outdoor lights were cut and that the vandals also cut through the roof and plugged the buildings' downspouts. Rain poured through the roof and caused thousands of dollars of damage in the clinic. Tiller reportedly asked the FBI to investigate the incident.
Tiller and his clinic have faced continuous threats and lawsuits. A Wichita jury ruled in March that he was not guilty of illegal abortion on 19 criminal charges he faced for allegedly violating a state law requiring an "independent" second physician's concurring opinion before performing later term abortions. Immediately following the ruling in this criminal case, the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts made public a similar complaint against Tiller that was originally filed in December 2008. Tiller's medical license could eventually be suspended or revoked by the board on the basis of the complaint.
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| 31 May 2009 - 09:52 | Women on Waves
info@womenonwaves.ort
URL: www.womenonwaves.org
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Abortion Hotline Launched in Chile
A hotline that will give Chilean women information they need to self-terminate a pregnancy was launched yesterday by a network of feminist organizations. According to Women on Waves, the hotline will give women information about Misoprostol, a drug available in Chile by prescription to treat gastric ulcers, to safely and effectively induce abortion.
Supporters at the hotline's launching, chanted "Contraception - so we don't need abortions. Safe abortions - so we don't die," reported the Valparaiso Times. Spokesperson Gloria Maira of the Women's Health Network of Chile said "We consider the right to a safe abortion a health issue."
Abortion has been illegal in Chile since 1989. There are no exceptions in the law to account for rape, incest, or the life and health of the woman. Despite this, Chile has one of the highest abortion rates in Latin America, with about a third of pregnancies ending in abortion. Hundreds of women die each year from botched abortions in the country.
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| 30 May 2009 - 11:31 | Amecopress/Cimac
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2221
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Día Internacional de Acción por la Salud de las Mujeres
Violencia y subordinación vulneran la salud mental de las mujeres
Internacional, Salud, Violencia de género,
México DF, Viernes 29 de mayo de 2009, por Alejandra González Méndez
México DF, 28 mayo 09 AmecoPress/CIMAC.- Hoy se celebra el Día Internacional de Acción por la Salud de las Mujeres y, de acuerdo con datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la inequidad y la violencia contra las mujeres son factores muy importantes que generan e incrementan sus enfermedades.
La presión ejercida por las múltiples funciones que deben desempeñar
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| 30 May 2009 - 07:59 | South Dakota Coalition against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
chris@sdcadvsa.org
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Job announcement
The South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SDCADVSA) is hiring a Native Co-director. This is an exempt, full-time, regular position. The Co-Director will provide leadership and training to
SDCADVSA member programs with major emphasis on programs serving Native women. The Co-director will work closely with the current Co-director on
carrying out the mission of the SDCADVSA and to share information and coordinate activities relating to the Coalition and its staff.
Qualifications:
This person must be knowledgeable about the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual assault and the connection to other forms of oppression; proven
leadership; familiarity with grant writing and grant management; experience in developing and promoting institutional policy change, familiarity with the legislative process; excellent verbal and written skills; ability to
address controversial issues as they arise; good organizational and computer skills; demonstrated initiative. Women of color strongly encouraged to apply. Work site negotiable. Open until filled.
Please send cover letter, resume and 3 references to SDCADVSA, PO Box 141,
Pierre SD 57501; or Fax to 605-945-0870 Attention: Chris Jongeling; or email
to: chris@sdcadvsa.org
Chris Jongeling, Director
South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
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| 29 May 2009 - 09:58 | Patricia B. Licuanan Ph.D.
URL: apww.isiswomen.org
| Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15
22-24 October 2009
Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines
Sisters in Asia and the Pacific,
I am pleased to accept my nomination as Convener of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15, which will be held on 22-24 October 2009 at Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines. I thank the Asia Pacific Women?s Watch (APWW), the Forum organizers, for entrusting to me the challenging and exciting task of bringing together women from Asia and the Pacific and beyond to once again take stock of the situation of women and craft responses to overcome persistent and emerging threats to the realization of commitments made in Beijing.
