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International Women's Day 2011
TrustLaw Women, Thomson Reuters and Reuters mark the centenary
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Good morning from Bangkok! Here's an interview I did with human rights activist Rathi Ramanathan on women's rights - www.trust.org Malaysian-born, Bangkok-based Rathi says, 'Women need to start to understand their body politics.' -
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Having been working on human rights issues for a while, Rathi says she's frustrated by some women's rights groups' inability to be inclusive, especially when it comes to sex workers' rights. Provocative and thoughtful points from Rathi here:- www.trust.org
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Human Rights Watch says Cambodia has barred a rally intending to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. www.hrw.org
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HRW says "Refusing women the right to rally peacefully reflects the government's distrust its people," said Adams. "The Cambodian government's creeping dictatorial rule should be of real concern to the country's donors." www.hrw.org
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I am going to sign off for a while, but will return later on today. I will be attending Join Me on the Bridge where I hope to send a few Tweets and pictures of the events. Helen Pankhurst, great-grandaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst (early suffragettes) will be there, according to organisers. It will be on the Millennium Bridge, near Tate Modern.
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The Globe and Mail's Stephanie Nolen has a thoughtful piece on how the raped and repressed still face a long road to change:- www.theglobeandmail.com She says, "The silent majority of the world’s women know nothing of International Women’s Day; they remain mired in the struggle for the most basic freedoms."
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Nolen says "the same system that has lifted us up and brought so much progress on these fronts is connected to the system that keeps these women down." She says subsidized agriculture in the western world mean dumping farming excess into African and Asian markets, where three-quarters of farmers are women. "You can’t stage a revolution when you earn $1 a day growing millet." www.theglobeandmail.com
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In Sydney we're helping empower entrepreneurial women in Uganda with a fundraising bead sale for Bead for Life beadforlife.org - an organization that enables Ugandan craftswomen to sell their beaded jewellery worldwide, providing them with a source of income to care for themselves and their families. -
Sydney staff purchases beads that benefit - Bead for Life beadforlife.org
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FAO says more resources for women farmers mean less hunger for millions. A Reuters piece based on FAO's briefing yesterday on the rising food prices www.trust.org
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Pink crosses made out of paper, each representing a woman who has been killed, are placed on a square in Cuernavaca March 7, 2011. Activists are calling out against gender killings as International Women's Day marks its 100th anniversary on March 8. REUTERS/Margarito Perez (MEXICO)
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Pink crosses made out of paper, each representing a woman who has been killed, form a giant pink cross on a square in Cuernavaca March 7, 2011. Activists are calling out against gender killings as International Women's Day marks its 100th anniversary on March 8. REUTERS/Margarito Perez (MEXICO)
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urges countries to continue fighting sexual violence in conflict zones. www.icrc.org
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"Sexual violence in times of conflict does not happen automatically and can be avoided," said Nadine Puechguirbal, the ICRC's adviser on issues relating to women and war. "Deplorably, it happens all too often that the rules protecting women are not observed." www.icrc.org
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It is such a pleasure to see the global celebration of IWD. In Sydney it seems like there has been a week long series of events - from a Summit last week, to a TV programme last night and a mix of company and individual events today. Why the upswing? I think it reflects the new collective energy for gender equity in Australia. The current state of play is neither fair nor smart. And it's not about gender wars, but a recognition that we are not good at being inclusive of diversity in general, and gender inequity is a huge arrow pointing that out. -
For those interested in participating in the 2nd annual Women on the Bridges campaign, here's where you can see whether an event is occurring near you. www.womenforwomen.org
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The Guardian has done a list of 100 of the world's most inspiration women in various categories, ranging from political and social achievements to art and entertainment. Do you agree with the list? www.guardian.co.uk
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An activist holds flowers with the name of Guadalupe Andino (a woman killed) during a rally against femicide in downtown Tegucigalpa March 7, 2011, ahead of International Women's Day. In Honduras, 63 women have been killed during 2011, according to police. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
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Someone asks did the West forget IWD? No way Ole! There are hundreds of events all over the UK to my certain knowledge. And we have a great number of new web sites celebrating feminism. NAWO, the National Alliance of Women's Organisations was in Trafalgar Square on Saturday as part of Million Women Rise and the Central London March with a stall offering cup cakes in the women's colours only to be told, alas, that we could not give away food in case of food poisoning!!! Happy IWD and eat many fairy cakes. Or chocolate? Annette Lawson -
