Received: from relay2.softcomca.com (unknown [168.144.1.68]) by relay-3m.club-internet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC10916AB for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 06:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.hetier.com ([168.144.1.74]) by relay2.softcomca.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.3779); Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:55:57 -0400 Received: from web2032.softcomca.com [168.144.38.3] by mail.hetier.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.03) id A6B4DD01E2; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:48:52 -0400 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?SEXISME_et_DROITS_des_FEMMES?= Sender: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sexisme@club-internet=2Efr?=" From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sexisme@club-internet=2Efr?=" Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:48:52 -0400 To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sexisme@club-internet=2Efr?=" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-USER_IP: 213.44.152.15 X-Mailer: JMail 4.2.0 by Dimac Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200109210050901.SM00940@web2032.softcomca.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Sep 2001 04:55:57.0704 (UTC) FILETIME=[B3AC9880:01C14259] Status: X-Mmail: \Recent X-M-Uid: 0011027.1001047974 Cher-e-s ami-e-s, dear friends, Ci-joint quelques courriers=2E There is some news=2E Merci de pr=E9venir si vous ne souhaitez plus en recevoir=2E Thanks for send= ing an e-mail if you want to cancel=2E (sexisme@club-internet=2Efr) Sororalement=2E Sisterly yours=2E Mich=E8le Dayras http://perso=2Eclub-internet=2Efr/sexisme (et notre Forum de discussion; and= our Newsgroup)=2E *** Bulletin sp=E9cial du 21/09/01 1 : Le talibanisme : th=E9orie et m=E9thode 2 - les Talibans et la guerre contre les femmes 3 - Manifestation =E0 Paris en solidarit=E9 avec les Afghanes 4A / 4B : Derniers commentaires des femmes sur les frappes terroristes=2E=2E= =2EWomen's last information on the terrorists attacks=2E=2E=2E 5 : Paroles d'hommes non violents / men against violence 6 : " Ce n'est pas le temps pour une politique de cow-boy " / "No Time for C= owboy Politics" 7 : Le r=F4le des femmes dans une culture de paix ! Women's contribution to = a culture of peace ! 8 - Une ONG humanitaire : Pour un secours =E0 toutes les victimes 9 - Un film : Massoud l'Afghan *** 1 - Le Talibanisme: th=E9orie et m=E9thode Assr-e ma (notre =E8re) Extraits - Traduit par Guissou Jahangiri Le talibanisme ne correspond pas simplement =E0 un groupe aujourd'hui pr=E9= sent en Afghanistan=2E Il s'agit d'un ph=E9nom=E8ne propre au domaine de la= pens=E9e et de la m=E9thode de l'Islam politique=2E Bien qu'il se soit ouve= rtement r=E9v=E9l=E9 en Afghanistan =E0 cause des conditions =E9conomiques, = sociales et politiques de ce pays, il pourra de la m=EAme mani=E8re appara=EE= tre sur d'autres terrains propices=2E Le talibanisme, avant d'=EAtre un ph=E9nom=E8ne politique, est un discours,= une lecture sp=E9cifique parmi une multitude d'=E9coles et de pratiques de = l'Islam politique=2E Dans son discours fondamentaliste bas=E9 sur la charia,= le talibanisme diff=E8re d'autres discours religieux contemporains du monde= musulman : =E9cole lib=E9rale positiviste, n=E9o-lib=E9rale mystique, r=E9f= ormatrice bas=E9e sur la charia ou radicale et critique=2E Le talibanisme est un produit nouveau de notre =E9poque, m=EAme si on peut = identifier ses racines dans certaines traditions qui m=E9prisaient la raison= et la niaient ou ne lui r=E9servaient qu'une place marginale=2E La fid=E9li= t=E9 formaliste et non critique au Texte, la g=E9n=E9ralisation a-historique= et non dynamique font partie de l'h=E9ritage r=E9colt=E9 par le talibanisme= =2E Cependant, cette conception de l'Islam n'a pas g=E9n=E9r=E9 de crise da= ns les si=E8cles pr=E9c=E9dents, car ceux qui la portaient =E9taient peu nom= breux et encadr=E9s=2E La relation entre la religion et la soci=E9t=E9 suit le mod=E8le du bandit = Procuste, figure mythologique grecque=2E Celui-ci ne se