Femeile – intre politica demografica si demagogia politica

Posted on March 11, 2008 by doinas

De la ideea initiala si pana la 8 martie al anului 2008, multe s-au schimbat. De la Ziua Internationala a femeilor, ca moment al activismului si al pledoariei pentru schimbare sociala, care a adus impreuna femeile, pentru demonstratii si actiune politica globala, la sarbatoarea comerciala de astazi, drumul e sinuos si deloc favorabil femeilor.

De aceea, astazi, de 8 martie, vom scrie despre Ziua Internationala a Femeilor nu ca despre o oportunitate de a oferi unei femei o felicitare, ci ca un tablou real, in care se oglindeste conditia femeii din Romania.

Exista o prapastie intre obiectivele Uniunii Europene (si ale statului nostru, prin urmare) si felul in care este organizat spatiul social, relatiile economice. O discrepanta intre declaratii si fapte.
Uniunea Europeana este, dincolo de toate celelalte considerente o uniune economica. O zona in care se aplica niste reguli comune. Care si-a definit ca scop cresterea nivelului de trai si dezvoltarea economica durabila. Prin ce metode? Prin cresterea productivitatii muncii. Pornind de la ce baza? Sunt cateva elemente principale ca formarea profesionala continua, intrarea masiva a femeilor pe piata muncii si o intensa crestere demografica. Auzi, tu, se spune ca este necesar sa se nasca mai multi copii, desi este demonstrat ca, in zilele noastre, 30% dintre copiii Europei traiesc sub pragul de saracie. Pai, daca nu suntem in stare sa-i crestem decent, atunci de ce sa-i mai facem?
Oricum, dupa cum vedeti, viitorul UE se bazeaza pe ceea ce vom face noi, femeile, iar cerintele fata de noi sunt antagonice. Ni se cere sa ne implicam mult mai mult pe piata muncii, sa fim mai calificate, mai competitive si concomitent sa facem si sa crestem (bine, nu oricum!) mai multi copii. Cum sa facem toate astea, cand serviciile sociale sunt subfinantate sau lipsesc, cand protectia sociala e mai degraba o poveste decat o realitate, nu-mi dau seama.
In plan teoretic, guvernul sustine ca sprijina familiile in vederea cresterii copiilor. Cum o face? Eu va dau cifrele, decideti dumneavoastra. ..si daca practica nu se potriveste cu teoria, sa renuntam la practica?
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international women’s day in bucharest

Posted on March 3, 2008 by HxI

March 8th – Day of Women’s Activism vs Romanian Woman’s Day

8 martie – Ziua femeilor militante vs Ziua femeii in Romania

9 martie, in Underworld, str.Atelierului nr 14

WORKSHOP SUSTINUT DE F.I.A.

Pe tot parcursul serii va asteptam sa veniti cu idei creative pentru a face o zina ad-hoc. Pornim de la feminism si putem ajunge… oriunde!

PROIECTIE FILM LIBERTARIAS (1996, regia Vicente Aranda)

Filmul prezinta dintr-o perspective feminista conflictul dintre fascisti si comunisti in timpul Razboiului Civil Spaniol, concentrandu-se pe un grup de femei gata sa moara pentru cauza lor. Tanara calugarita Maria se alatura gruparii anarhiste “Femei Libere” si ajunge sa adere la dorinta acestora de a crea o societate bazata pe libertate.

Dupa proiectii, muzica si party.

fwd: Anche a Torino: 8 MARZO di lotta!

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Administrator

Tra la festa, il rito e il silenzio, scegliamo la lotta!

Il 23 e 24 febbraio in più di 400, femministe e lesbiche, ci siamo incontrate a Roma per dare un seguito al percorso nazionale iniziato con la manifestazione del 24 novembre contro la violenza maschile sulle donne.
http://flat.noblogs.org

Oggi le sommosse di Torino (dlfto @ inventati. org) accolgono e rilanciano l’appello alla mobilitazione delle donne di Torino per l’autodeterminazione:

In questo clima di continui e generalizzati attacchi ai diritti delle donne e di precarizzazione della vita di native e migranti.

Scendiamo in piazza come in molte altre città

Per l’autodeterminazione delle donne cioè libera scelta di decidere su ogni aspetto delle nostre vite
Contro ogni forma di violenza sulle donne
Contro l’eterosessualità obbligatoria e la violenza sulle lesbiche
Giù le mani dalla 194!
Libere di decidere su sessualità, maternità, contraccezione, aborto

SABATO 8 MARZO 2008
ORE 15,30
CORTEO
DA PIAZZA VITTORIO VENETO

Portiamo le nostre idee senza bandiere di partiti o sindacati!!!

—

http://femminismo-a-sud.noblogs.org/

more march 8th in the uk

Posted on March 2, 2008 by ruxi

[other events worldwide here and here]

UK: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: 8th MARCH 2008

Million Women Rise
MARCH FROM HYDE PARK TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE
raise your voices against violence against women

International Women’s Day has passed largely unnoticed in this country for many years except for local events and protests organised predominately by refugee and migrant communities.

This year a coalition of individuals and women’s organisations (see www.millionwomenrise.com for list of supporters) are co-ordinating a national march to raise the issue of gendered violence against women.

