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| 13 Mar 2010 - 09:27 | bbc.uk
URL: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manc . . .
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Under fire Greater Manchester Police failed dead woman
Peter Fahy said the report was not an accurate reflection
Greater Manchester Police has been told it failed a woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend as a report graded it as one of the worst in England and Wales.
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| 13 Mar 2010 - 09:07 | bbc uk
URL: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sout . . .
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Apologies to Daughters Raped by Sheffield Man
Two daughters made pregnant 18 times over a 25-year period by their father have received an apology from the agencies who failed to protect them.
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| 13 Mar 2010 - 08:49 | ningunamujermas
URL: ningunamujermas.files.wordpress.com/2010 . . .
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Segundo Congreso Latinomericano sobre Trata y Trafico;
migracion, genero, y derechos humanos de personas
21 al 24 Septiembre, 2010
Puebla, Mx
mas info:
ningunamujermas.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/convocatoria-congreso-trata-2010-ver-espanol4.pdf
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| 12 Mar 2010 - 14:41 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article3424
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Bolivia: Mujeres con cargos políticos afectadas por la violencia
“Hasta la amenazaron con un arma de fuego para que firmase su renuncia al cargo político que ostentaba”
por Liliana Aguirre F.
La Paz, 12 mar. 10 AmecoPress/ SEMlac.- La encerraron en una habitación, la golpearon y hasta la amenazaron con un arma de fuego para que firmase su renuncia al cargo político que ostentaba, por el simple hecho de ser mujer.
Este es uno de los cientos de casos recogidos por la Asociación de Concejales de Bolivia (Acobol) y forma parte de la campaña y lucha por consolidar la Ley contra el Acoso y la Violencia Política en Razón de Género.
Otro no menos impactante es el de la alcaldesa Juana Quispe, quien fue elegida en 2004 con 59 por ciento de los votos en el municipio de Chimoré -a 120 kilómetros de La Paz— y pertenece al partido oficialista del Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS).
A ella la presionaron psicológicamente amenazándola de muerte y quemaron su casa. ¿Quiénes? Sus mismos compañeros de partido.
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| 12 Mar 2010 - 14:20 | National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
stephaniec@dvalianza.org
URL: www.dvalianza.org
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Join us for a Bridal March Against Domestic Violence!
Alianza would like to invite you to join our Domestic Violence Bridal March.
This march will take place on Wednesday, March 17th at 3:30 along Sunny
Isles Beach (Miami) on the first day of our 3-day National Annual Conference, which
will be held at the Newport Beachside Hotel and Resort. Immediately after
the march, a reception and press conference will follow on the pool deck of
the Newport Beachside Conference Center
The Brides March Against Domestic Violence was first organized in 2001 to
remember Gladys Ricart, a young Dominican Woman, who was murdered on her
wedding day in front of her family and bridesmaids - by her former abusive
boyfriend.
Please share this flyer and/or display it where others can see it. The more walkers we have, the greater the awareness we will bring!!
Everyone is welcome to join the march, not just conference attendees! For
more information on our annual conference, please click on our logo below to
be directed to our website.
Stephanie Chavez
Communications Coordinator
Phone: (505) 224-9080
www.dvalianza.org
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| 12 Mar 2010 - 14:10 | Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Council - Florida
mdubin@pobox.com
URL: www.dvsacblog.org
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New Committee of DVSAC -- Underserved Populations Response Committee
The DVSAC has created a new Committee - The Underserved Populations Response Committee. The Committee will focus on identifying underserved populations in Miami-Dade County, identifying members of these communities, identifying subject-matter experts, identifying resources, and enhancing services to these populations.
Underserved populations include, but are not limited to:
Those with Limited English Proficiency;
Members of the Haitian Community;
Farm workers and other migrant workers;
Indigenous women;
People who are homeless who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, or incest;
Victims with disabilities;
Victims who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered;
Undocumented aliens.
We are seeking subject-matter experts from anywhere in the United States to assist us.
What other underserved populations should we include?
The Committee is Chaired by Marc Dubin, Esq., Co-Chair of DVSAC.
Marc may be reached at mdubin@pobox.com or at 305-896-3000.
Please share this information, and consider joining the Committee. Membership is open to all members of the public. Interpreters will be provided at meetings free of charge, upon request, including Spanish interpreters, Creole interpreters, and qualified sign language interpreters.
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| 12 Mar 2010 - 13:38 | Change.org
URL: www.change.org/actions/view/urge_congres . . .
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Urge Congress to Stop Child Marriage
There are an estimated 60 million child brides worldwide, some as young as 7 years old.
If the present trend continues, another 100 million girls will be forced into marriage over the next decade.
But right now, Congress is considering a bill that would give the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) more power to work with countries around the world to fight child marriage - and it's up to us to make sure it passes.