contentait pas de d=E9= valiser les caravanes, il ordonnait que l'on attache chaque voyageur sur un = lit, et il fallait que la taille de la victime corresponde exactement =E0 la= longueur du lit=2E Alors, soit on =E9tirait le voyageur trop petit, soit o= n sciait ses jambes s'il =E9tait trop grand pour que son corps puisse s'insc= rire exactement dans le lit=2E Pour le talibanisme, l'Islam est un lit de f= er qui doit encadrer comme le lit de Procuste l'homme et la soci=E9t=E9=2E C= 'est de l=E0 que vient la racine de la contradiction entre la vision par le = talibanisme de l'=EAtre humain et la soci=E9t=E9 contemporaine=2E Cette pens= =E9e nie l'=E9volution, le changement, la transformation=2E Plus le changeme= nt dans la soci=E9t=E9 est rapide, plus le d=E9calage entre ce discours et l= e monde devient flagrant=2E Par exemple, alors que l'histoire de l'humanit=E9= est arriv=E9e =E0 un point de maturit=E9 o=F9 l'on est convaincu de la n=E9= cessit=E9 de l'abolition de l'esclavage, ce fondamentalisme se donne comme d= evoir de justifier et de th=E9oriser l'esclavage comme un fait permanent, ir= r=E9vocable et =E9ternel en se r=E9f=E9rant =E0 un dogme absolu et m=E9caniq= ue=2E Alors que les femmes sont sorties de leur r=F4le traditionnel et d=E9f= endent leurs droits =E0 l'=E9galit=E9 avec les hommes dans les domaines de l= '=E9ducation, de la culture, de la politique, de l'=E9conomie et des droits = civiques et humains, ils leur imposent un r=F4le archa=EFque=2E Alors que la= d=E9mocratie et les libert=E9s civiques font partie des mod=E8les de l'=EAt= re humain et que la revendication de la participation et du droit de chacun = =E0 d=E9terminer son devenir sont intimement li=E9s =E0 la raison de l'homme= , le talibanisme impose un mod=E8le comme le Califat ou l'Imamat autoritaire= qui r=E9duit la relation de l'homme =E0 la soci=E9t=E9 =E0 un sch=E9ma du d= roit et du devoir, qui remplace un gouvernement du peuple par un gouvernemen= t de tutelle et consid=E8re le premier comme un ph=E9nom=E8ne non religieux,= impie, import=E9 et contraire =E0 la Charia=2E Le talibanisme consid=E8re le dogme dans toutes les manifestations de la vi= e sociale comme immuable et n'a aucun =E9gard pour la raison, la science et = l'exp=E9rience humaine=2E A ses yeux, la relation entre la religion et la so= ci=E9t=E9 est univoque, absolue et fig=E9e=2E Dans son application, le talib= anisme peut tout =E0 fait se r=E9aliser par le biais d'exils massifs, de g=E9= nocides, de meurtres et de r=E9pressions=2E Ses promoteurs se voient comme l= es "Khmers verts" de l'Islam=2E Le talibanisme se donne comme devoir d'insta= urer la religion, au prix de l'usage de la violence et de la r=E9pression da= ns la soci=E9t=E9=2E Il ne voit pas de relation logique entre le devoir reli= gieux et le r=E9sultat des actions=2E Le talibanisme ne se sent pas tenu de = prendre en compte les devoirs et les cons=E9quences de son application sur l= a psychologie et la sant=E9 de la soci=E9t=E9=2E Cette =E9cole est convaincu= e qu'il incombe =E0 la soci=E9t=E9 de s'adapter aux pr=E9ceptes et aux disco= urs fondamentalistes et immuables et non l'inverse=2E On ne peut pas, pour s= 'opposer =E0 une telle id=E9e et de telles pratiques avoir simplement recour= s aux interventions politiques=2E Il faut savoir d=E9faire les fondements th= =E9oriques de cette =E9cole dans le domaine de la pens=E9e religieuse=2E *** 2 - les Talibans et la guerre contre les femmes By MARGARET WENTE >From Thursday's Globe and Mail On Fridays, the shops in Kabul close and everyone goes to the stadium=2E The= re, they watch as thieves and heretics have their hands cut off=2E One day, = the Taliban brought in three women covered in burqas=2E A smuggled video sho= ws a man with a microphone reading from the Koran=2E One of the women, accus= ed of adultery, is led to the centre of the stadium=2E A man puts a gun to h= er head and shoots her dead=2E The video ends=2E "The Taliban actually sells popcorn before these events," said Freshta, a yo= ung Afghan woman, in a recent interview with a reporter from the West=2E "Ex= ecutions have become entertainment for children=2E" The