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BULLETIN Eté 2001 numéro 3/ Summer 2001 number 3

1 - le préservatif féminin pour lutter contre le Sida
2 - France : homoparentalité, la loi et la pratique
3 - Afghanistan : solidarité avec les femmes
4 - Corée du Sud : le statut des femmes
5 - Italie : Conférence contre la violence masculine
6 - Afrique du Sud : Conférence de Durban contre le Racisme
6A : message de Rigoberta Menchu
6B : esclavage et réparations
7 - Europe : Concours " Halte au viol "
8 - International : Centre de presse féministe
9 - un livre, une vidéo, un site...
9A : un livre " Violences sexuelles, la nouvelle arme de guerre "
9B : une vidéo
9C : un SITE
10 - pour obtenir quelques fonds...

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1 - le préservatif féminin pour lutter contre le Sida

Welcome to the first issue of the Female Condom electronic newsletter. There
is an enormous amount of information about the Female Condom, and we hope
that this newsletter will better disseminate it all.

It may take a few editions and lots of feedback from you to ensure that the
newsletter is concise and easy to read in this electronic format. Please do
let us know if you have any suggestions to make it more user-friendly. Also,
please let us know if you have content that you would like to add.

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1. Female Condom included in UNGASS Declaration
2. New Research Findings
3. Notes from the field: recent programme experiences from South Africa and
Brazil
4. Resource materials available

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(...) The Female Condom has been the subject of extensive research for over a
decade. Several summaries of this research have been written and are
available from info@femalecondom.org or on-line at
http://www.femalehealth.com/ClinicalSummaryjuly99.htm. In addition, several
important new studies were published over the past year including important
new research on acceptability, training, cost-effectiveness and gender
dynamics. Among these new studies are:

Cost-effectiveness of the female condom in preventing HIV and STDs in
commercial sex workers in rural South Africa, Elliot Marseille, James G.
Kahn, Kelvin Billinghurst, Joseph Saba, Social Science & Medicine, 52
(2001), pp. 135-148.

Abstract
We assessed the cost-effectiveness of the female condom (FC) in preventing
HIV infection and other STDs among commercial sex workers (CSWs) and their
clients in the Mpumulanga Province of South Africa. The health and economic
outcomes of current levels of male condom (MC) use in 1000 CSWs who average
25 partners per year and have an HIV prevalence of 50.3% was compared with
the expected outcomes resulting from the additional provision of FCs to
these CSWs. A simulation model calculated health and public sector cost
outcomes assuming 5 years of HIV infectivity, 1 month of syphilis and
gonorrhea infectivity, and FC use in 12% of episodes of vaginal intercourse.
Delayed infections and interactions between STDs and HIV were modelled. The
simulation was extended to non-CSWs with as few as one casual partner per
year. We conducted multiple sensitivity analyses. The program would
distribute 6000 FCs annually at a cost of $4002 and would avert 5.9 HIV, 38
syphilis, and 33 gonorrhea cases. This would save the public

Effectiveness of an Intervention Promoting the Female Condom to Patients at
Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics. Artz L; Macaluso M; Brill I; et al,
American Journal of Public Health, 90 (2) (February 2000), pp. 237-244.

Abstract
Objectives: This study evaluated a behavioral intervention designed to
promote female condoms and reduce unprotected sex among women at high risk
of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Methods: The effect of the intervention on barrier use was evaluated with a
pretest-posttest design with 1159 female STD clinic patients.
Results: Among participants with follow-up data, 79% used the female condom
at least once and often multiple times. More than one third of those who
completed the study used female condoms throughout follow-up. Use of barrier
protection increased significantly after the intervention, and high use was
maintained during a 6-month follow-up. To account for attrition, the use of
protection by all subjects was projected under 3 conservative assumptions.
The initial visit and termination visit projections suggest that use
increased sharply after the intervention and declined during follow-up but
remained elevated compared with the baseline.
Conclusions: Many clients of public STD clinics will try, and some will
continue, to use female condoms when they are promoted positively and when
women are trained to use them correctly and to promote them to their
partners. A behavioral intervention that promotes both female and male
condoms can increase barrier use.

(...) Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues far and wide.
If you are not already subscribed to this service, you can subscribe to this
newsletter by sending an e-mail to info@femalecondom.org.

