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| 14 May 2010 - 09:40 | Jennifer, Global Sisterhood Network
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Human Rights activist Ms. Betty Cariño and Finnish international
observer Tyri Antero Jaakkola were killed by paramilitaries whilst they
and other human rights individuals were engaged in peacefully trying to
enter the autonomous indigenous municipality of San Juan Copola.
Ms. Cariño worked tirelessly in respect of Indigenous women's rights and
Indigenous community rights.
Jennifer
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htt p://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/2478
Front Line ~ International Foundation for the Protection of Human
Rights Defenders, Dublin ~ April 29 2010
Mexico: Human rights defender Ms Bety Cariño tragically killed in
violent paramilitary attack in Oaxaca
Photo: Bety Cariño with United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human
Rights Defenders Margaret Sekaggya
Front Line is deeply saddened by news received of the violent
paramilitary attack on a peaceful solidarity campaign in Oaxaca,
Mexico, which resulted in the killing of WHRD Bety Cariño as well as
an international observer from Finland, Tyri Antero Jaakkola.
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| 14 May 2010 - 09:26 | Igualdad Ya
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ALERTA URGENTE : ESTADOS UNIDOS
Igualdad Ya insta a la Academia Americana de Pediatría a retirar una parte de su declaración de política que aprueba el tipo IV de mutilación genital femenina de mujeres menores de edad
El 26 de abril de 2010, la Academia Americana de Pediatría (American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP) emitió una “Declaración de política: Incisión genital ritual de mujeres menores de edad” (Policy Statement – Ritual Genital Cutting of Female Minors) (declaración de la AAP) que en efecto promueve cambios en las leyes federales y estatales de EE.UU. que “permite[n] que los pediatras se acerquen a las familias mediante el ofrecimiento de un corte ritual” como “pinchazos o incisiones en la piel del clítoris para satisfacer las necesidades culturales”.
La MGF es una práctica tradicional dañina con graves riesgos de salud que afecta hasta a 140 millones de mujeres y niñas de todo el mundo. Se reconoce internacionalmente como una violación de los derechos humanos y una forma extrema de discriminación contra las mujeres y las niñas. Esta práctica consiste en la eliminación de diversas partes de los genitales femeninos y se lleva a cabo a través de África, algunos países de Asia y el Oriente Medio, así como en lugares donde viven inmigrantes que practican la MGF, incluyendo Estados Unidos. El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU. calculó en 1997 que más de 168.000 niñas y mujeres que viven en el país han sido sometidas a la MGF o están en riesgo de serlo.
Al contrario de la aseveración en la declaración de la AAP de que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) “guarda silencio sobre los pros y los contras de pinchazos o incisiones menores”, la OMS reconoce que los pinchazos, perforaciones e incisiones de los órganos genitales de las niñas constituyen una forma de mutilación genital femenina (tipo IV), sin beneficios para la salud y con sólo consecuencias perjudiciales. La OMS ha reconocido una tendencia cada vez mayor a que personal con formación médica lleve a cabo la MGF y ha instado enérgicamente a las profesiones de salud a que se abstengan de realizar estos procedimientos. Asimismo, una declaración interinstitucional de las Naciones Unidas sobre el tema “La eliminación de la mutilación genital femenina” emitida por 10 organismos de la ONU en 2008 establece que “[l]os principios rectores para considerar las prácticas genitales como mutilación genital femenina deben ser los de los derechos humanos, incluidos los derechos a la salud, los derechos de los niños y el derecho a la no discriminación por razón de sexo”.
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| 14 May 2010 - 09:21 | Equality Now
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URGENT ALERT: UNITED STATES
Equality Now calls on the American Academy of Pediatrics to retract a portion of their policy statement endorsing Type (IV) female genital mutilation of female minors
On 26 April 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a “Policy Statement – Ritual Genital Cutting of Female Minors” (AAP Statement) that in effect promotes changes in US federal and state laws to “enable[] pediatricians to reach out to families by offering a ritual nick” such as “pricking or incising the clitoral skin to satisfy cultural requirements.”
FGM is a harmful traditional practice with serious health risks that affects up to 140 million women and girls around the world. It is acknowledged internationally as a human rights violation and an extreme form of discrimination against women and girls. This practice involves the removal of various parts of female genitalia and is carried out across Africa, some countries in Asia and the Middle East, as well as in locations where FGM-practicing immigrants reside, including the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimated in 1997 that over 168,000 girls and women living in the U.S. have either been, or are at risk of being, subjected to FGM.
