war zone

fragmente din “War Zone” de Maggie Hadleigh-West

film distribuit de Media Education Foundation

despre film:

  • What does it feel like to be a woman on the street in a cultural environment that does nothing to discourage men from heckling, following, touching or disparaging women in public spaces?

    Filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West believes that the streets are a War Zone for women. Armed with only a video-camera, she both demonstrates this experience and, by turning and confronting her abusers, reclaims space that was stolen from her.

    War Zone is an excellent discussion starter for both men and women. It gives voice and expression to a disturbing daily aspect of being a woman in this society. It also gives men a direct personal feeling for what harassing behavior looks and feels like to a woman. Young men who may think such behavior is cool or funny will be forced to rethink their assumptions. …

  • un interviu cu regizoarea [en]
  • recenzii ale filmului si discutii in jurul lui la Rude Blog si Siempre Contra

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Dintr-un Sondaj Gallup despre violenta impotriva femeilor din 2003:

Aproape jumatate (45%) dintre femei nu se simt in siguranta pe strazile Bucurestiului in timpul zilei, iar numarul celor care nu se simt in siguranta singure pe strazile capitalei in timpul noptii este aproape dublu (84%).

2 femei din 10 cred ca violenta impotriva femeilor in locurile publice este foarte raspandita in Bucuresti, jumatate (48%) considerand-o destul de raspandita.
Aproape jumatate dintre femeile din Bucuresti au fost martore la atacarea fizica sau agresarea sexuala a unei femei in locurile publice; mai mult de doua treimi (69%) au fost martore la atacuri verbale impotriva unor femei, iar 46% la jefuirea unei femei.
Dintre 10 femei care au fost martore la asemenea acte 8 spun ca nu a intervenit nimeni impotriva agresorului.
Aproape trei sferturi (72%) din femeile din Bucuresti se asteapta ca, in cazul in care li s-ar intampla vreuna din situatiile mentionate, sa nu le sara nimeni de ajutor.

Fiecare a patra femei a fost victima jafului in locuri publice, 6% au fost victime ale unor agresiuni sexuale, iar 8% ale unor atacuri fizice. In majoritatea cazurilor femeile nu au instiintat politia.

Aproximativ 2% dintre respondente au fost violate, iar din cele 16 respondente din esantion, care au mentionat acest lucru, doar 5 au instiintat politia.

Din acelasi sondaj, statisticile despre:

de ce are nevoie feminismul?

numarul din vara 2006 al jurnalului pentru studiul religiilor si ideologiilor:

What Does Feminism Need? Challenges and Developments in Gender Studies

din cuprins:

• Gender Policies in Romania: from Infrastructure to Action
• The woman in the communist regime. Meta – analysis about a gender study
• The Gender Sterotype Threat And The Academic Performance Of Women’s University Teaching Staff
• Perceptia discriminarii de gen la nivelul populatiei educate tinere din Romania – o abordare cantitativa (The Perception of Gender Discrimination at the Level of Young Educated Romanians – A Quantitative Approach)
• Diferenta dintre genuri in alocarea timpului liber in Romania (Gender Difference in Allotting Leisure Time in Romania)
• Expresii si reprezentari sociale ale femininului in practicile divinatorii (Expressions and Social Representations of the Feminine in Divination Practice)
• Who’s Afraid of Feminism in Romania? Misconceptions, prejudices, stereotypes
• Media and gender: Constructing feminine identities in a postmodern culture
• Words and Women. An eligible bachelor vs. an eligible spinster
• Sexual Harassment at the Workplace: Converging Ideologies
• Contributii si limite ale feminismului in asistenta sociala (Contributions and Limitations of Feminism in Social Work)

• An Overview of Political Torture in the Twentieth Century

un numar mai vechi din jurnal: Gen si/in Ideologii

[zina lf-ro’05] The ghost in the shell

Emma Goldman spunea ca doar femeile insele se pot elibera de opresia lor “interioara”. (in “Living my life”)

Cred ca multe femei nu iau in considerare ca aceasta opresie exista. Personal ma intalnesc cu foarte multe femei care considera ca eu exagerez vorbind despre feminism si lupta impotriva sexismului si a patriarhatului, ce sa mai spun despre abolirea capitalismului si exploatarii.
Si de fapt ce inseamna opresia “interioara”?
Mai intai, trebuie sa te descoperi pe tine ca femeie in interiorul tau, privindu-te cu ochii tai, si nu prin filtrul moralitatii si al culturii in care traiesti, nu prin intermediul mediei mainstream (TV sau cinematograf) si bineinteles nu prin ochii barbatilor; un exercitiu destul de greu de realizat pentru mine personal.

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Take back the tech! campaign

During the Know How conference held in Mexico City from August 23-26, the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) issued a call to all grrls, librarians, lecturers, writers, techies, geek grrls, bloggers, emailers, SMSers, advocates, trainers, storytellers, poets, writers, web managers, theorists, graffiti artists, photographers… to take control of ICTs and consciously use it to disrupt gender relations. To Take Back The Tech is necessary in order to reclaim women’s critical contribution to ICT development, as well as their SPACES and RIGHTS to move, shape, define, participate, use, share freely without harassment or threat to safety.

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*What is the campaign about?*
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It is simply a call for every person who uses online communications (ICTs), e.g. for chatting, emailing, blogging, doing websites or developing tools, to use ICTs for activism against VAW (violence against women) for 16 days [the 16 days of activism against gender violence].

Primarily, we are asking women and grrls to “Take Back The Tech!” But you don’t have to be female to disagree with violence faced by women and be part of the campaign to transform gender relations. Unequal power relations lie at the heart of VAW, and this is apparent from the streets to online spaces. So we’re now saying technology should be used for equality, not to perpetuate violence.

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