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2 - France : homoparentalité, la loi et la pratique
(extraits de Respublica no 105)

La LDH pour l'égalité des droits des couples hétérosexuels et
homosexuels

L'adoption du PACS en 1999 a brisé un tabou et permis la
reconnaissance sociale et juridique des couples de même sexe. Mais
l'impossibilité de se marier prive les couples homosexuels d¹une
série de droits et de protections auxquels seul le mariage donne
accès, à commencer par le droit à un séjour stable pour les personnes
de nationalité étrangère.

Quand la loi est la même pour tous, son application ne l'est pas
toujours. À la suite d'un divorce, des parents se voient encore trop
souvent refuser la garde de leurs enfants, voire un simple droit de
visite et d'hébergement, en raison de leur orientation sexuelle, par
des magistrats qui font prévaloir leurs préjugés sur l'intérêt de
l'enfant.

Les personnes célibataires qui sollicitent l'agrément en vue de
l'adoption, comme la loi les y autorise, ne peuvent espérer obtenir
cet agrément dès lors que leur homosexualité est connue, a fortiori
si elles vivent en couple avec un partenaire de même sexe.

En dépit de ces obstacles, les situations d'homoparentalité se
multiplient. De fait, ces situations ne sont pas prises en compte par
le droit. Or l'absence de protection juridique fragilise les enfants
autant que les parents. Il est donc du ressort de la loi de définir
un cadre général et des garanties répondant à l'évolution actuelle de
notre société et prenant en compte les revendications de liberté,
d'égalité et de pluralisme dans la sphère de la vie privée.

Pour la Ligue des droits de l'Homme, la liberté pour chacun de
choisir son mode de vie et sa sexualité doit être garantie et
protégée par la loi. Ni la loi, ni aucune autorité publique ou privée
ne doivent porter atteinte à cette liberté, ce qui implique que toute
discrimination fondée sur l'orientation sexuelle doit être proscrite
et combattue.

La capacité d'être parent et d'élever des enfants n'est pas liée à
l'orientation sexuelle. Aucune décision, ni administrative, ni judi­
ciaire, mettant en cause les rapports d¹un enfant avec l'un de ses
parents ne peut donc être fondée sur l'orientation sexuelle de celui-
ci.

L'intérêt de l'enfant, qui est essentiel, doit être apprécié au cas
par cas, en fonction des éléments d'une situation donnée. Il ne
saurait donc être invoqué pour dénier a priori aux couples de même
sexe la possibilité d'adopter un enfant, sur la base de préjugés qui
ne trouvent aucun fondement dans la réalité observable.

Dès lors, la Ligue des droits de l'Homme demande:

L'interdiction expresse, éventuellement inscrite dans la loi pour
contrecarrer les pratiques et la jurisprudence en vigueur, de refuser
l'agrément en vue d'adoption en raison de l'orientation sexuelle de
la personne qui en fait la demande ;

L'interdiction de prendre en considération l'orientation sexuelle
d'un parent pour restreindre les droits attachés à la qualité de
parent;

L'ouverture du mariage aux couples de même sexe, de façon à conférer
à ceux-ci, sur une base d'égalité, des droits auxquels ne donnent
accès ni le PACS, ni le concubinage;

La possibilité pour les couples de même sexe d'accéder à l'adoption,
dès lors que sont clairement distinguées, afin de ne pas porter
atteinte au droit de l'enfant de connaître ses origines, dans
l'établissement de la filiation de l'enfant adopté, la filiation
biologique d'un côté, la filiation juridique et sociale de l'autre.

La question de l'homoparentalité ne peut pas et ne doit pas être
isolée des problèmes généraux soulevés par l'évolution de la
parentalité, de la filiation et de la famille. La mise en oeuvre du
principe de l'égalité des droits invite ainsi à réfléchir à la
nécessité et aux moyens de réformer toute une série d'institutions du
droit civil qui concernent aussi bien les hétérosexuels que les
homosexuels.

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3 - Afghanistan : solidarité avec les femmes

Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan (WAPHA)
P. O. Box 77057 Washington, DC 20013-7057. Tel: 202-882-1432, Fax:
202-882-8125
E-mail: zieba@aol.com, http://www.wapha.org

ACTION ALERT APPEAL FOR JUSTICE FOR THE AFGHAN WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN
August 13, 2001

Women's Alliance for Peace and human Rights in Afghanistan condemns the
Taliban regime's war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and cultural
genocide in Afghanistan. The Taliban's record of repeated massacres of Afghan
ethnic groups and human rights violations in Afghanistan has been well
documented by the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch
and many other reputable institutions. The most recent crime of genocide by
the Taliban is the massacre of Hazara people in Yakolang area in January 2001.