It has been 15 years since the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in September 1995, a period equal to half a generation. How much has our world changed? Are women?s lives significantly better? Is quality education within reach of all girls and boys? Do women and men now regard each other as equals? Do women view politics as a genuine career option rather than as an exclusive domain for wealthy men and their clans? Do women and their children feel safe and secure in their own homes and communities? There are many issues indeed.
As Chairperson of the UN Commission on the Status of Women from 1994 ? 1996, I presided over countless discussions and negotiations over the draft document that we now call the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. These sessions at the Prepcom in New York and at the Main Committee at the Conference in Beijing were often difficult and contentious but in the end all UN member states reached consensus on necessary Action for Equality, Development and Peace.
How much progress has 15 years brought? How much of this can we attribute to NGO action? What are our new analyses and insights and commitments that may further enrich and extend the Platform?s vision and spirit?
Friends in Asia and the Pacific, you are invited to participate in this meeting among NGOs and women?s movements and networks to prepare for the United Nations 15th year review of the Beijing Platform for Action. All are welcome: activists and academics, professionals and politicians, community workers and policy advocates, young and elderly, grassroots women, human rights defenders, the LGBT community, men---everyone. The only required qualification is that you affirm the Beijing Platform for Action and subscribe to the UN Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
The theme of the NGO Forum is ?Sharing Wisdom, Confronting Crises, Forging the Future?, highlighting the important contributions of women?s organizations and networks and feminist movements in meeting the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action in all 12 of its critical areas of concern and in creating a better future.
The venue of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15 is Miriam College in the Philippines. Miriam College, of which I am president, is an educational institution for women, aggressively committed to gender equality and the empowerment of women. I look forward to welcoming you to our campus.
For information on the Forum, please visit the APWW website http://apww.isiswomen.org/. We will be posting information on the program, registration procedures, etc. as these become available.
Mabuhay and welcome to the Philippines!
Sincerely yours,
Patricia B. Licuanan Ph.D.
Convenor
Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15
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| 29 May 2009 - 09:32 | Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault
GNESAsearch09@bellsouth.net
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JOB * JOB * JOB
Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault (GNESA)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Position Description
About GNESA and the Position
GNESA is a non-profit organization located in Atlanta, GA.
Vision: to lead Georgia to a Society free of sexual violence.
Mission
As the recognized authority and in participation with others, GNESA builds statewide capacity by raising awareness and creating social change to decrease sexual violence for our members, survivors and their loved ones.
Qualifications
* Demonstrated ability to lead an organization to achieve its mission
by building an effective team in which all members' skills are utilized and views valued. Provide direction, support, reinforcement, and coaching to create a high-commitment, high-performing work team.
* Demonstrated ability to create strategic goals and objectives on
issues, services, and events and to prioritize, coordinate, and organize
resources and people in efficient and effective ways to accomplish these
goals and objectives.
* Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and interact with
diverse constituencies who can impact GNESA's success by being a highly
visible advocate and spokesperson for the organization.
* A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required with an advanced degree
preferred.
* Seven to ten years experience in management and supervisory roles
including financial and human resource management.
* Understanding of the issues surrounding sexual assault on national, state, and local levels and knowledge of non-profit board governance and state government processes desirable.
* Experience in marketing, fundraising, grant writing, and community outreach a plus.
Application Process
Please email your resume and a letter detailing how your experience and skills align with the essential functions and qualifications described above
to: GNESAsearch09@bellsouth.net
No telephone calls to the office will be accepted.
Application Deadline is june 30 , 2009
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| 28 May 2009 - 11:53 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09052709-Denu . . .
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Article 19 pide al Estado mexicano garantice su seguridad
Denuncia Lydia Cacho amenazas de muerte e intimidación
Por Guadalupe Gómez Quintana
México DF, 27 mayo 09 (CIMAC).- La periodista Lydia Cacho Ribeiro denunció ante la opinión pública que ha recibido amenazas de muerte en su blog de Internet desde febrero pasado y que durante los últimos días ha sido vigilada por hombres armados apostados frente a su domicilio.