women of Afghanistan are the most oppressed group of people in the world= =2E Their country has been destroyed by wave on wave of war, and now they li= ve under the tyranny of brutal misogynists=2E The Taliban believes that fema= les are scarcely more than walking wombs, and they treat them worse than ani= mals=2E If =97 when =97 the Taliban is overthrown, the women of Afghanistan = will probably be better off=2E Freshta is 26 years old=2E She belongs to a secret organization known as the= Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, RAWA=2E They do not figh= t with guns=2E Instead, they set up secret schools to teach girls to read=2E= They offer clandestine medical care to the sick and illegal jobs to women w= idowed by two decades of war=2E Many of their members have been killed=2E Freshta's job is to bear witness=2E She and others document and report on Ta= liban atrocities to the outside world=2E A video of the summary execution in= the stadium was shot by another RAWA member, who hid a camcorder under her = burqa, the stifling garment that covers every Afghan woman from head to foot= whenever she is in a public place=2E They communicate by way of the Interne= t=2E Their Web site is http://www=2Erawa=2Eorg/ That this group exists at all is testimony to the triumph of the human spiri= t in the face of unimaginable hardship=2E "Since schools for girls were banned by the Taliban, we run underground home= -based classes for girls and literacy courses for women," Saba, another RAWA= member, told a New York Times reporter last year=2E Based now in the Pakist= an border city of Quetta, RAWA also runs schools and mobile health clinics i= n the refugee camps across the border=2E "If the Taliban caught me inside Af= ghanistan, they would definitely torture me and kill me, stone me as a prost= itute," Saba said=2E RAWA was founded in 1977 by Afghan women intellectuals with the aim of expan= ding women's human rights and working toward a democratic, secular governmen= t=2E There were educated women in Afghanistan then=2E In a largely illiterat= e population, they made up 40 per cent of doctors and 70 per cent of teacher= s=2E Then came the Soviets=2E The women of RAWA resisted the Soviets, but they al= so resisted the forces of fundamentalism=2E They were targeted by both sides= =2E After the Taliban clerics came to power, girls were forbidden to attend scho= ol=2E Women aren't allowed to work, even if they have starving children and = no husband or male relatives to support them=2E A girl can be killed if her = hymen is not intact at marriage=2E Family planning is forbidden, and women c= annot be seen by male doctors=2E Few female doctors are left, and agonizing = deaths in childbirth are common=2E Perhaps the cruellest rule is the one that requires women to live behind win= dows covered over with paint, so that no man can see them=2E Lack of sunligh= t and a wretched diet has created an epidemic of osteomalacia, a softening o= f the bones caused by vitamin D deficiency=2E Until now, the outside world has turned the other way from the suffering of = Afghanistan's women=2E It took a terrorist attack to get anyone to care abou= t mobilizing against the Taliban=2E "The nature and range of crimes perpetrated against Afghan women by fundamen= talists has no precedence in modern history," says RAWA=2E That's true=2E If= what is done to them were done to, say, Christians, it's unlikely the Weste= rn world would have turned its back=2E But after the Soviet defeat, the Amer= icans abandoned Afghanistan for hotter theatres of war=2E "No regime =2E =2E =2E that treats women the Taliban way should be allowed a= ccess to the community of nations," concluded a UN observer=2E But the UN di= d nothing either=2E There was no will=2E The Taliban and the terrorists they= harbour are condoned or cheered on by millions throughout the Muslim world,= including the refugee camps where RAWA does relief work=2E RAWA's belief that it is possible to express the Muslim faith through a secu= lar democracy is, simply, heretical to these believers, as is the notion of = female equality=2E And the women of