Scrisoare deschisa re: legalizarea prostitutiei

… 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

recent-ish news from all over

  • Peste 400 de tatici din Salaj au ales sa fie “mame” [5.2.2008]
  • Major feminist demonstration at Rafah border [2.2.2008]
  • Afghan Journalism Student Sentenced to Death for Reading About Women’s Rights [1.2.2008]
  • Indian Party Reserves Seats for Women [1.2.2008]
  • Birth Control Price Crisis Continues [31.1.2008]
  • Afghan Women Demonstrate Against Kidnapping of American Woman [31.1.2008]
  • Arizona Governor Rejects Federal Abstinence-Only Funds [30.1.2008]
  • Mexican Woman Challenges Voting Ban for Women [29.1.2008]
  • “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo” Wins at Sundance [29.1.2008]
  • Wyoming Gender Wage Gap Widens [28.1.2008]
  • Sexual Violence in Kenya Continues to Escalate [28.1.2008]
  • Indigenous rights activist ends hunger strike [28.1.2008]
  • Senate Holds Hearing on Fair Pay [25.1.2008]
  • ‘4 Months’ Raises the Iron Curtain on Abortion [24.1.2008]
  • Feu vert pour l’adoption homosexuelle en Europe [23.1.2008]
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  • call for artists : queer zagreb festival 2008

    http:// www.queerzagreb.org
    Zagreb, Croatia

    Crime, Sexuality and Gender – Queer Zagreb, October 2008.

    Queer Zagreb is an international festival which has been taking place in Croatia since 2003 and has been presenting international and local artists, academics and activists to an audience of cca 3000 – 5000 per year. Queer Zagreb festival constructs its programme each year around a certain theme which is presented throughout its programme. So far we have touched such issues as -postsocialist queer identity-, -heteronormativity of childhoods-, -transgression of private into public- and -Balkans queer-. For our 2008 edition the main topic of interest is -Crime, sexuality and gender- to be presented in different forms during the event – visual arts, performance, film and an academic conference.
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    Fw: Education For Choice screening and panel discussion – 4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days

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    Invites you to a special screening
    of the Palm D’Or award winning film

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    “This is an exceptional, masterful piece of film-making that combines social realism, political comment and nail-biting tension” Times Online

    http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=cannes2007…

    To celebrate Education For Choice‘s 16th Anniversary we are holding a screening and panel discussion at The Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Place, WC2 on

    Thursday 24th January 2008 at 6.30pm

    (Details of panel members tbc)
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    call for papers: GENDER & BORDERS/BOUNDARIES

    Call for papers:
    Please distribute widely

    GENDER AND BORDERS/BOUNDARIES
    Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference
    At Manchester University
    June 27, 2008

    In association with Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies/ University of Leeds Migration and Diaspora Cultural Studies Network
    Department of Theology and Religious Studies/University of Leeds Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies/University of Manchester

    This one day postgraduate conference seeks to examine issues of gender and borders/boundaries across a range of critical perspectives. We want to encourage innovative and interdisciplinary dialogues and welcome postgraduate students from a variety of disciplines, such as anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, religion, sociology, psychology, politics, geography and social
    work.
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    pozitivi cu hate speech-ul

    nu stiu de ce obsesia cu desteptaciunea lor (in contrast cu prostia altora) e o trasatura atit de caracteristica bully-ilor… cu cit mai mai egoist, macho si pus pe hate speech e cineva, cu atit mai des pare sa faca declaratii despre “cretinitatea” din jur; mai mult, cu atit mai convins pare sa fie ca astfel de declaratii/acuzatii sint argumente. hm…

    despre parazitii, ultimul lor album “slalom printre cretini” si un interviu in care isi etaleaza atit non-cretinitatea sclipitoare cit si atitudinea “pozitiva” @ pumukli:

    Rasisti, misogini, homofobi, dar pozitivi!

    Chiar daca nu imi plac, fac parte din a noastra mandra cultura si au influenta – probabil mai mare decat un clip antidiscriminare dat la TV de nici nu apuci sa il vezi – si, ma rog, confirma simtamintele multora dintre romani. E vorba de Parazitii si al lor album Slalom printre cretini. Din pacate, multi tineri rebeli si probabil entelectali ii asculta…. Iata neste versuri si explicatii date de ei.

    “Ma pis pe gay si nu-i normal ca copiii sa vada homosexuali lingadu-se pe strada ()Sa trimitem bulangii in pachet la Barcelona”. Explicatie Parazitii : Este o gluma. Daca as putea sa-i trimit pe toti la Barcelona , i-as trimite si n-ar mai fi o gluma. Eu nu vreau sa-mi cresc copiii printre barbati care se saruta in fata lor”.

    Noi romanii, “nu cersim cu handicapul la vedere si nu ghicim in palma in dughene mizere”. Explicatie Parazitii : De ce nu avem voie sa spunem ceea ce credem? De ce trebuie sa protejam atat ideea de minoritate?

    Iar femeile, ia ghici? sunt proaste si curve. Explicatie Parazitii : Si pana sa facem noi piesele nu se simteau? Inseamna ca aveau o problema…. Insa exista si exceptii.