In Afghanistan, under the Taliban misogynist rule the Afghan women have
become voiceless, invisible, non-beings with no rights to an independent
existence. They are stripped of all basic human rights that are fundamental
to human existence. In Afghanistan, under the Taliban rule, there are war
crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and cultural genocide. There is
persecution and prosecution of people based on gender, religious belief,
political affiliation, ethnicity language and others. There is trafficking of
women and girls. There are forced prostitution and forced marriages. There
are illegal arms and drug trafficking and terrorist training. There is child
labor and boys as young as ten years old are forced to fight in the armed
conflict.

The militia's recent edict to destroy irreplaceable Afghan national treasures
is not only a crime against the Afghan people it is a crime against
humankind. It deprives the Afghan people and the world community of precious
works of art dating back to thousands of years. However, this is not the
first time that the Taliban have eradicated the country's rich historical
past. In the name of their brand of "Islam," which is mostly the Taliban's
tribal rules and customs, they have destroyed rare books, relics, priceless
art and artifacts belonging to Afghanistan's rich pre-Islamic history.

We call upon the United Nations to form an international tribunal and bring
to justice the Taliban and all other war criminals in Afghanistan. We call
upon the world community, NGOs, human rights organizations, educational
institutions, and individuals to urge your governments and the United Nations
to stop the Taliban's destruction of Afghanistan, the Afghan people and
Afghan national heritage.

Taliban commit atrocities in Ghore: United Front

Islamabad, Aug 12, IRNA -- After the Taliban's failure to crush the
resistance in Ghore, eastern parts of Herat and Farah province, they resorted
to the massacre of civilians and the burning of their houses. The weekly
Payam-e-Mujahid, published in the liberated territory of Afghanistan,
reported that the Taliban launched massive attacks on Mujahideen resisting
their rule in Ghore and the neighboring provinces of Herat and Farah, but
called off the offensive after suffering heavy casualties. Failing to achieve
their military objectives, the frustrated Taliban and their supporters
resorted to killing unarmed civilians and burning their houses. It said the
Taliban militiamen deliberately burned houses in various areas in Ghore.

Payam-e-Mujahid reports that the Taliban also massacred 30 people in Taiwara,
35 people in Sharak and 37 people in Taghoon Kooh. All those massacred by the
Taliban were civilians, including women, children and old men. The Taliban
also took 70 people as prisoners in Kushk District, Herat Province. The
killing of civilians, looting of their property and burning of their houses
have become a policy for the Taliban regime. Previously, the Taliban carried
out massacres in Mazar-e-Sharif, Bamyan and Parwan Province. They also
indulged in looting, massacring people and burning of their houses around
Taliqan, the provincial capital of Takhar, in 1999. The most recent massacre
carried out by the Taliban took place in Yakawlang, Bamyan Province. The
incident was widely reported by the international media.

The Taliban resorted to such barbaric acts against the people of Ghore,
because they had failed to quell their armed resistance against the Taliban's
oppressive rule. To finish the resistance in Ghore and east of Herat, the
Taliban had been preparing an all-out attack for the past two months. They
had massed a lot of troops, including some foreign fighters. The Taliban
leadership is nervous about the developments in Ghore. With the return of
Ismail Khan from exile to lead the resistance in that part of the country,
the Taliban feel more threatened. An additional reason for the fear of the
Taliban is the location of Ghore close to Pushtun populated provinces.
Disappointed by the performance of the Taliban, the people in these areas are
ready to joint the armed resistance against the Taliban militiamen once the
Mujahideen have established secure bases close to these provinces. TK-422/AH
End ::irna 19:50

Please help bring to justice the Taliban who murder the Afghan women and
girls by their inhuman edicts and commit war crimes, crimes against humanity,
genocide, and cultural genocide against the people of Afghanistan. Please
write to the following United Nations individuals and agencies and call on
the United Nations to set up an international crimes tribunal to bring the
Taliban and their foreign supporters to Justice. Please send us a copy of
your letters. Thank you in advance for your support.