RAWA are nearly as hated outside Afghani= stan as in it=2E "Just talking about women's rights in a system like this is= revolutionary," said Zoya, a RAWA member who is just 23=2E The Taliban war against the West is also a war against its own women=2E Ther= e is more than one reason to pray the West will somehow prevail=2E *** 3 - Manifestation =E0 Paris en solidarit=E9 avec les Afghanes Voici le communiqu=E9 d'appel =E0 la manifestation =E0 Paris AFGHANISTAN Pour les Droits des Femmes - Pour la Paix et la D=E9mocratie Manifestons =E0 Paris le 29 septembre 2001, 14h, Place de la R=E9pub= lique Communiqu=E9 : Durant des ann=E9es, les femmes afghanes, ni=E9es dans leurs droits les plus= =E9l=E9mentaires, ont =E9t=E9 les victimes absolues du pouvoir obscurantiste= et totalitaire des miliciens int=E9gristes talibans, dans l'indiff=E9rence et souvent avec la complicit=E9 des grandes puissances occidentales=2E Et pourtant, elles r=E9sistent de multiples fa=E7ons, notamment en =E9laborant = la D=E9claration des Droits Fontamentaux de la Femme Afghane =E0 Douchambe en j= uin 2000=2E * Le 24 juillet 2001, l'association Negar-Soutien aux femmes d'Afghanistan adopte le principe d'une manifestation nationale "Pour les droits des femmes, pour la Paix et la D=E9mocratie en Afghanistan" ; * Le 6 septembre, un grand nombre d'associations, d'organisations politiques et syndicales rejoignent cette initiative ; * Le 9 septembre, le commandant Massoud, dirigeant de la r=E9sistance afghan= e contre les milices talibanes, est assassin=E9 ; * Le 11 septembre, les =C9tats-Unis subissent une s=E9rie d'attentats faisan= t des milliers de victimes dans la population civile=2E Dans cette nouvelle situation internationale, nous d=E9cidons de maintenir l= a manifestation du 29 septembre pour les Droits des Femmes, pour la Paix et la D=E9mocratie en Afghanistan=2E Plus que jamais, nous soutenons les femmes afghanes et le peuple afghan, pris entre la sauvagerie des Talibans, le risque de repr=E9sailles des =C9tats-Unis sur les populations civiles et le refus des autres pays, notamment frontaliers, de les accueillir=2E Le 20 septembre 2001 Premiers signataires : Negar-Soutien aux femmes d'Afghanistan, Afghanistan Bretagne, Association Solidarit=E9 Panjshir, Collectif Femmes afghanes 2001,= Collectif Libert=E9 Afghanistan=2E=2E=2E ; ASFAD, Collectif National Droits = des Femmes (CNDF), Marche Mondiale des Femmes (CNDF), MFPF, ADIEF, AFIE, Alliance des Femmes pour la D=E9mocratie, Assembl=E9e des Femmes, Cadac, Choisir-La Cause des femmes, CFCV, C=2EL=2EE=2EF, Collectif f=E9ministe Rupt= ures, Coordination Lesbienne Nationale, CQFD fiert=E9 lesbienne-Paris, Encore F=E9ministes, FDIF, Femmes de la Terre, Femmes contre les Int=E9grismes, Fem= mes Solidaires, F=E9d=E9ration Nationale Groupe Cadre de Vie, Maison des Femmes = de Paris, Mix'Cit=E9, Rajfire, Solidarit=E9 Femmes, SOS Sexisme, Toutes Ensembl= e (CNDF), Union f=E9minine civique et sociale =2E=2E=2E ; Alternative Libertai= re, AMF, ATTAC, CGT, Conf=E9d=E9ration paysanne, G=E9n=E9ration =C9cologie, FCPE= , Femmes Libres-Radio Libertaire, FSU, Grande Loge f=E9minine de France, Groupe femme= s et mondialisation d'ATTAC, LCR, LDH, Les Humains Associ=E9s, Les Verts, MNCP= , MODEF, Mouvement de la Paix, MRAP, PRG, PCF, PS, Ras l'front, Union Syndicale-G10-Solidaires=2E=2E=2E RAJFIRE rajfire@wanadoo=2Efr *** 4A / 4B : Derniers commentaires des femmes sur les frappes terroristes=2E=2E= =2EWomen's last information on the terrorists attacks=2E=2E=2E 4A - des Iraniennes des Etats-Unis AIWUSA-ASSOCIATION OF IRANIAN WOMEN-USA Fundamentalism the Root of Terrorism An act of violence and terrorism shook the American Nation in an unprecedented tragedy=2E After devastating the nation's heritage and killing hundreds of innocent victims; the country was plunged into pain and sorrow=2E The effect of this evil act crossed the borders of the nation and bound the international community with United States in their fight against the evil of terrorism=2E Association of Iranian Women USA (AIWUSA) expresses its deepest sympathy to the aggrieved, their families, and the nation=2E We read the