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| 28 May 2010 - 08:40 | Science Daily
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URL: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/10 . . .
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Domestic Violence Victims Have Higher Health Costs for Years After Abuse Ends
ScienceDaily — Victims of domestic violence endure significantly higher health costs than other women for three years after the abuse ends, a new study finds.
Abuse victims had health care costs that averaged more than $1,200 above non-abused women for the first two years after the abuse ended and about $400 above others in the third year.
"Women may continue to experience physical and emotional consequences even years after their abuse ends, and that is reflected in their health care costs," said Amy Bonomi, co-author of the study and associate professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University.
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| 28 May 2010 - 08:30 | Center for Women's Global Leadershipa
16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu
URL: www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/kit10/themes . . .
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El CWGL tiene el gusto de anunciar el tema de la Campaña de los 16 Días de Activismo contra la Violencia de Género (2010):
Estructuras de Violencia: Definiendo las entrecruzadas del militarismo y la violencia contra las mujeres
En el documento del anuncio del tema, se encuentra una explicación del marco conceptual, ideas para temas que se puede considerar para la campaña e información sobre fuentes adicionales de información para los meses venideros. Para acceder el anuncio mediante el internet, por favor visite el sitio web de los 16 Días:
www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/kit10/themespan.pdf
**SE NECESITA TRADUCCIONES**
El anuncio sobre el tema está disponible en ingles, español y francés. Sin embargo, cada año el CWGL cuenta con la ayuda de voluntarias que traducen los materiales a otros idiomas. Si le interesa ayudar con la traducción del Anuncio del Tema, por favor contáctenos en el: 16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu. Su ayuda para hacer la Campaña de los 16 Días accessible a grupos alrededor del mundo estará muy apreciada!
Esperamos sus pensamientos e ideas!
Con los mejores deseos,
El Equipo del CWGL
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Tel: 1-732-932-8782
Fax: 1-732-932-1180
Email: 16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu
Website: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
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| 28 May 2010 - 08:23 | Center for Women's Global Leadership
URL: www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/kit10/theme. . . .
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2010 Campaign Theme
Structures of Violence: Defining the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women
This year marks the 20th 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, and with this important landmark, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) is considering new ways to utilize the campaign for transformative change. Year after year, new partners join the 16 Days Campaign to bring local, national, and global attention to the various forms of violence that women face. The attention that gender-based violence has received in international forums is a testimony to the powerful actions of women’s rights activists around the world. Yet, despite this increased awareness, women continue to experience violations in alarming numbers and new forms of violence are emerging. We, as defenders of women’s human rights, have a responsibility to look more closely at the structures in place that permit gender-based violence to exist and persist. After much consultation with activists, organizations, and experts from around the world, militarism has emerged as one of the key structures that perpetuates violence.
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| 27 May 2010 - 10:43 | Amecopress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article4064
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Uruguay: una central sindical combatirá la violencia doméstica y acoso sexual en su seno
Adopta la lucha contra la violencia doméstica y el acoso sexual como bandera del movimiento sindical
por Cristina Canoura
Montevideo, 27 may (10). AmecoPress/SEMlac. Como lo había anunciado en el acto conmemorativo del 1º de mayo, la central de trabajadores de Uruguay PIT-CNT ha adoptado la lucha contra la violencia doméstica y el acoso sexual como bandera del movimiento sindical.
Para ello, ha puesto en marcha este mes de mayo la redacción de un protocolo que prevé diversas sanciones (incluida la pérdida definitiva de la condición de afiliado) a quienes se denuncie y compruebe acciones de ese tipo.
En los cinco primeros meses de este año ya han muerto en el país 20 mujeres en actos de violencia doméstica. "Es una llamada de atención a los compañeros militantes, que deben saber que, de incurrir en una falta de estas características, van a tener el desprecio de sus propios compañeros", declaró Gustavo Signorelli, secretario de Prensa y Propaganda del PIT-CNT a la radio local El Espectador.
