Dear Working Group Members,
You have sent many suggestions for resources to the Working Group. We
have compiled them here for the period 25-30 November. We hope
these resources will be useful in your efforts to end violence against
women.
Thanks again for all your messages!
Warm regards,
the Moderators
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RESOURCES SUBMITTED TO
THE END-VIOLENCE WORKING GROUP
25-30 NOVEMBER 2001
*** 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM CAMPAIGN ***
Please find below the statement by Han Seung-soo, President of the 56th
Session of the United Nations General Assembly, on the occasion of the
International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women.
UNITED NATIONS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Message on the Observance of the International Day to Eliminate Violence
Against Women
Sunday, 25 November 2001
Today, we commemorate the second anniversary of the International Day to
Eliminate Violence Against Women. It is also today that the "16 days
activism against gender violence" begins. And so this is an especially
fitting an appropriate occasion on which to reaffirm our commitment to
abolishing violence in women's lives.
Around the world, women and girls continue to be victims of countless acts
of violence. It is indeed a grim reality that the range of gender-based
violence is devastating, occurring quite literally from womb to tomb. We
have repeatedly seen that sexual abuse and rape have become systematic
means of intimidation in times of war and conflict. But the situation is
not much better in times of peace: Depending on the country, 25% to 75 % of
women are regularly beaten at home. A quarter of all women in the world are
raped during their lifetime. Each year, 2 million girls between ages 5-15
are introduced into the commercial sex market. Violence against women
continues to devastate millions of women worldwide, destroying families and
impeding development.
Violence against women constitutes a crime against humanity, be it in times
of peace or in times of war. Through a number of international conferences
for last 20 years, the international community has acknowledged the
seriousness of gender-based violence and redefined how these acts of
violence are dealt with. At the Millennium Summit held last year, the world
leaders, reaffirming their efforts to respect human rights and fundamental
freedoms, resolved to eliminate all forms of violence against women. We
marked another milestone in this direction when the Security Council
adopted its 18-point resolution on women and peace and security, calling on
the United Nations to carry out a global study on the impact of armed
conflicts on women and girls.
Fortunately, we are equipped with rigorous international legal instruments
to protect human rights, prevent all forms of violence and discrimination
against women and to promote gender mainstreaming. We also have commitment
at the highest political level. What needs to be done now is to translate
our commitments to concrete actions. I wish to commend the UN system for
its untiring efforts to address the issue of violence against women and
girls. At the national level, political leadership is imperative in
implementing national plans against such violence. Partnership is also
crucial in making this process inclusive and participatory. NGOs, civil
society organizations and mass media have vitally important roles to play
in enhancing public awareness and mobilizing resources, expertise and
information to support women's advocacy. In commemorating International Day
to Eliminate Violence Against Women, I urge all of you to work together to
end gender-based violence, including domestic violence, rape, traditional
practices that are harmful to women and economic violence such as
trafficking in women and girls.
Source: http://www.un.org/ga/president/56/speech/011125.htm
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ON-LINE DISCUSSION 'VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: HOW DO YOU REACT?'
Dear Friends,
November 25th to December 10th is the International
Fortnight Protesting Violence Against Women. The idea
for such a campaign originated in 1991 in the city of
New York, and ever since then it has spread all
across the globe.
Violence against women is rooted in discrimination.
Continued discrimination against women contributes to
their inadequate participation in decision making in
all spheres of life. Making women's voices heard at
all levels of the society is essential to enable
women to contribute to policies that counter abuses
and combat discrimination.
In a sincere effort to be a part of this fortnightly
global campaign, ProPoor has initiated a discussion
titled, 'Violence against women: How do you react?'
We call upon you to join the world-wide struggle
against this eternal crime and send in your views at
http://www.propoor.org/xdiscuss1.asp?ccatid=31
Aurko
Editor
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16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM CAMPAIGN IN CROATIA
Dear Friends,
We have just put up some of our pictures of our 16 Days of Activism Against
Gender Violence in Croatia on our webpage www.babe.hr/eng under the 16 Days
link. If you are interested in seeing these pictures, please check out
B.a.B.e.'s 16 Days Activities.
Warm regards,
Kristina Mihalec
B.a.B.e. - Be active, Be emancipated - Women's Human Rights Group
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16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR CROATIA, 2001
www.babe.hr/eng
We would like to provide you with the summary of the plans for the 16
Days of Activism in Croatia. B.a.B.e., Autonomous Women's House Zagreb
and Centre for Women War Victims are working together. This year we
decided to organize the campaign in a slightly different way, different
approach and messages. Our three groups decided to appoint B.a.B.e. to
carry out the project using team of professionals from a media NGO, Fade
In, as producers of the video clip, and radio professional for our radio
jingle.