Sexual violence in Papua New Guinea has reached "epidemic proportions," said a report from Human Rights Watch. My recent article based on the report and why women are unable to get access to justice. foundation.reuters.com
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New York Times writes about migrant mothers who look after other children and/or toil six days a week so their own children can have a better future. www.nytimes.com
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If you're looking for small, local organisations working on women's rights issues in some of the most difficult parts of the world, U.K.-based group Safe World has a good list here:- asafeworldforwomen.org
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In Nepal we are working to provide sexual and reproductive health information and services to girls and young women who have been trafficked or are vulnerable to trafficking. See some of the work done by the Family Planning Association of Nepal: www.fpan.org -
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TrustLaw's George Esunge Fominyen spoke to a Nigerian activist about forced disinheritance for African women. www.trust.org
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Empowering girls to decide - in areas of Sri Lanka that are under-served, FPA Sri Lanka is working with girls and young women to enable them to take charge of their sexual and reproductive lives, in partnership with the government. Read more at: www.fpasrilanka.org
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A neat little interactive page showing how many women are in parliament in a country. www.visionofhumanity.org Very interesting to see which countries came out top, although it is not a surprise to see the bottom ones.
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Nine countries in the world have zero or less than one percent of women representatives in the lower house. www.visionofhumanity.org
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Amnesty International's Widney Brown laments the fact that Egypt's new constitution is being written by an all-men committee, and charges that the international community treats women's inequality as "regrettable but inevitable reality." Do you agree? www.otherwords.org
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A video featuring Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench talking about inequality. Simple but powerful. www.youtube.com
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"We need higher pay for feminised jobs, not just more women in overvalued macho jobs," says a piece in the Sydney Morning Herald. www.smh.com.au
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Female street sweepers from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority line up to receive assigned areas to clean before their deployment outside their office in Quezon City, Metro Manila March 8, 2011. The world marks International Women's Day every March 8. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo
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How is it that in a country of 1.3 billion, with nearly 3,000 National People's Congress delegates, there are no women of national political prominence? Where are the women in China's leadership? behindthewall.msnbc.msn.com
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The ILO estimates there are more than 100 million domestic workers around the world. Women and girls are concentrated in this sector which is poorly-regulated, undervalued, and prone to abuse. But 2011 could be a landmark year if governments support a new treaty to establish global standards for domestic work in June. Learn more here: www.hrw.org -
Happy International Women's Day! Today is a significant day for women all over the world, and especially in the Middle East and North Africa region where women have been demonstrating for democratic reforms alongside men for months. Today, from Cairo's Tahrir Square, I will join thousands of Egyptian women in their calls for gender equality, political participation in the transitional process, and equal representation and decision-making in the development of a new, free, democratic, and equal Egypt. Let's stand in solidarity with Egyptian, Tunisian, Bahranian, Yemeni, Libyan, and Iranian women today in the MENA region. Let's stand together for our continued struggles for gender equality. -
hello from Bangalore www.un.org - this is how it started 100 years ago. -
Industries in India are conciously focusing on engaging with women in the higher rungs of the corporate ladder. Read on. economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Happy International Women’s Day from India! Unfortunately, even as I write, many women continue to die of pregnancy and childbirth complications in India. Last month, in the second largest hospital in Jodhpur city in Rajasthan state, 17 pregnant women died—a shockingly large number of preventable deaths. Women and men are gathering today in a peaceful protest to demand immediate government action to inquire into the deaths and take remedial measures.
Hopefully the government’s response to the protest will be different from that in Madhya Pradesh state earlier this year. When peaceful protests were organized in the predominantly tribal region of Barwani district to protest against a series of maternal deaths there, local authorities responded—not with immediate remedial measures—but with the strong arm of the criminal justice system. They called in the police and intimidated and arrested many activists. Outrage across the country subsequently resulted in a government inquiry.
To find out more about maternal deaths in India go to: www.hrw.org -
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