Contrary to the assertion in the AAP Statement that the World Health Organization (WHO) is “silent on the pros and cons of pricking or minor incisions,” the WHO recognizes that pricking, piercing and incising of girls’ genitalia are forms of female genital mutilation (Type IV) with no health benefits and only harmful consequences. The WHO has acknowledged an increasing trend for medically trained personnel to perform FGM and has strongly urged health professions to refrain from performing such procedures. Furthermore, a United Nations interagency statement on “Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation” issued by 10 UN agencies in 2008 states, “[T]he guiding principles for considering genital practices as female genital mutilation should be those of human rights, including the rights to health, the rights of children and the right to non-discrimination on the basis of sex.”
see more on action
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| 14 May 2010 - 08:56 | Amnesty International
URL: www.change.org/petitions/view/tell_congr . . .
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Tell Congress: No Woman Should Die During Childbirth
Targeting: The U.S. House
Sponsored by: Amnesty International USA
The Improvements in Global Maternal and newborn health Outcomes while Maximizing Successes Act or the "Global MOMS Act" will support activities that help expand access to better quality maternal health services, remove barriers to such services, and ensure that they meet international human rights standards.
Hundreds of thousands of women die each year from pregnancy-related complications. The vast majority of these deaths are unnecessary and preventable, caused by a lack of access to timely, quality health care. These preventable deaths represent violations of essential human rights, including the right to the highest attainable standard of health and the right to freedom from discrimination based on such factors as gender, race, ethnicity, immigration status, Indigenous status or income level.
The Global MOMS Act will make a difference. In some countries, it truly could mean the difference between life and death for a woman. Please urge your Member of Congress to cosponsor this important piece of legislation - and support it when it comes to the floor of the House!
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| 13 May 2010 - 07:57 | Palabrademujer
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Colombia: Corte Suprema anuló sentencia que condenó a una mujer por homicidio
Se trata de una mujer que, en la mañana del 25 de febrero de 2005, mató a su compañero después de implorarle que le diera permiso para presentar una entrevista de trabajo y que no la mantuviera más tiempo encerrada bajo llave en el apartamento que ocasionalmente compartían en el barrio Villa Blanca, de Barranquilla.
El reclamo fue respondido con una amenaza de parte de José, quien —furibundo— la intimidó con un revólver 38 largo. Vino después un forcejeo cuerpo a cuerpo durante el cual Omaira trató de quitarle el arma a su verdugo, quien murió de dos disparos
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| 13 May 2010 - 07:37 | Feminist Law Professor Blog
URL: feministlawprofessors.com/?p=15909
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“We’ll just mutilate baby girls a little bit, to make the misogynist patriarchal assholes happy.”
the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) wants doctors to give a “ritual nick” to women’s clitorises.
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| 13 May 2010 - 07:17 | Guardian, UK
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Why are US doctors allowing genital mutilation?Paediatricians have erred by suggesting that 'nicking' female genitalia should be allowed as a cultural compromise
Lakshmi Anantnarayan
At the end of last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a revised policy statement on female genital mutilation (FGM) called "ritual genital cutting of female minors," suggesting that the federal and state law in the US should permit paediatricians to offer a ritual "nick" of girls' genitalia as a compromise to appease the cultural needs of their immigrant clients. International women's rights organisations from the US, Africa, and Europe were quick to respond to this outrageous proposition calling on the AAP to retract its 2010 statement and revert back to its much stronger 1998 statement on the subject. The AAP's response, however, has thus far been underwhelming and they continue to justify this latest position on three grounds:
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| 13 May 2010 - 07:04 | International Center for Research on Women
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UamNBfI5P8o
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6 min Video
Bride Price, The Consequences of Child Marriage Worldwide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UamNBfI5P8o
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| 12 May 2010 - 08:58 | Amecopress
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¡Esto tiene que parar!
Feministas venezolanas exigen frenar feminicidio y violencia contra las mujeres
El asesinato de la mujer de un famoso boxeador “chavista” desató la campaña
por Aline Castellanos
Caracas, 12 may. 10. AmecoPress/SEMlac.- El asesinato de una joven venezolana a manos de su esposo, un famoso boxeador que luego se suicidó, desató, en abril pasado, una tormenta mediática que se centró, más que en el femicidio, en la figura del homicida.
Satanizado por los medios opositores al gobierno de Hugo Chávez, el boxeador -chavista declarado y casi glorificado por los oficialistas por ser uno de sus mejores deportistas- fue el centro del debate público. Fueron las feministas quienes llamaron a colocar, en el meollo de la discusión, el problema del feminicidio y la violencia contra las mujeres.