His Excellency Kofi Annan
Secretary General
United Nations
Office of the Sec. Gen.
1 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Fax: 212-963-4879

Mrs. Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone Number (41-22) 917-9000
Fax Number (41-22) 917-9016
Fax: (41-22) 917-0245
New York Office:
United Nations
Room S-2914
New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: 212-963-5930
Fax: 212-963-4097

Mr. Kamal Hossain
Special Rapporteur of the Commission
on Human Rights-Afghanistan
UNHCHR
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Tel: (41-22) 917-1234
Fax: (41-22) 917-0123
E-mail: hannu.halinen@formin.fi

Security Council Affairs Division
Room S-3520
United Nations
New York, NY 10017 USA
Fax: (212) 963-7878

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4 - Corée du Sud : le statut des femmes

It's Tough to Be a Working Woman...But the Web Is a Bright Spot (int'l edition)

Mi Hae is gloomy about her career prospects. ''I'll probably never get a promotion,'' says the 29-year-old communications worker, who does not want her company identified. ''No women in this company have, at least beyond assistant general level.'' There are a couple hundred general managers, the next grade up, she estimates, but ''I can't think of a single woman at that level. Management doesn't want to give women any real responsibilities, but they say they can't promote women because they haven't been tested.'' Most women at her company, she says, end up quitting and don't even think about a long-term career.

South Korea may be technologically advanced, but when it comes to the status of working women, the country is stuck in the slow lane. Only two years ago, when the economy hit the skids, tens of thousands of female workers were sacked. Nowadays, under the banner of restructuring, women are still first on the firing line. The government is elated that unemployment has fallen from a record of nearly 10% two years ago to less than 5% now, but the situation for women in the workforce ''is getting worse,'' declares Kang Sun Mii, a researcher at the Center for Women's Studies at Ewha Women's University.

More women, she says, are being forced to sign part-time contracts as companies try to cut operating costs. Women are also becoming redundant in record numbers at banks--historically one of the nation's biggest employers of females--as branches toss out tellers and replace them with electronic cash machines. Women are flocking to advertising and marketing jobs, where they've been able to carve out a niche for themselves, but openings there are fast becoming scarce.

Women's civic groups say that more women in their late 20s and early 30s are turning to prostitution. Last year, embarrassed bureaucrats conceded that the number of wonjo-kyoje, or younger women dating older men for pocket money, is ''increasing rapidly.'' And a drive to curb the rapidly growing sex industry has proven fruitless as prostitutes don business clothing to look more like respectable office ladies than hookers. ''The trade is just more invisible,'' laments Ewha's Kang.

TYCOONS. To be fair, Seoul has done its bit to improve the status of women. Since President Kim Dae Jung came to power in early 1998, the number of female elected officials has risen from 3% of the total to 6%, and state-owned enterprises have hired more women in decision-making positions. The government also tweaked the Equal Employment Act, barring companies from having separate management-track systems for men and women, and making sexual harassment workshops mandatory.

But in the office towers and factories of the top five chaebol, which employ 4% of the workforce, the government's call for sexual equality has gone unheeded. There, tycoons in their late 60s refuse to hand over any power to women. Hyundai and Samsung, the two largest chaebol, between them have more than 80 CEOs at affiliated companies, none of them women. Female job seekers often complain that they can't get a foot in the door of these corporate behemoths once they've hit the ripe old age of 26, because above that age they're supposed to be raising kids. And a work culture that demands late-night drinking and golf weekends ensures that females don't get promoted. Says Kim Ock Young, researcher at the Korean Women's Development Institute in Seoul: ''Women can't go out and socialize this way, because they're expected to be home, taking care of their children.''

The Internet boom, however, has been a godsend for women in Korea. While only 3% of some 6,500 high-tech companies were founded by women, employees say tech companies care less about gender. ''When my company hired me, they only wanted to know what skills I had. They didn't seem to care that I was a woman,'' says Kim Ki Hyang, a manager at M2 Community, a digital marketing outfit. Adds Kim e-Sook, who founded an Internet business consulting company, e-Corporation, 18 months ago: ''What matters to clients is whether you can solve their problems.''

Young female college graduates, consequently, are flocking to high-tech startups. And Kim Dae Jung's government has coughed up about $100,000 to help women with high-tech dreams. That's not a lot of money--but for Korea, it's a start. (By Jennifer Veale in Seoul )

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5 - Italie : Conférence contre la violence masculine

From: GENDER-AIDS - Warren Feek <gender-aids@hivnet.ch>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 12:53 PM

The Drum Beat 104: Communication to Prevent Gender Violence, July 2001

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Internationally, gender-based violence is a topic individuals, communities,
organisations and governments struggle to discuss. Issues relating to
masculinity, male socialization, racism and violence and how men can assume
responsibility for their own behaviour and "unlearn" the sexism entrenched
in males in many societies are essential themes in these conversations.

