Subject: [fem-women2000 591] Les Penelopes - January 2001
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:47:51 +0900
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Les P=e9n=e9lopes January 2001 http://www.penelopes.org First "Simone de Beauvoir" and then "Beijing+5"; now Penelope is opening an annual column, "OtherTake". Women's entrepreneurial spirit is different, using other codes, pursuing other objectives, here or elsewhere. We'll inaugurate it with a portrait of Plein Sud, an intercultural neighborhood restaurant in Rouen (OtherTake/Spotlight). This regular column will open up new paths of thinking. This time and in several articles we'll look at the place of immigrant women in civic-participatory life, the obstacles they come up against in carrying out their projects and the stakes of their enterprise as women, as immigrants, as citizens (OtherTake/Points of View). Fom these initiatives of solidarity great potential for the society as a whole can grow. To carry their message and proposals, the feminists were present at the World Porto Alegre Social Forum (And us?). In Africa, in particular, they organized national or continental forums (Agit'prop). In India, they publicly challenged the pretty promises of the government (Agit'prop). In France they remain critical of the declarations of "their" Minister during the National Meeting on violence (Agit'prop). March 8 is being prepared this year with renewed enthusiasm (Agenda). It should surely be dedicated to Bariya Magazu, this young Nigerian girl who was whipped because she had been raped (Agit'prop). The sentence was finally executed, approximately at the same time that Bush took his first political decision striking at the reproductive rights of women in developing countries (Agit'prop). Human Rights defenders in the United States immediately reacted: What if this abortion opponent /death penalty supporter galvanized civic-participatory mobilization? You can always dream! On the Penelope site this month: HUMOR Que viva the rebellion !, by Michele Dessenne http://www.penelopes.org/pages/1humeur.htm OTHERTAKE Spotlight Plein Sud, a place in the sun, by Dominique Foufelle Pierrette Soumbou - a portrait Problems of status The Re-active network http://www.penelopes.org/pages/autreprise/autreprise.htm Points of View Conviviality, a political choice, by Dominique Foufelle Active and resistant women, by Joelle Palmieri Immigrant and responsible women, by Joelle Palmieri Chain reaction discriminations, by Dominique Foufelle http://www.penelopes.org/pages/autreprise/pdv.htm In Brief A forum on financial solidarity Euro-advisors for women entrepreneurs http://www.penelopes.org/pages/autreprise/breve.htm Practices Obtaining aid: who does what and where? http://www.penelopes.org/pages/autreprise/pratique.htm HOP'TIC Net or Not Appeal for funds to support women's place in the media An online workshop to evaluate the World March For a gendered view of the news Malvira, of Brussels Why such hate? http://www.penelopes.org/pages/ntic/1newmed.htm Panorama Jerusalem: peace weave her web Esteur=92op: News from the East Comparative analysis between sex Mirror, oh beautiful mirror=85 http://www.penelopes.org/pages/ntic/1internat.htm CURRENT EVENTS Agit'prop Online news from the first World Social Forum in Porto Alegre Onward with more CEDAW protocol! Israel and the US finally in favor of an international crimes court France: National Meeting for violence against women Whipped for being raped - the followup Violence: macho-teenagers Sexism and homophobia "rewarded"? Sexual harassment of Togolese women in schools No provocation allowed: the American version of honor crimes Ghana: women demonstrate against serial killers Florida: sexual abuse in prisons Zambian women no longer want to be sold Madagascar: good news, bad news The suffering behind the smiles >From one prison to another Pro-lifers at the UN Bush and women's rights Will America remain secular? Minors for life in the schizophrenic Arab Kingdom Argentina: imminent signing of a decree on parity Will the Indian government keep its promises? Officials snub a women's forum in Dakar The third African women's forum Struggle against racism Support for Tibetan women exiled in India Legalized ass-pinching in Italy Iran: students in danger of emancipation! Iranian women denounce a new form of lapidation Educating little girls in Burkina Mali: instructing rural women will reinforce their role Scientific research: where are all the women? Discriminate and you pay Guinean women condemned to celibacy Fashion victims Sexist advertizing withdrawn A new "gender" political party in India Simultaneous policy against the free market Pro-choice Conference: the report News from the Committee for the Defense of Medical Gynecology World March: a national meeting Canada: project =93Contact Young Women=94 Friends of our friends Equal terms http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/agitprop/1agitprop.htm Agenda Children's world summit Women's House in Brussels Women's House in Montreuil The Simone de Beauvoir space, Nantes Rue de la Libert=e9, Saint-Denis Inter-union training on"Women's Rights" Justice and gender differences Violence against girls in school Cocktail =96 debate " NO ! a work-in-progress =85 " Canada : Woman international week International confe on women refugees http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/agitprop/1agenda.htm Solidarity Against "honor killings" in Jordan Support for outcast women in India Support for the excluded in municipal elections Sexist ads: the fight goes on More creches for more equality! http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/solidari/1solidari.htm Kiosque Books Africa: cancel the debt to free up development Jesus and women Humor and parity Denonciation letters Journals Equality Now. 1998-1999 - Report Women News from Nikk. No. 2 We Poor men! Theater Woman as battlefield Exhibits Eileen Gray Joumard V=e9ronique Venice seen by Fiora Gandolfi Bibougou Nathalie And all the other exhibits http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/kiosque/1kiosque.htm Self-service Classified Ads A scientific feminist in Sri Lanka Two contests A questionnaire on Muslim women The White Ribbon Campaign launches a fund raising campaign http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/service/1service.htm And us? First World Social From in Porto Alegre WOW! A debate at TEP On the road to Belgrad! 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