"¡Esto tiene que parar!", dijeron a coro feministas "rojas-rojitas" (afines al proceso bolivariano) y "escuálidas" (opositoras a Hugo Chávez) durante una manifestación conjunta frente al Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ), el pasado 29 de abril. Con tambores, consignas y cantos, juntas aunque separadas por la opción política, coincidieron en un tema tan grave como el feminicidio.
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| 12 May 2010 - 08:07 | World Lingo
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Lista de los instrumentos internacionales relevantes a las formas peores de trabajo de niño
Contenido
1 Instrumentos internacionales que contienen provisiones substantivas en todo el WFCL
2 Instrumentos que contienen provisiones substantivas en un número de WFCL
3 Uso militar de niños
4 El traficar en niños y la abducción del niño
5 Explotación sexual comercial de los niños (CSEC)
6 Vea también
www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/es/List_of_international_instruments_relevant_to_the_worst_forms_of_child_labour
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| 12 May 2010 - 07:55 | Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery
URL: www.traffickjamming.org/petition.html
| Hawaii
URGENT: Gov. Lingle may veto the Human Trafficking bill SB2045 CD1.
We MUST show our support in the passing of this bill into law. We are SO close! Please help us make history and make this bill become law!
Show your personal support by contacting the Governor's office at:
808-586-0215
email governor.lingle@hawaii.gov
Be polite and respectful, but firm! Remember, EVERY voice counts!
For more info: ww.traffickjamming.org/testimony.html
For what to say, read our petition letter with over 2200 signers at: www.traffickjamming.org/petition.html
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Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery
www.traffickjamming.org
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| 12 May 2010 - 07:41 | Huffington Post
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Arizona Ethnic Studies Law Signed By Governor Brewer, Condemned By UN Human Rights Experts
JONATHAN J. COOPER lasses.
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill targeting a school district's ethnic studies program on Tuesday, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure.
State schools chief Tom Horne, who has pushed the measure for years, said a Tucson school district program promotes "ethnic chauvinism" and racial resentment toward whites while segregating students by race.
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| 11 May 2010 - 09:14 | KAFA
ghida.anani@kafa.org.lb
URL: www.womendialogue.org/sites/default/file . . .
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PAN-ARAB TRAINING GUIDE ON PRACTICAL WAYS TO ENGAGE
MEN & BOYS IN THE FIGHT TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Direct Links in Arabic to Study & Manual:
www.womendialogue.org/sites/default/files/Study.pdf
www.womendialogue.org/sites/default/files/women_and_men_manualARABIC.pdf
WOMEN & MEN - HAND IN HAND AGAINST VIOLENCE
Men Must Be Part of the Equation in Any Effective Fight to End Violence Against Women in the Arab World, Say KAFA & Oxfam GB
Oxfam GB and KAFA launch landmark pan-Arab project at high level event in Beirut
New law criminalising violence against women in Lebanon must be passed and regionalised
Beirut – The global aid agency Oxfam Great Britain, along with Lebanese women’s rights organization, KAFA, today released a groundbreaking publication that will play a pivotal role in bringing men across the Arab world into the fight to end violence against women.
The first ever pan-Arab training guide on practical ways to engage men and boys in the fight to end violence against women throughout the region, titled ‘Women and Men…Hand in Hand Against Violence,’ was unveiled in Beirut at a high level event. It was hosted by His Excellency the Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Salim El-Sayegh, and attended by UNIFEM regional office’s representative Ms. Rania Tarazi and other government ministers, top UN officials and key ambassadors, among others. KAFA and Oxfam have also today released a comprehensive study, ‘Women Facing Violence in Lebanon’ that reveals a shocking absence of men’s involvement in the struggle to combat abuse directed at women and girls.
Oxfam GB and KAFA, or ‘Enough Violence and Exploitation’ in English, have been jointly running a pilot initiative, known as a ‘men’s forum’, in the Bekaa Valley region of Lebanon for the past few months working with men and boys. They hope to replicate the successful project in other Arab countries, aided by the new training guide.
Ghida Anani, KAFA programme coordinator of the joint project, said: “Men are part of the problem, but they are also part of the solution. We are against violence, not men. But men in the Arab world almost always dominate the public and private spheres so working with them is strategically critical. If we want to begin making real change in ending violence against women it is simply nonsensical to leave men and boys out of the equation whether it’s in Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen or anywhere in the world for that matter.”
In its physical, psychological and sexual forms, violence against women can be found in the household, the community and in public institutions. It has serious economic, social and health implications for the whole family, including men and boys.
