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| 23 May 2010 - 09:30 | Kimberly Mitchell, University of New Hampshire
URL: www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/Mitchell%202010%20c . . .
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Study
USA - Teen Prostitutes Often Treated As Criminals Rather Than Victims - Study
See full report,
www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/Mitchell%202010%20conceptualizing.pdf
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| 22 May 2010 - 17:18 | Crystal Tettey, West Africa Network for Peacebuilding
URL: www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-ac tion/g . . .
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Fellow peacemaker,
Please show your solidarity for women worldwide and sign the global
petition to the President of the UN General Assembly!
As the representative of all 192 UN member states, the President of
the UN General Assembly, His Excellency Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, can
help to prioritize the establishment of the new UN women’s agency,
making sure it becomes fully operational in 2010 - the 15th
anniversary year of the Beijing World Conference on Women.
Please sign the global petition before 10th June, 2010, and forward to
it to your networks as well. The petition is available in English,
French and Arabic.
English - http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/gear
French - http://www.amnesty.org/fr/appeals-for-action/gear
Arabic - http://www.amnesty.org/ar/appeals-for-action/gear
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| 22 May 2010 - 17:09 | La Coalicion Argentina contra la Trata y Trafico de Personas
URL: www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/l . . .
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“LAS VICTIMAS NO PUEDEN SER CULPABILIZADAS”
Por Coalicion Argentina contra la Trata y Tráfico de Personas *
Publicado en Pagina 12, Ar
Ante los graves hechos ocurridos en General Villegas (una niña abusada por tres adultos y una manifestación con el lema “Abuso sí, violación no”, en respaldo a los imputados por violencia sexual) manifiesta lo siguiente:
–Es una regla básica del derecho y del sentido común que la víctima debe ser escuchada y, en principio, su relato creído. En modo alguno quienes han sido víctimas pueden ser culpabilizadas. Las mujeres mayores de edad que han sufrido delitos sexuales no pueden ser culpabilizadas por su forma de vestir, bailar, hablar, relacionarse, etc. Y, si son menores, no tienen la madurez ni la preparación para consentir, por lo tanto no pueden ser responsabilizadas por estos actos. Los infantes y adolescentes no son adultos/as pequeños.
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www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/las12/13-5738-2010-05-22.html
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| 21 May 2010 - 16:03 | Women Peacemakers' Program
a
URL: ifor.org/WPP/may-pack-2010_web.pdf
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Report
Men, Masculinities, and Peacebuilding
see,
ifor.org/WPP/may-pack-2010_web.pdf
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| 21 May 2010 - 15:48 | Equality in Iraq
URL: www.equalityiniraq.com/images/stories/pd . . .
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Report
Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Iraq
www.equalityiniraq.com/images/stories/pdf/prostitutionandtrafficking-OWFIreport.pdf
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| 21 May 2010 - 15:27 | Latin American Herald
URL: www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=35710 . . .
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Peru’s Women, Victims of Machismo at Home and in Court
By Monica Martinez
LIMA – Preys of the machismo culture and domestic violence at home, Peruvian women also have to deal with a justice system that often justifies the behavior of the aggressor.
Last year – during which there was a 40-percent increase in cases of domestic violence compared with 2005 – there were 139 women slain and 64 injured, while in the first three months of this year, 29 women were murdered and attempts were made to kill another 17, according to figures from the Ministry of Women.
The average is “10 women slain per month. That figure fluctuates but it probably has a tendency to rise,” the legal counsel for the ministry’s National Program against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Marta Rivera, told Efe.
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www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=357102&CategoryId=14095
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| 21 May 2010 - 15:07 | Huffington Post
URL: www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/21/dora-t . . .
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Dora The Explorer, Illegal Immigrant?
SOPHIA TAREEN CHICAGO — In her police mug shot, the doe-eyed cartoon heroine with the bowl haircut has a black eye, battered lip and bloody nose.
Dora the Explorer's alleged crime? "Illegal Border Crossing Resisting Arrest
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www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/21/dora-the-explorer-illegal_n_584541.html
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| 19 May 2010 - 08:23 | CIMAC Mx
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10051806-SS-s . . .
