O traducere integrala a lucrarii “Re-envisioning Social Justice from the Ground Up: Including the Experiences of Romani Women” de Alexandra Oprea (link la fisier PDF) – cu multumiri Crinei pentru editari
8 aprilie a fost adoptata ca Zi Internationala a Romilor in 1971, in cadrul Primului Congres international al romilor de pretutindeni, care a avut loc la Londra. Tot atunci s-au stabilit imnul (Gelem, Gelem, compus de Jarko Jovanovic) si steagul international al romilor. Romii din tarile blocului comunist nu au celebrat aceasta zi, pana spre finele anilor 90’. In ultimii ani, semnificatia zilei de 8 aprilie a inceput sa fie recunoscuta la nivel mondial. Pe 28 martie 2006, Plenul Camerei Deputatilor a adoptat, cu majoritate de voturi, proiectul de lege privind declararea zilei de 8 aprilie drept “Sarbatoarea etniei romilor din Romania”. (info de la Romani Criss)
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Vienna, 7 April 2008
“European Union needs common action to make equality a reality for the Roma”
Statement by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on the occasion of International Roma Day
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Dear friends!
We have just returned from Bucharest, where between 2-4 of april took place the biggest NATO summit in history.Some people, (between 50 and 100) wanted to express their opinions about this summit, about war and militarization and a space was rented in Bucharest as a place for discussion, workshops, projections (and, in the “worst”case and only in the opinion of some of the participants, as a starting point for peaceful, quiet march in the city,in the conditions in which any public manifestation, no matter as peacefull, was oficially forbidden during the summit ). On the 2nd of april, the first day of summit, the riot police entered this space, beaten up people and arrested everybody inside without any legal basis, just on the presumption that “something might happen”. Later on that day they had to release everybody, as a consequence of the interventions of human rights groups and of people piqueting the police stations. But even if the detained people were released, the surveillance and the threats from the part of police continued.
It would be quit a lot to say about what happened there, about the atmosphere of terror, about the mass-media campaign that started weeks before the summit to construct an image of the “dangerous anarchists” that will destroy the city and our image of nice, obeying country, about people denied entry at the border on the reason that they had on them flyers against NATO and against violence, about the harassment of the people involved and also of their families and friends, about the surveillance of phones and internet activity made official and legal, etc. If you are interested you can read about these on indymedia romania site (http://romania.indymedia.org/) and also in other independent media.
We wanted to tell you also about what is happening to us. In September 2007, we were part of a project called Spatiul Public Bucuresti | Public Art Bucharest 2007 (http://www.projectspacebucharest.blogspot.com/, www.spatiul-public.ro), project in the frame of which we conceived and organized the events of a Project Space. Some of the people with whom we worked at Project Space were also involved in organizing a program of cultural events in reaction to the NATO summit in Bucharest. During the anti NATO protests in Bucharest and now, after we have return to Timisoara we realized that we were under the observation of the secret police even since September when we were working at the Project Space. Our phones are listened to, we are followed on the street (and our followers don’t even hide) and we have just discovered some strange connections in our laptops which allow remote access to all the data inside to some persons that we don’t know (we used our laptops during Project Space events and many people had access to them).
Although it is definitely distressful to know that you are constantly watched, it is not the case that they could find the evidence of any illegal activity whatsoever from our part. The only thing that we did, and that we will continue doing, is to express our citizen right to the freedom of speech. And only because of this, our private lives are wide opened to the eyes of some people payed from our tax money to harass us. The only reaction we can think off is to make this harassment as visible as possible, to tell everyone about it. This is the reason of this email.
One of the main critiques of Romanian communism is in relation to the constant surveillance, to the fact that you could not trust anybody and that all your moves and all your words were constantly observed. Now, when in our country any idea of the Left is so righteously condemned as “totalitarian” and “communist” with the purpose to reinforce even more capitalism as the only possible alternative, the constant surveillance is still part of the everyday life. It is enough to state publicly your opinions and you will be subjected to the same sort of surveillance as before 1989, even if now we are living the “freedom” times of capitalism.
Best wishes from us!
Maria, Rodica, Anca
pentru cine isi mai aduce aminte de “minunata” postare a tipului cu subiectiv.ro despre “noi” (sau, mai degraba, despre niste probleme de-ale lui) – am observat recent ca omul, care e clar de o misoginie psihopata, scrie pe hotnews.ro… SUPER!
deci asta e ce ne putem astepta de la mass media… a se observa ca pe langa alex mihaileanu, varzaru de la catavencu e chiar feminist iar jurnalistul de la romania libera e seful feminismului! asa ca sa zicem mersi ca ei au scris de lf07 – putea fi mai rau.
De la ideea initiala si pana la 8 martie al anului 2008, multe s-au schimbat. De la Ziua Internationala a femeilor, ca moment al activismului si al pledoariei pentru schimbare sociala, care a adus impreuna femeile, pentru demonstratii si actiune politica globala, la sarbatoarea comerciala de astazi, drumul e sinuos si deloc favorabil femeilor.
De aceea, astazi, de 8 martie, vom scrie despre Ziua Internationala a Femeilor nu ca despre o oportunitate de a oferi unei femei o felicitare, ci ca un tablou real, in care se oglindeste conditia femeii din Romania.