Ghida Anani added: “Poverty increases violence, and in turn, violence increases poverty as abused women are often unable to help support the family. It undermines and destroys women’s dignity, confidence, and self-respect, often preventing them from seeking out and taking advantage of opportunties that could better their lives, and that of their families. While it is important that women learn about their own rights and how to receive help if they are abused, it is at least equally important that the mindset that allows for men to commit acts of violence begins to change. Because once that changes, the abuse itself will decline.”
Oxfam GB and KAFA consulted some 75 different non-governmental organisations based in Yemen, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Jordan in developing the training guide. While all of the core messages remain the same, the guide was designed to adapt to different social, economic, religious or other realities in any given community in the region. Educational techniques in tribal areas of rural Yemen, for example, might look completely different from less traditional societies in Lebanon.
Magda El-Sanousi, Oxfam GB’s Lebanon Country Director, said: “The face of violence against women and girls may look different in different places. It affects rich and poor, Christians and Muslims, educated and uneducated and rural and urban women. But fundamentally the problem is the same. In Yemen, early marriage seriously affects the health of young girls and perpetuates poverty. In Iraq, violence against women as well as sexual trafficking of young widows and other poor women is reportedly on the rise. In Jordan ‘honour’ killings is an enormous concern. All of this amounts to violence against women.”
Last week, men and women ministers in the Lebanese Cabinet passed a law that, for the first time, would criminalise violence against women in the country. KAFA campaigned tirelessly for the new law – which still needs to be passed by parliament. Both KAFA and Oxfam see its initial acceptance as a triumph, but also as but one of the first bricks in a long road that needs to be paved in Lebanon and throughout the region.
El-Sanousi of Oxfam GB added: “We may not be able to change the balance of power between men and women in Arab society overnight. However, this new law shows that change is possible, and the fact that the Minister of Social Affairs is hosting today’s event in Beirut in itself shows the investment men have begun making to end violence against women. So change is possible elsewhere, even if there is a long road ahead of us. This new training guide bringing men from around the Arab world into the discussion, will put us several steps farther down that road and closer to our goal of ending violence against women in the region.”
For more information, please contact:
Ghida Anani, KAFA Programme Co-Ordinator, +961 (3) 663052, +961 (0) 1 392220/1, ghida.anani@kafa.org.lb
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| 11 May 2010 - 08:55 | Change.org, Human Trafficking
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Yemeni Child Brides Start Revolution Against Forced Marriage
by Amanda Kloer
Right now, Yemen is dealing with a really scary problem: hoards of pissed off teen and pre-teen girls. And no, it isn't because Justin Bieber canceled his Middle East tour. These young women are serious about demanding divorces from their forced marriages. What began with one 10-year-old bride's brave trek to the courthouse to get a judge to release her from a marriage has turned into a cultural revolution. And it's proving the power of girls to demand justice for themselves.
Reem Al Numery, 12, is the latest young woman to stand up against forced marriage in Yemen and demand a divorce from her "husband" — her 30-year-old cousin. She was forced to marry him and drop out of school by her father, under the threat of death. Despite the "tradition" of husbands of children waiting until the kids hit puberty to have sex with them, Reem's husband raped her on their wedding night. When she tried to resist him, he choked her, bit her, and dragged her around by her hair. But Reem has put her fear of her husband and father aside, and has asked for a divorce and the chance to live with her mother and attend school. And she is not alone
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| 11 May 2010 - 08:38 | Change.org
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Change.org launches the web's first action network
Over the past year, more than 2 million actions have been taken on Change.org, leading to dozens of social change victories.
But we're only just beginning, and today we're excited to announce a major step forward in expanding the reach of Change.org-powered actions across the web.
Starting today, we're enabling any website to become a source of social action by featuring a feed of breaking advocacy campaigns from hundreds of leading nonprofits. Using our embeddable action widget, visitors to each partner website can browse top campaigns and immediately take action — without leaving the site.
You can check out this new tool here:
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| 10 May 2010 - 09:09 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article3894
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Alta tasa de impunidad en crímenes sexuales en Guatemala
De 2.219 casos de violencia sexual, sólo 44 concluyeron con una sentencia
Redacción AmecoPress
Guatemala 10 May 10. AmecoPress/Cerigua.- Durante el 2008 se denunciaron en el Ministerio Público (MP) 2.219 casos de violencia sexual, de los cuales 44 concluyeron con una sentencia, mientras que el resto permanece en la impunidad; cada año aumenta el número de crímenes registrados por esa institución.