"Muchos de quienes son responsables de la violencia doméstica y de algunos casos de acoso pertenecen a este movimiento sindical, por lo tanto nos parece que una actitud de responsabilidad es hacernos cargo de algunos de los problemas que tenemos", agregó.
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| 27 May 2010 - 10:09 | Joan Dawson
amartin@ghrc-usa.org
URL: www.ghrc-usa.org
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Event: Delegation to Guatemala exploring violence against women
Hello folks,
The Guatemala Human Rights Commission is sponsoring a delegation to Guatemala this summer, exploring femicide and violence against women. We have 7 delegates signed up and just need 3 more to make the trip happen! If you're interested, please contact Amanda (details below) in the next week or so, or myself - I went on the delegation in 2007 and currently serve on the board.
Best,
Joan
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Why have thousands of women and girls
been brutally killed in Guatemala?
Since the year 2000, more than 5,000 females have been murdered in Guatemala, and each year the body count rises. By way of comparison, more women have been killed in one year in Guatemala than were murdered in the past decade in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
Join the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA on a seven-day immersion trip to understand the causes of violence against women and girls in Guatemala. Participants will meet Guatemalan women, survivors of violence, families of victims of violence, women community leaders, directors of women’s rights organizations, women trade unionists, and interact with rural Mayan women’s groups.
Find out firsthand why women and girls are being killed and
what you can do to help.
Details:
- “For Women’s Right to Live” Delegation to Guatemala
- August 7-15, 2010
- Cost of delegation, including transportation, food, lodging, and interpretation is only $900.
- Delegates responsible for international travel arrangements to and from Guatemala.
- Contact: Amanda Martin/Phone: (202) 529-6599/FAX: (202) 526-4611/
Email: amartin@ghrc-usa.org
Web site: www.ghrc-usa.org
*****
Joan Dawson, MPH
Writer, Educator & Advocate,
Specializing in health & human rights
Washington, DC
240-839-7329
joan_dawson@ymail.com
www.joandawson.com
http://mediamisses.wordpress.com
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| 27 May 2010 - 08:24 | Mercy for Animals
URL: www.mercyforanimals.org/ohdairy/
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VIDEO - Ohio Dairy Farm
This is an extremely disturbing video of animal abuse. It's the same kind of gratuitous brutality we hear women tell about every day. The only difference is the absence of video.
comments of veterinarian Dr. Geoff Ball after viewing the video who astutely makes the connection to abuse of women and children.
Geoff Ball, DVM
Dr. Ball is a licensed veterinarian with 19 years of experience working with animals. As part of Dr. Ball's training he has studied farmed animals and zoonotic disease. Dr. Ball's veterinary practice involves evaluating animals for pain and stress in various situations. Dr Ball states:
"This has to be the most shocking and malicious video of animal cruelty that I have seen ... There is no need to explain how the actions shown are unusually cruel and [show] amazing levels of stress and neglect unto these animals.
"In many cases the attacks seem to be made just for the sake of causing pain. The [workers] shown should be viewed as a threat to all species of animals and should be investigatied as far as [their] potential to strike the same sort of suffering on humans as well. This footage should be seen as a red flag for child, spousal and other forms of violence."
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www.mercyforanimals.org/ohdairy/
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| 26 May 2010 - 08:51 | National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
URL: www.nrcdv.org/rhydvtoolkit/
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RUNAWAY & HOMELESS YOUTH AND RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE TOOLKIT
Guidance and Materials for Practitioners
1 Key Terms & Definitions
2 Research & resources
3 Finding Common Ground
4 A Look at Each Field
5 Building Partnerships
6 Building Services
7 Measuring Success
8 FYSB Initiative
See
www.nrcdv.org/rhydvtoolkit/
Introduction
Runaway and homeless youth agencies and domestic and sexual violence service providers share a mutual goal: enhancing the safety and healing of young people in living situations and relationships marked by violence and abuse. Recognizing and understanding the intersection of runaway and homeless youth and intimate partner violence (including dating, domestic and sexual violence) is critical to creating meaningful services and effective intervention and prevention strategies for both homelessness and relationship abuse, and in creating partnerships between the programs working with youth at risk.
