<big><big>Gang Violence ... Gendered Realities in Central America and the Caribbean </big> mirror nationalistic and armed resistance conflict globally, and vice versa.
...violence perpetrated by gangs and criminal groups, âeven outside of armed conflicts,â threatens lives and livelihoods around the world. This ... has implications for the United Nations (UN) community, as violence perpetrated by gangs and other organized criminal groups is often treated separately from the traditional understanding of âarmed conflict â and its impacts. Yet, research shows that gang violence causes disruptions to daily life which mirror the challenges experienced during wartime. âŚ
<big>Gender Dynamics in Gangs </big>
.... Similar to armed groups, it is well documented that gangs and criminal organizations exploit gender dynamics in their organization and activities. These dynamics are pivotal in establishing hierarchies within these groups and developing tactics for their criminal enterprises. Notably, gender-based violence serves as a central tactic for gangs to exert control, silence opposition, and expand their territorial dominance. Some criminal networks explicitly center gender-based violence as part of their collective identity; for example, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)âs motto is <big><big> âkill, rape, controlâ </big></big>(âmata, viola, controla â). ... In Haiti, gangs engage in campaigns of mass sexual violence , and the bodies of women âare often used as weapons of warâ to terrorize communities and challenge rival groupsâŚ
... While it is necessary to continue investigating how women and girls are uniquely impacted by gang violence and are increasingly participating in gang activities, it is equally crucial to recognize the role of gender norms surrounding men, boys, and masculinities in the maintenance and expansion of criminal enterprises ⌠<big><big>Within contexts overrun by gang violence, norms surrounding masculinities glorify machismo , violence, and militarism [with men] expected to dominate and act with impunity, while women are expected to submit, intensifying systemic gender inequality in all spheres of society.</big> Moreover, they contribute to structural factors which permeate institutions, culture, and familial structures. [Thus] even governments, policies, and law enforcement agencies [may utilize] the same patriarchal lens, a hypothesis that is confirmed by high levels of impunity for perpetrators of gender-based violence within ⌠countries impacted by ... violence.
Such conceptions of masculinities are harmful to all members of societyânot just women and girls. Within gang contexts, men who do not participate in violence can face social exclusion, beatings, and even murder for failing to adhere to gang rules. The pressure to âprove oneâs manhoodâ through enacting masculine strength, power, and disregard for danger has significant physical and psychological ramifications for all involved and works to reinforce violent structures and gender hierarchiesâŚ.
Read more at the top link for expanded understanding of the congruencies between perceived gang warfare and warfare purportedly representing the political rights of marginalized cultural or geographical groups. Keep cult dynamics in mind as well. This article is not specifically about those things, but itâs shockingly informative on them nevertheless. it comes from (wik page) The International Peace Institute
<small>an independent non-profit lobby group based in New York (beside the headquarters of the United Nations , with which IPI works closely). The institute has regional offices in Europe (Vienna, Austria ), and in the Middle East (Manama, Bahrain ).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] IPI specializes in multilateral approaches to peace and security issues, working closely with the Secretariat and membership of the United Nations.[3] [4] IPI's primary objective is to promote effective international responses to new and emerging issues and crises through research, analysis, and policy development.
Contents ⎠1 History ⎠2 Activities â 2.1 General â 2.2 Vienna Seminar ⎠3 Funding ⎠4 Officers ⎠5 Notable individuals ⎠6 References ⎠7 External links </small>
<big><big>Remembering Srebrenica: Sexual Violence in the war in Bosnia </big></big>
...During her 10 weeks in captivity, she was burned with cigarette butts, cut with a razor, and constantly humiliated for being Muslim. She was raped 16 times, often at knife and gunpoint. She says they told her that, âthere were too many Muslim people and a lot of Muslims were going to give birth to Serbian childrenâ.
The girl had been kidnapped from a bus station in Belgrade on 30th June 1992. She eventually outlived her use, and [with others like her, was trucked] to Visoko where they were exchanged for flour. In Visoko, she met other girls who said they had been raped at another location, and ... burned with hot metal bars.
About her abortion she says, âIf I would not have been able to get an abortion, I would have killed myself. I told this to my doctor. I wasnât going to give birth to this baby.â...