Lydia Cacho es autora de Los demonios del Edén: el poder detrás de la pornografía infantil, libro publicado en 2005, en el que denuncia a una red de pederastia y por el cual fue demandada judicialmente por Jean Succar Kuri, uno de los protagonistas principales del texto. Por ello fue también detenida arbitrariamente, torturada, secuestrada y encarcelada por agentes policíacos, instruidos por Mario Marín, gobernador de Puebla.
Ella denunció ante la Fiscalía para Delitos contra periodistas, pero fue dejada en la indefensión jurídica pues el expediente de la demanda penal --contra Marín; Kamel Nacif Borge; Hanna Naked Bayed, asociado responsable de ordenar la violación de Cacho, y contra Jean Succar Kuri, pedófilo hoy preso en El Altiplano por pornografía infantil y violación de menores-- fue enviado a Quintana Roo, donde el juez cerró el caso por incompetencia.
Decidió la periodista hacer públicas las amenazas de que ha sido objeto recientemente, pues “durante la tortura y el arresto ilegal que sufrió a manos de agentes policíacos de Puebla, bajo órdenes del gobernador Mario Marín “El precioso”, dichos policías prometieron vengarse en caso de que denunciara las agresiones a la que la sometieron”, señala la periodista a Cimacnoticias.
De igual forma, explica la periodista y defensora de los derechos humanos, Jean Succar Kuri prometió ultimar su vida ya que la considera responsable de su encarcelamiento.
De la red de pornografía infantil revelada por la periodista, solamente uno de ellos está en prisión, el resto de los hombres mencionados por las víctimas menores de edad siguen libres, entre ellos se encuentran poderosos servidores públicos del gobierno mexicano, señala.
Cacho ha continuado su labor periodística informando sobre temas relacionados con los derechos humanos, como violencia en contra de las mujeres, corrupción, trata de personas, explotación sexual infantil, en otros.
Las recientes amenazas, intimidación y vigilancia de que es objeto Cacho coinciden asimismo con el procedimiento administrativo que, como informó ayer la Jornada de Oriente, habría iniciado la Procuraduría General de Justicia de Puebla contra los dos agentes de la Policía Judicial que la trasladaron, a finales de 2005, de Cancún a Puebla, en condiciones violatorias de sus derechos humanos.
El procedimiento sería en respuesta a la recomendación de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, señaló a la prensa local Rodolfo Igor Archundia, titular de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Puebla, quien habló también de la consignación de Joaquín Andrea Mendoza, agente de la Policía Judicial que portaba la placa 291.
INTIMIDACIÓN Y VIGILANCIA
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| 28 May 2009 - 11:33 | admin
swild@sonic.net
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| 28 May 2009 - 11:09 | On the Issues, Progressive Women's Magazine
URL: www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009spring/2 . . .
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Mobilizing for Reproductive Justice
by Loretta J. Ross
I’m not a policy wonk. I am very ill suited to talk frequently to legislators to ask them to do the very jobs they were elected to do and for which they already get paid. From that admittedly jaded perspective, I’m not anyone’s first choice to do lobbying or “education” of elected officials.
Nevertheless, I think it’s important for reproductive justice activists to have a serious discussion -- immediately -- about public policies, reproductive justice and President Obama’s Administration.
Reproductive justice is built on the foundation of human rights. The framework of “reproductive justice” requires that the most vulnerable populations be kept in the center of our lens, not at the margins. This means that we may have to work hard and quickly to create a public policy platform worthy of and capable of doing justice to the reproductive justice framework.
The shape of things
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| 28 May 2009 - 10:48 | Global Sisterhood Network
URL: www.global-sisterhood-network.org/conten . . .
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(Bill) Clinton's modest proposal
By Adam Lashinsky, Julie Schlosser and Todd Woody
The 42nd president sees female power as one solution to climate change.
