Subject: [fem-women2000 605] Les Penelopes - fevrier 2001
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 21:56:15 +0900
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---------------------------------------------------------------- Les Penelopes February 2001 http://www.penelopes.org It's election time in France. OK. Nothing to write home about, seeing as how internal party and/or candidate wars reflect the age-old masculine ritual. Nonetheless, circumstances lead us to come back to the subject of parity (Humor). Or what's left of it in the bill Parliament voted. On the other hand, concerning economic parity (OtherTake) and participatory democracy (documents/globalization), the people of Porto Alegre in the region of Rio Grande del Sul in Brazil (And us?) floor us. As for Senegalese business women (OtherTake), they're fighting structural adjustment projects, debt and other burdens imposed on them by the big world financial institutions and are proposing other economic and social alternatives. Concerning other atrocities we regularly pass on to you, there is little let-up: torture in China, death penalties for lesbians in Somalia (Agit'prop), Argentinean and Iranian women killed with total impunity (Solidarity). And meanwhile conservatives continue their litany: anti-abortion with Bush (Agit'Prop and documents/sexuality), pro-life and anti Pacs in France (Agit'Prop), sexual aggression by the populists in Norway (Agit'Prop). The worst was the official welcome offered to a Taliban by the French government (Agit'Prop). But resistance rumbles more than ever. Israeli and Palestinian women occupy the streets of Tel Aviv to mime the situation imposed on the Palestinian people in the occupied territories; women from eastern Europe organize a counter-offensive against the World Bank=85(Agit'Prop). And then, symbolically or not, March 8 knocks on our door with a myriad of meetings (Agenda) each richer than the other. And as nothing happens alone, we're inaugurating (yes, again!) a new heading preposterously entitled "001_001" (under Hop'Tic). Here we propose, every month, a critical reading of an ad which contaminates our public space. Your reactions and suggestions are, of course, welcome. On the Penelope site this month Humor Parity in our own back yard, by Dominique Foufelle http://www.penelopes.org/pages/1humeur.htm OtherTake Spotlight Senegalese business women, by Jo=eblle Palmieri The Union of Women's Groups Fatou Diop, a queen among the wise http://www.penelopes.org/pages/autreprise/autreprise.htm Points of View Brazil: social-value-added tee shirts, by Jo=eblle Palmieri For an economy in the service of life; interview with Sandra Quintela, by Jo=eblle Palmieri and Michele Dessenne Equity in international economic relations, by Caroline Perrin Equitable trade: the economy in the service of development, by Caroline Per= rin AFARD: for a critical integration of gender in African research on development, by Gabrielle Sch=fctz For the mobilization of African women of France and Europe, linked to their countries of origin. Interview with Damarys Maa, by Joelle Palmieri and Gabrielle Sh=fctz. Link among African women. Inteview with Roselyne Rollier, by Jo=eblle Palmi= eri. Dakar 2000: the women's court against debt, by Dominique Foufelle The debt - saga of a catastrophe, by Dominique Foufelle http://www.penelopes.org/pages/autreprise/pdv.htm Briefly A bank for women in Mauritania A development program in Mali Senegalese women get involved in politics http://www.penelopes.org/pages/autreprise/breve.htm Pratical Reference sites Cadtm Jubille South Jubile 2000 Organizations Federation of Groups for the Promotion of Women, Region of Dakar. AFARD =96 Sicap Enda-Synfev Graide =96 research and support group for endogeneous development initiativ= es NGO USE (Union for solidarity and help) Network Gender and Development in the Congad IFAFE Arcueil Committee Group "Women and Development" Aprofes http://www.penelopes.org/pages/autreprise/pratique.htm Hop'tic Net or Not Gendered digital divide Marathon on line against racism on March 8 Inforoutes for joint custody in Senegal Japanese women take the net by force Radio training for Asian professionals http://www.penelopes.org/pages/ntic/1newmed.htm Panorama Action for Afghan refugees Center of alternative media SOSWomen reaches out on the net A new feminist journal on the web Yugoslavia: Businesswomen network http://www.penelopes.org/pages/ntic/1internat.htm 001_001 Paris is ours!, by Laure Poinsot http://www.penelopes.org/pages/ntic/1001001.htm Current Events Agit'prop Rape as war crime punished at the Hague Status of the International Criminal Court: women's amendments Croatian women demand justice Torture in China March 8 in contradiction with the war in Iraq Bush at war against American women and all the women of the world Anti-abortion offensive in the USA Sexual scandals among Norwegian populists Find the error: France officially receives a Taliban Summit of the Americas: anti-capitalist criminalization at its height Palestine: stop the closing of