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| 09 May 2010 - 17:13 | Colectivo de Varones Antipatriarchales
URL: www.8300.com.ar/2010/05/08/varones-que-d . . .
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Varones que dicen No a la Prostitución
Varones Antipatriarcales discuten y se oponen al consumo de prostitución. En la ciudad de La Plata comenzaron a organizar talleres donde analizan criticamente el rol del cliente.
Se estima que 400.000 argentinas son víctimas de la trata de personas, el 95% de las cuales son obligadas a prostituirse. Cada mujer en esa situación genera un promedio de 1.000 dólares mensuales, mientras el valor de compra de una mujer dentro de las redes de trata oscila entre los 100 y los 5.000 pesos, según su aspecto y su edad. La cifra de víctimas de trata se eleva a 4 millones en todo el mundo, donde el negocio de la prostitución mueve anualmente 32.000 millones de dólares. Estos son algunos de los datos provenientes de organismos como Unicef y la Policía Federal que enumera Luciano Fabbri, del Colectivo de Varones Antipatriarcales, antes de describir la nueva campaña que impulsa el grupo: una campaña para poner en debate el rol del cliente dentro del mundo de la prostitución y su vínculo con las desigualdades de género.
En el marco de esa iniciativa, ya se llevó a cabo el primero de los talleres destinados a debatir entre varones el consumo de prostitución. De ese debate, que se llevó a cabo en el Centro Cultural Olga Vázquez de la ciudad de La Plata, participaron quince hombres, algunos de los cuales reconocieron haber pagado en algún momento de sus vidas por tener sexo.
“Una de las conclusiones a las que se llegó es que la prostitución está naturalizada en nuestra sociedad, e incluso es considerada en algunos casos por los varones como un ritual de iniciación. Cuando el tema se pone en debate y se discute socialmente, lo que se suele analizar es el rol del Estado o la situación de la trabajadora sexual. Pero la parte del cliente en esta cadena está invisibilizada. Lo que nosotros queremos es hacerla visible, crear conciencia y discutirla”, dice Fabbri.
La discusión de este tema en particular llegó a partir de los tópicos que habitualmente aborda el Colectivo, creado para poner en debate a la masculinidad desde la óptica del varón. Una iniciativa destinada a combatir las desigualdades de género y sus consecuencias más graves, tales como la violencia contra la mujer.
En ese marco, los integrantes del colectivo entienden que “la prostitución es una forma de violencia contra la mujer, simbólica, sexual y económica”.
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www.8300.com.ar/2010/05/08/varones-que-dicen-no-a-la-prostitucion/
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| 07 May 2010 - 07:58 | Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
URL: www.wcsap.org/prevention/PDF/PISC2010.pd . . .
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Migrant Workers and Prevention
Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
This issue of their Partners in Social Change newsletter examines in-depth primary prevention of sexual violence with migrant workers
see
www.wcsap.org/prevention/PDF/PISC2010.pdf
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| 07 May 2010 - 07:39 | Crimereports
URL: thecrimereport.org/2010/05/06/failure-to . . .
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Failure to Protect, the Crisis in America's Family Courts
excerpt
In the nine months between June 2009 and April 2010, 75 children have been killed by fathers involved in volatile custody battles with their former partners, according to the Center for Judicial Excellence, a court advocacy organization which has been tracking news articles of such deaths around the U.S. Based in San Rafael, California, the Center focuses on strengthening court integrity as well as improving public accountability of the judiciary.
see article
thecrimereport.org/2010/05/06/failure-to-protect-the-crisis-in-america%E2%80%99s-family-courts/
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| 07 May 2010 - 07:27 | Argenpress
URL: www.argenpress.info/2010/05/otro-ejemplo . . .
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Otro ejemplo de impunidad para 47 víctimas de tortura y violación: Persiste silencio de Estado mexicano por caso de Atenco ante la CIDH
Anayeli García Martínez (CIMAC)
A cuatro años de los operativos en Texcoco y San Salvador Atenco el 3 y 4 de mayo de 2006 -donde 47 mujeres fueron víctimas de tortura y violación sexual- el Estado mexicano no ha respondido a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) sobre sus investigaciones.