Activities planned within the 16 Days Media Campaign:
- Production and distribution of a video clip
- Production and distribution of a radio jingle
- Production and distribution of 2 stickers
- Creating a billboard poster
- Street action at the main square where poster will be presented
- 5' documentary about the street action at the main square to be
presented at the Croatian TV.
CARTOON
We produced so far a video clip (40'' animation), and radio jingle.
A young girl - age 6 - is telling a short story
Translation from Croatian:
First Scene
Girl: "When her and her friend played with the ball in front of the
building, and broke a window, their neighbour, older man, threatened
them and wanted to call police."
Second Scene
Girl: "When her neighbour celebrated his 20th birthday, a woman living
downstairs called the police because the music was too loud."
Third Scene
Girl: "When Mr. Horvat (family name of many Croats - in Croatian a word
for a male Croat is Hrvat) beats his wife and you can her yelling, my
grandmother turns on TV extremely loud and says: 'We can't do anything
about it'".
Last scene
Shows a building where all TVs are on, and only one window where husband
beats a wife is seen. Then a voice says: "We must react. Violence is a
crime". Last sequence displays a police number, and a free toll number
of the hot line for battered women.
Almost the same sound effects and same story was used for a radio
jingle.
Now we are in a process of producing a billboard with the pictures from
the cartoon to be placed at the main city square.
At the regular annual meeting of the Women's Network of Croatia we asked
other women's NGOs to arrange with their local TV and radio stations to
play our clip and jingle during the 16 Days of Activism.
We are now preparing a 10' documentary about the shelter for women
survivors of domestic violence, and B.a.B.e. regular monthly radio show
that is broadcasted every last Tuesday is going to cover the issue of
domestic violence.
We also printed stickers with two different messages: "Violence free
space" and "Stop violence against women" (that imitates traffic stop
sign). Women from NGOs all over Croatia will organize distribution of
these stickers during the 16 Days.
During our actions we will handout leaflets with the history of 16 Days
of Activism along with our two stickers.
Warm regards,
Kristina Mihalec
B.a.B.e. - Be active, Be emancipated - Women's Human Rights Group
Vlaska 79/III, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
tel/fax: +385 1 46 11 686
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CyberBaBe: www.babe.hr
*** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM: LONDON, UK
Monday, 3 December
I am organising a meeting on violence against refugee women, on Monday 3
december in Camden, north London, as the Domestic Violence Co-ordinator for
the Borough of Camden.
The speakers include the Refugee Women's Resource Project, Amnesty
International, myself, local politicians and local refugee groups.
The aim is to link the experiences of violence for women in countries of
origin (public and private) with violence in destination countries and to
suggest some ways forward.
Any London folk on this list are welcome. The meting will be at VAC in
Kentish Town - contact me for details.
Purna
Purna Sen
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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USING HUMAN RIGHTS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A talk by Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D., Director, Division of Public Health
Practice and
Karen Leiter, J.D., M.P.H., Faculty Practitioner, Division of Public Health
Practice
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Francois Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G11
Harvard School of Public Health (see below for directions)
There will also be a Silent Witness Exhibit in the HSPH cafeteria. It is a
powerful exhibit on violence against women, highlighting 13 individuals
that were killed as a result of domestic violence.
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
*** CAMPAIGNS ***
CALL FOR AFGHAN WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP
http://capwiz.com/fmf1/issues/alert/?alertid=73281
Women must play a key role in reconstituting civil society in
Afghanistan at every stage. Ask your administration to continue
its support of Afghan women's leadership at all stages of
rebuilding Afghan civil society and government.
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CAMPAIGN FOR GENDER-SENSITIVE POLICY ON ASYLUM
www.womenlobby.org/asylumcampaign/EN/REA/form.asp?lang=en
Join the European Women's Lobby (EWL) Campaign on
Women Asylum Seekers, to pressure the EU to develop a
gender-sensitive 'European Policy on Asylum'.
For more info visit : www.womenlobby.org/asylumcampaign
*** WEBSITES ***
TAIWAN GRASSROOTS WOMEN WORKERS' CENTRE SITE
In Taiwan, Our women groups have a English Discussion
on 14 October, Discussion on "Domestic Violence" issues
Taiwan webweb have more than 60 women groups join the internet
You may visit our websit on following address:
http://www.womenweb.org.tw
Taiwan Grassroots Women workers' Centre at
http://women_worker.womenweb.org.tw
I am looking forward to hear from you.