Violence against women happens everywhere, and takes many forms. Women and girls of all ages, from all classes, from all ethnic backgrounds, regardless of their immigration status, their colour, their sexuality or their disability, experience it.

Violence devastates the lives of women, their families, and their communities.

We call on women to come together to raise our voices, join forces, gain strength from each other and create an immovable force for change that challenges the oppression of women in its most brutal manifestations. It is an opportunity to remember, to celebrate and to plan for the future.

How to support the event
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pre-8.3.2008

Posted on February 29, 2008 by ruxi

Un studiu realizat cu putin inainte de Ziua Internationala a Femeii, moment de bilant pentru miscarile feministe europene, arata ca inegalitatea dintre sexe ramane o problema.

— “Profesional, femeile nu castiga teren in fata barbatilor” (Curentul, 26.2.2008)

alte studii/campanii/pozitii institutionale (en):

“Economic aspects of the condition of Roma Women”
Former Irish president Mary Robinson now chairs a club for female heads of state; and with their help, she hopes to change the world.
March 8th in UK: capitalwoman, now in its eighth year, will kick off International Women’s Day on Saturday 8 March at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and Central Hall Westminster.
Offering your chance to have a say in the way the capital is run, there’ll be an exciting programme of workshops, exhibitions, non-traditional careers and business advice as well as fashion, film comedy and music.

Don’t miss this chance to see Angela Davis, one of the most iconic faces of black politics in 1970s America, talk about her life and take questions.
Feb. 25th: The United Nations has launched a campaign to combat violence against women and girls, calling it a global scourge affecting a third of the world’s female population. The campaign will run until 2015, which is also the deadline for the U.N. Millennium Development Goals aimed at halving poverty.
The UN recognizes that:

– Gender inequities must be reduced if the Government is to reduce poverty because: (i) most of the poor are women, and they disproportionately bear the burden of poverty due to their multiple roles and disadvantaged position; (ii) women are traditionally primary production managers, small enterprise traders, primary cash earners, smallcredit users, and key agriculturists, yet their potentials have not been realized due to institutional, resource, and cultural barriers; and (iv) women are more likely to stimulate demand for better education and health delivery.

Invitation to the Eclectic Tech Carnival in May

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Administrator

Inviting All Women

The seventh Eclectic Tech Carnival will be held from Sunday the 25th until Saturday the 31st of May in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The /ETC is a unique tech skill-share that has been held annually since 2002. The emphasis has always been women sharing their experiences, knowledge and skills around free software, open hardware and universal interoperability of systems in a fun way.

We are calling all women who are interested in the Eclectic Tech Carnival to register via the following form: https://eclectictechcarnival.org/register

Registration closes at 23:59 on 1 April 2008.
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nimic nou

Posted on February 29, 2008 by ruxi

cum spuneam intr-un post mai vechi la care tocmai am facut referire aici, de multe ori chiar in cazurile cele mai extreme barbatii care comit crime misogine sint… intelesi. cine poarta vina pentru aceste crime? tot femeile:

You can say many things about the double murderer Levi Bellfield, but you could never suggest that this was a man who kept his rampant, violent misogyny a secret. … The past week has brought us not one, but three horrific cases of misogyny-inspired murders, which have ended in the convictions of Bellfield, Mark Dixie and Steve Wright. In each case, what comes through most strongly is just how open, violent and persistent the killer’s misogyny was, and how they were allowed to indulge it, and even boast of it, for years. … In all three of these murder cases, the men had been violent towards one or more of their partners in the past. … Given the litany of violence carried out by each of these men, how did they stay free to attack women for so long? Why didn’t their partners go to the police and complain that these men were vicious wife-beaters? … And for anyone looking for more evidence of misogyny, just consider who is being blamed for these murders: their mothers. …

“How could it happen again?” (27.2.08, The Guardian)

it’s only a “myth” if…

Posted on February 29, 2008 by ruxi

The psychology of female rape apologists isn’t that hard to figure out. If you can tell yourself that rape survivors asked for it — that they dressed a certain way, flirted too much, drank too much, just changed their minds, or flat-out made it up — you feel safe. You don’t do those things, and so you aren’t at risk.

I’m sympathetic to the need for psychological self-protection. But not when it’s to the detriment of other women. … It’s the standard right-wing misogynist line. And it’s part of a much broader assault on women’s rights and basic bodily autonomy. …

from the first of two posts @ feministe commenting a recent l.a. times op-ed called “what campus rape crisis?”

finally, a feminism 101 blog highlights those posts and also links to a round-up of blogger reactions put together by SAFER (a great response in the l.a. times by nora niedzielski-eichner from SAFER here)

post-Ipswich murders conviction

Posted on February 22, 2008 by ruxi

The same old story?

Steve Wright was convicted yesterday of murdering five women in Ipswich. Twenty-seven years ago, Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, was convicted of killing 13 women throughout northern England. Many of their victims were prostitutes. What do the two cases tell us about how policing, the sex trade – and misogyny – have changed in the intervening decades? …

more: Joan Smith reports in The Guardian

(in ro: un post din decembrie 2006)

Scrisoare deschisa re: legalizarea prostitutiei

Posted on February 22, 2008 by ruxi

… 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)

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