De acuerdo con la información de diarios locales, la temática ha dado pasos significativos en el sentido que el Estado la reconoce como un problema de salud pública y de justicia; la existencia de políticas públicas revela el interés de las autoridades por combatir el delito.
Las principales causas que impiden a las víctimas acceder a los servicios de salud y a la justicia es la insensibilidad de los funcionarios, la carencia de coordinación entre las instituciones y el debido seguimiento a las investigaciones relacionadas con los delitos sexuales, expresó Lucía Morán, de la Asociación Transformando al Mundo.
Existen factores que imposibilitan el avance de los procesos fiscales, como la desconfianza y la inseguridad que generan los investigadores a las víctimas; ese aspecto es de vital importancia, ya que el 80 por ciento de las sobrevivientes conocen a sus agresores, pero no lo pueden denunciar abiertamente debido a esa causa, señala la información.
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| 10 May 2010 - 08:56 | Women Without Borders
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Terrorists are Raised, Not Born
Interview with Edit Schlaffer, published in Die Furche
“When we see that mothers in Palestine give future martyrs their blessings, then something has gone wrong.”
On May 6, the US news service Women’s eNews will honor Edit Schlaffer as one of the world’s 21 leading women of the 21st century in New York City. In a FURCHE interview, the Viennese social scientist speaks about the power of mothers to prevent terrorism, women as suicide bombers, and the disappointing integration politics "made in Austria."
Die Furche: Mrs. Schlaffer, for years you researched and wrote about relationships between men and women. Now you primarily work in the field of terror prevention. Why this thematic shift?
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| 10 May 2010 - 08:50 | Women Without Borders
URL: www.women-without-borders.org/news/193
| Burning Injustice: The Face of Violent Extremism
Acid attacks are on the rise in Pakistan
Last week, three Pakistani sisters, age 20, 16, and 14, had their lives irrevocably changed. As they walked from Kalat city to Pandarani village in the Baluchistan province, two motorcyclists threw acid on them, causing severe burns over their faces and bodies. Two weeks earlier, two sisters in the same province suffered the same attack—and they are only 11 and 13 years old. Their crimes? Not wearing hijabs and traveling unaccompanied by men. The Baloch Ghaeratmand Group, which was until recently unknown in the province, circulated a pamphlet in April that warned, “Acid will be thrown on the faces of women and girls who step out of their houses without covering their faces… People who fail to comply with these orders will themselves be responsible for the consequences.”
Five victims in three weeks in one province of Pakistan: you could consider these attacks commonplace. Their attackers will probably not face punishment for their actions. And what can the victims’ families do? What steps can the townspeople in this region take to prevent further attacks? The police claim not to know who is in the Baloch Ghaeratmand Group, and they do not know if the attackers were affiliated with the group. These five young women and girls will suffer from the physical and psychological effects of these attacks for the rest of their lives, and the towns and villages in this area will be subdued by the threat of violence, knowing that there is no way to prevent or deter these attacks from happening again.
This is violent extremism at its most insidious: controlling communities and individuals in the name of a radical ideology through the threat of violence. And as with all extremist groups, ideology is just an excuse to seize power through inhuman actions—to commit acts that defy even the most basic urges towards fellow feeling, and to do so in the name of an abstract principle that cannot be held accountable.
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| 10 May 2010 - 08:37 | Solon
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The White House's Kagan talking points are wrong
We questioned Harvard Law's diversity record under Elena Kagan. The White House pushed back. But they got it wrong
By Guy-Uriel Charles, Anupam Chander, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, and Angela Onwuachi-Willig
AP photo/Jose Luis Magana
Reports suggest that Solicitor General Elena Kagan may be President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court vacancy.Like everyone in the legal academy over the last decade, we have watched with admiration the amazing changes that Elena Kagan brought to Harvard Law School. A fractured faculty, divided among ideological lines, seemed finally content, if not united. A boisterous student body was finally pacified. The logjam that had stopped faculty hiring had burst. Indeed, she hired so many new faculty the Harvard Law School’s newspaper’s 2008 April Fool’s issue declared, "Dean Kagan Hires Every Law Professor in the Country."
The first woman Dean of Harvard Law School had presided over an unprecedented expansion of the faculty -- growing it by almost a half. She had hired 32 tenured and tenure-track academic faculty members (non-clinical, non-practice). But when we sat down to review the actual record, we were frankly shocked. Not only were there shockingly few people of color, there were very few women. Where were the people of color? Where were the women? Of these 32 tenured and tenure-track academic hires, only one was a minority. Of these 32, only seven were women. All this in the 21st Century.
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