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www.argenpress.info/2010/05/otro-ejemplo-de-impunidad-para-47.html
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| 06 May 2010 - 09:07 | Women's enews
URL: womensenews.org/story/international-poli . . .
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Female Bangladeshi Forces Carry Hope to Haiti
By Amy Lieberman
WeNews correspondent
A female U.N. police force from Bangladesh is bringing hope of better protection to Haitian women in makeshift camps for those displaced by the earthquake. Women's activists in one camp say it's not enough. They need help urgently.
UNITED NATIONS (WOMENSENEWS)--Marie Eramithe Delva's 17-year-old daughter narrowly escaped a rape attempt in one of Haiti's largest internally displaced persons camps at the beginning of March. The 42-year-old mother and grassroots activist tried to report the assault and the attacker's subsequent threats.
A police officer just laughed and told her it was the problem of René Préval, president of the country that on Jan. 12 suffered an earthquake that killed approximately 230,000 people and left upwards of 1.3 million homeless.
"They did nothing," Delva told Women's eNews in a phone interview, assisted by a Creole translator from the camp Champ-de-Mars, in Port-au-Prince, home to roughly 50,000 people. "The only help we found came from members of the camp."
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womensenews.org/story/international-policyunited-nations/100428/female-bangladeshi-forces-carry-hope-haiti
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| 06 May 2010 - 08:43 | Periodismohumano
URL: periodismohumano.com/migracion/trafico-i . . .
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Costa Rica
Tráfico (in)humano
El rescate en un puerto de Costa Rica de 36 asiáticos que permanecían en dos barcos en condiciones infrahumanas puso en evidencia la gravedad de los delitos de trata y tráfico de personas en este país.
· Daniel Zueras · Bitacoras Costa Rica es un territorio tanto de tránsito como de envío y recepción de personas captadas por estas redes delictivas, dijo a IPS Ana Hidalgo, jefa de la unidad para la lucha contra la trata y el tráfico de personas de la oficina para América Central y México de la intergubernamental Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM). Las víctimas no sólo son llevadas a destinos “tradicionales”, como Canadá, Estados Unidos y Europa, sino que también son trasladadas dentro de las fronteras centroamericanas para su explotación sexual, aseguró.
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periodismohumano.com/migracion/trafico-inhumano.html
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| 06 May 2010 - 08:40 | Save the Children
URL: www.savethechildren.org/publications/sta . . .
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Report:
State of the World's Mothers 2010
www.savethechildren.org/publications/state-of-the-worlds-mothers-report/SOWM-2010-Women-on-the-Front-Lines-of-Health-Care.pdf
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| 06 May 2010 - 08:13 | Huffington Post
URL: www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/06/yeardl . . .
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Yeardley Love Memorial: Thousands Flock To Vigil, George Huguely In Lockdown (NEWS, VIDEO)
Thousands gathered at the University of Virginia last night to commemorate slain lacrosse player Yeardley Love and share in their grief over the senior's violent death, allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend George Huguely.
UVA President John Casteen told students they should be 'outraged.' He encouraged students to support each other and to speak out if they are in abusive relationships.
Meanwhile, editorials and theories about the murder and domestic violence on college campuses emerge across the internet. In a piece on AOL News, UVA graduate Mary Beth Lineberry wrote that "Love's death ... exposes an unfortunate reality of college life that's often obscured or silenced in communities, university and otherwise, nationwide
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www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/06/yeardley-love-memorial_n_565712.html
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| 05 May 2010 - 14:01 | Stop Court Ordered Child Abuse
stopcoca@rocketmail.com
URL: www.stopcourtorderedchildabuse.org
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Committee to STOP Court Ordered Child Abuse
Presents
An Open Public Forum
“Crisis in Family Courts”
Speakers Include:
Nancy Lemon, JD, UC Berkley
Domestic Violence Legal Scholar
Linda Barnard, Ph.D.
