Started reseaching global women's issues on Violence.
Found it interesting to come accross this address to the senate on gender based violence.
Melanee Verveer reveals how detrimental the scale of the issue and deems it larger than a "womens issue" but a humanitarian issue. Please take the time to read the below link. It feels good to know this issue is being addressed on a high level and to even address it as a pandemic of sorts.
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2009/130268.htm
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Gender based violence in SRI Lanka- Concerning
Found this clip of high percentage of women experimenting common violent sexual crimes in SRI Lanka. Alarming!
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&rlz=1R2ADFA_enUS349&q=sexual%20crimes%20against%20women&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=sexual+crimes+against+women+in+us&hl=en&emb=0&qvid=sexual+crimes
There is easy access to women and women have little privacy. Abuse typical on buses. Apparently it is difficult to come forward with allegations....society not equipped to handle. Some women experience sexual harrassment everyday. In need of agencies and hotlines to help.
I wanted to see how other cultures are handling this very topic...its widespread and intolerable acts....something that needs to be looked at in a more global light.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&rlz=1R2ADFA_enUS349&q=sexual%20crimes%20against%20women&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=sexual+crimes+against+women+in+us&hl=en&emb=0&qvid=sexual+crimes
There is easy access to women and women have little privacy. Abuse typical on buses. Apparently it is difficult to come forward with allegations....society not equipped to handle. Some women experience sexual harrassment everyday. In need of agencies and hotlines to help.
I wanted to see how other cultures are handling this very topic...its widespread and intolerable acts....something that needs to be looked at in a more global light.
Men speaking out against violence against women
In class on monday we hit a topic that I wasn't familiar with so I decided to look into it. I typed in men speaking out against violence against women. I thought about it and it seems so much more profound if a man would stand up against it. Imagine a commercial where a man stands up and talks about how he refuses to act violent against any woman and he asks for support for this. If you google this topic it brings up several Canadian sites to where apparently they have a white ribbon campaign to educate men and boys on this very issue:
Check out the link
http://www.whiteribbon.ca/about_us/#1
How interesting and seems like it would be more effective of a way to bring attention to the matter.
Check out the link
http://www.whiteribbon.ca/about_us/#1
How interesting and seems like it would be more effective of a way to bring attention to the matter.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Activism,Change,and Feminist Futures
Being that we are discussing the United Nations in my International Relations class and I have a paper due on a film called, "The Girl in the Cafe," this is the perfect reading. Check out the below link and look into this film..I will post a UTUBE clip also for you to take a peek:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_in_the_Caf%C3%A9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BvdAYWIbEg
The movie was Excellent! It talks about the UN Millennium goals as does our reading and depicts a woman that isn't afraid to speak her mind to a somewhat intimidating Chancellor in order to fight for the war against poverty in Africa. At first I found myself almost embarrassed for her and realized anytime someone is courageous enough to stand up for what they believe in, afterawhile the embarrassment takes an undertone and bravery superceeds. I grew to admire Gina's character. Gina is willing to to take a chance and risk everything to fight for strangers that are suffering. Her feminist behaviors replicate the goal to have women fully participate in public life and decision making. It validates the need for change by encouraging women into political roles in order to diversify any aspects that may get overlooked. Where there is uniform amongst politicians, one can see how it may be possible to obtain the bandwagon effect where there is decision making.
Transformity in the minds of our politicians can allow for a change in our future. In order to change, we have to have learned by our previous mistakes. Women in general have been excluded to these ratifications per say. Educating women to gender issues certainly can increase our changes of pushing our way into politics and the decisions that follow. Extreme measures need to occur in order for our "millennium goals" to be reached. As the reading suggests, an International bill of rights for women defies discrimmination and sets up these national agendas for change.
I like how the readings give many different ideas on how to initiate or promote awareness on such topics. Just in the few months I've been exposed to such topics, it has given me the desire to look further into the various organizations that can encourage leadership for women.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_in_the_Caf%C3%A9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BvdAYWIbEg
The movie was Excellent! It talks about the UN Millennium goals as does our reading and depicts a woman that isn't afraid to speak her mind to a somewhat intimidating Chancellor in order to fight for the war against poverty in Africa. At first I found myself almost embarrassed for her and realized anytime someone is courageous enough to stand up for what they believe in, afterawhile the embarrassment takes an undertone and bravery superceeds. I grew to admire Gina's character. Gina is willing to to take a chance and risk everything to fight for strangers that are suffering. Her feminist behaviors replicate the goal to have women fully participate in public life and decision making. It validates the need for change by encouraging women into political roles in order to diversify any aspects that may get overlooked. Where there is uniform amongst politicians, one can see how it may be possible to obtain the bandwagon effect where there is decision making.
Transformity in the minds of our politicians can allow for a change in our future. In order to change, we have to have learned by our previous mistakes. Women in general have been excluded to these ratifications per say. Educating women to gender issues certainly can increase our changes of pushing our way into politics and the decisions that follow. Extreme measures need to occur in order for our "millennium goals" to be reached. As the reading suggests, an International bill of rights for women defies discrimmination and sets up these national agendas for change.
I like how the readings give many different ideas on how to initiate or promote awareness on such topics. Just in the few months I've been exposed to such topics, it has given me the desire to look further into the various organizations that can encourage leadership for women.
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