tech books for mother’s day

Posted on May 11, 2009 by ruxi

a woman’s interesting initiative, resulting in a different kind of mother’s day promotion:

Women in Tech Rock! Join our Mother’s Day Celebration: Give a Tech Book & Get 40% Off

Twitterer HilaryP is a developer, a technical evangelist, and the pregnant mommy of a toddler. And though she likes girly things like yoga and beauty products as much as the next gal she was also looking for a Mother’s Day discount that appealed to her geeky desires. Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media agreed.

via anna, imc-women list

one can only hope that one day “girly” (“womanly”?) will mean as much “technical”/”tech book loving” as “yoga-loving” and “beauty-product loving”… and this type of thing may certainly help! though let’s hope that we’ll work on what “manly” (“boyish”?) means in people’s imaginations (and what we see around us), too.

Avortul, din nou o problema pentru femeile din Romania?

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Administrator

“ONG-urile despre Noul Cod Penal: Romania e singura tara din UE care interzice avortul terapeutic daca fatul are peste 24 de saptamani. Primul pas spre interzicerea avortului?” (Hotnews.ro)

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Comunicat de presa

5 mai 2009 – Romania este tara membra a Uniunii Europene cu un trecut dramatic in ceea ce priveste politica avortului. Astazi, din nou, drepturile femeilor, sanatatea sau chiar viata acestora risca sa fie puse in pericol prin adoptarea de catre Parlamentul Romaniei a unor modificari in Codul Penal, respectiv interzicerea avortului terapeutic efectuat dupa varsta de 24 de saptamani de la conceptie şi propunerea de recunoastere a fatului dupa 24 de saptamani ca persoana bucurandu-se de drepturi. Ca efect imediat al acestei initiative, Romania va deveni singurul stat membru al Uniunii Europene care interzice avortul în situatii in care viata femeii insarcinate este pusa in pericol.

Avortul terapeutic se efectueaza in situatii exceptionale, atunci cand viata sau sanatatea fizica sau mintala a femeii insarcinate este pusa in pericol de continuarea sarcinii. Necesitatea efectuarii unui avort terapeutic se stabileste de la caz la caz, in functie de gravitatea situatiei, exclusiv in relatia medic-pacient. Masurile legislative propuse de Parlament vor afecta actul medical bazat pe aceasta relatie cu pacientul, medicul putand fi pus in situatia de a refuza o intrerupere necesara de sarcina. Se incalca astfel etica actului medical prin care personalul medical trebuie sa acorde prioritate sanatatii si vietii femeii insarcinate. Femeia insarcinata este pacientul si prin urmare medicul are obligatia fata de pacienta de a face tot ce ii sta in putere pentru a-i salva viata sau sanatatea.
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Disney, Casino Capitalism and the Exploitation of Young Boys: Beyond the Politics of Innocence

Posted on April 23, 2009 by ruxi

“Disney, Casino Capitalism and the Exploitation of Young Boys: Beyond the Politics of Innocence”
by Henry A. Giroux, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

[…] As a group, young people are vulnerable to corporate giants such as Disney, who make every effort “to expand inwardly into the psyche and emotional life of the individual in order to utilize human potential” in the service of a market society.[4] Since children’s identities have to be actively directed toward the role of consumers, knowledge, information, entertainment and cultural pedagogy become central in shaping and influencing every waking moment of children’s daily lives. In this instance, Disney, with its legion of media holdings, armies of marketers and omnipresent advertisers, set out not to just exploit young boys and other youth for profit; they are actually constructing them as commodities and promoting the concept of childhood as a saleable commodity.