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Se perfila camino de constitucionalidad para NOM 046
SS sí tiene facultades para atender a víctimas de violación sexual: SCJN
Por Anayeli García Martínez
México, D.F. 18 may 10 (CIMAC).- Durante la segunda sesión de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) para analizar la inconstitucionalidad de la NOM-046-2005 sobre violencia, se discutió la presunta invasión de competencias de la Secretaría de Salud, la pertinencia de retomar los argumentos sobre la despenalización del aborto de 2007 y los compromisos signados por México internacionalmente.
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10051806-SS-si-tiene-faculta.42567.0.html
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| 19 May 2010 - 08:11 | Carnival Against Sexual Violence
URL: abyss2hope.blogspot.com/
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May 19 edition
Carnival Against Sexual Violence
see...
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| 19 May 2010 - 08:08 | Amanda Hess
URL: www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist . . .
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Could Yeardley Love’s Death Have Been Prevented By UVA’s Safety Tips?
On early Sunday morning, 22-year-old University of Virginia women’s lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found dead in her apartment with “obvious physical injuries.” Hours later, 22-year-old men’s lacrosse player George Huguely was arrested and charged with first degree murder. Police didn’t release many details in the case, save that Love and Huguely “had been in a relationship at some point” and that further investigation would focus on questioning “teammates and friends about the nature of the relationship between Love and Huguely.”
All we know about Love’s death is that she was likely killed by someone close to her. So why are UVA police responding to the murder by warning students against crimes committed by strangers?
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www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/05/04/could-yeardley-loves-death-have-been-prevented-by-uva-safety-tips/
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| 19 May 2010 - 07:11 | Red Nosotras en el Mundo
rednosotras@hotmail.com
URL: www.rednosotrasenelmundo.org
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Del jueves 20 al sábado 22 de mayo te invitamos a escuchar la
TRANSMISIÓN EN VIVO
DEL II CONGRESO FEMINISTA INTERNACIONAL
1910-2010
100 AÑOS DE HISTORIA SOCIAL Y DE GÉNERO DE LAS MUJERES
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Podés engancharte a la transmisión en vivo por:
www.rednosotrasenelmundo.org
Y el jueves 20 desde las 13 hs, en vivo, transmitimos el programa
desde el II CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL FEMINISTA.
Jueves 20:
15 a 16.30 hs : Relatoría de experiencias por sus protagonistas
Coordina: Diana Mafia. Participan: Madres de Plaza de Mayo - Línea Fundadora (Argentina); Madres de Plaza de Mayo de Quilmes (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Casa de la Mujer Azucena Villaflor (La Plata, Argentina).
17 a 19 hs: Foro de Debate Abierto: AVANCES Y RETROCESOS EN LOS ÚLTIMOS 100 AÑOS.
Viernes 21:
15 a 16.30 hs : Relatoría de experiencias por sus protagonistas
Coordina: Fernanda Gil Lozano.
Participan: Organización Feminista Sin Cautivas (Neuquén, Argentina); Campaña Nacional "Ni una víctima más de las redes de prostitución" (Argentina),
17 a 19 hs: Foro de Debate Abierto: TRANSFORMANDO EL FUTURO
Sábado 22:
15 a 16.30 hs: Relatoría de experiencias por sus protagonistas
Coordina: Mónica Tarducci. Participan: Movimiento de Mujeres Agropecuarias en Lucha (Rosario, Argentina), Grupo Estudiantas del Género, Univ. de Chile (Santiago, Chile), Red de Museos de las Mujeres (Internacional).
17 a 18 hs: Reflexiones finales: Cabildo Abierto "Las mujeres saben de qué se trata".
Si querés acceder al programa completo de la transmisión:
www.rednosotrasenelmundo.org/spip. php?article1447
Podrás acceder a todos los audios en Biblioteca sonora
Para ver el programa completo del congreso: www.2feminista2010.com.ar
Seguí la transmisión por www.rednosotrasenelmundo.org
y participá en vivo a través del msn rednosotras@hotmail.com
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| 18 May 2010 - 19:47 | Committee to Protect Journalists
URL: cpj.org/2010/05/obama-and-calderon-need- . . .