On Oct 8-12 2001, 24 men and women, from all regions of the world, who are
in the forefront of work with men in ending gender-based violence, will come
together at the Rockefeller Bellagio Study & Conference Center for a
conference on "Working with Men to End Gender Violence: Towards a Global
Interchange." http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/132-event.html

The organisers of this event are calling for development communities to:
"Make the room as big as the world: organize accompanying events at the same
time, on the same theme, and always with media, to attract international
media and widely promote new gender roles and relationships. That way, we
will simultaneously be launching, recognizing and rewarding an even stronger
global movement of women and men in partnership against gender violence, for
equality and gender peace." Unfortunately, there is no funding for this
'accompanying events' initiative. The idea is for committed people to do
what they can within the institutions, groups, initiatives that they already
have, adding from small to large components. See - http://www.mapev.org

(...)
Contact info@mapev.org
Violence Against Women & Girls" - http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld

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6 - Afrique du Sud : Conférence de Durban contre le Racisme

6A : message de Rigoberta Menchu

Ciudad de México, 30 de julio de 2001

A la Señora D. Mary Robinson
ALTA COMISIONADA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS
Ginebra - SUIZA

Apreciada Señora Robinson:

Hace algunos días, recibí de Ud. una cordial invitación para integrar un
Grupo de Personas Eminentes bajo el patrocinio del Excmo. Señor Nelson
Mandela, con el fin de "promover y crear conciencia sobre la importancia de
alcanzar un progreso real en la lucha contra el racismo en la Conferencia de
Durban y de elaborar un programa de acción que incluya medidas prácticas
para promover la tolerancia y el respeto por la diversidad". Razones ajenas
a mi voluntad me impiden acompañar a Ud. y a este selecto grupo de
personalidades en las actividades programadas en el marco de la 3ª PrepComm
que se inicia el día de hoy en Ginebra. Sin embargo, no quiero dejar de
expresarle mi punto de vista personal en torno a las dificultades que
enfrenta la Conferencia y los temas que la motivan, agradeciéndole quiera
Ud. compartir estas reflexiones con los colegas que tengan ocasión de
concurrir a esta cita.

Tal como le expresé en nuestra conversación de hace hoy un año, vi en la 3ª
Conferencia contra el Racismo una oportunidad de retornar al escenario de
las Naciones Unidas, buscando reanimar la esperanza que durante tantos años
me llevó a buscar en sus diversos mecanismos oídos receptivos,
reconocimiento y respeto a los pueblos indígenas y nuestros derechos.

No soy ajena a los avances que la lucha de nuestros pueblos y la presencia
sostenida de un selecto grupo de líderes y representantes indígenas han sido
capaces de concretar en diversas esferas del quehacer internacional. Sin
embargo, tales avances parecen perder significación ante la persistente
negativa de algunos Estados y otros actores internacionales a reconocer a
los Pueblos Indígenas como lo que han sido por milenios y son hoy:
"Pueblos", con plena capacidad de determinarse libremente, con un bagaje
cultural y valórico que aportar a una humanidad cada vez más confundida
sobre su destino común, cada vez menos solidaria y consciente de su
responsabilidad en la preservación del equilibrio natural, y cada vez más
impotente frente una minoría que cree poder imponer sus designios a costa
del bienestar y la dignidad generales.

En el mundo de hoy, nuestra presencia desafía la incumplida promesa del
sistema de Naciones Unidas de poner fin a los regímenes coloniales que
sojuzgaron a nuestros pueblos y crearon oprobiosas instituciones de
esclavitud y servidumbre.

Se ha creado un Foro Permanente sobre "cuestiones indígenas" sobre cuya
constitución existen hoy más temores y dudas que certezas y esperanzas. A
estas alturas parece claro que no será el Foro de los Pueblos Indígenas que
habíamos demandado al inaugurarse el Decenio Internacional proclamado en
nuestro nombre, como sujetos de los derechos que se nos niegan en
cualesquier otros ámbitos y como una plataforma desde la cual podamos
constituirnos en el interlocutor colectivo de la construcción de un mundo
intercultural respetuoso y digno. El sistema de Naciones Unidas no ha sido
capaz siquiera de organizar un proceso de consultas idóneo y transparente
que nos permita confiar en el pluralismo, la representatividad e
independencia de dicho Foro. ¿Si no existen recursos ni para organizar una
reunión de consulta, qué podemos esperar para el funcionamiento de este
espacio sobre el que pesan tantas expectativas?