[…] Children are increasingly exposed to a marketing and advertising pedagogical machinery eager and ready to transform them into full-fledged members of the consumer society. And the amount of time they spend in this commercial world defined by Disney and a few other corporations is as breathtaking as it is disturbing. […]
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Ziua Europeana a Drepturilor Pacientilor si comunicatul de presa al Grupului Femeilor Vatamate de Sterilizarea Fortata

Posted on April 18, 2009 by ruxi

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!
Crina Morteanu

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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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A Pink Room of One’s Own_ un proiect de Nita Mocanu_

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Administrator

Feminisme
istorii, spatii libere, democratie participativa, justitie economica

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A Pink Room of One’s Own
un proiect de Nita Mocanu
27.03 – 05.04.2009
Deschiderea expozitiei: vineri, 27.03, orele 18:00
Spatiul h.arta – Str. Zugrav Nedelcu nr. 11, Timişoara (intrarea din Splaiul Tudor Vladimirescu)

In 1929, Virginia Woolf publica „A Room of One’s Own”, un eseu prin care sugera ca o femeie cu aceleasi talente ca si Shakespeare – sora lui Shakespeare – nu are aceleasi sanse pentru a se realiza ca scriitoare. Concluzia ei era ca, pentru a reusi sa scrie fictiune sau pentru a fi creativa in general, o femeie trebuie sa aiba bani si o camera proprie. In spatele unei usi incuiate femeile ar putea avea libertatea de a medita si a de a gandi de unele singure, ar avea curajul de a scrie exact ceea ce gandesc. In perioada in care Woolf scria acest text, marea majoritate a femeilor erau total legate de treburile gospodaresti, erau mame cu foarte multi copii si nu aveau o ocupatie care sa le aduca un venit al lor personal. Perspectiva de educatie si independenta a unei fete era minima, fetele se casatoreau timpuriu, nu aveau drepturi legale, nu detineau proprietati…
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CP: Dezbatere „Femeile rome şi Structurile Sindicale în oglindă”

Posted on March 21, 2009 by ruxi

via carmen

Comunicat de Presă, 18.3.2009

Agenţia de Dezvoltare Comunitară „Împreună” în parteneriat cu Agenţia Naţională pentru Egalitatea de Şanse între Femei şi Bărbaţi a organizat in data de 16 Martie a.c. dezbaterea cu tema „Femeile rome si Structurile Sindicale in oglinda”.
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despre masculinitatea moderna

Posted on March 13, 2009 by ruxi

ce este apreciat la “masculinitate”? la Sociological Images: ERROL MORRIS MILLER ADS avem citeva exemple de reclame, ca cea de mai sus, care raspund acestei intrebari (“real men have to restrain themselves while they listen to women, “Real men know how to back up Suburbans pulling boats”, “real men drink beer and don’t worry about stupid things like their diet or health” mai ales ca, sa nu uitam, barbatii adevarati nu sunt niciodata vegetarieni, s.a.m.d.).

(in aceeasi traditie: “ziua barbatului care se dispretuieste, se pare”)

march 8th: women and climate change

Posted on March 8, 2009 by ruxi

“Women and Climate Change: Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacities” by Lorena Aguilar
from State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World

— “Celebrating International Women’s Day and 35 Years of Gender Work” from Worldwatch Institute
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comunicat: Ziua internaţională a femeilor – 8 martie 2009

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Administrator

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 →

I’m a Roma Woman, I’m a European Woman, I’m a Woman

Posted on March 7, 2009 by ruxi

via carmen

Budapest, 6 March 2009

TheRomediaFoundation, a Budapest-based civil organization (www.mundiromani.com), and Amnesty International (www.amnesty.hu) initiated a video campaign on Roma women with the support of Duna Television (www.dunatv.hu) and the Decade of Roma Inclusion (www.romadecade.org).

The 4-minute spot, produced for International Women’s Day 2009, features flashes of the personal history of five Roma human rights activists from all over Europe along with footage from Roma settlements across the continent. In these times of crisis, as social cohesion is greatly endangered by the multiplication of acts of extreme violence against Roma in Hungary and elsewhere, the campaign exhorts the public to respect Roma in all their complexity.

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