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Obama and Calderón need to address press crisis in Mexico
New York, May 18, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to put Mexico’s press freedom crisis on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting in Washington. CPJ also calls on Calderón to continue to advocate for reforms that will strengthen federal accountability in crimes against freedom of expression.
Calderón will spend two days in Washington to meet Obama and address a joint meeting of Congress.
A wave of unprecedented violence related to organized crime has markedly increased the last few years, despite a decision by Calderón to deploy more than 25,000 troops and federal police to fight drug trafficking. Media killings and disappearances have made Mexico one of the world’s most dangerous countries for the press, CPJ research shows.
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| 18 May 2010 - 09:07 | Change.org, Women's Rights
URL: womensrights.change.org/blog/view/cannes . . .
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Cannes Directors: 32 Years of Fame and Riches Is Punishment Enough for Polanski
by C.L. Minou
Bernard Henri-Lévy, France's premier defender of the rights of famous men to molest children, crowed recently in the Huffington Post about the latest iteration of his petition that somehow arresting a well-known international fugitive and convicted sex-offender is a monstrous injustice. Disappointingly, several of France's best known directors (Jean-Luc Goddard, Olivier Assayas, to name just two) once again happily signed on to the concept that justice doesn't apply to artists like Roman Polanski who can make movies of the caliber of The Ninth Gate. Or that raping 13-year old girls is one of the perks of winning an Oscar; their position isn't exactly clear.
They join a depressing list of celebrities who signed onto the first Roman Polanski petition. With relatively few exceptions (Greg Grunberg, who spoke out on his popular Twitter feed about Polanski; Emma Thompson, who withdrew her name; Michael Douglas, who refused to sign the new petition), the nominally liberal and progressive luminaries of the Hollywood elite, including actresses like Debra Winger, somehow believe that thirty years of "exile" in France (I should be so lucky), great wealth, and numerous accolades including the Palme d'Or and two Best Director Oscars is suitable punishment for raping a child.
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womensrights.change.org/blog/view/cannes_directors_32_years_of_fame_and_riches_is_punishment_enough_for_polanski
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| 18 May 2010 - 08:12 | Journal of Violence Against Women
mrodriguez@mednet.ucla.edu
URL: vaw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/ . . .
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Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Depression During the Perinatal Period: A Longitudinal Investigation of Latinas
Michael A. Rodríguez et al
University of California, Los Angeles, mrodriguez@mednet.ucla.edu
This study assessed the course of perinatal depression among 210 Latinas who were and were not affected by intimate partner violence (IPV) and identified associated psychosocial factors. Peak depression prevalence occurred prenatally among 45.7% of IPV-exposed and 24.6% of non-IPV-exposed Latinas. At each assessment, depression was significantly higher for IPV-exposed compared to non-IPV-exposed mothers. Mastery and social support were associated with lower depression, whereas history of IPV, perceived stress, and avoidant coping behaviors were associated with higher depression. Findings support recommendations for routine depression and IPV screening of Latinas in perinatal clinical settings.
see
vaw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/5/543
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| 18 May 2010 - 07:41 | Radio Internacional Feminista
URL: www.fire.or.cr/index.php/noticias-todas/ . . .
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Costa Rica:
Audios del Foro: Laura Chinchilla y los derechos de las mujeres: Desafíos y demandas para el nuevo gobierno
11 de mayo/RIF/Fire. Unas cien personas asistieron al Mini auditorio de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, para participar en el Foro: Laura Chinchilla y los derechos de las mujeres: Desafíos y demandas para el nuevo gobierno. El Foro fue organizado por el Centro de Investigación en Estudios de la Mujer.
vea
www.fire.or.cr/index.php/noticias-todas/noticia-2010/158-foro-laura-chinchilla-y-los-derechos-de-las-mujeres-desafios-y-demandas-para-el-nuevo-gobierno.html
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| 18 May 2010 - 07:10 | California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
rsvp.CLRJ@gmail.com
URL: www.clrj.org
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California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
presents its 5th Annual Policy Briefing:
Pregnancy, Parenting and Sexuality Among Latinas/os:
Do California Policies Reflect Our Community's
Needs and Values?