Exista o prapastie intre obiectivele Uniunii Europene (si ale statului nostru, prin urmare) si felul in care este organizat spatiul social, relatiile economice. O discrepanta intre declaratii si fapte.
Uniunea Europeana este, dincolo de toate celelalte considerente o uniune economica. O zona in care se aplica niste reguli comune. Care si-a definit ca scop cresterea nivelului de trai si dezvoltarea economica durabila. Prin ce metode? Prin cresterea productivitatii muncii. Pornind de la ce baza? Sunt cateva elemente principale ca formarea profesionala continua, intrarea masiva a femeilor pe piata muncii si o intensa crestere demografica. Auzi, tu, se spune ca este necesar sa se nasca mai multi copii, desi este demonstrat ca, in zilele noastre, 30% dintre copiii Europei traiesc sub pragul de saracie. Pai, daca nu suntem in stare sa-i crestem decent, atunci de ce sa-i mai facem?
Oricum, dupa cum vedeti, viitorul UE se bazeaza pe ceea ce vom face noi, femeile, iar cerintele fata de noi sunt antagonice. Ni se cere sa ne implicam mult mai mult pe piata muncii, sa fim mai calificate, mai competitive si concomitent sa facem si sa crestem (bine, nu oricum!) mai multi copii. Cum sa facem toate astea, cand serviciile sociale sunt subfinantate sau lipsesc, cand protectia sociala e mai degraba o poveste decat o realitate, nu-mi dau seama.
In plan teoretic, guvernul sustine ca sprijina familiile in vederea cresterii copiilor. Cum o face? Eu va dau cifrele, decideti dumneavoastra. ..si daca practica nu se potriveste cu teoria, sa renuntam la practica?
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March 8th – Day of Women’s Activism vs Romanian Woman’s Day
8 martie – Ziua femeilor militante vs Ziua femeii in Romania
9 martie, in Underworld, str.Atelierului nr 14
WORKSHOP SUSTINUT DE F.I.A.
Pe tot parcursul serii va asteptam sa veniti cu idei creative pentru a face o zina ad-hoc. Pornim de la feminism si putem ajunge… oriunde!
PROIECTIE FILM LIBERTARIAS (1996, regia Vicente Aranda)
Dupa proiectii, muzica si party.
Un studiu realizat cu putin inainte de Ziua Internationala a Femeii, moment de bilant pentru miscarile feministe europene, arata ca inegalitatea dintre sexe ramane o problema.
— “Profesional, femeile nu castiga teren in fata barbatilor” (Curentul, 26.2.2008)
alte studii/campanii/pozitii institutionale (en):
Don’t miss this chance to see Angela Davis, one of the most iconic faces of black politics in 1970s America, talk about her life and take questions.
– Gender inequities must be reduced if the Government is to reduce poverty because: (i) most of the poor are women, and they disproportionately bear the burden of poverty due to their multiple roles and disadvantaged position; (ii) women are traditionally primary production managers, small enterprise traders, primary cash earners, smallcredit users, and key agriculturists, yet their potentials have not been realized due to institutional, resource, and cultural barriers; and (iv) women are more likely to stimulate demand for better education and health delivery.
cum spuneam intr-un post mai vechi la care tocmai am facut referire aici, de multe ori chiar in cazurile cele mai extreme barbatii care comit crime misogine sint… intelesi. cine poarta vina pentru aceste crime? tot femeile:
You can say many things about the double murderer Levi Bellfield, but you could never suggest that this was a man who kept his rampant, violent misogyny a secret. … The past week has brought us not one, but three horrific cases of misogyny-inspired murders, which have ended in the convictions of Bellfield, Mark Dixie and Steve Wright. In each case, what comes through most strongly is just how open, violent and persistent the killer’s misogyny was, and how they were allowed to indulge it, and even boast of it, for years. … In all three of these murder cases, the men had been violent towards one or more of their partners in the past. … Given the litany of violence carried out by each of these men, how did they stay free to attack women for so long? Why didn’t their partners go to the police and complain that these men were vicious wife-beaters? … And for anyone looking for more evidence of misogyny, just consider who is being blamed for these murders: their mothers. …
“How could it happen again?” (27.2.08, The Guardian)
… Asociaţia Caritas Bucureşti împreună cu o puternică reţea de organizaţii non-guvernmentale au iniţiat un amplu program de informare şi conştientizare care atrage atenţia că prostituţia este o nouă formă de violenţă asupra femeii. Statisticile arată că rata mortalităţii şi morbidităţii femeilor implicate în prostituţie este de 40 de ori mai mare decât cea a populaţiei generale şi că aceste decese sunt aproape întotdeauna de tip violent, provocate de proxeneţi, traficanţi şi clienţi. Rata ridicată a mortalităţii, bolilor şi traumelor fizice şi psihice, demonstrează că guvernele trebuie să ia toate măsurile necesare pentru a elimina prostituţia, care este o formă de violenţă împotriva femeii şi o crimă împotriva demnităţii umane. …
— Intreaga scrisoare deschisa AICI (Open letter in English HERE)
si cateva resurse pe subiect aici