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There are two very interesting issues about women topics:

The Australian Government has established a National Body Image Advisory Group whose
Terms of Reference are primarily focussed on the development of a National Strategy and
Industry Code of Conduct to help identify and address the issues and causes of negative
body image.

http://www.youth.gov.au/Documents/Body_image_information_paper.pdf

Legalising prostitution is not the answer: An evaluation of Swedish law shows that criminalising the purchase, but not the sale, of sex has been a great success.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/02/prostitution-legalise-criminalise-swedish-law?showallcomments=true#end-of-comments

Info: News from Argentina

Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. We send also warm congratulations to our colleagues in Argentina!

http://www.mamacash.org/page.php?id=2539

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Say No - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women

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UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi:
New UN Gender Entity a Historic Step for Gender Equality and
the Empowerment of Women


Dear Say NO friends and partners,

This is a historic moment. On Friday, 2 July, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously decided to establish UN Women, the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of a strong UN organization that will be a champion to promote and advance the rights of women and girls worldwide has been a goal we have been advocating for many years, and I know that you will join me in celebrating and embracing this momentous achievement.

As many of you will know, UN Women will merge UNIFEM with its three existing sister UN entities working on gender issues – the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW); the Office of the Special Advisor for Gender Issues (OSAGI); and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). For many years, we have effectively worked with national, regional and global partners to generate a stronger public policy response to previously under-recognized women’s rights issues, such as ending violence against women, increasing women’s political participation, and prioritizing women’s leadership in forging peace and security.

At the same time, we have faced serious challenges in our efforts to support countries to implement commitments to gender equality, in part because of inadequate funding and because there was no single recognized driver to lead the UN response for gender equality support. This is why we wholeheartedly joined women’s rights advocates and UN Member States in the call to strengthen the UN system to render even stronger support to the advancement of gender equality.

The creation of UN Women marks a great new beginning, not an end. The kind of work that UNIFEM has supported will continue as we merge into an institution that will be more robust and coherent, better positioned and resourced than the sum of its constituent parts. Through UN Women, we will be stronger in our mutual goal to end violence against women. Let’s seize this moment, and the momentum, and work with renewed energy and enthusiasm.

Inés Alberdi
Executive Director, UNIFEM

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Inés Alberdi, Directora ejecutiva de UNIFEM:
Nueva Entidad de la ONU es un paso histórico para la igualdad de género
y el empoderamiento de la mujer

Estimad@s amig@s y soci@s de Di NO:

Es un momento histórico. El 2 de julio, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas decidió por unanimidad establecer UN Women (ONU Mujeres), la Entidad de la ONU para la Igualdad de Género y el Empoderamiento de la Mujer. La creación de una organización fuerte de la ONU que lidere la promoción y el logro de los derechos de las mujeres y de las niñas en todo el mundo, ha sido un objetivo por el que hemos luchado durante muchos años, y sé que se felicitarán conmigo de este momento histórico.

Como saben, ONU Mujeres fusionará a UNIFEM con las tres entidades de la ONU que trabajan en asuntos de género: la División para el Adelanto de la Mujer (DAW); la Oficina del Asesor Especial en cuestiones de género (OSAGI); y el Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones y Capacitación para la Promoción de la Mujer (INSTRAW). Durante muchos años hemos trabajado eficazmente con los socios nacionales, regionales y mundiales para generar una respuesta más firme en materia de políticas públicas a los asuntos relativos a los derechos de las mujeres, que hasta ahora no recibían mucha atención, tales como acabar con la violencia en contra de las mujeres, aumentar la participación política de las mujeres y priorizar el liderazgo de las mujeres a la hora de forjar la paz y la seguridad.

Simultáneamente nos hemos enfrentado a serias dificultades en nuestro esfuerzo por apoyar a los países a implementar los compromisos de igualdad entre los hombres y mujeres, en parte debido a una financiación insuficiente y en parte porque no había un motor único reconocido para dirigir la respuesta de la ONU en pro de la igualdad entre los géneros. Ésta es la razón por la que nos unimos a los defensores de los derechos de la mujer y a los Estados Miembros de la ONU en el llamamiento para fortalecer el sistema de la ONU, de modo que diera un respaldo aún más firme al logro de la igualdad entre los géneros.