    Si cireasa de pe tort: “Mesajul nostru este absolut pozitiv!” Really??? Tot interviul aici. O piesa aici.

    glosar de gen, violenta, discriminare multipla

    niste resurse institutionale (si info in plus):

    de la CPE
    “Intrebari frecvente”
    – glosar de termeni “de gen”:
    Ce inseamna actiune afirmativa (positive action)? / De ce avem nevoie de egalitatea de sanse pentru femei si barbati? / Ce inseamna gen social (gender)? / Ce sunt stereotipurile de gen? / Ce este traficul de persoane? / De ce sunt oamenii traficati? / Reprezinta oare prostitutia singurul scop pentru care oamenii sunt traficati? / Sunt oare femeile singura categorie de persoane traficate?/ Care este diferenta intre „Femeia in dezvoltare” si „Gen si dezvoltare”? / Ce este “Gender mainstreaming”? / Ce este “Empowerment”? / La ce se refera conceptul de „Balanta de Gen”? / Ce se are in vedere prin expimarea ca o initiativa/proiect/activitate este „Gender-Ignoranta”? / In ce consta conceptul de „Egalitate de Gen”? / In ce consta conceptul de “Echitate de Gen”? / Ce se are in vedere prin „Dezvoltarea Capacitatilor”? / Ce defineste conceptul „Sensibil din punct de vedere Gender”? / La ce se refera „Relatiile de Gender” / Ce este “Leadership”? / Ce inseamna violenta impotriva femeii? / Care sunt tipurile de violenta impotriva femeii? / Ce este violenta domestica? / Cine sunt victimele violentei domestice? / Ce este abuzul?
    (alte definitii in glosarul lf-ro: Actiune afirmativa / Analiza din perspectiva (egalitatii) de gen / Androcentrism / Autoritate / Barbati homosexuali (barbati gay / faggot / fags) / Capitalism de consum / Coming out /coming out of the closet / Comodificare (sau obiectificare) / Constructie sociala / Cultura violului (rape culture) / Deconstruire / Determinism biologic / Diferenta / Discriminare / Dubla constrangere / Dublu standard / Dyke / Epistemologie / Esentialism / Feminism / Feminism: valuri / Feminism: tipuri / Gay / Gen / Gender mainstreaming / Genderqueer / Globalizare / Heteronormativitate / Heterosexismul / Homofobia / Identitate sexuala (sexual identity) / Ideologie dominanta / Ierarhie / (In)egalitate de gen / Institutie / Intersexual / Justitie sociala / Lesbiene (femei homosexuale / femei gay / dykes) / Lesbiana versus Feminitate / LGBT / Lumea a treia / Mainstream / Marginalizare / Misandrie / Misoginie / Opresiune / Opresiuni intrepatrunse (interlocking/intersecting oppressions) / Patriarhat, / Praxis / Privilegiu / Putere / Queer / Riot Grrrl / Sex / Sexism / Sexualitate / Sex worker / Studii de gen / Tokenism / Violenta sistemica / Transgender / Transsexual / Travestiti / Womanism)

    de la ANES
    “Violenta de gen”
    – definitia problemei si oficial despre legea 217/2003
    (o colectie de info privind problemele cu implementarea legii aici)

    tot de la ANES, o stire recenta
    Raportul “Discriminare multipla in Romania” (de Cristina Mocanu de la Institutul National de Cercetare Stiintifica in Domeniul Muncii si Protectiei Sociale/Laura Grunberg de la AnA SAF) a fost finalizat si lansat

    informatii transmise de c.

    h. da detalii despre concluziile raportului pe discriminare multipla aici

    Take Back the Tech 2007

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    What’s the issue

    //Hundreds of women made private public by testifying about street sexual harrassment in the Blank Noise Project Blogathon in India.
    In 2004, a multi-media messanging (MMS) clip of two teenage students engaged in a private sexual act was circulated and eventually put on sale by a third-party in a popular auction site.

    //US: In New Mexico, the Domestic Violence Virtual Trial helps judges and court staff learn about issues and challenges in VAW cases, and compare rulings with colleagues.
    In 2001, a man was charged with murdering his wife after he intercepted her email and learnt that she planned to leave him. Survivors of domestic violence search for support online and use untraceable, donated cell phones to ensure secure communication.
    Best-selling video game, “Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas” encourages their millions of players to treat female sex workers as objects of aggression and murder.

    //In South Africa, women survivors of violence gain skills in digital storytelling to share their experiences and courage.

    //In Uganda, a SMS campaign called Speak out! Stand Out! is organised by WOUGNET to collect messages against VAW.

    //In Quebec, feminists and communication rights activists are creating short video clips and comic postcards on VAW.

    //In Malaysia, Burmese refugees are creating audiocasts on issues related to VAW and women’s rights together with Centre for Independent Journalism.

    //Take Back the Tech UK: women’s organisations working to end violence against women tell their stories about using ICTs in their work.

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    Take Back the Tech Global
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