the territories Somalia: lesbians condemned to death Maltreated Ethiopian women workers Nepalese women out for their rights Tests using quinacrine for sterilization Kidnappings in Kirghizstan Polygamy made in Taiwan All against equality A prostitution network stripped in Spain the United Nations reacts to honor crimes Women united against AIDS Ethiopian women fight back Africa: women for peace Towards a guaranteed fund for Ivoirian women Australia: Try again! How to make men aware of gender equality? Racism and gender The European women's lobby analyzes globalization In the East, the World Bank is challenged Europe under Swedish presidency Project Young women =96 follow-up More adjustments for the Pacs Anti-Pacs mayors won't make it The gay question and municipal elections Proposals for parity A 100% women=92s list Women's world-wide strike , 2nd Report of women's world march Revolution at the CIO? Violences and health M=e9decins du monde campaign No Backlash for the pregnant French women Homage to Oskar's wife All women to the Pole! http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/agitprop/1agitprop.htm Agenda Oreal =96 Unesco: for Women and Science Theater for solidarity "Stand up! A history of the Women's Liberation Movement 1970-1980" Conference: women's health UFCS: Beijing+5 and NY+9 Women violence =85 women torture Against torture and violence, still SosFemmes for Algeria Women, Islam, fundamentalism Arte takes on men Women and children first Anarchist books meeting Qatar confirmed FIFF: 2001 batch Lesbian spring The stakes of women's participation in volunteer activity Women, associations and archives Conference Women and Communists http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/agitprop/1agenda.htm Solidarity March 8 Turkish style Argentinean women assassinated in total impunity Crimes against women in Iran Asylum-seeking women International conference on women refugees Women in the peace process For free distribution of the "morning-after pill" Isotoner: adolescent girls' suicide call For a reform of the elected official's status No one is born in breach of the law http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/solidari/1solidari.htm Kiosque Books Faith against choice Masculine roles, masculinity and violence, the perspectives of a culture of peace Unsubmissive Murder in the sanctuary A for alibi Journals La Lettre de Parit=e9 (the Parity newsletter) Bulletin of the LIFPL Clara N=b0 63 Cinema/Video Moldavian women escapees The Circle A cartoon against violence Exhibits Emilie Charmy Val=e9rie Belin Louise Bourgois Wijnvoord Marian Marie Thurman http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/kiosque/1kiosque.htm Service Classified ads Against repudiation Contemporary feminism Position as executive secretary at the Women's Caucus for International Jus= tice University of Ottawa / Carleton University =96 Possition as Joint Chair in Women's Studies The AFEM is recruiting Lesbian humor Internships at the Women's House, Paris Practical addresses Break the glass ceiling Alfland's cyberspace http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/service/1service.htm And us? Communication: recommendations for the WSF Porto Alegre follow-up TEP: "the military, seat of the non-being or the negation of the other" Oreal - Unesco: for Women and Science Parity, a stake of this March 8? March 8 at the FNAC http://www.penelopes.org/pages/actualites/agitprop/1nous.htm Documents Memory To the rediscovery of the feminine in the great world myths, interview with Fran=e7oise Gange, by Laure Poinsot Citizenship Ghanean women and their rights, by Maggy Grabuwdija and Marina Galimberti International NGO Woman and Earth Women's NGOs in Ghana Ghana: data Sexuality What will George Bush's impact be on the right to choose?, by Caroline Four= est Politics And woman politicians in all this? Globalization Participation in the budget at the heart of democracy, by Marina Galimberti http://www.penelopes.org/pages/1docu.htm ________________________________________________________________ Our other activities Look for our broadcast of Cyberwomen: http://www.penelopes.org/pages/1cyberfemmes.htm Look for our weekly journal Politis, from now on under the heading Action, Au Fil de la semaine, Dossier et Id=e9es (Through the week, File and Ideas) _________________________________________________________________ Direct access to subjects of specific interest: http://www.penelopes.org/rch.html *Sign up on our mailing-list for updates http://www.penelopes.org/pages/1humeur2.htm To communicate with us, there are now many addresses to fit your needs : Editorial redac@penelopes.org Program Cyberwomen cyberfemmes@penelopes.org Womenaction/Beijing +5 wa@penelopes.org Partnerships/Meetings renc@penelopes.org Design design@penelopes.org Association assoc@penelopes.org Information requests info@penelopes@org Contact penelopes@penelopes.org To join or support us, you can send a contribution of 60F or 100F for individuals, 250 F for groups. 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