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<big><big>Alarabia Yazidi women recount ISIS captivity: They raped children as young as 4</big></big>
Yazidi survivor Suad Hamid, who was held captive by ISIS in Iraq ⌠[was forcibly abducted by ⌠an ISIS member named Abu Mohammed, who took] her cousins and other girls. Since that day, she has been unable to reunite with her sister,...
[She] also shed light on the treatment endured by Yazidi female captives at the hands of the wives of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. She revealed that the wives of ISIS leaders engaged in a disturbing competition, vying to sell the captives for the highest possible priceâŚ.
[Suad and her brother ultimately were ransomed back by their family, forced by pay $40,000]...
A series of exclusive interviews conducted by Al Arabiya and Al Hadath channels with the wives and daughter of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sparked mixed reactions, notably inciting anger from some Yazidi survivors who had endured captivity under ISIS. These survivors were particularly outraged by the claims made by al-Baghdadiâs wives, asserting that they were treated well during their captivityâŚ.
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<big><big>Women For Women â International Book Club Our Bodies, Their Battlefields by Christina Lamb . </big></big>
âAround the world, a woman's body is still very much a battlefield and hundreds of thousands of women bear the invisible wounds of war.â
This webpage includes donation opportunities to Palestine Emergency Response and for women and families struggling to survive flooding in Afghanistan.
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<big><big>Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security </big></big>
promotes a more peaceful, equitable and just world by focusing on how pivotal women are in preventing conflict and building peace. Since 2013, we have conducted rigorous research, elevated the voices of women peacebuilders and informed policymakers, while nurturing the next generation of leaders. Headed by former US Ambassador for Global Womenâs Issues Melanne Verveer, with former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton serving as honorary chair, the Institute is a globally recognized leader advancing womenâs meaningful engagement in peace and security.
We engage in cutting-edge research on womenâs roles in peace and security efforts, economic empowerment, countering violent extremism , and mitigating climate change and natural disasters. Our signature Women, Peace and Security Index offers a more comprehensive measure of womenâs wellbeing in over 150 countries.
We host global summits with foreign officials and global thought leaders on critical issues and celebrate peacemakers at our annual award ceremonies. Our Bridging Theory & Practice symposiums facilitate in-depth conversations with top policymakers, practitioners, and academics.
We communicate our original research findings and amplify the voices of women peacebuilders through our Seeking Peace podcast, media appearances, video & oral history projects, social media channels, newsletter , and blog .
We invest in the next generation by engaging undergraduate and graduate Georgetown students in popular on-campus events and programs, classroom instruction, research assistant and volunteer positions, and research fellowships.
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<big>NativeNewsOnline Leona Carlyle-Kakar (Ak-Chin), Instrumental in Securing the 1st Water Rights Settlement in Indian Country, Walks On</big>
Leona Carlyle-Kakar ⌠of the Ak-Chin Indian Community [Casa Grande, Arizona], has passed on to the spirit world. [Starting with a decade of unrelenting work in the 1960s] she was instrumental in securing one of the most substantial water settlements for Indian Country and spurring the economic development of her tribe [including organizing to initiate successful community farming with no assistance from the skeptical BIA, and helping open the tribeâs Harrahâs Ak-Chin Casino in 1994].
Carlyle-Kakar was born on the Ak-Chin Reservation on March 29, 1936 ⌠After earning her GED in 1965, she served on the Ak-Chin tribal council for 40 years ⌠as council secretary, council member, vice chairman, and the councilâs first-ever female chairman; also the Ak-Chin Farm Board Chairman from 1965 until she retired in 2016 at age 80 [honored and recognized for her achievements].
âŚ[The current chairman said] âAs we see the structures that are up in our community, the homes and ... resources that we live by â thatâs Leona Kakar, ... I consider her as the greatest leader the Ak-Chin Communityâs ever had in spearheading ... what weâve been able to do as a community.â⌠...Carlyle-Kakar died on Sunday, April 14, 2024. She was 88 years old.
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<big>CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ ) OSU researchersâ project shows Indigenous stewardshipâs role in forest ecosystem resilience</big>
Oregon State University researchers have teamed with the Karuk Tribe of Northern California to create a novel computer simulation model that showcases Indigenous fire stewardshipâs role in forest ecosystem health.
