Hi,
I have probably received this forward 10 times in the last 2 years. I dont
mean to sound like a hard ass but did you check the validity of this
information before you forwarded it? I have a feeling this is one of those
forwards that keeps going and going with little basis in the actual world.
Because blindly forwarding things you receive is a good way to spread
disinformation, I would recommend checking the facts yourself before sending
something like this along, especially to a list serv. If you are the sender
you should be able to vouch for this info.
If you do have information more information about these women, I would be
very interested in learning more.
Thank you,
Martha
>From: Jake A Paisain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Information.... (fwd)
>Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:22:05 -0700 (MST)
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>Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 08:48:58 -0700
>From: Paul Filicetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Blue Mountain Clinic Cherie Garcelon/Laura Lee
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Jake Paisain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Information....
>
>Subject: Human rights violations
>Subject: women in Afghanistan
>
>
>The government of Afghanistan is waging a war upon women. Since the
>Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have been
>beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper attire, even if
>this means simply not having the mesh covering in front of their
>eyes. One woman was beaten to DEATH by an angry mob of fundamentalists
>for accidentally exposing her arm while she was driving. Another was
>stoned to death for trying to leave the country with a man that was not
>a relative. Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public
>without a male relative; professional women such as professors,
>translators, doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced from
>
>their jobs and stuffed into their homes, so that depression is becoming
>so widespread that it has reached emergency levels. There no way in such
>
>an extreme Islamic society to know the suicide rate with certainty, but
>relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate among women, who
>cannot find proper medication and treatment for severe depression and
>would rather take their lives than live in such conditions, has
>increased significantly. Homes where a woman is present must have their
>
>windows painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders. They must
>wear silent shoes so that they are never heard. Women live in fear of
>their lives for the slightest misbehavior. Because they cannot work,
>those without male relatives or husbands are either starving to death or
>
>begging on the street, even if they hold Ph.D.'s. There are almost no
>medical facilities available for women,and relief workers, in protest,
>have mostly left the country, taking medicine and psychologists and
>other things necessary to treat the sky-rocketing level of depression
>among women. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a reporter found
>still, nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on beds, wrapped in their
>
>burqua, unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting
>way.Others have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners, perpetually
>rocking or crying, most of them in fear. One doctor is considering, when
>
>what little medication that is left finally runs out, leaving these
>women in front of the president's residence as a form of peaceful
>protest. It is at the point where the term 'human rights violations'
>has become an understatement. Husbands have the power of life and death
>over their female relatives,especially their wives,but an angry mob has
>often just as much right to stone or beat a woman, to death, for
>exposing an inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way. Women
>enjoyed relative freedom, to work, dress generally as they wanted, and
>drive and appear in public alone until 1996. The rapidity of this
>transition is the main reason for the depression and suicide; women who
>were once educators, doctors or simply used to basic human freedoms are
>now severely restricted and treated as SUB-HUMAN in the name of
>right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or
>'culture', but is alien to them, and it is extreme even for those
>cultures where fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone has a right to a
>tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a Muslim
>country. If we can threaten military force in Kosovo in the name of
>human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens of the world can
>
>certainly express peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and
>injustice committed against women by the Taliban. STATEMENT: In signing
>
>this, we agree that the current treatment of women in Afghanistan is
>completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves support and action by the United
>Nations and that the current situation overseas will not be tolerated.
>Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere and it is UNACCEPTABLE for
>women in 1999 to be treated as sub-human and so much as property.
>Equality and human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one lives
>in Afghanistan or elsewhere.
>
>1) Suzanne Dathe, Grenoble, France
>2) Laurence COMPARAT, Grenoble,France
>3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France
>4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France
>5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres, FRANCE
>6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE
>7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble,FRANCE
>8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE
>9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE
>10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE
>11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE
>12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE
>13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble, FRANCE
>14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble,FRANCE
>15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE
>16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE
>17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers, FRANCE
>18) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE
>19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE
>20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE
>21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE.
>22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE
>23) Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France
>24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain
>25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain
>26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, France
>27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France
>28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Chatenay-Malabry, France
>29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France
>30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France
>31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France
>32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland
>33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland
>34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
>35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
>36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
>37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden
>38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden
>39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden
>40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden
>41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
>42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
>43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden
>44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm, Sweden
>45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
>46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden
>47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden
>48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden
>49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg, Sweden
>50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden
>51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden
>52) Magnus Linder, Umea, Sweden
>53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden
>54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden
>55) Asa Pettersson, Grimsas, Sweden
>56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden
>57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden
>58) Jenny Forsman, Boras, Sweden
>59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden
>60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand
>61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand
>62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand
>63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand
>64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand
>65) Magnus Hjert, London, UK
>67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK
>68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA
>69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden
>70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden
>71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden
>72) Rebecka Swane, Stockholm,Sweden
>73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden
>74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
>75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden
>76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden
>77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
>78) Douglas Bratt
>79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
>80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden
>81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden
>82) Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden
>83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden
>84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador
>85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland
>86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland, Switzerland
>87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland
>88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong Kong
>89) Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon
>90) Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA
>91) Lisa L Miller, Reno NV
>92) Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA
>93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca.