Más recientemente, se ha creado una Relatoría Especial sobre las violaciones
de los derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales de nuestros pueblos; sin
embargo, se continúa presumiendo la incapacidad intrínseca de los indígenas
para ejercer una responsabilidad semejante como si no fuéramos capaces
siquiera de reconocer y defender nuestros derechos.

Y ahora se trata de reconocer nuestra significación en la agenda
contemporánea del racismo, la discriminación y la intolerancia. Por un
lado, se continúa mezquinando el reconocimiento de las responsabilidades del
proceso colonial y la persistencia de una herencia que continúa perpetuando
las formas de exclusión y desprecio que nos sometieron al exterminio, la
minorización y la explotación que han determinado nuestra actual
invisiblización, la negación de nuestra existencia y, consiguientemente, de
la discriminación que aún padecemos. Por otro, se nos continúa
victimizando y considerando como un actor vulnerable y minusválido, que sin
la tutela de los estados neocoloniales pareceríamos condenados a la
desaparición. En los documentos que discute este último Comité
Preparatorio, no se recoge la esencia de las reivindicaciones que nuestros
pueblos han reiterado en todos los eventos preparatorios y que pueden
resumirse en el respeto a nuestra existencia como Pueblos, el reconocimiento
de nuestra contribución histórica al desarrollo de la humanidad y nuestro
derecho a un desarrollo sostenible, digno y equitativo, con pleno acceso y
control de nuestros territorios y recursos.

Reconocemos que, mientras la humanidad está hoy en situación de enfrentar
sus problemas reales y sus traumas socio-históricos como nunca antes en el
pasado, son muchas las causas que reclaman una atención urgente y que
amenazan la paz global. Sin embargo, estamos ante la amenaza de que la
riqueza de esta Conferencia que reside en la diversidad de su agenda sea
subordinada por la necesidad de un acuerdo político sobre los asuntos
candentes de la coyuntura.

Los Pueblos Indígenas no estamos dispuestos a que nuestras demandas
históricas sean, una vez más, deformadas y subastadas. No nos prestaremos a
cohonestar un acuerdo que viabilice la Conferencia a expensas de nuestra
dignidad y nuestros derechos. No reconocemos a nadie el derecho a recortar
o condicionar nuestras exigencias y, junto a ellas, las de movimientos
sociales y millones de hombres y mujeres que padecen la discriminación por
múltiples causales y que esperan de esta Conferencia una palabra clara y
contundente en contra del inmovilismo y la impunidad.

Los Pueblos Indígenas no podemos quedar indiferentes frente a recientes
manifestaciones de racismo ambiental como la negativa a ratificar el
Protocolo de Kyoto por parte de la principal potencia contaminante del
mundo, mientras se impone a la humanidad un paradigma de producción y
consumo absolutamente insostenible, y a los Pueblos Indígenas que
convirtamos nuestros territorios en "sumideros" de los desperdicios de una
forma de vida de la que no somos responsables y que nunca compartiremos.

En otros asuntos, siendo ésta la primera Conferencia de la era post
Apartheid, resulta incomprensible no sólo la reticencia a reconocer los
fenómenos históricos del pasado sino los que hoy se tornan en las nuevas
formas de esclavitud y arrasamiento de la dignidad humana. Como ejemplo de
ello, menciono el injusto orden internacional impuesto a más de cuatro
quintas partes de la población mundial está ocasionando una movilidad
transfronteriza nunca antes vista en la historia de las civilizaciones. El
desconocimiento de la dimensión cultural de este fenómeno, que representa ya
el segundo rubro en las trasferencias internacionales de divisas, después
del petróleo, es sencillamente inaceptable.Los migrantes -documentados o no-
son seres humanos con derechos, y éstos están siendo desconocidos y
avasallados cotidianamente tanto por las políticas institucionales de los
estados receptores cuanto por las mafias transnacionales que están
convirtiendo la desesperación originada en la ausencia de oportunidades para
millones de personas en todos los continentes y, en muchas ocasiones, su
propia vida, en un negocio multimillonario tan sucio e inhumano como
cualquiera de los oprobiosos regímenes de la antigüedad, con el agravante de
que en este caso, son las víctimas de este tráfico quienes pagan por su
esclavitud.

Sra. Robinson, nos ha instado Ud. a promover una enérgica Declaración y un
programa de acción práctico y mensurable que incluya un mecanismo de
evaluación del cumplimiento de las metas por parte de los Gobiernos. Por lo
que puedo observar en los documentos que se negocian en este último evento
preparatorio, estamos ante el riesgo de un nuevo fracaso si los responsables
de asumir en esta Conferencia un compromiso con la humanización del futuro
no son siquiera capaces de llamar a las cosas por su nombre.