Western scientists and land managers have become increasingly cognizant of cultural burning but its extent and purpose are generally absent from fire modeling research, said Skye Greenler , who led the partnership when she was a graduate research fellow in the OSU College of Forestry.
âWe developed this project in collaboration with the Karuk Tribe to explore the impact of cultural burning at a landscape scale in a completely new way,â she said. âThe information that went into this model is not new at all â itâs been held by Karuk Tribal members for millennia â but we developed new methods to bring the knowledge together and display it in a way that showcases the extent of Indigenous cultural stewardship across this landscape.â...
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<big>NNO.net Return to the Heart Foundation Gives 44 Micro-Grants to Native Women Leaders</big>
[This past week] the Return to the Heart Foundation celebrated Earth Day by honoring 44 Indigenous women leaders and their efforts to protect Mother Earth through its Traditional Helpers and Healers grant program.
Led by Indigenous women, Return to the Heart Foundation is a 501(c)(3) that supports projects that embrace traditional ways of living. It focuses on healing through storytelling, community involvement, and environmental justice, all rooted in a deep connection to the Earth.
<big>...Heal the Womxn, Heal the World ...</big>
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<big>NNO.net Biden Nominates Salish & Kootenai Tribal Attorney for Federal Bench</big>
Danna Jackson ... who grew up in Montana on the Flathead Reservation, was nominated by President Joe Biden on Wednesday [for] federal [judgeship], United States District Court for the District of Montana. Jackson is the fifth Native American President Biden has nominated to the federal bench. Jackson ... spent much of her legal career focused on Indian law and natural resources ⌠[If confirmed by the U.S. Senate] Jackson would be the fifth active Native American federal district court judge in the country and the first Native American federal judge in Montana.
[Since 2023, she has served] as tribal attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Pablo, Montana ..[following U.S. Department of the Interior positions as senior counselor to the director of the Bureau of Land Management, and as senior counselor to the assistant secretary for Water and Science.]
[From 2016 to 2021] Jackson [was] chief legal counsel at the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in Helena [and] an assistant U.S. Attorney and tribal liaison in the U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the District of Montana from 2010 to 2016, [prosecuting] violent crime in Indian Country,
Jackson [began as a staff attorney at the National Indian Gaming Commission from 2000 to 2002, a legislative assistant in the United States Senate from 2002 to 2005, and] an attorney at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP from 2005 to 2010...
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<big>NNO.net Indigenous Journalists Association President Addresses Members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues NPFII</big> On April 24,
Christine Trudeau, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, president of the Indigenous Journalists Association, delivered [statement, formally known as an âinterventionâ] at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 23rd session of the UNPFIIs.
Trudeau [addressed] the importance of âwhy supporting Indigenous journalism by and for Indigenous peoples is a key driver toward self-determination.â
âGlobally, Indigenous communities are ignored, misrepresented, maligned, and in many cases dehumanized by media portrayals of our cultures, distinct issues, and the challenges we face due to the impacts of colonization,â said Trudeau. âThis is often because our communities are either not represented in newsrooms, or do not have access to Indigenous-led media.â...
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<big>Honolulu Civil Beat âAbusiveâ Lawsuits, Early Child Care Led Hawaii Womenâs January 2024 Caucus Package Of Bills</big> The bipartisan group of legislators finds joining forces helps get measures passed at the Legislature.
Domestic violence can continue well beyond an initial incident, as people who abuse their intimate partners later use court proceedings to continue a pattern of harassment, intimidation and coercion .
In a family court, for example, abusers may use legal-separation or child-custody cases to harm or exploit their partner as well as make life more difficult for their kids.
Under proposed House and Senate companion bills now pending at the Hawaii Legislature, a court would be granted the authority to restrict what is described as âabusive litigationâ from someone who has abused, stalked or sexually assaulted another party.
If passed and signed into law, the legislation could also grant a court the power to dismiss a case or complaint if âa preponderance of the evidenceâ shows that its main purpose is to cause further harm. The court could even impose sanctions against the abusive litigatorâŚ.