Best regards,
Yvonne Lin
Coordinator of TGWWC
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** SPECIAL ISSUE OF CRINMAIL, CHILD RIGHTS INFORMATION NETWORK ***
November 30 2001: CRINMAIL Digest 340 Focus on Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children and the Yokohama Congress Contents:
- YOKOHAMA, THE SECOND WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN: Congress Website [website]
- YOKOHAMA, THE SECOND WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN [other related websites]
- YOKOHAMA REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS: Outcome documents and other
documentation from the intergovernmental regional consultations
- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: Five Years After Stockholm [publication]
- CHILD SOLDIERS: Sexual Violence Against Child Soldiers: A Double
Exploitation [briefing paper]
- TOURISM: World Tourism Organisation?s Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
presented to UN [news]
- NEPAL: Condemned to Exploitation: Trafficking of Women and Girls in Nepal
[publication]
Your submissions are welcome if you are working in the area of child
rights. To contribute, email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that we are
unable to respond to emails addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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- YOKOHAMA, THE SECOND WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN: Congress Website [website]
This site is designed as a ?library? of documents you will need to prepare
for the Congress. It also holds general information for those not coming to
Yokohama who want to learn more about this issue. The site includes
briefing notes, Declaration and Agenda for Action of the 1st World Congress
against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Stockholm, Sweden, 27 -
31 August, the outcome documents of the intergovernmental consultations,
press information and a press kit.
The webpage http://www.focalpointngo.org/yokohama/themepapers/default.htm
contains links to the six themepapers commissioned for the Congress: Child
Pornography (by John Carr); Prevention, protection and recovery (by Jane
Warburton); Private Sector
(by Mark Erik Hecht); The Sex Exploiter (by Julia O'Connell Davidson);
Child Sexual Exploitation and the Law (by Geraldine Van Bueren);
Trafficking in Children (by Jyoti Sanghera and June Kane).
The site will close at the end of March 2002.
Go to: http://www.focalpointngo.org/yokohama/ or to:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2300
For more information, contact:
Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children, NGO Group for the CRC,
c/o DCI, P.O. Box 88, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.
Phone: 00 41 22 740 4711; Fax: 00 41 22 740 1145; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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- YOKOHAMA, THE SECOND WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN [other related websites]
ECPAT website on Yokohama
This site contains information including the Congress programme and a draft
list of workshops and scheduling.
Go to: http://www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/WC2.asp
FOCAL POINT AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN website on Yokohama
The following link takes you to documentation including information on
youth participation, briefing notes, outcome documents and situation
analysis of the NGO preparatory activities in advance of the Yokohama
Congress. The final workshop list will be posted on this website soon.
http://www.focalpointngo.org/Global/English/2wc.htm
UNICEF website on Yokohama
This site contains links to UNICEF press releases on Yokohama and other
useful resources.
Go to: http://www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/
INTERNATIONAL SAVE THE CHILDREN ALLIANCE website on Yokohama
Contains the Alliance?s position paper on exploitation and abuse and the
executive summary of ?Commodities in Stigma and Shame ? an overview of Save
the Children?s work against child sexual exploitation and abuse?.
To access the site, click on the link on the Save the Children Alliance
website homepage, http://www.savethechildren.net/homepage/
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- YOKOHAMA: Outcome documents and other documentation from the
intergovernmental regional consultations
A series of intergovernmental regional consultations have been held to
bring together players at the regional level to prepare for the 2nd World
Congress. The consultative process is aimed to enable governments,
non-governmental organisations and inter-governmental agencies to prepare
for the Yokohama meeting. Regions will come up with their analysis of
progress since the Stockholm Congress and demonstration models of good
practice in combating CSEC to feed into the Congress discussions. The
regional consultations? outcome documents, draft outcome documents and
other related documentation is now available online. They contain analysis
of progress since the Stockholm Congress, outline models of good practice
and look at gaps and challenges in combating sexual exploitation of
children to feed into the upcoming Congress discussions.
Go to: http://www.focalpointngo.org/yokohama/latestnews/default.htm
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- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: Five Years After Stockholm [publication]
This report provides up-to-date information on progress in implementing the
Stockholm Agenda for Action against commercial sexual exploitation of
children in nearly 150 countries. It clearly shows the positive impact of
the Agenda in the last five years, but argues that without commitment to
implementation, this important document will be no more than words.
The report is available online in English, Spanish, Japanese and Russian
(Arabic and French versions should also be available soon). Go to:
<http://www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/html_page/5t
h _a4a/index.htm or to http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2293>