statements made by some of the leaders of women's movement such as Anne Walker, Donna Hughes, Leslie Wright, Charlotte Bunch, and Elie Smeal=2E In her statement Elie Smeal from Feminist Majority Organization, made a connection between the terrorist act in New York and the Islamic Fundamentalism in Afghanistan=2E We believe her statement entails an instrumental value in the fight against terrorism=2E We believe the fight for terrorism should start from a deeper layer, which is fundamentalism=2E Terrorism is the tip of the arrow being fed and supported by the mother source, fundamentalism=2E We as Iranian-American, have witnessed the evils of fundamentalism, to name but a few are gender inequality, family violence, and constitutional violence=2E Fundamentalism is in direct antagonism with democracy=2E Fundamentalism believes western democracy leads to sexual promiscuity, and that all their affiliations stem from the social inclusion of an evil, seductive being, called women=2E When it comes to foreign policy, fundamentalists believe in meddling in the affairs of other countries by issuing "fatwa" to murder foreign nationals and launching terrorist operations=2E Such a foreign policy is an inherent nature of fundamentalism=2E Since the establishment of theocracy= and ruling of fundamentalists in Iran, more than 120,000 Iranians have lost their lives for the aspiration of democracy=2E We must emphasize that the fundamentalists' misogyny is in no way related to Islam or the call to faith by prophet Mohammad=2E According to Quran and the teaching of some of the most authoritative sources of the Islamic sects, the Islamic fanatics have no Quranic justification whatsoever= for their atrocities or denying women right to rule or to judge=2E These realities demonstrate how the ominous specter of religious fascism haunts global peace=2E The world community has a moral duty to confront and overcome this phenomenon=2E Since women are the first victims of this onslaught, they have a special role to play in the struggle against fundamentalism as a threat to world peace=2E For more information on fundamentalism please refer to: http://www=2Eaiwusa=2E= org/ Contact person: Behjat Dehghan * 4B - des Afghanes Statement from the Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanista= n http://www=2Ewapha=2Eorg/WAPHA's Press Release Terrorists Attack on American People We at Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan (WAPHA) strongly condemn the vicious terrorists attack on the innocent American people=2E We send our sympathy and prayers to the victims and their families= =2E The tragedy that has hit the innocent American people is deeply felt by the suffering people of Afghanistan=2E The people of Afghanistan have been tortured, terrorized and massacred on a daily base by the international terrorists such as Osama Ben Laden, his followers, the Taliban, the Pakistani ISI, the Pakistani religious extremist groups and other foreign extremists=2E Hundreds of thousands of innocent Afghan people have lost thei= r lives at the hands of these brutal criminals=2E The people of the United States, the people of Afghanistan and the world community must join together to uproot and eradicate from the world these vicious criminals who are the enemies of humanity and civilizations=2E How you can help suffering Afghan Women http://dawn=2Ethot=2Enet/rawa=2Ehtml= best regards Barbara Anello anello@thot=2Enet *** 5 : Paroles d'hommes non violents / men against violence Bonjour, Je suis de ceux qui pensent qu'il est important =E0 l'occasion des =E9v=E9nements actuels:: * de rappeler que les violences sont principalement masculines: Ni les m=E9dias, ni les divers acteurs politiques ne le soulignent: est-ce si =E9vident =3F pourquoi ne pas le d=E9noncer=3F pourquoi ce langage= asexu=E9, cette "g=EAne" presque =E0 rappeler cette "=E9vidence" =3F =2E=2E=2E les jeunes, les terroristes, les afghans, les musulmans, tous et t= outes dans le m=EAme sac =3F =2E=2E=2E quel pourcentage d'acteurs "v=E9ritables" subsiste-t-il par rappor= t =E0 la population globale si on d=E9compte les femmes, les enfants, les non-violents, les