Category Archives: bodily autonomy

Ziua Europeana a Drepturilor Pacientilor si comunicatul de presa al Grupului Femeilor Vatamate de Sterilizarea Fortata

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Buna ziua!

Pentru a ne solidariza cu colegele noastre, femei rome din Cehia vatamate prin sterilizare fortata si pentru a marca ziua de 18 aprilie – Ziua Europeana a Drepturilor Pacientilor, Editia a IIIa, va transmitem comunicatul de presa – limba romana, cu privire la prezentarea Elenei Gorolová, purtatoare de cuvant a Grupului Femeilor Vatamate de Sterilizarea Fortata, ce va avea loc pe 21 aprilie 2009 la Geneva cu ocazia Conferintei Durban II/ONU.

Comunicatul a fost tradus la initiativa unui grup de femei rome si nerome din Romania cu scopul mediatizarii acestuia in randul mass mediei si a altor persoane interesate din Romania.

Sarbatori fericite, asa cum va doriti!
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COMUNICAT DE PRESA

Elena Gorolová, purtatoare de cuvant a Grupului Femeilor Vatamate de Sterilizarea Fortata calatoreste la Geneva pentru a face o prezentare la Conferinta Durban II a ONU
Prezentarea acestei luptatoare pentru drepturile femeilor va avea loc pe 21 aprilie 2009
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comunicat: Ziua internaţională a femeilor – 8 martie 2009

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Bucuresti, 08 Martie 2009 – Mesajul doamnei Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Director Executiv al UNFPA, Fondul ONU pentru Populaţie

Astăzi, cu ocazia Zilei internaţionale a femeilor, haideţi să ne unim eforturile pentru a pune capăt violenţei îndreptate împotriva femeilor şi a fetelor. Continue reading →

about not walking on eggshells

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“Walking on eggshells”: an excellent, profoundly thought-provoking essay @ The F-Word

Where’s the liberation in walking on eggshells? Where’s the empowerment in feeling equal only to adolescent boys and women?

So what happens if I not only leave the realm of object, if I focus on men but I’m not deferential, submissive or flirtatious either? I have stopped walking on eggshells as much as I can bear to. I follow my fear into situations of potential male violence and disapproval: situations where passivity, acquiescence and submission feel safer or more appealing than taking control. I take note. […]

To be treated as an equal I need to say what I want, express all the things I feel about men, even if some are critical, do what I want, and above all stop walking on eggshells and start tackling men. All that and accept – welcome – his disapproval and anger because it means I’m finding something out about him. I’m finding out if he wants a human or an object. And when I don’t get control, disapproval and anger I know I’ve found equality.

by Alex Brew, author “Asking for It” project, cofounder FemAdLib Kolektiv

The Evil Behind The Smiles

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Published: December 31, 2008
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia 

Nicholas D. Kristof/The New York Times
On the Ground

Western men who visit red-light districts in poor countries often find themselves surrounded by coquettish teenage girls laughingly tugging them toward the brothels. The men assume that the girls are there voluntarily, and in some cases they are right.

But anyone inclined to take the girls’ smiles at face value should talk to Sina Vann, who was once one of those smiling girls. Continue reading →

16 days: women of zimbabwe arise!

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WOZA AND MOZA commemorate Human Rights Day in the streets of Bulawayo – no cause for celebration

OVER 1,000 members of WOZA marched through the streets of central Bulawayo today to the offices of the state-owned Chronicle newspaper. The peaceful group distributed flyers calling on the so-called government to stand aside to allow the United Nations to deal with the humanitarian crisis. Other flyers distributed by the group demanded the immediate release of Jestina Mukoko, Violet Mupfuranhehwe and her two-year old baby and the other pro-democracy activists abducted in the last few weeks. They also sang custom-composed songs to portray their message. No arrests have been reported at the time of this release.

The peaceful protest also commemorated Human Rights Day and the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights under the theme – Human Rights of Women – Human Rights for All. Zimbabweans – stand up for the TRUTH and it will set you free of this regime.

see also: “A High Court judge in Zimbabwe has ordered police to launch a search for a human rights activist Jestina Mukoko abducted from her home last week”, “Women refuse to be silenced by Robert Mugabe”

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16 days: nov. 25 in mexico

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Pain and Protest on the Day of the Butterflies: Violence Persists Against Women in Mexico

A 1995 novel by writer Julia Alvarez retold the story of the three Mirabal sisters brutally assassinated by the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Decades later, the date of the murders, Nov. 25, was declared the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by the United Nations.

In Mexico, more than 200 women’s and human rights activists kicked off a cross-country caravan in Ciudad Juarez to protest femicide and ongoing violence in all its forms against women.

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Fwd: A fost lansata Campania Respectului pentru Femei

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In Romania, in fiecare minut doua femei sunt victime ale violentei domestice[1]

Bucuresti, 4 decembrie 2008. Pentru a aduce acesta realitate dura in atentia opiniei publice, AVON Romania, cu sprijinul Centrului pentru Jurnalism Independent, a lansat astazi Campania Respectului pentru Femei. Campania are drept scop prevenirea violentei impotriva femeilor prin educarea publicului si prin sustinerea proiectelor sociale care combat acest fenomen. Continue reading →

[Sibiu] Comunicat de presa: actiuni de combatere a violentei domestice

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Evenimente publice cu rol de constientizare
„Prin indiferentã permiti violenta. Aratã cã îti pasã!”
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Pe plan mondial, Organizatia Natiunilor Unite a stabilit ca în fiecare an între 25 noiembrie si 10 decembrie sã aibã loc 16 zile internationale de combatere a violentei împotriva femeii. La Sibiu Asociatia pentru Libertate si Egalitate de Gen – A.L.E.G. organizeazã în 8-9 decembrie actiuni publice care au rol de constientizare si informare. Mesajul nostru este „Prin indiferentã permiti violenta. Aratã cã îti pasã! Continue reading →