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| 26 May 2010 - 08:30 | Pagina 12, Argentina
URL: www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-14 . . .
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El aborto en una publicidad
Aunque el aborto es legal en Inglaterra desde hace cuatro décadas, nunca antes se habían difundido avisos por TV. Lo hizo la ONG Marie Stopes International dedicada a asesorar a mujeres sobre salud sexual y reproductiva.
Por Mariana Carbajal
Por primera vez, la televisión inglesa pone al aire una publicidad sobre servicios de aborto. El aviso se emitió el lunes a la noche, a partir de las 22.10 –hora local– y forma parte de una campaña nacional de la organización sin fines de lucro más importante del país dedicada a brindar atención y consejería en salud sexual y reproductiva. La publicidad se verá en horario nocturno por un canal nacional –Canal 4– hasta fines de junio y apunta a romper con el tabú del aborto. A pesar de que hace más de cuatro décadas que está legalizado en ese país hasta las 24 semanas de gestación, nunca antes se habían difundido publicidades en la pantalla chica sobre dónde consultar ante un embarazo no deseado, para interrumpirlo. Como era previsible, la Conferencia Episcopal de Inglaterra y Gales y organizaciones llamadas “pro vida” cuestionaron la iniciativa y dijeron que trivializa el tema.
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www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-146360-2010-05-26.html
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| 26 May 2010 - 08:07 | CAL Coalition Against Sexual Assault
URL: cmas.cps.ca.gov/es/PositionDetail.aspx?p . . .
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JOB * JOB * JOB
Dear Colleagues:
Below is the link to the job announcement of CALCASA's Executive Director
position.
cmas.cps.ca.gov/es/PositionDetail.aspx?positionID=433
Please note the application deadline is June 11, 2010. Please feel free to
distribute this job announcement to your networks and any interested
candidates.
Thank you very much for your consideration!
Ellen Yin-Wycoff
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| 26 May 2010 - 08:03 | entremujeres
URL: www.entremujeres.com/genero/violencia/Pe . . .
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Peluquerías de Nueva York, claves en la lucha contra la violencia doméstica
Varios salones de belleza de una zona hispana de Nueva York lanzaron un programa para estimular a las mujeres a que denuncien casos de violencia doméstica. Es porque encontraron que las damas le confiesan a su peluquero cosas que no confían a nadie.
No son psicólogas, trabajadoras sociales ni consejeras, pero desde su trabajo de peluqueras las estilistas de Nueva York se están convirtiendo en los nuevos soldados en la lucha contra la violencia doméstica. Lo hacen devoliviendo algunas consejos y reflexiones cuando las clientas les cuentan sobre alguna escena violencia que sufren en sus hogares.
A través del proyecto ‘Concientización sobre violencia doméstica a salones de belleza', creado en el distrito de Washington Heights e Inwood por el Programa de Preservación Familiar de la Administración de Servicios para Niños de la ciudad de Nueva York (ACS), las trabajadoras de los salones de belleza reciben un entrenamiento que les permite identificar signos de abuso doméstico y brindar información a sus clientes mientras ellas se relajan y embellecen.
El proyecto piloto fue creado por Ingrid Domínguez, directora de una agencia de servicios familiares financiada por la municipalidad en Washington Heights y Central Harlem. Ingrid contó que se le ocurrió la idea tras observar a una mujer hablar con su peluquera acerca de abusos en su hogar.