Co-Hosted with:
Senator Gloria Romero
Latino Legislative Caucus
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 ~ 10:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
State Capitol, Room 113 ~ Sacramento, CA
Speakers Include:
Senator Gloria Romero
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) Staff:
Ena S. Valledares, Senior Research Coordinator
Marisol Franco, Director of Policy & Advocacy
Rocio Córdoba, Executive Director
R.S.V.P:
To RSVP, please contact Myra Duran at:
rsvp.CLRJ@gmail.com
(213) 626-2179
Lunch will be provided to registered guests.
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| 17 May 2010 - 08:30 | IPS Gender Wire
URL: ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51410
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AFRICA
A Loud and Clear No to Violence Against Women
By Paula Fray
One in three African women are beaten or coerced into sex or otherwise abused in their lifetime: Africa UniTE is a fresh call to act to end this.
Credit:B.Wolff/UN
KEMPTON PARK, South Africa, May 12, 2010 (IPS) - Poet activist Myesha Jenkins’ voice reverberated through the hall: "Women are out in the night; we are cleaning the streets, some are walking the streets..."
Jenkins’s verse was echoed by fellow poets Zanele Faith Mavuso and Aura Zawanzaruwa who spoke of the pain of violence and the strength of women.
It was an unusual setting for the women poets performing their work: a May 11-12 gathering of government, civil society and U.N. agencies at a regional consultation for a Southern African strategy to support the Africa UNiTE Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Girls.
The UNiTE to End Violence Against Women campaign, a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls, was launched in 2008 by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. So far, the heads of states and ministers from 69 governments have added their names to the "Say NO" campaign.
Fresh commitment to act on pledges
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| 17 May 2010 - 07:48 | Artemisa
URL: www.artemisanoticias.com.ar/site/notas.a . . .
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La Campaña por el derecho al aborto junta firmas
La Campaña Nacional por el Derecho al Aborto Legal, Seguro y Gratuito junta firmas para apoyar el Proyecto de Ley de Interrupción Voluntaria del Embarazo que presentó en la Cámara de Diputados/as el 16 de marzo de 2010.
'Con el apoyo de todas y todos, juntaremos fuerzas para hacer de este 2010: El Año del Aborto Legal en Argentina
SI APOYÁS QUE ESTE PROYECTO SE TRATE Y APRUEBE EN EL CONGRESO DE LA NACIÓN DEJANOS TU FIRMA
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www.artemisanoticias.com.ar/site/notas.asp?id=22&idnota=7005
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| 17 May 2010 - 07:19 | Open Democracy, Laura Carlsen
URL: www.opendemocracy.net/5050/laura-carlsen . . .
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Within the hell of war lies a private hell
Laura Carlsen,
It is easy to think of impunity as a sin of omission. The hand not raised in protest appears genteel alongside the hand stained with the blood of the victim. Yet we learned from the testimonies of women on the frontlines of battle for gender justice that impunity not only perpetuates crimes against women, it teaches generation after generation how to continue the practice. Laura Carlsen writes from the International Gender Justice Dialogue in Mexico.
Gender justice is an unfamiliar term to most people. Many assume it is merely a feminine (and therefore diminutive) form of justice, created by adding an awkward adjective to an abstract ideal. But thanks to years of documenting gender-based crimes, pressure from women’s movements, testimony from victims and legal arguments, there is now a body of jurisprudence and a history of movements that define gender justice and promote it internationally. At an historic conference in April, organized by the Women’s Initiative for Gender Justice and the Nobel Women’s Initiative, fifty women gathered in a Mexican beach town to evaluate the progress of gender justice and set forth a three-year work agenda.
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www.opendemocracy.net/5050/laura-carlsen/within-hell-of-war-lies-private-hell
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