Expert witness on family violence
John McLaughlin, Borders McLaughlin
Expert and Co-Creator Family Violence Risk Assessment
Saturday, May 22, 2010
11a-5p
101 8th Street Oakland, California
(Directly across from the Lake Merritt BART station)
Refreshments will be provided
www.stopcourtorderedchildabuse.org
st opcoca@rocketmail.com
Phone: 510-789-0510
****If you would like to share your story, please call Supervisor Gail Steele at 510-272-6692****
For more information please visit our website
THIS EVENT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN
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| 05 May 2010 - 08:14 | National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
URL: www.ncadv.org
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Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the
Violence Against Women Act
May 5, 2010
10:00AM
226 Dirksen S.O.B.
Fully Fund VAWA!
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a public hearing on "The Increased Importance of the Violence Against Women Act in a Time of Economic Crisis" for Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Click here for more information.
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1 in 4 women in the United States will experience domestic violence during her lifetime.
1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.
In a 12-month period, 3.4 million adults were victims of stalking.
Girls and young women between the ages of 16-24 experience the highest rate of partner violence.
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Domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking are crimes of epidemic proportions that impact millions of families and individuals each year in every community across our nation. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was enacted in 1994 to address the safety and stability of individuals who have been or are at risk of being victims of one of these four crimes.
Since VAWA first passed, it has saved billions in net averted social costs and States have passed more than 600 laws to combat the crimes. The services provided through VAWA have helped to save and rebuild millions of lives. But, there is much more to be done!
Recent state budget cuts and a decline in private and corporate giving as a result of the economic crisis have forced many providers of critical VAWA services to reduce their services or close down altogether. This has left some communities with nowhere to turn in an emergency. We must ensure that VAWA programs thrive so that victims of violence can survive.
The next VAWA is currently being drafted by the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence in preparation for introduction and passage in 2011.
Join us in our efforts to make every home a safe home.
1. Attend the hearing tomorrow. It is important that proponents of violence against women programs have a presence on Capitol Hill. There is strength in numbers! If you cannot attend the hearing, you can watch it live.
2. Contact your Members of Congress and ask them to attend the hearing and to support the reauthorization and full funding of violence against women programs. Call your Representative and Senators, or the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
3. Respond to this email with your name, organization, physical address and email address to receive updates and alerts, and to join our efforts to pass VAWA.
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| 05 May 2010 - 08:06 | Women's Net
URL: www.womensnet.org.za/news/women-punished . . .
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Women Punished Twice Over in Colombia's Prisons
"Loss of freedom should not mean loss of fundamental rights," Diana Sánchez, a lawyer with the Political Prisoners Solidarity Committee (CSPP), told IPS. "But in Colombia prisoners are punished twice over: with a prison sentence, and with restrictions on their other rights."
Women prisoners in Colombia face poor medical care and hygiene conditions, overcrowding, harassment by male guards, mistreatment and abuses at the hands of staff, and lack of privacy during conjugal visits, according to complaints filed with state oversight agencies. In addition, they are often transferred to prisons far from their homes and families.
The same kinds of abuses are faced by women inmates whether they are common prisoners or political prisoners in this civil war-torn country, human rights organisations report.
To address the situation, the CSPP and other local human rights groups are organising a campaign for the Rights and Dignity of Women Prisoners in Colombia, to be launched in June.
The organisers of the campaign argue that "being deprived of freedom does not mean the same thing for men and women, because…women carry the weight of being judged by a moralistic society that reproaches them for violating the idea of the submissive woman who is the caretaker of order, values and the family."
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www.womensnet.org.za/news/women-punished-twice-over-colombias-prisons
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| 05 May 2010 - 07:38 | El Pais, Es
URL: www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/clinica . . .
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Las clínicas abortistas denuncian a Google por vetar sus anuncios
El buscador incluye a España entre los países donde teme rozar la ilegalidad
RAMÓN MUÑOZ
Una treintena de clínicas abortistas y de planificación familiar mantienen un conflicto con Google por la política del buscador de vetar sus anuncios al entender que pueden plantear problemas legales. Denuncian que, tras la aprobación de la nueva ley de interrupción del embarazo que entrará en vigor el próximo 3 de julio, ese veto no tiene sentido. El aborto, alegan, no sólo se ha despenalizado sino que se ha convertido en un derecho de la mujer.