La creación de ONU Mujeres es un comienzo, no un fin. El tipo de trabajo que UNIFEM ha apoyado continuará después de fusionarse en una institución que será más fuerte y coherente, en una mejor posición y con mayores recursos que la suma de sus partes. Con ONU Mujeres seremos más fuertes en nuestra meta común de poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres. Aprovechemos este momento y este impulso, y trabajemos con una energía y un entusiasmo renovados.

Inés Alberdi
Directora ejecutiva de UNIFEM

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Inés Alberdi, Directrice exécutive de l’UNIFEM:
Nouvelle Entité de l’ONU est un pas historique pour l’égalité des sexes
et l’autonomisation des femmes


Chers amis de Dites NON et partenaires,

Nous vivons un moment historique. Le 2 juillet, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a décidé à l’unanimité d’établir ONU Femmes, l’Entité de l’ONU pour l’égalité des sexes et l’autonomisation des femmes. La création d’un organisme de l’ONU qui se fera le champion de la promotion et de la défense des droits des femmes et des filles dans le monde entier est un objectif que nous poursuivons depuis de nombreuses années, et je sais que vous vous joindrez à moi pour célébrer cette réalisation capitale.

Comme beaucoup d’entre vous le savez, ONU Femmes naîtra de la fusion de l’UNIFEM et des trois organes de l’ONU qui lui sont actuellement affiliés et qui s’occupent des questions de genre – la Division de la promotion de la femme (DAW), le Bureau de la Conseillère spéciale pour la problématique hommes-femmes (OSAGI) et l’Institut international de recherche et de formation pour la promotion de la femme (INSTRAW). Pendant de nombreuses années, nous avons œuvré efficacement avec des partenaires nationaux, régionaux et internationaux afin d’obtenir des politiques publiques plus musclées en réponse à des questions liées aux droits de la femmes qui restaient sous-estimées, telles que mettre fin à la violence à l’égard des femmes, accroître leur participation à la vie politique et donner la priorité au leadership des femmes dans la recherche de la paix et de la sécurité.

Nous avons également eu à surmonter de graves obstacles dans nos tentatives d’appuyer les pays pour qu’ils remplissent leurs engagements dans le domaine de l’égalité des sexes, en partie à cause d’une insuffisance de fonds mais aussi parce qu’il n’y avait pas à l’ONU un organisme reconnu qui serve de figure de proue pour appuyer l’égalité des sexes. Voilà pourquoi c’est de tout cœur que nous avons associé notre voix à celle des défenseurs des droits de la femme et des États Membres pour appeler à renforcer le système de l’ONU afin qu’il puisse soutenir l’égalité des sexes plus fermement encore.

La création d’ONU Femmes marque un nouveau commencement et non une fin. Le genre de travail que l’UNIFEM a appuyé continuera alors que nous fusionnons pour former une institution qui sera mieux placée, plus solide et plus cohérente et disposera de plus de ressources que la somme de ses parties. Avec ONU Femmes, nous serons plus fort(e)s dans notre objectif commun de mettre fin à la violence contre les femmes. Saisissons cette occasion, profitons de cet élan et travaillons avec une énergie et un enthousiasme renouvelés.

Inés Alberdi
Directrice exécutive de l’UNIFEM

News from frauenmuseum.ch, Switzerland

und……die Frauen”bewegung” in der Schweiz bewegt sich doch……….

Ich freue mich sehr, hier die Unterlage für den Matriarchatskongress und die Eröffnung des MatriArchivs in den Blog stellen zu können.

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Das Projekt Frauenmuseum.ch strebt ja keine Sammlung an. Es will die Synergien nutzen und mit den bestehenden Sammlungen und vor allem auch mit den Frauenarchiven zusammenarbeiten. Deshalb freue ich mich natürlich sehr, dass in der Schweiz, nota bene ganz in der Nähe von meinem Wohnort, das erste MatriArchiv weltweit entsteht…und ich freue mich natürlich auch immer wieder sehr, wenn ich bei der Vernetzung mitwirken kann.

