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hartuirea sexuala normala
… in destul de multe ziare (Ziua, Romania Libera, Jurnalul National am apucat sa citesc, am auzit si discutii la radiouri FM din Bucuresti) au aparut articole mari (1/2, o pagina) despre un studiu facut de Centrul pentru Parteneriat pentru Egalitate … despre hartuirea sexuala.
Studiul a fost facut de IMAS in Iasi, Constanta, Cluj si Bucuresti, majoritatea celor chestionati sunt barbati, si concluziile sunt ca 90% dintre cei chestionati considera hartuirea sexuala o problema grava, dar doar 54% stiu ca exista o lege care pedepseste aceste fapte.
Atitudinea de blamare a victimei este inca foarte raspandita, majoritatea dintre respondenti chiar cred ca victima este cea care provoaca, prin tinuta si comportament.
Mai grav cred ca este faptul ca in Romania au fost facute doua sau trei plangeri, fara NICI O URMARE in ce priveste pedepsirea in vreun fel a hartuitorului, desi majoritatea au spus ca au fost victime sau au cunostinte/ prieteni victime ale hartuirii.
Centrul care a cerut studiul a facut si un ghid practic pentru persoana hartuita. …
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mai multe:
Pe site-ul Centrului Parteneriat pentru Egalitate, cu link la raport (Word)
Un comentariu cu date, informatii
“War Zone” (alte date si idei intr-un post mai vechi)
International Women’s Day 2007
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– “8 martie – ziua femeilor militante” (2006) [ro]
“march 8th – day of women’s activism” (2006) [en]
– Global Women’s Strike 2007
Celebrating International Women’s Day around the world
INVEST IN CARING NOT KILLING! Women & girls do 2/3 of the world’s work, most of it unwaged. $1 trillion/year is spent on the military worldwide, more than half by the US. 10% of this would provide the essentials of life for all: water, sanitation, basic health, nutrition, literacy, and a minimum income.
The Global Women’s Strike network, with national co-ordinations in 11 countries and participating organisations in over 60 countries, is demanding the return of military budgets to the community, beginning with women the main carers of people and the planet. Women, and men who support our goals, take action together on 8 March, International Women’s Day, and throughout the year. In this way each grassroots struggle is backed by our collective power. …
– “Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls”
Is the theme for International Women’s Day 2007
Learn more about how United Nations celebrate IWD
In 1975, during International Women’s Year, the United Nations began celebrating 8 March as International Women’s Day. Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. For the United Nations, International Women’s Day has been observed on 8 March since 1975. The Day is traditionally marked with a message from the Secretary-General.
Why dedicate a day exclusively to the celebration of the world’s women?
In adopting its resolution on the observance of Women’s Day, the General Assembly cited two reasons: to recognize the fact that securing peace and social progress and the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms require the active participation, equality and development of women; and to acknowledge the contribution of women to the strengthening of international peace and security. For the women of the world, the Day’s symbolism has a wider meaning: It is an occasion to review how far they have come in their struggle for equality, peace and development. It is also an opportunity to unite, network and mobilize for meaningful change.
Read more about the International Women’s Day:
* History of International Women’s Day
* “Engendering the Global Agenda: The Story of Women and the United Nations”, a book by Hilkka Pietilä
* UN Cyberschool Bus page about International Women’s Day
Previous years and themes:
2006: Women in decision-making
2005: Gender Equality Beyond
2005: Building a More Secure Future
2004: Women and HIV/AIDS
2003: Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals
2002: Afghan Women Today: Realities and Opportunities
2001: Women and Peace: Women Managing Conflicts
2000: Women Uniting for Peace
1999: World Free of Violence Against Women
1998: Women and Human Rights
1997: Women at the Peace Table
1996: Celebrating the Past, Planning for the Future
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When Feminism Rocks. Revolution. Grrrl-style.
Pentru un consumator de mainstream (rock sau nu) pare sa existe putine modele feminine in muzica, artiste care sa insemne mai mult decat interprete ale unor melodii foarte populare, compuse si produse de alti muzicieni. In spatele unei industrii rock suprasaturate de ‘masculi feroce’ chiar exista multe femei care manuiesc instrumente muzicale, care isi compun propria muzica, artiste care aleg ca mod de exprimare aceasta arta… Doar ca ele nu sunt la fel de proeminente ca Britney Spears.
O parte dintre aceste muziciene sunt incluse in miscarea Riot Grrrl (RG).
Riot Grrrl nu este doar o tendinta vestimentara[1] sau o ‘moda’ care sa dispara la scurt timp dupa ce a fost ‘lansata’, cum se intampla cu acest gen de fenomene. Riot Grrrl nu este doar un curent muzical, chiar daca muzica a jucat un rol foarte important in cadrul ei. Prin intermediul miscarii au fost discutate si rediscutate multe chestiuni politice si sociale legate de sexism, hartuire si abuz, homofobie si fat oppression[2], atat prin muzica, arta, cat si prin literatura, publicatii (zines[3]) si impartasirea unor experiente.