Los centros alegan que con la nueva ley la intervención ya es un derecho
Las clínicas van a solicitar la mediación del Ministerio de Igualdad para que convenza a Google de que ponga fin a esta "política discriminatoria", y levante la prohibición que pesa sobre estos centros clínicos de anunciarse en su servicio AdWords, los anuncios que aparecen cuando un usuario realiza una búsqueda por palabras relevantes, informaron fuentes de las clínicas.
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www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/clinicas/abortistas/denuncian/Google/vetar/anuncios/elpepisoc/20100504elpepisoc_6/Tes
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| 04 May 2010 - 09:45 | UNIFEM Say No to Violence
URL: www.youtube.com/SayNoToViolence
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Video of the Week: Haitian Women Testify Every Monday Say NO-UNiTE's YouTube channel will feature a video on ending violence against women recommended by Say NO supporters. Visitors are encouraged to engage in an open discussion on the featured video or topic at hand by posting comments on our channel (see below).
This week's (3-9 May) video is "Haitian Women Testify," presented by Partners in Health, New Media Advocacy Project and Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.
see video...
www.youtube.com/SayNoToViolence
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| 04 May 2010 - 09:41 | Actualidad
URL: actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/ee_uu/issue . . .
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El tráfico humano, un mal que cada año va en aumento en Estados Unidos
La secretaria del Departamento estatal de Servicios Humanos estadounidense advierte que en todo el mundo 27 millones de personas están bajo la esclavitud.
Se estima que en Estados Unidos entre 14.500 y 17.500 personas son víctimas cada año del tráfico de personas con propósito de explotación laboral, comercio sexual o esclavitud, traídas desde países latinoamericanos, africanos, europeos o asiáticos.
De acuerdo con la organización Laboratorio para Combatir el Tráfico Humano, el contrabando de personas en el estado de Colorado se ha convertido en un punto de partida del tráfico de personas. Además, sostiene que es el destino preferido para este crimen, especialmente para trabajadores asociados con tareas agrícolas, explotación sexual, servicios de limpieza doméstica, jardinería y cuidado de niños, son las ocupaciones por las que se trae a las personas en contra de su voluntad a este estado.
Según el Pew Hispanic Center, en Colorado habría unos 250.000 indocumentados y aproximadamente 35.000 refugiados, y otros mil llegando cada año, siendo éstas las poblaciones más vulnerables al tráfico de personas.
De acuerdo con un informe publicado por Estudiantes de la Universidad de Colorado contra la Esclavitud Moderna, los contrabandistas utilizan el movimiento de inmigrantes desde México a Colorado y a estados vecinos y el tránsito de camiones por las dos carreteras interestatales (la I-25 y la I-70) "para transportar a una gran cantidad de muchachas", muchas de ellas menores de edad, a quienes se les amenaza con violencia física.
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actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/ee_uu/issue_7437.html
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| 04 May 2010 - 09:14 | Guttmacher Institute
URL: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/US-Abortion-Pati . . .
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ABORTION HAS BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED
AMONG POOR WOMEN
Rising Poverty, Economic Recession May Be Factors
The proportion of abortion patients who were poor increased by almost 60%—from 27% in 2000 to 42% in 2008, according to “Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients, 2008,” by Rachel K. Jones, Lawrence B. Finer and Susheela Singh of the Guttmacher Institute. This shift is the most striking change in the profile of women obtaining abortions.
see report
www.guttmacher.org/pubs/US-Abortion-Patients.pdf
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| 03 May 2010 - 08:41 | Carnival Against Sexual Violence
URL: abyss2hope.blogspot.com/2010/05/carnival . . .
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Carnival Against Sexual Violence
May 3 Edition
abyss2hope.blogspot.com/2010/05/carnival-against-sexual-violence-93.html
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| 03 May 2010 - 08:31 | CIMAC Mx
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10043006-Espe . . .