Martha Beéry-Artho

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Tetyana from Ukraine found an interesting exposition at the “Deutsches Hygienemuseum” in Dreden/Germany:

“What ist beautiful?”

http://www.dhmd.de/neu/index.php?id=1618

(only in german)

News from IMOW, San Francisco/USA

International Museum of Women

Remarkable Women

Latin America Project: Introducing Our International Co-Curators Who is the Latest Community Choice Award Winner? IMOW Receives Prestigious Grant Award for New Exhibition Tomorrow: “Celebrating Womanhood” RitLab Event: Global Innovation Dialogue Women’s Empowerment Initiative Film Festival Congratulations to Global Council Member Patricia Licuanan

Latin America Project: Introducing our International Co-Curators

Also, Submit Your Work for the Next Project of Economica

IMOW is pleased to introduce our new, international co-curators for the next Project of Economica: Silvana Gesualdo, Irene Jaievsky, and Claudia Mandel. Silvana Gesualdo is a museum consultant and art historian from Mexico City, Mexico, who specializes in women artists in history; Irene Jaievsky is a museum curator and stage designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Claudia Mandel is an fine arts and art history professor from Costa Rica. We are incredibly excited that these knowledgeable and exceptional women will be helping to guide and shape the next exhibition, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us!

Submit your work today to this new Project of Economica. Help us explore how women in Latin America are engaging in the economy, how they have been impacted by the financial crisis, and what their hopes, ideas, and visions are for the economic future of women in their country. We are looking for creative work from or about women in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Argentina, but outstanding work from all countries in Latin America will be given consideration. Learn more>>

We are also looking for a highly-skilled researcher to assist with the development of the exhibition. Read the job description to learn more>>

Who is the Latest Community Choice Award Winner?

Visit Picturing Power & Potential Today!

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Selvaprakash Lakshmanan’s
Working for Just Salt

Congratulations to Selvaprakash Lakshmanan! Selvaprakash’s submission to Picturing Power & Potential: A Project of Economica, Working for Just Salt, is the latest Picturing Power & Potential Community Choice Award Winner, chosen by you, the viewer! Working for Just Salt depicts women salt miners in Tuticorin, India, who struggle to make ends meet under grueling working conditions. One commenter says the work is “Beautiful image of strong women,” and suggests that a “Women’s Salt March for better wages and work environment in the tradition of Gandhi’s Salt March would be a good step in right direction.”

There are still three Community Choice Awards to give out! Visit Picturing Power & Potential today to help pick the next Community Choice Award winner by recommending or leaving a comment for your favorite photographs! A new winner will be announced in two weeks. Learn more about the Community Choice Awards>>

Picturing Power & Potential is a joint project from the International Museum of Women and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program. The exhibition is now on display permanently online and in a physical exhibition in San Francisco City Hall through August 27, 2010.

IMOW Receives Prestigious Grant Award for New Exhibition

I.M.O.W. is thrilled to announce that we have received a prestigious grant award from the American Association of Museums for a forthcoming global online exhibition, Young Women Speaking the Economy, to be debuted online in Spring 2011.

Young Women Speaking the Economy will explore young women’s hopes, challenges and ideas at a critical moment for the global economy. Groups of women aged of 18-25 from Denmark, the Philippines, the United States and the Sudan will contribute to the exhibition, sharing perspectives on the economy, careers, well-being and professional life with each other and with the museum’s global online audience. The new exhibition will showcase art, dynamic online conversations, and multi-media, and will be featured online at IMOW.org, as well as at events in each partner country!

The museum’s partners for the Young Women Speaking the Economy exhibition will include Mills College for Women in Oakland, CA; the Ayala Museum and Miriam College for Women in the Philippines; the Women’s Museum and Aarhus University in Denmark; and the Sudanese Women’s Museum and Ahfad University for Women in the Sudan.

Tomorrow: “Celebrating Womanhood” RitLab

Join IMOW and the CJM for a Night of Crafts and Community!

The International Museum of Women is proud to partner with the Contemporary Jewish Museum for Dancing with Timbrels: Celebrating Womanhood, an event from the CJM’s RitLab summer series. Inspired by the coast-to-coast D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) craft movement, RitLabs are a new series of casual after-work Thursday night drop-ins at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. For the “Dancing with Timbrels: Celebrating Womanhood” RitLab, participants will create personalized amulets that celebrate womanhood. Snacks, drinks, and craft supplies will be provided!

Event Details: Thursday, July 22nd from 6pm to 8 pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. The event is free with Museum admission; admission is $5 after 5 pm on Thursdays. For more information, visit our Special Events page or email info@thecjm.org.