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<big>US Justice Department Settlement Reached for Sexual Assault of USA Female Gymnasts</big> The plaintiffs, including Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, and Aly Raisman, played an instrumental part in efforts to seek justice for all the women involved, and âto make sure that this never happens again.â
The Justice Department announced today that it has settled 139 administrative claims arising from allegations of sexual abuse committed by former physician and USA Gymnastics official Lawrence Gerard Nassar.
Over the course of nearly two decades and ending in 2016 when he was arrested by the State of Michigan, Nassar sexually abused hundreds of victims under the guise of performing medical treatments. These settlements will resolve administrative claims against the United States alleging that the FBI failed to conduct an adequate investigation of Nassarâs conduct. In July 2021, the Departmentâs Office of the Inspector General issued a report critical of certain aspects of the FBIâs response to, and investigation of, allegations against Nassar.
âFor decades, Lawrence Nassar abused his position, betraying the trust of those under his care and medical supervision while skirting accountability,â said Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer. âThese allegations should have been taken seriously from the outset. While these settlements wonât undo the harm Nassar inflicted, our hope is that they will help give the victims of his crimes some of the critical support they need to continue healing.â
The settlement agreements, which have been approved by the Department, resolve 139 claims for a total of $138.7 million to be distributed to claimants.
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<big>Florida NewsTimes White Jacksonville man gets prison for hate crime threats with shotgun against 2 Black women</big>
A white[28-year-old] Jacksonville man who shouted racial slurs and threatened two Black women with a shotgun [in two separate incidents] has been sentenced to five years in prison for committing federal hate crimes. [He pleaded guilty last summer to crimes that together could have put him behind bars for up to] 20 years.
âThe defendant is being held accountable for targeting two Black women with a gun on two separate days because of their race,â Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke , head of the Justice Departmentâs Civil Rights Division , said in written remarks. âNo one in this country should have to live in fear that when they use public spaces or work at their job, they risk attack by someone who hates them because of the color of their skin.â
The abstract-sounding crimes Pierallini was convicted of happened in routine, everyday settings â a Westside convenience store and the street outside his Southside apartment â and at first triggered an attempted-murder charge in state court...
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<big>CBS NEWS "Call to Action" critical conversation event focuses on justice for Black women</big>
CHICAGO (CBS) - Investigative Reporter Dorothy Tucker moderated an impactful conversational event at Trinity United Church of Christ on Thursday , focused on uplifting justice for women of color.
Panelists included city, civic and community leaders. The 90-minute event stemmed from a 2023 investigation revealing disturbing data showing as many as one of every 3 victims of crime in Chicago is a Black woman.
The first panelists were Nicole Robinson who is CEO of the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago , Gabrielle Molden-Carlwell who works as a trauma therapist at Reslience , and Geneva Brown who is a professor of criminology at DePaul University. All three said they could relate ... they have all been victims of crime ...
Molden-Carlwell said victimization impacts a woman's entire life from professional to personal long after the crime occurs, "It weighs on their ability to form relationships. So much so that some people would just rather not. It's overwhelming..."
Robinson said the impact of crime on Black women also extends to the community at large, "In every single space home, work, community, church we are at risk. Our bodies are at risk."...
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<big>Essence These Black Women health professionals Launched Their Own Digital Platform To Help Curb The Diabetes Epidemic </big>
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<big>Axios: "Not acceptable": Doctors start to take women's pain more seriously: </big>
Why it matters: The impact of social media testimonies and a greater systemic focus on women's health are helping drive a shift in how providers treat women's pain, especially for reproductive care.
"There's a lot of unfortunate history of women's pain being dismissed, particularly for women of color, but it does seem like there's more conversation about it," said Neel Shah, chief medical officer of Maven, a virtual women's care company.
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Other recent stories about the regularity with which women experience pain during routine care have brought attention to the issue with sometimes shocking details.
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TodayShow <big>Can delay of menopause boost women's health? One woman shares her story:</big>
For about a decade, Discepolo has been researching menopause and how that might impact her life. She found a study examining whether ramamycin â a drug often used to prevention rejection after organ transplants â might delay menopause. Researchers have hypothesized that pushing back menopause could lessen some of the health problems associated with itâŚ. ...âThere is potential that if we can delay menopause, we can actually not only delay a lot of the negative symptoms that can come with menopause but ... a lot of the negative consequences from it, which include all causes of death,â Williams said. âTo be able to have a safe, relatively low-cost method to slow various aging, delay menopause and as a result have an improvement in terms of health and longevity would be just such a tremendous win.â...