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No irán a la cárcel, pero si son criminalizadas
Esperan 9 mujeres en Puebla sentencia por practicarse un aborto
Por Dalia Patiño, corresponsal
Puebla, Pue, 30 abr 10 (CIMAC).- En 8 municipios de Puebla hay 30 casos de mujeres indiciadas por practicarse un aborto, 9 de ellas ya fueron consignadas y 21 más enfrentan procesos de averiguaciones previas; esto de acuerdo a los datos revelados por la Procuraduría General de Justicia, como parte del último informe que rindió el titular de la dependencia, Rodolfo Igor Archundia.
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10043006-Esperan-9-mujeres-e.42388.0.html
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| 03 May 2010 - 08:27 | CIMAC Mx
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10043007-Lleg . . .
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Honduras
Aquí han sido asesinadas 120 mujeres en lo que va del año
Llega a Honduras campaña regional contra el feminicidio
Por Carolina Velásquez, enviada
Tegucigalpa, Hon. 30 abr 10 (CIMAC).- Organizaciones feministas y civiles de Centroamérica y México presentaron hoy, en las instalaciones del Movimiento por la Paz “Visitación Padilla”, la Campaña regional por el acceso a la justicia para las mujeres de la que forman parte Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, México y Honduras.
Ante 33 medios de comunicación de prensa escrita, radio, TV y paginas Web, Gladys Lanza --coordinadora nacional del movimiento feminista conocido aquí como “las chonas”— señaló que el objetivo de la campaña es llamar a la sociedad civil y a los Estados para terminar con la impunidad y se haga justicia a las mujeres y sus familias que han sido víctimas de feminicidio (muerte violenta) en la región.
La campaña regional se suma a los esfuerzos de la Tribuna de Mujeres Contra los feminicidios, del que forma parte el Movimiento por la Paz “Visitación Padilla” creado hace 26 años, que el pasado 8 de marzo Día Internacional de la Mujer lanzó una campaña nacional con el lema “¡En memoria de sus vidas, no dejaremos impune sus muertes”.
En 2010, Honduras ocupa el segundo lugar, luego de Guatemala, con mayor incidencia de mujeres asesinadas de forma violenta en Centroamérica, con 405 casos en 2009 y 120 de enero a abril de este año.
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10043007-Llega-a-Honduras-ca.42391.0.html
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| 03 May 2010 - 08:09 | Women Make Movies
URL: www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c775.shtml
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PAKISTAN - AFTER THE RAPE: THE MUKHTAR MAI STORY - MOVIE
A film by Catherine Ulmer
Netherlands/Pakistan, 2008, 58 minutes, Color, DVD
Order No. W10990
In 2002, Mukhtar Mai, a rural Pakistani woman from a remote part of the Punjab, was gang-raped by order of her tribal council as punishment for her younger brother’s alleged relationship with a woman from another clan. Instead of committing suicide or living in shame, Mukhtar spoke out, fighting for justice in the Pakistani courts—making world headlines. Further defying custom, she started two schools for girls in her village and a crisis center for abused women. Mukhtar, who had never learned to read but knew the Koran by heart, realized that only a change in mentality could break brutal, archaic traditions and social codes. Her story, included in the bestseller “Half the Sky” by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, and the subject of Mukhtar’s own memoir, “In the Name of Honor”, has inspired women across the globe.
Revealing the progress and fruits of Mukhtar’s labor, this powerful documentary tracks the school’s profound impact on the girls and families of Meerwala and shows how the crisis center empowers women seeking its help. An important look inside Pakistan, where the impact of Islamic fundamentalism is revealed and how women are fighting its oppressive and violent impact.
See
www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c775.shtml
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| 03 May 2010 - 08:04 | Guardian, UK
URL: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/30/afg . . .
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Afghan feminists fighting from under the burqa
Feminists in Afghanistan are forced to operate as underground movement, often using the burqa as a convenient disguise
Jon Boone in Kabul guardian.co.uk,
As a committed feminist, there are few symbols of women's oppression that Parween hates more than the burqa.
But compromises are necessary in a country where fighting for women's rights can be a controversial and dangerous business, and she is not above donning the all-concealing garment if it helps her to stay one step ahead of the authorities.
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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/30/afghanistan-women-feminists-burqa
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