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Event: Global Innovation Dialogue

Join the Global Women’s Leadership Network on August 5

The Global Women’s Leadership Network invites the public to join them at Santa Clara University on August 5 for “Global Innovation Dialogue: The Power of Transformative Justice,” a chance to dialogue with 20 women global leaders from 14 different countries about a new vision for creating social justice and global gender equity. Learn more>>

Event Details: Thursday, August 5 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Santa Clara University Campus, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA. This event is free, though an RSVP is required. Click here to RSVP>>

Women’s Empowerment Initiative Film Festival

Featuring Films About Empowering Young Women Across the Globe

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Off and Running will be featured at the Women’s Empowerment Film Festival

Join ITVS and the International Museum of Women for an evening of inspiring and compelling films that focus on young women and girls around the world, from Texas to Ghana to Israel. This film festival will help kick off ITVS’s exciting new Women’s Empowerment Initiative. For a full list of screenings and times, click here>>

Event Details: Wednesday, August 4 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more>>

Congratulations to Global Council Member Patricia Licuanan

Congratulations to IMOW Global Council Member Patricia Licuanan, who was appointed to Chair the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the Philippines by President Benigno Aquino.

Dr. Licuanan has long been a champion for women’s human rights and education, and until recently served as the president of Miriam College in Manila, Philippines before taking the new cabinet position.  She also served as chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women when it was preparing for the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995, and contributed a story to Economica about the 15th anniversary of that conference, “The Beijing Platform for Women 15 Years Later.”

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Patricia Licuanan

News from Iran

Stop Stoning!

Last week a massive global outcry stopped an Iranian woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, from being stoned to death.

But Sakineh still faces hanging, and today, fifteen more people await execution by stoning — people are buried up to their necks and large rocks are hurled at their heads. More informations:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_stoning/?fp

News from the Women’s History Exhibition Hall, Seoul/Korea

This is the exhibition hall’s new exhibit. It is about young women’s work. Actually it opened already, one is the poster, and the other is the pictures of the exhibit. Click on the pictures to see them in a bigger size!


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I got your contact from the International Air & Space Museum facebook page. I’m a filmmaker based in London and have made an award winning documentary called She Should Have Gone To The Moon (details are below).
It’s a story which is still largely hidden but should be heard.
Best wishes,
Ulrike Kubatta

For more informations:

http://sheshouldhavegonetothemoon.com/

http://www.genderandeducation.com/issues/she-should-have-gone-to-the-moon/

News from IMOW, San Francisco/USA

International Museum of Women

Remarkable Women

Announcing our First Community Choice Award Winner Call for Submissions: Women and the Economy in Latin America Now Available: Podcast Featuring Mahnaz Afkhami News: 20th Global Summit of Women Opened in Beijing RitLab at the CJM: Celebrating Womanhood Support IMOW by Becoming a Member Happenings Around the World

Announcing Our First Community Choice Award Winner

Visit Picturing Power & Potential and Choose the Next Winner!

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Brenda Paik Sunoo’s Jeju Grannies
of the Sea

Congratulations to Brenda Paik Sunoo! Brenda’s submission to Picturing Power & Potential: A Project of Economica, Jeju Grannies of the Sea, is the first Picturing Power & Potential Community Choice Award Winner, chosen by you, the viewer!, Jeju Grannies of the Sea depicts remarkable women divers on Jeju Island in Korea, many of whom are in their 70s or 80s! As one commenter notes, Brenda Paik Sunoo’s work is “a combination of surprising imagery and an equally awe-inspiring story.”

Visit Picturing Power & Potential today to see stunning images that depict women around the world exercising their power in the global economy. While you’re there, help pick the next Community Choice Award winner by recommending or leaving a comment for your favorite photographs! A new winner will be announced in two weeks. Learn more about the Community Choice Awards>>

Picturing Power & Potential is a joint project from the International Museum of Women and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program. The exhibition is now on display permanently online and in a physical exhibition in San Francisco City Hall through August 27, 2010.