Contrar cu ceea ce unii sustin de la ‘media black out’-ul din toamna 1992, RG nu a disparut.[4]
Campaign for Abolition of all Misogynic Gender Based legislation in Iran
[See also: a feminist protest in Tehran violently repressed, June 2006]
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8 March Women Organization (Iranian-Afghanistan), International Association of Advanced Women, Women’s Committee of the Iranian Association in London
www.karzar-zanan.com, zan_dem_iran@hotmail.com
To all women who suffer from inequality
To all activists and organisations of the Iranian women’s Movement
In the last 26 years, Islamic legislation has deprived Iranian women of the most basic human rights. Forced veiling has reduced women to second class citizens. Honour killing is legal and women are condemned to hanging and death by stoning for “unchaste behaviour”.
Let us join forces and create a powerful united campaign to eradicate these unequal laws and Islamic punishments against women as soon as possible. Let us make our voice in opposition to these laws heard throughout the world. Let us create such a storm that no one would ever dare impose such retrograde laws on us.
If you are against death by stoning!
If you are against forced veiling!
If you are against prosecution and imprisonment of women!
If you are against lashing a woman’s body!
If you are against any form of patriarchy!
If you are against all the medieval laws of Iran’s Islamic Republic imposing inequality against women!
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________
Press release: Women against unjust laws organise march on International women’s day
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Portugal Abortion Referendum Fails, Government Moves to Legalize
See also: pre-referendum, an open letter regarding the issue (Romanian)
February 12, 2007: After a referendum on Portugal’s strict abortion laws failed due to low voter turn-out, the country’s Socialist government has announced that it will work to legalize abortion in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. Portuguese voters yesterday decisively voted to liberalize Portugal’s extremely strict abortion law, but the results were considered invalid because only 44 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot; for a referendum to be considered binding, at least half of the country’s eligible population must vote. Currently, Portuguese legislation allows for abortion only in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy if a woman’s health or life is at risk. Women pregnant because of rape may be considered for an abortion until the 16th week.
Luis Marques Mendes, who heads the Social Democratic Party, remarked, “The will of the Portuguese must be respected,” the BBC reports, suggesting that opposition parties will not attempt to veto new legislation that would liberalize the country’s laws. Supporters of lifting the abortion ban cited over 23,000 illegal abortions performed yearly. Currently Portugal’s abortion practices are some of most restrictive in the European Union. … more
— from the Global Feminist Daily Newswire
pentru eradicarea violentei de gen
apropos de materialele mentionate despre ce trebuie si pot sa faca barbatii pentru a pune stop violentei de gen:
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Daca esti femeie, probabil ai primit cel putin o versiune a mail-ului care te invata “ce sa faci ca sa nu fii victima unui viol”. Si chiar daca nu ai primit, stii despre ce e vorba pentru ca sunt aceleasi lucruri pe care le citesti in ziare de cate ori politia nu reuseste sa prinda pe cineva care comite atacuri sexuale. Sunt aceleasi lucruri pe care le publica revistele pentru femei la rubrica “Cum sa fii in siguranta”.
Ca femei, ni se spune mereu ca ne putem feri de viol daca nu iesim neinsotite, daca avem grija sa nu ne imbatam, daca folosim cheile de la masina ca arma, daca luam cursuri de auto-aparare, daca nu ne imbracam provocator, daca nu vorbim cu strainii, si asa mai departe. Stim aceste sfaturi. Traim cu ele in minte. Si totusi suntem violate.
Femeile pot fi violate si cand n-au baut nimic si cand sunt in stare de ebrietate. Femeile sunt violate afara sau in propria casa. Sunt violate daca poarta fuste scurte sau daca sunt acoperite din cap pana-n picioare. Sunt violate de barbati pe care ii cunosc sau de barbati pe care nu ii cunosc. Daca o femeie reuseste sa evite un viol folosindu-se de cunostintele de auto-aparare, o alta femeie este violata pentru ca nu se poate apara. Indiferent ce fac sau nu fac femeile, barbatii continua sa violeze.
Iata o idee radicala: sa adresam mesajele despre prevenirea violului direct barbatilor. Sa facem sa circule mail-uri si ziarele sa publice articole cu urmatorul sfat: nu viola. Nu viola o femeie in stare de ebrietate, o femeie singura, o femeie care doarme, o femeie care flirteaza, orice femeie. Pe bune, nu viola pur si simplu.
Barbatii care violeaza sunt poate o minoritate, dar asta nu inseamna ca nu ar trebui sa transmitem acest mesaj tuturor barbatilor. Nici o femeie nu a fost vreodata (nici macar o data!) cauza propriului viol, si totusi femeile sunt bombardate cu sfaturi care nu pot ajuta decat cel mult in sensul ca violatorul va fi nevoit sa gaseasca o alta victima.
Violul este o crima masculina. Exista si femei care violeaza dar ele sunt atat de putine incat nu conteaza din punct de vedere statistic. A constientiza acest lucru nu inseamna a scuza femeile care violeaza sau a minimiza in vreun fel suferinta victimelor lor. Insa ne ajuta sa nu mai pretindem ca violul este o crima neutra din punct de vedere al genului si mai ales ne ajuta sa-i confruntam pe cei raspunzatori de majoritatea violurilor.