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www.entremujeres.com/genero/violencia/Peluquerias-Nueva-York-violencia-domestica_0_268173181.html
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| 26 May 2010 - 07:51 | Rebecca Project
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr--N1_5pco
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Video: Juvenile Prostitution & Trafficking - Craigslist Online
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr--N1_5pco
More than 100 thousand American girls are sexually trafficked in the United States. Their first sexual encounter is between the ages of 11 and 14." This video by the Rebecca Project describes how young girls are lured into prostitution, and how Craigslist has become the primary marketplace for trafficking.
USA - Juvenile Prostitution & Trafficking - Craigslist Online
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| 25 May 2010 - 10:58 | CIMAC Mx
URL: www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10052408-Oper . . .
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En el presupuesto hay comisiones hasta de “quinta”: Incháustegui
Opera sin presupuesto, comisión especial contra feminicidios
Por Gladis Torres Ruiz
México, D.F 24 may 10 (CIMAC).- La diputada Teresa del Carmen Incháustegui Romero, titular de la Comisión Especial para conocer y dar Seguimiento Puntual y Exhaustivo a las Acciones que han emprendido las autoridades competentes en Relación a los Feminicidios, denunció que esa instancia opera su agenda de trabajo con 35 mil pesos al mes, porque “no tiene un presupuesto asignado”.
“La asignación de recursos a las comisiones de la Cámara de Diputados, depende de quiénes integran las comisiones, si eres importante y tienes integrantes con poder, te dan lo que pidas, pero si no es así, te dan lo que quieren”, abundó la diputada del Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD).
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www.cimacnoticias.com/site/10052408-Opera-sin-presupues.42617.0.html
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| 25 May 2010 - 10:42 | Say NO to Violence
URL: www.youtube.com/SayNoToViolence
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6min VIDEO
Liberia - Securing the Peace Women Peacekeepers - Video
see video
www.youtube.com/SayNoToViolence
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| 25 May 2010 - 10:19 | IPS Noticias - Las Mujeres Son Noticia
URL: www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=9547 . . .
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Las ciudades latinoamericanas son también de ellas
Por Marcela Valente
ROSARIO, Argentina, may (IPS) - "La violencia contra las mujeres no es sólo doméstica, también está en la calle. No tener derecho a estar tranquila en una plaza o en la parada del colectivo (autobús) sin que te molesten, también es violento para nosotras".
La que explica a IPS este "descubrimiento", como ella lo llama, es Ofelia Retamoso, vecina de Rosario, esta ciudad argentina situada a 320 kilómetros al noroeste de Buenos Aires que se integró al programa latinoamericano "Ciudades sin violencia para las mujeres. Ciudades seguras para todos y todas".
Mujeres como Retamoso consideran violencia de género las agresiones (muchas veces sexuales) que se dan en espacios públicos, como plazas, paradas de ómnibus, calles, transporte, hospitales, escuelas y lugares de ocio.
El temor a estas agresiones, inculcado desde niñas, las priva de circular libremente a cualquier hora y en cualquier sitio, obstaculiza su potencial de desarrollo personal, en el estudio, el trabajo o la recreación, y las aísla.
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| 25 May 2010 - 10:14 | IPS Gender Wire
URL: ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51573
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Making Latin America's Cities Women-Friendly
By Marcela Valente
Women do not always feel safe at bus stops in Latin America.
Credit:Marcela Valente/IPS
ROSARIO, Argentina, May 25, 2010 (IPS) - "Violence against women is not only domestic, it also happens in the streets. Not having the right to feel safe in a city square or at a bus stop without someone bothering us, that's also violence."
This "discovery," as she called it, was described to IPS by Ofelia Retamoso, who lives in the east-central Argentine city of Rosario, 300 km northwest of Buenos Aires.
Rosario is one of the Latin American cities taking part in the regional programme "Cities Without Violence Against Women, Safe Cities For All".
Women like Retamoso consider catcalls and often aggressive come-ons that are typical in public spaces in Argentina -- squares, streets, bus stops, buses, schools and even hospitals -- to be gender violence.