...âOne group is reporting a better sense of wellbeing, better mood, better stamina, better memory,â Williams said. âAnother group is reporting feeling pretty much the same. So, weâll have to wait to unbind the data to see if those two groups map out to whether they were receiving the drug or placebo.ââŚ.
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<big>SCOTUS Oral arguments in Idaho case Moyle v United States.</big> The issue is whether federal law requires emergency abortion in spite of state law. https://www.c-span.org/âŚ
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<big>The Guardian <big>Arizona house votes to repeal stateâs near-total ban on abortion </big></big>
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<big>AssocPress Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalized</big>
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloniâs far-right-led government scored a victory Tuesday with the Senate approving a law allowing anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies⌠The law, already passed by the lower Chamber of Deputies, allows regions to permit groups âwith a qualified experience supporting motherhoodâ to have access to public support centers where women who are considering abortions go to receive counseling.
For the right, the amendment merely fulfills the original intent of the 1978 law legalizing abortion, known as Law 194, which includes provisions to prevent the procedure and support motherhoodâŚ.
âThe government should realize that they keep saying they absolutely do not want to boycott or touch Law 194, but the truth is that the right-wing opposes womenâs reproductive autonomy, fears womenâs choices regarding motherhood, sexuality, and abortion,â Cecilia DâElia, a Democratic Party senator, said at a protest this week against the legislation âŚ.
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<big>Ha'aretz Israeli American author Ayelet Waldman among 7 US Jews arrested for trying to bring aid into Gaza via Israel.</big> Two have been released; Waldman remains among the five still in custody. They were part of a U.S. delegation organized by Rabbis for Human Rights trying to deliver relief to Palestinians, and calling for an end to the war.
âŚ.Waldman's husband Michael Chabon , also a noted novelist, expressed concern about her status on Instagram. "She was there in the company of a group of American rabbis, #rabbis4ceasefire, to show the world, the people of Gaza, and their fellow Jews in Israel, and around the world what Judaism teaches: justice, lovingkindness, peace, mercy, liberation,"âŚ
...The other Americans arrested include Rabbi Alissa Wise, a founder of Rabbis for Ceasefire; Rabbi Alana Alpert, a Detroit-area congregational rabbi; Ilana Sumka, a longtime activist and rabbinical student; and Kobi Snitz, a mathematician [and leading member of the Israeli Jewish and Arab Boycott from Within association]...
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Donât know if this is Robbinsâ work. Might be, ya never know. Wikipedia article on Robbins HERE
<big>JTA.org Trina Robbins, the first woman to draw a full issue of âWonder Womanâ.. .</big>
...grew up in Brooklyn, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Belarus. Her mother, a New York city school teacher [made sure she had basic art supplies, inspiring] a lifelong obsession with drawing, design and comic books: In the 1960s Robbins befriended and designed clothes for a bevy of rock stars, selling her fashions at her Broccoli boutique in Manhattanâs Greenwich Village.
Turning to comics, Robbins drew âIt Aint Me Babe,â the first comic book made exclusively by women; became, in 1985, the first woman to draw a full issue of âWonder Womanâ; and founded, in 1994, Friends of Lulu, a womenâs comic book collective. A historian of comics, her books included âPretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013â (2013).
In 2023, at the first-ever Jewish Comics Experience convention , Robbins was awarded the Macherke Award for lifetime achievement for works that included âEscape Artist ,â a graphic biography of Holocaust survivor and cartoonist Lily Renee, and âA Minyen Yidn ,â her adaptation of Yiddish short stories by her father, Muttel (Mutye) Perechudnik.
Robbins died on Wednesday in San Francisco . She was 85.
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Natâl Park Service - Fort Vancouver, Washington </big>Biographical article on Asian-American pioneering pilot Leah Hing </big>1907-2001.