Call for Submissions: Women and the Economy in Latin America

Submit Your Work for the Next Project of Economica

The International Museum of Women is seeking creative work from artists, writers, activists, and thinkers for a forthcoming global online exhibition, which will focus on women and the economy in Latin America. We are looking for creative work from or about women in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Argentina, but outstanding work from all countries in Latin America will be given consideration. Learn more>>

In this new Project of Economica, we want to explore how women in Latin America are engaging in the economy, how they have been impacted by the financial crisis, and what their hopes, ideas, and visions are for the economic future of women in their country. Submit your work today, and spread the word!

Now Available: Podcast featuring Mahnaz Afkhami

Listen to the Latest Speaker Series Podcast on IMOW.org

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Mahnaz Afkhami

“The kind of leadership that would change the way the world works is the kind of leadership that allows everyone to participate… if allowed to share their ideas, people can lead in a substantially innovative way.” –Mahnaz Afkhami

If you weren’t able to attend our June 2 Extraordinary Voice, Extraordinary Change Speaker Series featuring Mahnaz Afkhami, you don’t have to miss out! A free podcast of the event is now available at IMOW.org.

Mahnaz Afkhami is the Founder and President of Women’s Learning Partnership, Executive Director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies, and Chairwoman of the International Museum of Women’s Global Council. Afkhami appeared in conversation with IMOW Executive Director Clare Winterton and discussed the future of women in the Middle East, how technology has affected movement building in the region, and Islam and women. Listen to the podcast now>>

Special thank you to Wells Fargo for sponsoring the event.

News: 20th Global Summit of Women Opened in Beijing

Congratulations to Global Council Member Irene Natividad

The 20th Annual Global Summit of Women opened from June 17-20 in Beijing, China. More than 1,000 delegates from 60 countries attended forums under the theme “Women at the Forefront of Change,” marking the largest attendance in the Summit’s history. Attendees discussed ways to advance women’s economic participation worldwide, women’s human rights, and gender equity, and included Vietnam’s Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan, Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, and the First Lady of Tanzania Salma Kikwete.

Special congratulations to Global Summit of Women President and IMOW Global Council member Irene Natividad. To learn more about the Summit, visit globewomen.org.

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Irene Natividad

RitLab at the CJM: Celebrating Womanhood

Join IMOW in San Francisco for a Night of Crafts and Community!

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The International Museum of Women is proud to partner with the Contemporary Jewish Museum for Dancing with Timbrels: Celebrating Womanhood, an event from the CJM’s RitLab summer series.

Inspired by the coast-to-coast D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) craft movement, RitLabs are a new series of casual after-work Thursday night drop-ins at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. For the “Dancing with Timbrels: Celebrating Womanhood” RitLab, participants will create personalized amulets that celebrate womanhood. Explore motifs common to this art form, and then use pendants, beads, and a variety of other materials to design your own amulet, incorporating inspired symbols and written inscriptions throughout the process.

Event Details: Thursday, July 22nd from 6pm to 8 pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. The event is free with Museum admission; admission is $5 after 5 pm on Thursdays. For more information, visit our Special Events page or email info@thecjm.org.


Support IMOW by Becoming a Member

Share your passion for social change and women’s rights by becoming a member of IMOW, or by giving the gift of membership to your family and friends.

Your support is especially important as we promote our current online exhibition and establish more partnerships. Help insert women’s voices and perspectives into the current debate on the financial crisis and increase women’s participation and leadership in the global economy. You can also acknowledge a family member or a friend by making a gift to I.M.O.W. in their honor. Thank you for your support!

For more information, please call Nikole at (1) 415-543-4669 x27, or email nhilgeman@imow.org.

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Happenings Around the World

Have you checked out I.M.O.W.’s  global community calendar lately?  Use the global community calendar to learn about happenings in your area and to let other community members know about events you’re excited about! Post your event and be seen by people in over 200 countries. Selected events from the I.M.O.W. community calendar will be featured in our bi-monthly e-news in Happenings Around the World.

July 8, San Francisco, California>> The World Affair Council hosts an event celebrating photographer Karen Ande for “Faces of Hope: A New Look at African Children and AIDS.” Learn More>>

July 9, Sacramento, California>> Attend the reception for multimedia artist Mariana Castro de Ali’s new exhibition, “Remnants and the Course of Life.” Learn More>>

July 14-16, Berkshire, England>> Attend the Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference with feminist researchers, thinkers and activists. Learn More>>


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