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Recenzie a evenimentului Ladyfest Romania pentru cele 16 zile contra violentei
publicata in revista Beyond Gender a GAD Committee – Romania:
— de Cristina
Resurse:
Versiunea in limba romana a recenziei: Continue reading
Monologurile vaginului – AUDITIE 6-7 feb. 2007
Asociatia social culturala Baraka organizeaza in cadrul campaniei mondiale Ziua V o reprezentatie a piesei “Monologurile Vaginului”, a autoarei americane Eve Ensler, alaturi de cateva alte evenimente complementare.
Vrei sa fii parte a echipei de actori?
Poti ajuta evenimentul si ca voluntar!!! Sau ca membru al echipei tehnice de realizare a piesei de teatru. Nu exista nici o conditie in acest sens decat sa ne contactezi si sa fii motivat sa lucrezi alaturi de noi!
Trimite formularul de inscriere la: asociatia.baraka@gmail.com pana pe 5 februarie 2007 sau suna la unul din telefoanele de mai jos: V Day Bucuresti secretariat:
Ana Gradinariu: 0724129394
Cristina Spanu: 0722676704Descarca formularul de inscriere AICI
Exista, in principiu, o singura conditie: sa fii femeie si sa iti conduci viata ca femeie. Si sa te simti confortabil cu textul piesei si aparitia pe scena. Cautam femei si fete din toate mediile sociale, nivelele educationale, de toate varstele, care cred ca problema violentei trebuie dezbatuta in societatea romaneasca. Daca cele de mai sus ti se potrivesc, atunci te invitam la auditie pe 6 -7 februarie 2007.
Poti ajuta evenimentul si ca voluntar!!! Sau ca membru al echipei tehnice de realizare a piesei de teatru. Nu exista nici o conditie in acest sens decat sa ne contactezi si sa fii motivat sa lucrezi alaturi de noi!
Participarea in proiect constituie munca de voluntariat pentru toate formele de implicare (actrite, echipa organizare, realizare materiale, promovare, parteneriate, etc.)
Ziua V este o miscare la nivel mondial ce militeaza impotriva violentei impotriva femeilor. Ziua V este un catalizator pentru evenimente creative ce au ca obiective : constientizarea publicului, strangerea de fonduri si revitalizarea spiritului organizatiilor anti-violenta ce exista deja. Ziua V atrage atentia asupra luptei pentru incetarea violentei impotriva femeilor, incluzand violul, bataia, incestul, mutilarea genitala feminina si sclavia sexuala. Continue reading
Some good international news
from Women’s eNews:
* Portugal, one of four European nations where most abortions are illegal, will vote next month in a referendum to liberalize its laws. The election occurs amid efforts to challenge Portuguese and Irish anti-choice laws in European court.
* Three hundred men have joined a Burlington, Vermont, U.S., campaign against domestic abuse, the Burlington Press reported Jan. 23. Members of the White Ribbon Campaign, which was formed last December, wear white ribbons to symbolize their commitment to challenging violence against women. Members agree to speak to at least one boy and man to raise awareness.
* A group of Israeli women has petitioned the nation’s high court to prohibit bus companies from telling women to sit in the back in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, Reuters reported Jan. 24. Some members of the Orthodox sects of Judaism follow teachings that ban any public contact between men and women. The Israeli government has recently backed transport companies that run gender-divided buses on 30 public routes.
* The United Nations will deploy its first all-female peacekeeping force to the conflict-torn West African nation of Liberia on Jan. 29, the Associated Press reported. The 103-member team, which has trained since September and is drawn from India, will help conduct local elections and assist with prison security.
* Under pressure from activists and eager for approval to join the European Union, Turkey has launched a major campaign against honor killings, the Los Angeles Times reported Jan 21. Pop stars and soccer celebrities have produced TV spots and billboard ads condemning violence against women, while Turkish imams have declared honor killings a sin.
* More than 500 international manufacturers of cosmetic and body care products have vowed to eliminate toxic ingredients from their products, the San Francisco-based Campaign for Safe Cosmetics announced Jan. 25. The pledge’s signatories have agreed to replace ingredients linked with cancer, hormone imbalances and birth anomalies with safer alternatives by 2010.
* Saudi Arabia’s most prominent princess, Lolwah Al-Faisal, said that she would allow women to drive if she were queen for a day during comments made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Times of London reported Jan. 25. Al-Faisal is vice-chair of the board of trustees and general supervisor of Jeddah’s Effat College. Her remark was broadly received as a direct challenge to the nation’s driving ban, imposed by religious order in 1990.
* When Israel holds a high-level meeting on national security starting Jan. 21, Israeli women’s groups will meet on the sidelines to discuss the harmful effects of last summer’s war on Lebanon and recommend ways to defuse nuclear tensions in the region.
* A U.K. labor union plans to bring a barrage of cases that will test the significance for female workers of a recent European Court of Justice decision. Advocates hope it will ease the penalty for taking time out of the paid work force.