While politicians bicker over cap-and-trade legislation, Bill Clinton is looking to the empowerment of women as a weapon for fighting global warming. "In every single society in which that has happened, there's been a moderation in population growth," said Clinton. Because population growth is seen as a major contributor to rising levels of greenhouse gas, Clinton believes that putting girls in school and giving them access to microcredit, capital, and labor markets will temper both the birth rate and climate change. "We need to find a morally acceptable way to slow down the population explosion in the countries that can't take care of the people they've got now."
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| 28 May 2009 - 10:03 | Olivia
oliviataubert@btinternet.com
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Hello, i am enquiring for a friend who is a man who has been raped, and is going through depression and in fact is suicidal.
* I am a support worker myself and work for a man with server brain injury, i am not too sure where to go myself, so if you could give me a pointer or some information the man named Alan lives in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, and does not drive.
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* Kind Regards,
* Olivia Taubert.
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| 27 May 2009 - 19:49 | Tonya, Women of Color Network (WOCN)
tl@pcadv.org
URL: pubs.pcadv.net/wocn/6-4-09regform.pdf
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3 CALL TO ACTION CALLS
Women of Color Network (WOCN) will hold three upcoming Call to Action Calls.
See the details below:
1) Call to Action for Women of Color Advocates and Activists
Thursday, June 4, 2009
1:00-3:00 pm EST
OVERVIEW: This call is intended for ALL women of color specifically of Asian/Pacific Islander, Arab/Middle-Eastern, Black/African, Native/Indigenous, and Hispanic/Latin descent.
PURPOSE OF THE CALL: 1) To discuss the impact and feedback from the "National Women of Color Statement: Call to Action Statement by Women of Color Advocates and Activists" and 2) To develop future directions, including plans for a national Call to Action conference.
Fill out the registration
details below and submit by Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
Please access the registration form at the link below:
pubs.pcadv.net/wocn/6-4-09regform.pdf
2) Call to Action for Women of Color and Aspiring Allies (National Ally Network)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
1:00-3:00 pm EST
OVERVIEW: White/mainstream advocates, male advocates and women of color advocates and activists are invited and encouraged to participate.
PURPOSE OF THE CALL: 1) To discuss the impact and feedback from the "National Call to Action Statement By Those Aspiring To Be Allies To Women of Color Advocates and Activists" and 2) To develop future directions, including plans for a national Call to Action conference. Fill out the registration
details below and submit by
Wednesday, June 10, 2009.
Please access the registration form at the link below:
http://pubs.pcadv.net/wocn/6-11-09regforma.pdf
3) A Call to Action for Young Women of Color Advocates and Leadership
Thursday, June 18, 2009
1:00-3:00 pm EST
OVERVIEW: This call is intended for ALL women of color who are under the age of 35 years and are specifically of Asian/Pacific Islander, Arab/Middle-Eastern, Black/African, Native/Indigenous, and Hispanic/Latin descent.
PURPOSE OF THE CALL: 1) Inform participants of the Young Women of Color Advocates & Leadership Initiative activities and upcoming events; and 2) Continue organizing to increase the diversity, inclusion, and leadership development of young women of color in the anti-violence against women movement.
Fill out the registration details below and submit by Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
Please access the registration form at the link below:
http://pubs.pcadv.net/wocn/ywocal6-18-09regform.pdf
We look forward to your participation.
In solidarity,
Women of Color Network
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| 27 May 2009 - 08:36 | IPS Gender Wire
URL: www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46946
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MEXICO: Avalanche of Anti-Abortion Laws
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY, May 22 (IPS) - In the last 13 months, 12 of Mexico's 32 states have approved amendments to their state constitutions defining a fertilised human egg as a person with a right to legal protection, and seven other state parliaments are taking steps in the same direction.
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) say it is a massive conservative reaction to a law decriminalising abortion up to 12 weeks' gestation that went into force in the Mexican capital in April 2007.
The law was upheld in August 2008 by the Supreme Court, which ruled that it did not violate the Mexican constitution.