Nervousness or even fear of such street harassment, even among young girls, prevents women from freely moving around, hinders their personal development, in terms of studies, work or recreation, and has an isolating effect on them.
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| 25 May 2010 - 10:08 | Guttmacher Institute
URL: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/4214610 . . .
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OB-GYN RESIDENTS WHO INTEND TO PROVIDE ABORTION SERVICES
OFTEN DO NOT ACTUALLY DO SO
Professional Obstacles, Not Fear of Harassment,
Primary Barrier to Provision
Opposition to abortion within the health care community—rather than fear of public harassment —is a major factor preventing new physicians from becoming abortion providers, according to “Obstacles to the Integration of Abortion into Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice,” by Lori Freedman et al., of the University of California, San Francisco.
The authors conducted in-depth interviews with 30 obstetrician-gynecologists who had graduated 5–10 years earlier from residency programs that included abortion training. They found that although 18 had planned to offer elective abortions after their residency, only three were actually doing so.
The majority reported that they were unable to provide abortions because of the formal and informal policies restricting abortion provision imposed by their private group practices, employers and hospitals. While some of these restrictions had been made explicit when the physicians interviewed for a job, others had become apparent only after the doctors had joined a practice or institution. A few physicians had attempted to moonlight as abortion providers while working in settings that prohibited abortion provision, but found that they were prohibited from offering abortion services outside the practice as well. Respondents indicated that the strain abortion provision might ! put on their relationships with superiors and coworkers was also a deterrent.
The findings, the authors assert, run counter to the prevailing assumption that physicians avoid abortion provision out of fear of violence or harassment. The authors observe that new physicians often lack the professional support and autonomy necessary to perform abortions, but that training programs may be able to help prepare them to continue providing abortions as they make the transition from residency programs to practice. They suggest that training new physicians in contract negotiation and leadership skills related to conflict management, as well as linking them with colleagues and community members who support abortion provision, could be beneficial.
The article is currently available online and will appear in the September 2010 issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
see article
www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/4214610.html
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| 24 May 2010 - 09:49 | Women and Children Crisis Center, Tonga
URL: groups.yahoo.com/group/GSN/message/39310
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PRESS RELEASE 24 May 2010
Women and Children Crisis Centre, Tonga
Response needed to sex industry in Tonga
The Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) is calling for a strong
response to a woman facing charges for sex trafficking, running a
brothel and trading in prostitution. The trafficking concerned two
Chinese women – aged 29 and 33 years – who were told that they would
work in a hotel, but when they arrived they were forced into prostitution.
Director of the WCCC, Ofakilevuka Guttenbeil-likiliki said, “We feel
for the women who were brought here under false pretences and placed
in a very dangerous situation. With no passports or work, they felt
that they did not have the right to report what is very obviously a
serious crime. Male demand for a supply of women and children is the
root cause for prostitution and trafficking. Gender inequality,
globalisation and poverty, racisim, migration and the collapse of
women's economic stability are global factors which create the
conditions in which women are driven into the sex industry"
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groups.yahoo.com/group/GSN/message/39310
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| 24 May 2010 - 09:42 | IRIN
URL: www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89 . . .
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GLOBAL: Women UN peacekeepers - more needed*
NEW YORK, 20 May 2010 (IRIN) - A five-year campaign to boost the number of UN female peacekeepers is progressing steadily in police units, but "seems to be stuck" at a minuscule percentage in military contingents, Lt-Col Alejandro Alvarez of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), told IRIN.
The UN Secretariat has repeatedly emphasized the proven benefits of having more female peacekeepers, especially in regions where sexual violence has been or still is a serious problem, but there are hiccups.
"The Secretary-General can set any number [of female peacekeepers], but ... It depends on the will of the countries that are contributing the troops. They say, 'We don't have enough female troops, so we cannot send them'; there is also always the case of countries having the women, and just not sending them, but that is an internal problem," Alvarez, a personnel officer, said.
Advantages
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