Con mis mejores deseos, saludo a Ud. afectuosamente,

Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Premio Nobel de la Paz
Embajadora de Buena Voluntad de UNESCO

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6B : esclavage et réparations

DAKAR, (APS) -

Esclavage : Me Wade s oppose à la réparation pécuniaire
DAKAR, (APS) - Le président de la République, Me Abdoulaye Wade, a
réaffirmé son opposition à toute forme de réparation pécuniaire de
l'esclavage.
Je suis opposé à toute demande de réparation pécuniaire. Les torts faits au
peuple noir ne peuvent être évalués en milliards de dollars , a souligné le
chef de l Etat au cours d'une rencontre avec la presse internationale
accréditée à Dakar.
Je ne m'associerai jamais à une demande d'argent, c'est de la comptabilité
sur papier. On ne peut pas en termes monétaires évaluer ces torts. C'est
insultant , selon Abdoulaye Wade ajoutant que les effets de l'esclavage
continuent de sévir encore au détriment du continent .
Le chef de l'Etat, qui présentera sa position au sommet de Durban sur le
racisme, n'en est pas pour autant contre une action en Justice et Suvrera
pour une reconnaissance mondiale de l'esclavage comme crime contre l'humanité.
Déplorant la responsabilité de certains rois du peuple noir qui vendaient
leurs frères, il a souligné qu'il ne s'oppose pas à la traduction devant la
Justice des compagnies ayant aidé à transporter les Africains du continent
vers les pays des esclavagistes.
Nous devons mener une action pour que la communauté internationale soit
consciente des torts faits à l'Afrique , a souligné Me Wade non sans se
réjouir du plaidoyer fait en faveur du continent par le président français.
Selon lui : Jacques Chirac a récemment déclaré en tant que membre du G8
qu'il ne faut pas oublier que l'Afrique est le berceau de l'humanité et
qu'au Moyen Age, elle connaissait le même niveau de développement que
l'Europe jusqu'au moment où est intervenu l'esclavage .
Revenant sur la conférence mondiale de Durban sur le racisme, Me Wade a
promis de présenter ses positions sur l'esclavage, soulignant qu' elles
sont antérieures à mon arrivée au pouvoir. Elles n'ont pas varié et elles
n'ont rien d'opportunistes .
Il a indiqué qu'il essaiera de faire partager l'idée selon laquelle seule
l'unité africaine peut développer l'Afrique, en partant de concepts
contenus dans la Nouvelle Initiative Africaine (NIA), une stratégie capable
de résorber le gap en infrastructures du continent vis-à-vis de l'Europe et
de l'Amérique. (...)

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7 - Europe : Concours " Halte au viol "

Veuillez trouver ci-joint toutes les informations (en anglais et en
français) concernant le Concours "Halte au viol" 2002 qui a été organisé par
le V-Day (www.Vday.org) et qui est coordonné, dans la région de l'Europe
occidentale, par le Lobby européen des femmes (www.womenlobby.org).
En bref, il s'agit du financement de projets ou plans d'action réalisés par
des femmes et visant à faire cesser les viols.
Pour de plus amples informations sur les gagnants de l'année dernière :
http://www.womenlobby.org/Document.asp?DocID=325&tod=145413
<http://www.womenlobby.org/Document.asp?DocID=306&tod=11421
L'année dernière, vous aviez déjà annoncé cette initiative sur votre site
web (perso.club-internet.fr/sexisme/infos/halte_viol.htm), c'est pourquoi
nous pensons que cela pourrait encore vous intéresser de diffuser cette
information.
Je reste à votre entière disposition pour tout renseignement complémentaire.
Merci d'avance pour votre collaboration.
Bien à vous.

Cinzia Sechi
European Women's Lobby/
Lobby Européen des femmes E-mail. office@womenlobby.org
Website: http://www.womenlobby.org

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8 - International : Centre de presse féministe

Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:33:39 +0200
From: LOLApress <LOLApress@ipn-b.de>

Hello, Hola
We proudly present LOL@ 2 at:
http://www.lolapress.org/elec2/index.htm
with articles written by: Helma Lutz, Marian Douglas, Pía Díaz, Ana
Radebe, Prishani Naidoo, Lucy Garrido, Ximena Machicao B., Elizabeth
Salguero C., Anissa Hélie, Minu Hemmati, Regina Michalik (interview with
Judith Butler), Cherrie Moraga, and Adelheid Scholten about the
filmmaker Heddy Honigmann.