Behind the wave of reforms of state constitutions, according to critics, is a pact between the hierarchy of the Mexican Catholic Church and the leadership of the most traditional political parties to curb social movements advocating the legalisation of abortion.
"I have no direct evidence, but we have repeatedly heard allegations" that such a pact exists, María Mejía, head of Catholics for the Right to Decide (CDD), told IPS.
According to María Luisa Sánchez, director of the Information Group on Reproductive Choice (GIRE), what is happening is a kind of "revenge" on the part of conservative groups. "These reforms are absurd and put women at risk," she told IPS.
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| 27 May 2009 - 07:40 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/09052602-Nica . . .
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Comité contra la Tortura de Naciones Unidas
Nicaragua debe actuar contra prohibición absoluta del aborto
De la redacción
México DF, 26 mayo 09 (CIMAC).- El Comité contra la Tortura de las Naciones Unidas publicó 16 recomendaciones sobre la implementación en Nicaragua de la Convención contra la Tortura y Otros Tratos o Penas Crueles, Inhumanos o Degradantes, en las cuales expresa su preocupación respecto a la prohibición absoluta del aborto, el aumento de los asesinatos de mujeres vinculados a la violencia doméstica y sexual, y por las investigaciones criminales abiertas contra defensoras de los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres.
Por ello, urge al Estado a que revise su legislación en materia de aborto, tal como fue recomendado por el Comité de Derechos Humanos, el Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer y el Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, con el objetivo de incluir excepciones para “los casos de aborto terapéutico y los embarazos resultantes de violación o incesto”.
De igual forma, el Comité recomendó al Estado que no penalice a profesionales de la medicina en el ejercicio de sus responsabilidades profesionales, con el objetivo de garantizar el tratamiento inmediato y sin condiciones de las personas que buscan atención médica de emergencia.
Las recomendaciones del Comité, realizadas después de que éste realizara el examen del Informe de Nicaragua sobre la implementación de la Convención, durante su 42º período de sesiones, reflejan las preocupaciones identificadas en el Informe Alternativo que presentaron a los 10 expertos del Comité la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y cuatro organizaciones nacionales: el Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Cenidh), la Alianza de Centros de Mujeres, la Red de Mujeres contra la Violencia y la Federación Coordinadora Nicaragüense de ONG que Trabajan con la Niñez y la
Adolescencia (Codeni).
VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MUJERES
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| 27 May 2009 - 06:54 | Kay Steiger, Reality Check
URL: www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/05/26/s . . .
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Supreme Court Decision Pretends Pregnancy Discrimination Doesn't Harm Women
By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check
May 27, 2009
Few things underscore the Supreme Court's lack of diversity more than the recent ruling in a pregnancy discrimination case, AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen. The case examined the pension payments for a number of former female employees of AT&T who had taken maternity leave before passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which clarified that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act pregnancy discrimination counted as sex discrimination. Now, AT&T is defining unpaid maternity of these employees as personal leave from the company. And the court has now ruled that such personal leave doesn't and shouldn't count toward these women's pensions. Justice David Souter, who recently announced his retirement from the court and has generally been thought of as favorable toward women's rights, wrote the opinion.
"This was not one of Justice Souter's finest moments," said Harper Jean Tobin, a staff attorney for the Herbert Semmel Federal Rights Project of the National Senior Citizens Law Center and has written about the case for the American Constitution Society's blog. "Hulteen is a bad decision and has a significant impact on a large number of workers. At the same time it's a narrow decision." Tobin estimates that the ruling only affects the roughly 15,000 women who worked at AT&T and took maternity leave before the PDA was put into place.
But Marcia McCormick, a law professor at the Cumberland School of Law and a contributor to Workplace Prof Blog, estimates this ruling might have a more sinister impact on constitutional law. One of the most disturbing things is that it seems to suggest that pregnancy discrimination is not sex discrimination. That determination could have vast and reaching impacts on women in this country.