Send a letter to your members of Congress and ask them to take a stand against child marriage >>
Child marriage is a direct violation of children's rights. That is reason enough to fight against it. But forced marriage is especially dangerous for girls, and the consequences are severe:
Child brides are often forced to marry much older men and are pressured to bear children as soon as possible. They face risks like increased rates of HIV infection and complications from giving birth before their own bodies have developed fully.
Married girls may be at greater risk of gender-based violence than women who marry later in life, and often have little decision-making power in their husband's home.
Married girls are more likely to have less education and fewer schooling opportunities than unmarried girls, thereby jeopardizing future income-generating opportunities.
The bill currently before Congress that aims to fight this practice, called The International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act, needs our support.
Please tell Congress to protect girls from child marriage by supporting this critical bill today
www.change.org/actions/view/urge_congress_to_stop_child_marriage?alert_id=UHCMJJHGzZ
Thank you for lending your voice,
- The Change.org Team in partnership with Plan USA
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| 10 Mar 2010 - 09:11 | Asociación Civil La Casa del Encuentro
URL: argentina.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/722 . . .
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Son imagenes de una de las marchas del 8 de marzo, la realidad es que diferentes grupos de mujeres cortamos todo el tránsito por las principales avenidas en las diferentes marchas que se realizaron y eso se vio y fue muy importante, eramos centenares por todas partes, en las calles y en las plazas . Un deseo que dependerá de todas... ojala el 25 de noviembre nos encuentre en una misma marcha conjunta ya que la lucha contra la violencia sexista es la misma Un abrazo para todas las que estuvimos en las calles, no importa en que marcha.
argentina.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/722537.php
Asociación Civil La Casa del Encuentro
Espacio feminista, social y cultural Resol IGJ Nº 679
Av. Rivadavia 3917
Buenos Aires- Argentina
TEL. (005411)4982-2550 / 15-59384357
www.lacasadelencuentro.org
www.lacasadelencuentro.com.ar
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| 10 Mar 2010 - 09:00 | CNN
URL: edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/02/ . . .
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Indian women peacekeepers hailed in Liberia
(CNN) -- They are trained in sophisticated combat tactics and weaponry, crowd and mob control, counter-insurgency. They patrol the streets of the Liberian capital, expected to keep the peace after years of war.
Most of them are also mothers and form an all-women unit from India, policing in a country where a 15-year conflict was characterized by sexual violence. Rape, according to the United Nations, remains the No. 1 crime reported to police in Liberia.
The Indian women were pioneers, the unit's experience in Liberia an experiment of sorts for the United Nations.
Clare Hutchinson, a gender affairs officer at the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York, said it was hoped that the Indian women would win the trust of Liberian women and perhaps serve as role models.
"It's about empowerment," she said. "It's quite a success story for us."
Indian policewomen first arrived in Liberia in 2007, and a fresh batch arrived a few days ago in Monrovia as part of the rotation. Annie Abraham, commander of the outgoing Indian unit, said she is proud of the Indian women's performance.
The message that the Indians brought was clear: You can trust us. And you can do anything a man can do. Even better.
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| 10 Mar 2010 - 08:36 | WURNN
URL: www.overcomingviolence.org/en/resources/ . . .
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OVERCOMING VIOLENCE - CHURCHES SEEK RECONCILIATION & PEACE
www.overcomingviolence.org/en/resources/campaigns/women-against-violence/week-3-colombia.html
Colombia - Video - Violence - Youth Displacement - Sexual Abuse +
Claiming the Right to Health and Life in a Region of Death' focuses on life for young people in Magdalena Medio, the most heavily militarised area of Colombia, known as the 'Region of Death'. The film was made as part of a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) multimedia exhibit, Ending Violence against Women, which aims to address violence against women in its many forms.
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| 09 Mar 2010 - 14:07 | Traffickjamming Hawaii
URL: www.traffickjamming.org
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HAWAII
WE ARE ALMOST THERE!
We Need YOU to Help PASS Hawaii’s 1st Sex-Trafficking State Law
We urgently need your help. Please take a few minutes to make these calls/faxes/emails to one or all of the people listed below. With your help, we can PASS Hawaii's first Human Trafficking state law and keep Hawaii safe. The bill heads to the House Judiciary Committee and must be scheduled a hearing before April 1st or it dies. (We apologize if you receive this email more than once).
BILL #: SB2045 SD 1 www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/bills/SB2045_SD1_.htm
Templates are available on our website to submit testimony www.traffickjamming.org/testimony.html
at legislative hearings BUT people can make calls, emails and faxes at any time, like NOW. You don't have to wait for a legislative hearing to have their voices heard. This year is an election year so your option as a registered voter (always good to remind them) is extra important!