LOLApress International Feminist Magazine and its African editorial
board - The NISAA Institute for Women's Development - are hosting an
International Seminar on Racism, Xenophobia and Gender in Durban, South
Africa, on the 27th and 28th of August, 2001. The seminar programe and
related information can be found at:
http://www.lolapress.org/elec2/datebook.htm
Enjoy the reading!!!

Les anunciamos con orgullo la salida de LOL@ 2:
http://www.lolapress.org/elec2/index.htm
Incluye artículos de Helma Lutz, Marian Douglas, Pía Díaz, Ana Radebe,
Prishani Naidoo, Lucy Garrido, Ximena Machicao B., Elizabeth Salguero
C., Anissa Hélie, Minu Hemmati, Regina Michalik (entrevista con Judith
Butler), Cherrie Moraga, y Adelheid Scholten sobre la cineasta Heddy
Honigmann.

LOLApress Revista Feminista Internacional y su grupo editorial en Africa - NISAA Institute for Women's Development - han organizado un Seminario Internacional Sobre Racismo, Xenofobia y Género en Durban, Sudáfrica, los días 27 y 28 de Agosto 2001. El programa del seminario e informaciones relacionadas se encuentran en:
http://www.lolapress.org/elec2/datebook.htm
Disfruten la lectura!
LOLApress editorial group
Grupo editorial de LOLApress

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9 - un livre, une vidéo, un site...

9A : un livre " Violences sexuelles, la nouvelle arme de guerre "

NDLR : Ecrit par Karima Guenivet, ce livre dénonce la banalisation qui est faite du viol, en Bosnie, au Rwanda, en Algérie, etc.
Il décrit comment le corps des femmes est devenu " un champ de bataille " et la féminité et la fécondité des instruments au service du mal.
A LIRE +++ Editions Michalon (France)

9B : une vidéo

Hello,
My name is Rachel James and I'm emailing from the Education
Department of Anti-Slavery International. We have a range of educational
resources and materials dealing with human rights and slavery issues and
would like to introduce two of our newest educational publications.

'The Changing Face of Slavery' comprises a two-part, 30 minute video
looking at the Transatlantic slave trade and Child Labour in the
Industrial Revolution, and a 40 page support pack filled with
photocopiable materials, lesson plans and background information. The
materials are directly linked to the national curriculum and are suitable
for use across a broad range of subjects.

'When Rights Are Left' is a series of four booklets looking at different
aspects of human rights, child labour and slavery in the contemporary
world. The booklets are designed in keeping with the National Curriculum,
Key Stage 3, and the four books cover four key subject areas of
Citizenship, History, Geography and English.

They can be purchased directly through the Anti-Slavery website on
http://www.antislavery.org or by contacting Rose McCausland, Education
Officer on 020 7 501 8936

We hope that these materials will be of interest to the list members. If
you require any further information about these resources or wish to reply
to this email please contact Rose McCausland, e-mail:
r.mccausland@antislavery.org

Thank you very much for your time,
Best Wishes,
Rachel James - Anti-Slavery International http://www.antislavery.org

9C : un SITE

Dear Friend,
We are providing legal aid to the women victim of Nepal free of cost. Please visit our website for more information.
www.lacc-nepal.com
Pratima
Program officer
Legal Aid and Consultancy Center

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10 - pour obtenir quelques fonds...

The Global Fund for Women (http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/) works to
strengthen women's organizations by providing small, flexible, and timely
grants in general support ranging from $500 to $15,000.

The fund supports organizations that demonstrate a commitment to women's
equality and female human rights; show concern about the way women are
viewed and view themselves in society; are governed and directed by women;
consist of a group of women working together (the fund does not accept
requests from individuals); and are based outside of the United States.
The fund accepts grant requests in any language, and applications may be
hand- written or typed and sent by mail, fax, or email.

The Global Fund for Women also administers the Preston Education Fund for
Girls, which supports schools, teacher training and curriculum programs,
locally based community organizations, non-governmental organizations,
local women's associations and women's rights organizations, and
coalitions focused on the issue of girls education.

See the GFW Web site for complete application guidelines.

Contact: Global Fund for Women Email: grants@globalfundforwomen.org Web: http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

Jennifer Brick Tashkent, Uzbekistan
jennifer@usaid.uz; jbrick@usaid.gov

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