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www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/05/26/supreme-court-decisions-pretends-pregnancy-discrimination-doesnt-harm-women
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| 27 May 2009 - 06:30 | admin
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NARAL Cautious on Sotomayor
Nancy Keenan of NARAL has issued a congratulatory non-endorsement of President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court:
"President Obama has selected a nominee with a distinguished record of professional accomplishments as a judge, prosecutor, and community leader. This impressive personal biography signals that she possesses an understanding of how the law affects everyday people's lives," Keenan said.
"We are encouraged by the strong support she receives from her peers and other legal scholars and the fact that the Senate has twice confirmed her for federal judgeships. We look forward to learning more about Judge Sotomayor's views on the right to privacy and the landmark Roe v. Wade decision as the Senate's hearing process moves forward."
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| 26 May 2009 - 20:08 | admin
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BOOK
Dangerous Exits
Escaping Abusive Relationships in Rural America
Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz
Foreword by Joseph F. Donnermeyer
“This book deserves a special place among the panoply of new scholarship on rural crime. Innovative and multi-dimensional, Dangerous Exits sounds a powerful call for action and policy change.”
— from the foreword by Joseph F. Donnermeyer
Decade after decade, violence against women has gained more attention from scholars, policy makers, and the general public. Social scientists in particular have contributedsignificant empirical and theoretical understandings to this issue.
Strikingly, scant attention has focused on the victimization of women who want to leave their hostile partners. This groundbreaking work challenges the perception that rural communities are safe havens from the brutality of urban living. Identifying hidden crimes of economic blackmail and psychological mistreatment, and the complex relationship between patriarchy and abuse, Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz propose concrete and effective solutions, giving voice to women who have often suffered in silence.
Walter S. DeKeseredy is a professor of criminology, justice, and policy studies at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He is the recipient of the Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award from the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT).
Martin Schwartz is a professor of sociology at Ohio University
A VOLUME IN THECRITICAL ISSUES IN CRIMEAND SOCIETY SERIES
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| 26 May 2009 - 19:49 | WURN
URL: www.ecpat.net/EI/Updates/WCIII_Outcome_D . . .
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WUNRN calls for the human rights, health, education, safety, and dignity of THE GIRL CHILD.
WORLD CONGRESS III ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
THE RIO DE JANEIRO DECLARATION & CALL FOR ACTION TO PREVENT &
STOP SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
Direct Link to Full 17-Page Declaration:
www.ecpat.net/EI/Updates/WCIII_ utcome_Document_Final.pdf
Lois A. Herman
Coordinator WUNRN
Women's UN Report Network
http://www.wunrn.com
mosie@infionline.net
Global - USA & Italy Offices
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| 26 May 2009 - 19:43 | Legal Momentum
news@legalmomentum.org
URL: www.legalmomentum.org
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Legal Momentum Applauds President Obama's Nomination of
Hon. Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court
Legal Momentum applauds President Barack Obama's choice of the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to the United States Supreme Court seat vacancy resulting from Justice David Souter's retirement.
Irasema Garza, President of Legal Momentum, stated: "Sonia Sotomayor is a brilliant jurist with vast legal and judicial experience. Her three decade career in nearly every aspect of the law, as prosecutor, litigator, and judge has given her an extraordinary breadth of experience and insight into the law's impact on the lives of ordinary
people and society. Her personal story of extraordinary success
achieved through hard work, intellectual prowess, and the support of her close-knit family is uniquely American."
"Legal Momentum," continued Garza, "is proud to join with the civil
rights community in praising President Obama for presenting the
country with an outstanding candidate for the Supreme Court who shares our deep respect for the Constitution. Legal Momentum urges the Senate to confirm her as soon as possible."
Legal Momentum will follow closely the nomination process.
Headquarters: 395 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014 | 212.925.6635
Policy Office: 1101 14th Street, N.W., Ste. 300, Washington, D.C.
20005 | 202.326.0040
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| 25 May 2009 - 10:44 | Boletin e-mujeres
URL: www.nosotrasdecidimos.org
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"Las menores no necesitaban permiso para abortar con el PP"
Las feministas critican a las asociaciones provida y lanzan nosotrasdecidimos.org para pedir firmas a favor de la Ley del Aborto.
