Dear Working Group Members,
You have sent many suggestions for resources to the Working Group. We have
compiled them here for the period 25 February-3 March. 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 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH 2002
*** UPCOMING EVENTS ***
THE FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND HEALTH CONFERENCE
17 - 20 April 2002
Organized by the South African Gender Based Violence and Health Initiative
(SAGBVHI).
The conference will be held over three days in Gauteng, South Africa. It
will draw on international and national expertise in stimulating
discussion. The first day will focus on defining problems or challenges of
gender based violence and health. The second day will explore current
programmes on gender based violence and health, specifically training and
curriculum development for health professionals. The final day will
explore how challenges can be addressed.
More information: Naomi Webster - SAGBVHI 27 (12) 339 8527, Private Bag
X35 Pretoria 0001 South Africa, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***
SOUTH AFRICA: GENDER BASED VIOLENCE & HEALTH RESEARCH AWARD
Deadline For Submission Is 2 April 2002
http://www.comminit.com/awards2002/sld-4044.html
The South African Gender-Based Violence & Health Initiative (SAGBVHI) will
host the Gender Based Violence & Health Research Awards. The awards will be
given to researchers from South Africa at the 1st Gender Based Violence &
Health Conference, South Africa. The awards are intended to encourage
research in specific areas of gender based violence and health.
Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CALL FOR FEMINIST ESSAYS AGAINST PROSTITUTION AND PORN
Call for Feminist Essays Against Prostitution and Pornography
Co-editors Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant
In Minneapolis in 1998, Andrea Dworkin spoke on prostitution and activism.
Her speech marked fifteen years after the civil rights Ordinance against
pornography was originally introduced in Minneapolis. At the end of
Dworkin's speech, she said "when something ends, something new must begin."
This book is a response to her call for renewed activism against
prostitution and pornography.
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY
Submissions are invited for an anthology of feminist writings against
prostitution and pornography. The main goals for the anthology are as
follows:
- To educate readers as to why prostitution and pornography are harmful,
and their role in perpetuating male dominance.
- to show readers what they can do to end prostitution and pornography.
- to show readers that feminist work against prostitution and pornography
is being done; and
- The anthology will strengthen and broaden the feminist movement
against prostitution and pornography.
This is a place for feminist writers, thinkers, and activists of all ages,
races, classes, educational levels, sexual orientations, and abilities to
share testimony, theory, and reports of their activism around these issues
with a broad audience. Pro-feminist men are welcome to contribute.
Definition of Prostitution:
Prostitution includes sex for survival needs; massage parlors; prostitution
rings; stripping; saunas; live sex shows; adult and child pornography;
street prostitution; escort services or outcall; peep shows; phone sex;
international and domestic trafficking; mail order bride services; and
prostitution tourism.
Following are some possible topics for submissions, but please don't be
limited by these suggestions!
Suggested Topics:
- Race, class, and disability as they relate to prostitution/pornography
and the feminist movement against prostitution/pornography
- Philosophical issues, especially how consent and choice relate to
prostitution/pornography
- Activism: teaching anti-prostitution/pornography perspectives in the
classroom; grassroots organizing; civil disobedience; direct actions
- Testimony by survivors, especially pieces that discuss the difficulties
and triumphs of survivor-led activism
- Legal solutions: obscenity laws versus civil rights remedies; tort
laws; free speech and pornography; decriminalization versus legalization
- Social services that focus on the needs of women and children escaping
prostitution
- Lesbian, gay and bisexual politics in relation to
prostitution/pornography
- Lesbian S/M politics, queer politics and their relation to
prostitution/pornography
- Rural Prostitution
- Internet pornography; child pornography; adult pornography
- Globalization and prostitution/pornography
- International trafficking
- Colonization and prostitution/pornography
- The politics of AIDS and prostitution/pornography
- Anti-semitism and prostitution/pornography
- Prostitution/pornography as sexual slavery and torture
- Psychological and physical harm of prostitution/pornography
- The possibilities and realities of "feminist erotica"
- Essays focusing on the men who buy and sell women and children in
prostitution/pornography
- Men's place/work in ending prostitution/pornography
- What men must do to quit using pornography and prostituted women
- Feminization of poverty, welfare cuts and other economic conditions
that drive women into prostitution
- Linking prostitution/pornography with other social justice issues such
as homelessness, poverty, incest, racism, racist hate speech, battered
women's shelters, rape crisis centers, indigenous rights movements
- Mainstream media's relation to and promotion of
prostitution/pornography
- Sports and military in relation to prostitution/pornography
- Pornography and sexual harassment
- Liberal versus radical feminist politics
- Criminal justice system's relation to prostitution/pornography
- Marriage and prostitution/pornography
- Postmodernism and prostitution/pornography
Send inquiries and submissions to:
Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant, co-editors at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; or
Christine Stark at P.O. Box 600336 St. Paul, MN USA 55106
Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2002.
*** CAMPAIGNS ****
SUDAN: COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE BY STONING
Action Requested
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Sudanese
Victims of Torture Group (SVTG), a member of the OMCT network that a
Sudanese appeals court in Sudan's southern Dafur state has overturned the
death sentence by stoning of a young pregnant women named Abok Alfa Akok,
who was accused of adultery. An appeal has been submitted against the
sentence and action is requested in the form of written submission to the
Sudanese authorities on behalf of Abok Alfa Akok.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5936
Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS ***
"A PATIENT NOT SEEN": PROSTITUTION, COERCION AND MEDICAL AWARENESS
Escape The Prostitution Prevention Project Inc. A Minneapolis, Minnesota
based educational organization announces the release of "A Patient Not
Seen" Prostitution, Coercion and Medical Awareness. A 57 minute video
presented by Jill Leighton, hosted by Steven E. Calvin M.D. Chair of the
Human Rights in Medicine at the University of Minnesota.
The video is a comprehensive look at prostitution from a survivor's point of
view as it relates to medical care. The video is an excellent educational
resource for health care providers, resource agencies and other
organizations and individuals working with prostituted women.
The video is available for $29.99. For more information
see the Escape website at www.escapeprostitution.com
or STORM, Survivors Organizing to Resist Misogyny
http://home.att.net/~rhiannonn
contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** TRAINING MATERIALS ***
INVESTIGATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE: ONLINE MANUAL FOR ADVOCATES
How to Investigate Domestic Violence Homicide:
A Guide to investigating the path leading up to domestic violence homicides,
~ for friends, activists, journalists, and all who care.
Online manual in English and Spanish
English:
http://www.justicewomen.com/cj_investigate_guide.html
Spanish:
http://www.justicewomen.com/cj_investigate_guide_sp.html
*** WEBSITES ***
International seminar on Women's safety �Making the Links� -
website launch
In preparation for the First International Seminar on Women's
Safety �Making the links� that will be held in Montr�al May 9-11, 2002, we
invite you to participate in the web-based exchanges at
www.femmesetvilles.org and share your experiences and your opinions about
women's safety.
Thank you for sharing this information with your colleagues, your
partners and all your networks.Looking forward to hearing from you and to
welcoming you in Montr�al!
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