Opportunities and threats to gender equality

in Africa

http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/opportunities-and-threats-to-gender-equality-in-africa-1

ATGENDER, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and
Documentation

“ATGENDER, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and
Documentation is a broad association for academics, practitioners,
activists and institutions in the field of Women’s and Gender Studies,
Feminist Research, women’s rights, gender equality and diversity.The
association constitute a permanent structure for the growing field of
knowledge and practice in Europe.
Should you want to be a part of this initiative (individual,
institutional memberships are available) pls read their newsletters at
www.atgender.eu/ and for more info contact info@atgender.eu“

http://iranfemschool.com/english/

The women’s and gender museum of Ukraine has on the first page of their website the button of network womeninmuseum. Take a look and you find it scrolling down at the right:

http://gender.at.ua/

Please follow the example!

http://www.petitiononline.com/Iran2500/petition.html

PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION!

http://tinypetition.com/Mansourehforfree/

All’ Ambasciata della

Repubblica Islamica d’Iran

In Italia

Via Nomentana, 361/363

00162 – ROMA

APPELLO per il rilascio immediato dei difensori dei diritti umani

Ci giunge notizia che nel mese di dicembre 2009 le Autorità Iraniane hanno arrestato e imprigionato fra le altre le seguenti persone che manifestavano liberamente la loro liberta´di opinione nell´ambito della difesa dei diritti delle donne, dei bambini e dei diritti umani in generale:

Mansoureh Shojaee, Shiva Nazarahari, Azar Mansouri, Somayeh Rashidi, Zahra Jabari, Kobra Zaghe Doust, Atefeh Nabavi, Shabnam Madadzadeh, Mahdiyeh Golrou, Zohreh Tonekaboni, Badarolssadat Mofid, Mahin Fahimi, Leyla Tavassoli, Noushin Ebadi, Nasrin Vaziri, Shirin Vaziri, Nilofar Hashemi Azar, Atiyeh Yousefi, Bahareh Hedayat, Nafiseh Asghari, Maryam Ziya, Mahsa Hekmat, Parisa Kakayi, Forough Mirzayie, Sara Tavsoli, Parvaneh Rad, Zoya Hassani, Negin Derakhshan e tante altre.

Inoltre sono sempre in stato di detenzione i seguenti giornalisti, coraggiosi testimoni e strenui difensori dei diritti umani:

Emadoddin Baghi, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, Seyyed masoud Lavasani, Saeed Lilaz, Kouhyar Goudarzi, Javad mahzadeh, Mehdi mahmoudian, Mohammad reza Moghisi, Keyvan Mehregan, Hossein Nouran Nejad, Reza Nourbakhsh, Mohammad Nourzad, Arvin Sedaghat Kish, Mazdak Alinazari, Masoud Bastani, Ali Reza beheshti shirazi, Reta Tajik, Behrang Tonekaboni, Mehdi Hossein Zadeh, Mohammad javad hessari, Ali Hekmat, Mohammad davan, Reza rafiee Froushani, Mohammad Reza Zohdi, Ahmad zeyd Abadi, Issa saharkhiz, Mashallah Shamsolvazein, Keivan Sami, Rouzbeh karimi, Nader karimi jouee,

Human Rights International (HRI) deve purtroppo constatare ancora una volta come in Iran vengano calpestati fondamentali diritti della persona ed ostacolato l´esercizio della attività a difesa dei diritti stessi. Cio´, fra l’altro, in contrasto anche della Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo (ONU, 10 dicembre 1948) ed in particolare dell´articolo 19 (Ogni individuo ha il diritto alla libertà di opinione e di espressione, incluso il diritto di non essere molestato per la propria opinione e quello di cercare, ricevere e diffondere informazioni e idee attraverso ogni mezzo e senza riguardo a frontiere) e dell´art. 20 (Ogni individuo ha il diritto alla libertà di riunione e di associazione pacifica). Inoltre tali misure sono una violazione di quella che è universalmente riconosciuta come la Carta dei Difensori dei diritti umani ossia la Dichiarazione sui doveri e le responsabilità di individui, gruppi ed organizzazioni della società per la promozione dei diritti umani universalmente riconosciuti e delle libertà fondamentali (risoluzione A/RES/53/144, adottata dalla Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite l´8 marzo 1999).

Per i motivi sopra esposti Human Rights International fa appello urgente alle Autorità iraniane di disporre l’immediata liberazione dei citati detenuti e di non ostacolare l’attività di chi si impegna a tutela dei diritti umani, condannando le istituzioni dello Stato iraniano che ledono quotidianamente diritti umani fondamentali con una portata universale e inviolabile.

Bolzano (Italia), 23 gennaio 2010

Human Rights International (HRI)

Il Consiglio d’Amministrazione

http://www.humanrightsinternational.org/en/about-us-hri/who-we-are.html

In collaborazione con

Network of Women´s Museums

23 january 2010,18 pm Kunsthaus Meran

Musicians, poets and organizations of South Tyrol invited for a evening dedicated to the iranian activists!

In this evening the iranians living in South Tyrol have presented the new association: “Iraniani Südtirol”. They were telling about their country and the living conditions actually there.

Human Right International and network womeninmuseum have introduced officially an appeal for the iranian activists (please see following news).

Pictures from Gigi Bortoli, Merano/Italy:

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION:

http://tinypetition.com/Mansourehforfree/

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Spotlight on the Middle East Economica Features Diverse Stories of Arab Women and the Economy
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Please note the new date!

Save the Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Eighth Annual Evening Celebration to Benefit I.M.O.W.

Please join us on April 27, 2010 in San Francisco

for an annual evening celebration event

to support the International Museum of Women!

This year’s event will be held in an exciting new venue.

Stay tuned for more details…

Thank you to our fabulous event Co-chairs,

Alison Carlson, Laurie Grayson, Judy Jorgensen and Regina Miranda

for ensuring that the event is phenomenal!

We look forward to seeing you there.

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