>94) Melanie London, New York, NY
>95) Susan Brownstein , Los Angeles, CA
>96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA
>97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA
>98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles, CA
>99) Candace Brower, Evanston,IL
>100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL
>101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA
>102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA
>103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA
>104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
>105) Natalie Edwards, Charlottesville VA USA
>106) Cyndy Williams, Charlottesville, VA USA
>107) Donna Hall, Lynchburg, Va USA
>108) Robin Hinkle, Lynchburg, VA USA
>109) George Vass Venice, FL USA
>110) Martha Ferris, Moncks Corner, SC USA
>111) Teresa Smith, Charleston, SC, USA
>112) Terry Longo, Orlando, FL, USA
>113) Charlotte Downs, Orlando, FL, USA
>114) Laura M. Connaughton, Orlando, FL USA
>115) Ronit Doran, Tel Aviv, Israel
>116) Eran Hazoum, Tel Aviv, Israel
>117) Ze'ev Ben-Tsvi, Givaatim, Israel
>118) Esther Spanjer, Netherlands
>119) Pascal Moser, Bern, Switzerland
>120) Lucien Moser, Bern, Switzerland
>121) Josepha Oostvogels, Bern, Switzerland
>122) Germany
>123) Sierd de Bruin, Bern,Switzerland
>124) Tina Eslick, Rossdorf, Germany
>125) Daniela Bergsch, Cologne, Germany
>126) Brigitte Molsich, Pulheim, Germany
>127) Beate Molsich, Bochum, Germany
>128) Claudine Ip, Mauritius
>129) Max Li ,Mauritius
>130) Laval Liong, Mauritius
>131) Jrme BOURGEOIS, FRANCE
>132) Patricia Labeye, France
>133) Nicolas Gilbert, FRANCE
>134) Cline BONNAIRE, France
>135) Claudio Banegas Bruzzone, BELGIUM
>136) Stephane Wajskop, BELGIUM
>137) Nannette RIPMEESTER, The Netherlands
>138) Marja Exalto Sijbrands
>139) Bep Jungschlager, Delft, The Netherlands
>140) Mandy Jungschlager, Schiedam, The Netherlands
>141) Shirly van den Boogert, Delft, The Netherlands
>142) Robert de Vette, Schiedam, The Netherlands
>143) Margt van den Oever, Delft, The Netherlands
>144) Vivian Engels, Delft, The Netherlands
>145) Bart Sosef, Honselersdijk, The Netherlands
>146) Matthijs Withaar, Naaldwijk, The Netherlands
>147) Joost Den Haag, the Netherlands
>148) Marco Van Belle, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
>149) Leon van Rijnsbergen, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
>150) Walco van Loon, Hilversum, The Netherlands
>151) Noor van de Beek, Batam, Indonesia
>152) Lucie Kompier, Utrecht, The Netherlands
>153) Canavesi Manuela, Milano Italia
>154) Sabina Langer, Milano, Italia
>155) Giorgio Amsicora Onnis, Treviglio (Bg), Italia
>156) Matteo Boni, Milano, Italia
>157) Camillo Boni, Milano, Italia
>158) Barattieri Silvana, Milano, Italia
>159) Cavaliere Sara, Milano, Italia
>160) Flocchini Anna, Milano, Italia
>161) Lucia GASPERINI, Milano, Italia
>162) Bruno Mansoux, Paris, France
>163) Giovanni Losurdo, Pisa, Italia
>164) Reza Ansari, Paris, France
>165) Jean Kaplan, Paris, France
>166) Giovanni Gallavotti, Italia
>167) Michael Keane, The Hague, The Netherlands
>168) Emmanuel Lesigne, Tours, France
>169) Yves Lacroix, Brest, France
>170) Victoria Dreitz, Laurel, Maryland, USA
>171) Jeffrey Prince, Florida, USA
>172) PM Johnson, Washington, USA
>173) P. FILICETTI, Montana, USA
>174) J. Paisain, Montana, USA
>
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>more than 200 names on it, please e-mail a copy of it to :
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>200 names.) Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do
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>not kill the petition. Thank you. It is best to copy rather than
>forward the petition. Melissa Buckheit , Brandeis University
>Yves Lacroix
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