FOR LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS: If you sign our mailing list or petition, we will alert you to when these hearings are held and how to submit testimony. We will only be give 48 hours notice, so please consider calling one or all of the key players below to urge them to support this bill NOW.
BUT CALL TODAY!!! (you do NOT have to be living in Hawaii to do this)
FOR CALLS AND FAXES TO URGE SUPPORT (YOU MAY DO THIS AT ANY TIME): Please be prepared to get the “runaround” from some of those listed below but if you do, do not give up. Remember, they work to serve the people of this state. And, your support can make a great difference in the lives of Human Trafficking Victims. Make sure your voice is heard! ACCEPT NO EXCUSE FOR STALLING ON THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAW. THEY HAVE NO GOOD EXCUSES. (Some may give you many without being specific. Be wary.)
SAMPLE SCRIPT:
“Aloha, may I speak to (Person Listed Below)? Hello, my name is (Your Name) and I am a registered voter (optional). The Women's Legislative Caucus has submitted a bill making Human Trafficking a felony offense. I am urging you to support the Anti Sex Trafficking Bill SB2045 SD1. There is no excuse to wait on passing this legislation. Hawaii is now one of seven states without a state Human Trafficking Law. This is unacceptable. I support anyone in office who supports this bill. Thank you for your time.”
Below is a list of people to call. ALL ARE IMPORTANT!
CALL, FAX, or EMAIL the HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Urge the members of the House Judiciary Committee to pass a stand alone definition of Human Trafficking. Prostitution statutes and language do not make the cut! (Reps not listed below who are on the Committee have already signed onto the bill)
Jon Riki Karamatsu, Chair
phone 808-586-8490; fax 808-586-8494
E-mail repkaramatsu@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Ken Ito, Vice-Chair
phone 808-586-8470; fax 808-586-8474
E-mail repito@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Mele Carroll
Phone 808-586-6790; fax 808-586-6779
From Maui, toll free 984-2400 + 66790
From Molokai and Lanai,
toll free 1-800-468-4644 + 66790
E-mail repcarroll@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Robert N. Herkes
phone 808-586-8400; fax 808-586-8404
From the Big Island, toll free 974-4000 + 68400
E-mail repherkes@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Angus L.K. McKelvey
Honolulu, HI 96813
phone 808-586-6160; fax 808-586-6161
From Maui, toll free 984-2400 + 66160
E-mail repmckelvey@Capitol.hawaii.gov
John M. Mizuno
phone 808-586-6050; fax 808-586-6051
E-mail repmizuno@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Blake K. Oshiro
phone 808-586-6340; fax 808-586-6341
E-mail repboshiro@capitol.hawaii.gov
Joseph "Joe" Souki
phone 808-586-9444; fax 808-586-9499
From Maui, toll free 984-2400 + 69444
E-mail repsouki@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Clift Tsuji
phone 808-586-8480; fax 808-586-8484
From the Big Island, toll free 974-4000 + 68480
E-mail reptsuji@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Glenn Wakai
phone 808-586-6220; fax 808-586-6221
E-mail repwakai@Capitol.hawaii.gov
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| 09 Mar 2010 - 10:10 | UNIFEM
URL: www.endvawnow.org/?comience-aqui-princip . . .
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Nuevo
Centro Virtual del Conocimento para Poner Fin a la Violencia Contra las Mujeres y Ninos
See:
www.endvawnow.org/?comience-aqui-principios-basicos-de-programacion-me
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| 09 Mar 2010 - 09:57 | UNIFEM
URL: www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail. . . .
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Launch of the Global Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls
United Nations, New York — UNIFEM has launched a Global Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls. The one-stop centre will support practitioners around the world in effective design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes. The web-based site brings together lessons learned to date and recommended practices gleaned from initiatives on ending violence against women and girls, whether originating from the women’s movement, civil society organizations, governments, the United Nations system or other actors.
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| 09 Mar 2010 - 09:51 | IPS Gender Wire
URL: www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50560
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LATIN AMERICA: Women's Rights Laws - Where's the Enforcement?
By Humberto Márquez *
CARACAS, Mar 5, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) - Advanced new legislation and constitutional reforms on women's rights are paving the way for equal opportunities for women in Latin America and the Caribbean. But application and enforcement remain a distant goal.
That gap between paper promises and reality has a very real impact on the daily lives of millions of women in this region, where "poverty has a woman's face," in the words of Laura Chinchilla, who is about to become the first female president of Costa Rica.
To highlight the importance of creating laws and institutions to bolster gender equity, the theme of International Women's Day, Mar. 8, this year is "Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All", because "while gender-sensitive legislation and policies have addressed inequalities and discrimination against women, overall progress remains uneven," according to the United Nations.
