Women's Updates on the 16 Day Campaign

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Friday November 16, 2007 13:05

by C Murray

November 25th-December the 10th: Stop Violence aaginst Women.

The Sixteen Day Campaign for stopping Violence Against Women is set for the 25th November
to the Tenth of December 2007. Lip Service and Tokenism abound here, but it is a period
that internationally women address Safety, Violence, Rape, Women's Aid and of course, how
our divided societies create a wealth class of pseudo-feminism and an opposing class
of community activism based wholly in gendered stereo-typing and money, or to be politically
correct about it how we make our daughters second class citizens by ignoring their Basic Rights.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/82605

16 Day Campaign

In Ireland a huge amount of cash was given to the setting up of COSC by Minister Mc Dowell
there has been no up-date on the issue since the DOJ (http://www.justice.ie) encountered the
wrath of the VAW campaign, which occured just before the General Election this year.

The accompanying press Release and Photograph involved 3 male TD's and one Woman,
Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan.

Info on the International Campaign:- http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html

I Sometimes think that Irish people believe that its not polite to talk about Physical Violence
but Last year Paula Geraghty did a wonderful Photo Essay on the Ringsend Refuge and the
Womens Aid Awareness Campaign.

http://www.womensaid.org

Amarc and Isis are Joining in, and Amnesty.

http://www.isiswomen.org
http://www.amarc.org
http://www.amarc.org/16days

AMARC is an IMC/CMI group of people who bring community media and radio campaigns
all over the globe and have been particularly effective in campaigning for rights in Mexico
as a result of the Oaxaca repressions.

This Year the campaign want results from Governments, meaning that they want political
commitment and accountabilty= Measureable Results

http://www.isiswomen.org

Also on the monthly publication:-

http://www.mariestopes.org/ShowContent.aspx?id=511

The ASEAN Charter signed in Signapore .
http://www.focusweb.org/acsc-iii-signapore-dec.html?Ite...mid=1
FYI on ASEAN Charter:- http://www.isiswomen.org

All info on the Asean, The 16 Day Campaign and the Abortion Rights are collated in the monthly
isis WE! Publication which is affiliated to both AMARC and EFF.