indiff=E9rents =3F =2E=2E=2E depuis le mardi 11 septembre, combien de femmes se sont-elles expr= im=E9es sur les m=E9dias =3F Combien de d=E9fenseurs de la non-violence =3F =2E=2E=2E combien de femmes parmi les divers d=E9cideurs politiques et milit= aires =3F =2E=2E=2E quelle est l'importance de cette poign=E9e d'hommes qui ont d=E9ci= d=E9 de tuer des innocents, combien sont ceux qui d=E9cident maintenant de f= aire la guerre =3F * de consid=E9rer que les violences sont aussi le fait des rapports de force= s qui se construisent entre "hommes" et entre les hommes et les femmes: Qu'est-ce qui fait agir les "hommes" en tant qu'individus pour perp=E9trer d= es actes violents =3F La religion, l'honneur, les injustices, la vengeance, le devoir, la mis=E8re, la soif de pouvoir, etc sont de "bons = pr=E9textes" pour passer =E0 l'acte=2E Les verrous de la morale sautent, la b=EAte se r=E9veille, tous les coups sont permis=2E La violence = cela permet aussi =E0 beaucoup d'hommes de se donner un "sens =E0 la vie" (l= es pauvres ils en sont tellement d=E9munis en tant qu'individus !)=2E Il y a= quelque part m=EAme s=FBrement comme une certaine "jouissance" de pouvoir e= nfin avoir le droit de d=E9cider de la vie ou de la mort de(s) l'autre(s)=2E Si on ne se penche pas sur les m=E9canismes qui am=E8nent les "hommes" =E0 s= 'autoriser =E0 promouvoir (souvent pour les autres, par personnes interpos=E9= es) ou =E0 commettre des actes violents, comme =E0 se laisser endoctriner, o= n restera encore longtemps =E0 c=F4t=E9 de la plaque=2E Le probl=E8me reste que de s'attaquer au changement des mentalit=E9s ne peut= s'envisager que dans une politique =E0 tr=E8s long terme (sur plusieurs g=E9n=E9rations peut-=EAtre)=2E Une politique qui n'est de loin pa= s une priorit=E9 des programmes des "hommes" politiques au pouvoir (des que= lques femmes au pouvoir aussi d'ailleurs qui fonctionnent souvent par n=E9ce= ssit=E9 sur les m=EAme valeurs masculines): le mandat =E9lectoral limit=E9 d= ans le temps, la n=E9cessit=E9 de justifier =E0 court terme les engagements = pris, la fragilit=E9 du pouvoir, la corruption, l'=E9difice social aux milles et milles petits chefs, ne favorisent pas ce choix=2E De nombreux documents attestent en tout cas de l'existence de cette prise de= conscience par de plus en plus de monde, des femmes bien entendu en majorit= =E9 mais aussi des hommes=2E Il y a encore beaucoup =E0 d=E9couvrir, =E0 d=E9= battre mais des r=E9seaux existent, des recherches se d=E9veloppent, des col= loques en font =E9tat, des manuels =E9ducatifs sont imagin=E9s, des bonnes p= ratiques attestent que c'est possible=2E Puissent les politiciens, les religieux, les =E9ducateurs, les citoyens et c= itoyennes s'en inspirer un jour! cordialement roland mayerl Nos deux sites en rapport avec des projets soutenus par la Commission Europ=E9enne sur des approches sp=E9cifiques=2E www=2Eeuroprofem=2Eorg Les hommes prof=E9ministes www=2Eeurowrc=2Eorg Le Ruban Blanc (un cd-rom aussi avec sites, vid=E9os et discours) et bient=F4t un site plus= global sur "Les europ=E9ens contre les violences masculines", "Men for Peace"=2E Contact: city=2Eshelter@skynet=2Ebe *** 6 : " Ce n'est pas le temps pour une politique de cow-boy " / "No Time for C= owboy Politics" International Lawyers Urge Lawmakers Not To Confuse Acts Of Terror With Acts Of War And Ask for Limits on Presidential Authority New York, NY, September 17, 2001: Congress has approved resolutions giving the President 40 billion dollars and open-ended authority to use military force=2E The Senate and House have authorized him to attack any nation, organization or person involved in or that aided the September 11 terrorist attacks=2E The resolutions name no county or group as targets and contain no= time limit=2E The only positive aspect of these resolutions is the fact that= President Bush sought and received the approval of Congress, as the Constitution requires=2E However the use of unlimited military force that th= e resolutions allow is dangerous, irresponsible policy=2E A massive military response against a country, presumably Afghanistan, appears unwarranted