Todas juntas, pero con una imagen común. Así han presentado varias organizaciones feministas nosotrasdecidimos.org, una web a favor de la reforma de la Ley del Aborto en la que se recogen firmas para apoyar una nueva regulación. Luchan por la aprobación de un texto que elimine la tipificación del aborto como delito dentro del código penal y, en consecuencia, para que la mujer deje de ser criminalizada.
"Llama la atención que las asociaciones provida centren su campaña en la posibilidad de que las mujeres mayores de 16 y menores de 18 años puedan interrumpir su embarazo, cuando con el gobierno del PP (hasta 2002) las menores no necesitaban consentimiento paterno para abortar", critica Yolanda Besteiro, presidenta de la Federación de Mujeres Progresistas, una de las organizaciones a favor de la reforma.
Éste es, según Besteiro, "el principal argumento de los antiabortistas, cuando durante muchísimos años no han dicho ni media palabra ni nunca le pidieron al Partido Popular que modificara este aspecto". No importa, insiste, que se hayan corregido "irregularidades" jurídicas porque "ellos rechazan de plano la ley".
La intención de las feministas es unir sus fuerzas en esta campaña para que se acabe con la "inseguridad jurídica de las mujeres" y que éstas tengan derecho a "ser madre y a decidir cuántos hijos" quieren tener. Además de las acciones en la calle, han decidido dar el salto a Internet bajo una marca y un eslogan común: ¡A favor!
"Cada organización reúne firmas por su cuenta, pero en la Red hemos creado una página para actuar juntas", explica Besteiro, quien no ha ofrecido todavía el número de rúbricas recogidas por las organizaciones que están detras de la campaña.
Lo harán en el futuro. "Cuando ya esté en marcha la campaña en Internet, sumaremos las adhesiones recabadas por todas las organizaciones y las del nuevo site. Gracias a este esfuerzo, podremos llegar a toda la gente".
nosotrasdecidimos.org recoge documentación, noticias, informes y material didáctico sobre la reforma de la Ley del Aborto. También cuenta con un apartado que da a conocer la situación legal del aborto en el resto del mundo y responde a las dudas enviadas por las mujeres interesadas en el aborto, su regulación y reforma.
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| 25 May 2009 - 10:22 | UNFPA
URL: www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/ . . .
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Programming to Address Violence Against Women
8 Case Studies Volume 2
Author: UNFPA
No. of pages: 64
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: UNFPA
Available languages: English
This is the second volume in a series that documents best practices in preventing and responding to violence against women. These eight case studies feature initiatives from Algeria, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, implemented by governments and other partners with support from UNFPA. They can inform efforts on ending violence against women, which is both a human rights violation and a public health concern.
www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/publications/2009/violence.pdf
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| 25 May 2009 - 10:06 | UNFPA
URL: www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/750_fi . . .
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A Human Rights Based Approach to Maternal Mortality
/www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/750_filename_reducing_mm.pdf
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| 25 May 2009 - 09:10 | Remember the Mothers
URL: www.rememberthemothers.org/
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THIS MEMORIAL DAY,
REMEMBER THE MOTHERS
Did you know...that the United States ranks behind at least 40 other nations in maternal mortality rates according to the World Health Organization. In 2005, the United States reported 15.1 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, up from 7.5 per 100,000 in 1982.
Did you know...that black women in the United States have 4 times the risk of dying from childbirth or childbirth related complications. Hispanic women in the United States, similarly, are 1.6 times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to die from pregnancy-related causes.
Did you know…that the Centers for Disease Control estimated in 1998 that the US maternal death rate is actually 1.3 to three times that reported in vital statistics records because of underreporting of such deaths.
Did you know…that reporting of maternal deaths in the United States is done via an honor system. There are no statutes providing for penalties for misreporting or failing to report maternal deaths.
Did you know…that the Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than half of the reported maternal deaths in the United States could have been prevented by early diagnosis and treatment.
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