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<big>We Who Produce Pearls Fills in What the History Books Left Out [a talk] With Author, Artist About Asian Americansâ Shared Story, Resistance and Healing</big>
The quality of a picture book depends on the compatibility of two major elements: the words and the images. How well do the images communicate with the text? Are the images competing with the text, or is there an ideal symbiotic relationship between the two? In âWe Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America,â the written reflections of Joanna Ho find a perfect balance with the vivid and colorful wall-mural style men, women, children, and beasts from Amanda Phingbodhipakkiyaâs paintbrush.
Through approximately 20 prompts that are spread across two open pages, each one beginning with âWe WhoâŚâ and followed by a verb, the spectrum of human existence is conveyed. Ho makes sure that weâre always part of the experience. Sheâs assured enough to speak for all the people who dream, cultivate, persist, sacrifice, and so much more. ⌠In one particularly evocative spread [of] immigrants ...Thereâs a woman holding her child [facing away, her hair] covered by a lime green scarf ...a man [with] an orange turban, only the right side of his face visible and his child covered by a thick black beard ... a woman with short hair, green and blue earrings, facing us but looking away. Ho writes:
âWe who survive/arrive on shores/greeted with a whiplash/of narratives,
contradictions/that weaponize us against ourselves/to keep us silent,/invisible
erased./We hold injustice in our mouths,/but we are not our pain.â
In another panel, a woman bracing herself against the wind and a bearded man [beside her] yelling [are] tangled in blue barbed wire, [not yet suffocating â] ... not yet. Ho writes:
âWe who sacrifice/go for broke/when bullets scream/in an endless streamâŚWe hold
injustice in our mouths, encircle it with tenacity and audacity, and roll it around on our
tongues.â...
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from DK March 8 <big>Wikipedia deleted my page </big>by TexMex
...Hispanic kids now have one less person to research on. Someone who is a woman of color in with life in STEM and with impact in education. .... What other people of color are being erased ...? That really stinks.
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<big>CouncilOnForeignRelations New European Parliament Directive to Target Online and Domestic Violence</big>
This week, members of the European Parliament, led by President Roberta Metsola, concluded two years of negotiations and adopted a directive on combating violence against women. With 522 in favor, 27 against, and 72 abstentions, this new legislation establishes a common definition of certain crimes and harmonizes penalties across the 27 member states of the European Parliament. Notably, the directive specifically prohibits female genital mutilation, forced marriage, and includes additional laws to target online crimes and cyberviolence. It also outlines aggravating circumstances that would lead to more severe penalties when crimes are committed against âa public figure, journalist, or human rights defender.â After the measure was adopted, Metsola said, â...Victims need support. Aggressors must face punishment. Women deserve protection. We will not stop here.â Member states will now have three years to implement the legislation, and it will be reviewed by the commission every five years.
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Narges Mohammadi, born 1972 â this image is from several years in the past. Hover for more information and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narges_Mohammadi
Jerusalem Post -<big> Iranian activist: Desperate regime waging all-out war against women :</big>
âNarges Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, warned that the Islamic regime in Iran was waging an âall-out warâ against Iranian women in a voice recording that she managed to send from within Tehran's Evin Prison on Sunday.
âFor years, we have witnessed many women who have endured assault, abuse, and beatings by government agents,â Mohammadi said in a message published on her Instagram page to mark her birthday. âHowever, today, the Islamic Republic, not from a position of strength but out of desperation, has dragged a full-scale war against all women to every street in Iran.â
âWe women in this relentless war will either stop this war by losing our lives, or the people of Iran and the world will come to our aid so that we can stop this war through living and peace and force the misogynistic regime to retreat,â she said.â
And persecution in Iran isnât limited to Iranian women, but includes their male allies, as well. From AP - âA rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been sentenced to death, his lawyer and rights activists said Thursday.â
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<big><big><big>PARKERfor10 </big> is the campaign to challenge Republican Mike Moyle for his Idaho House Seat. Nancy Parker wants Idaho legislature to put our children and workers first.
Nancy Parker is kosak strawbale . </big>Read her policy positions and donate at the big link. Read her diary, Challenging The Supermajority in Idaho HERE , and hover on her name at her tipjar comment, to click to follow her here in DailyKos!</big>
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