and could potentially kill thousands of civilians=2E The= initial steps should be to identify, extradite, try and punish the perpetrators of these acts in a court of law=2E Only if this fails should force be used for effectuating arrests=2E The focus should be on the perpetrators and organizations; it should not be on wars with other nations=2E Employing military force out of anger, for purposes of retaliation or to satisfy domestic outrage is unlawful and does nothing to end terrorism=2E Massive bombing continues the cycle of violence that invariable creates sympathizers who become the new terrorist=2E War will make us more vulnerable=2E In the wake of the embassy bombing in East Africa the U=2ES=2E= used military tactics striking Afghanistan and a pharmaceutical plant in the Sudan killing innocent people=2E This did not stop or even slow terrorism=2E= Arguably, those actions may have sown the seeds of September 11=2E Dangerously this congressional resolution contains no time limit, no congressional oversight and no requirements that the President ever come back to Congress for additional authority=2E This, unlike prior authorizations of force e=2Eg=2E authorization to use force in Lebanon, give= s the President unlimited power without the checks and balances of the Constitution=2E It eviscerates congressional control over the use of force and puts the power of war into the hands of one man, leading us quickly from democracy to one-man rule=2E The resolution permits the use of military force against nations that "aid[ed]" the September 11 attack "Aid" is a vague, broad concept that may permit attacks on nations with only a tenuous relationship to the terrorist acts=2E This determination will be made with no congressional check and without any requirement of congressional approval=2E The President should obtain the authority of the U=2EN=2E Security Council t= o use military force=2E This is what his father did in going to war against Iraq=2E Multilateral action through the U=2EN=2E will be more effective in fighting terrorism than going it alone, obtaining such consent is both responsible law and policy=2E Finally, we share in the hope that those responsible for these heinous acts will be caught and punished=2E But we fear that the course our country is currently embarked upon is fraught with danger for us all=2E CONATCT: Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights / www=2Ehumanri= ghtsnow=2Eorg *** 7 : Le r=F4le des femmes dans une culture de paix ! Women's contribution to = a culture of peace ! Monday, September 10, 2001 6:01 AM Subject: RE: Women, Peace and Disarmament Herewith I send you some information on a practical tool for those who want to deepen their skills and knowledge about nonviolent conflict resolution=2E It is a Workshop Kit on Women and a Culture of Peace=2E The Workshop Kit for Women and a Culture of Peace, developed by the International Fellowship of Reconciliation's Women Peacemakers Program (WPP), encourages discussion and thinking about women's contribution to a culture of peace and nonviolence=2E It looks at a wide spectrum of violence, from domestic abuse to armed conflict, and at ways to overcome violence, from the personal to the structural=2E For use in women-only trainings or in mixed groups of women and men, it is a useful tool for both beginners and more experienced facilitators and trainers=2E The Kit contains 20 easy-to-photocopy cards with =B7 Background information on the UN Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence, and on gender and conflict =B7 Model workshops and suggestions for organizing workshops, tips on starting and maintaining an action group, evaluation =B7 Exercises on conflict analysis, gender, using the media, role plays, coping with conflicts =B7 Resource information on fundraising, further resources and other groups=2E This conveniently organized kit can be used by anyone interested in conducting trainings on active nonviolence, on confronting violence against women, or on building a culture of peace=2E Available in French or English, the kit costs USD 15, plus postage=2E Contact: Janne Poort - van Eeden