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| 09 Mar 2010 - 09:43 | RAWA Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
URL: www.rawa.org/rawa/2010/03/07/emancipatio . . .
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Emancipation of Afghan women not attainable as long as the occupation, Taliban and “National Front” criminals are not sacked!
Statement of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) on the International Women’s Day, March 8, 2010
to see statement
click on active link above
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| 08 Mar 2010 - 10:05 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article3382
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"Día Internacional de las Mujeres"
Zapatero presidió en el acto institucional “Juntas podemos cambiar el mundo”
Madrid, 07 mar. 10. AmecoPress.- El Presidente del Gobierno, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, acompañado por la ministra de Igualdad, Bibiana Aído, presidió el pasado sábado 6 de marzo, el acto institucional que, con motivo del Día Internacional de las Mujeres, organizó el Ministerio de Igualdad.
En el Auditorio Caixa Forum de Madrid y con la presencia, además, de diversas autoridades del Partido Socialista y representaciones de las Asociaciones de Mujeres y ONGs, se llevó a cabo el acto institucional que anualmente viene desarrollándose.
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| 08 Mar 2010 - 09:58 | Human Rights Education Association
URL: www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=2&languag . . .
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Rape victims worldwide denied justice and dignity
Amnesty International Press release
8 March 2010
Victims of rape and sexual violence worldwide are denied access to justice due to gender discrimination and assumptions about the sexual behaviour of victims of rape, Amnesty International said in two regional reports released on Monday.
To mark International Women's Day, Amnesty International released two reports looking at sexual violence in locations across the developed and developing world; specifically Cambodia and the Nordic Countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
"In poor and rich countries alike, women who are raped or abused have little chance of seeing their attackers brought to justice," said Widney Brown, Senior Director of International Law and Policy at Amnesty International. "It is shocking that in the 21st century with so much legislation designed to ensure women's equality, that virtually every government fails to protect women or to ensure that their abusers are held to account for their crimes."
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| 08 Mar 2010 - 09:52 | Jenny
jenndean1@gmail.com
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my daughter is 22 years and 10 months old. She is a prostitute and is using a 16 year old girl to prostitute with her. I have reported it to the police but they don't seem to do anything about it. She uses craigslist and backpage to do her illegal activity. My daughter has a 3 year old girl that I am sure will be one of her many victims. What and how can I get my daughter to stop when cps and the police know it but wont do anything
Jenny (jenndean1@gmail.com)
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| 08 Mar 2010 - 09:22 | NATO
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDghe7j1Tt4&feat . . .
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Interesting International Women's Day Video by NATO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDghe7j1Tt4&feature=player_embedded
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| 08 Mar 2010 - 09:19 | Random House
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I Am Nujood, Age 10, and Divorced
ABOUT THIS BOOK
“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”
Forced by her father to marry a man three times her age, young Nujood Ali was sent away from her parents and beloved sisters and made to live with her husband and his family in an isolated village in rural Yemen. There she suffered daily from physical and emotional abuse by her mother-in-law and nightly at the rough hands of her spouse. Flouting his oath to wait to have sexual relations with Nujood until she was no longer a child, he took her virginity on their wedding night. She was only ten years old.
Unable to endure the pain and distress any longer, Nujood fled—not for home, but to the courthouse of the capital, paying for a taxi ride with a few precious coins of bread money. When a renowned Yemeni lawyer heard about the young victim, she took on Nujood’s case and fought the archaic system in a country where almost half the girls are married while still under the legal age. Since their unprecedented victory in April 2008, Nujood’s courageous defiance of both Yemeni customs and her own family has attracted a storm of international attention. Her story even incited change in Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries, where underage marriage laws are being increasingly enforced and other child brides have been granted divorces.
Recently honored alongside Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice as one of Glamour magazine’s women of the year, Nujood now tells her full story for the first time. As she guides us from the magical, fragrant streets of the Old City of Sana’a to the cement-block slums and rural villages of this ancient land, her unflinching look at an injustice suffered by all too many girls around the world is at once shocking, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable.
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| 08 Mar 2010 - 09:09 | New York Times
URL: www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/opinion/04kri . . .
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Divorced Before Puberty
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
It’s hard to imagine that there have been many younger divorcées — or braver ones — than a pint-size third grader named Nujood Ali.
Nujood is a Yemeni girl, and it’s no coincidence that Yemen abounds both in child brides and in terrorists (and now, thanks to Nujood, children who have been divorced). Societies that repress women tend to be prone to violence.
For Nujood, the nightmare began at age 10 when her family told her that she would be marrying a deliveryman in his 30s. Although Nujood’s mother was unhappy, she did not protest. “In our country it’s the men who give the orders, and the women who follow them,” Nujood writes in a powerful new autobiography just published in the United States this week, “I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced.”
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