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Jane Goodall: humanity is finished if it fails to adapt after Covid-19 | Science | The Guardian
Humanity will be “finished” if we fail to drastically change our food systems in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, the prominent naturalist Jane Goodall has warned.
She blamed the emergence of Covid-19 on the over-exploitation of the natural world, which has seen forests cut down, species made extinct and natural habitats destroyed.
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OPEN LETTER to EU MEMBERS of PARLIAMENT: Evacuate Women & Children Refugees
We sent this Open Letter with an urgent call to act now for the safety and human rights of women* and children, to evacuate them from the Greek Aegean islands and the Greek-Turkish border and bring them to safe places in the EU member states. In awareness of the recent developments in Idlib, Syria, the instable EU migration pact with Turkey, the extremely overcrowded reception centers on Lesvos omong others without adequate sanatory facilities, without medical and basic care for the mass influx, without any response and support mechanisms for traumatized or victims/survivors of SGBV, the EU Member States are required to respect their international human rights obligations. I
Please sign and share the OPEN LETTER AND THE PETITION: PLEASE SIGN FOR URGENT ACTION
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#Lesvos: German fascists spotted near burning One Happy Family centre [Video] — Enough 14 –
Lesvos. March 8, 2020. Last night there was a fire at the One Happy Family centre on Lesvos.
#Lesvos: German fascists spotted near burning One Happy Family centre [Video] — Enough 14 –
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Petition: SAFE PLACES for REFUGEE WOMEN* and CHILDREN
Women´s and human rights are under horrific attack.[1] Due to recent developments in Idlib, Syria, and the instable EU migration pact with Turkey, we find increasing tensions, harsh measures and violence against volunteers, journalists and refugees the recent days on Greek Aegean islands with over 40,000 asylum seekers trapped. Moria on Lesvos is hosting about 20.000 people in a facility for 2,200 and others are staying in adjacent olive groves. The majority of asylum-seekers are families, women and children in Moria. Almost a quarter of the children and young people in therapy talks had thought about or tried to commit suicide or injured themselves.[2] Reception centres are extremely overcrowded without adequate sanatory facilities, without medical and basic care for the mass influx, without any response and support mechanisms for traumatized or victims/survivors of SGBV.[3]
The EU Member States are required to respect their international human rights obligations.
It is known that many women in Syria among other regions have left their country for fear of rape and sexual assault. They often flee alone or with their children. Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a violation of human rights and overwhelmingly affects women and girls as victims and or survivors. It is an obstacle to sustainable development as set out in the global SDGs. In humanitarian and emergency settings, the risk to women of different forms of violence are even higher.[4]
Denying female refugees protection against SGBV is a human rights violation.
SIGN THE OPEN PETITION: http://chng.it/YB7gdhRpxd
#HumanityFirst #StandwithWomenRefugees #HelpLesvosNow #GenderSensitiveRefugeeResponse #MyEuropeHelps #safety4womenrefugees #safety4refugeechildren
[1] The term woman* includes all women* and girls of fourteen years of age or over, regardless of their race, class, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and disability status. [2] Declan Barry, medical coordinator of MSF in Greece. 19/09/2018. https://msf.lu/de/news/aktuelles/immer-mehr-kinder-versuchen-sich-im-lager-in-moria-das-leben-zu-nehmen-msf-fordert 20/02/2020 [3] Stefano Argenziano, operations coordinator of MSF in Greece: https://www.msf.org/eu-must-address-migration-emergency-greek-islands, 04/03/2020 [4] WHO (2018) Displaced or refugee women are at increased risk of violence. What can WHO do? [Online] https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/displaced-refugee-women-violence-risk/en/, 20/02/2020
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Nine out of 10 people found to be biased against women | Global development | The Guardian
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), which published its findings on Thursday, is calling on governments to introduce legislation and policies that address engrained prejudice.
“We all know we live in a male-dominated world, but with this report we are able to put some numbers behind these biases,” said Pedro Conceição, director of the UNDP’s human development report office. “And the numbers, I consider them shocking.” Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/05/nine-out-of-10-people-found-to-be-biased-against-women?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Austria’s media freedom is under threat – International Press Institute
The policies of the previous government in Austria showed that the current media system can be influenced politically, Austria fell five places on the international press freedom ranking of Reporters Without Borders, to 16th place, nearly half of Austria’s journalists feel that media freedom is in a precarious state and harassment against journalists reached a new level, according to the International Press Institute. An international Delegation reviewed the situation: the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), Reporters without Borders Austria, the International Press Institute (IPI) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) met well-known journalists from public, national and regional media, representatives of the ORF public broadcaster as well as the media policy spokespersons of several major parties and pubished the following joint calls to the upcoming ÖVP-led government:
- Call 1: Secure the independence of the public service broadcaster (ORF)
- Call 2: Refrain from intimidating journalists
- Call 3: Introduce a Freedom of Information Act in line with international standards
- Call 4: Journalistic government control instead of “message control”!
- Call 5: Media diversity must be strengthened
- Call 6: Clear positioning of political parties in favour of press freedom
- ALL DETAILS SEE – SOURCE: Austria’s media freedom is under threat – International Press Institute
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#lasTesis: feminist intervention goes viral
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (VAW), Nov 25, the first day of 16 Days against VAW, the feminist collective #LasTesis from Valparaiso took the streets in the center of Santiago de Chile and showed a powerful patriarchy critique and stunning performance ‘Un violador en tu camino‘ against sexual assault of women in front of the Supreme Court of Chile. #LasTesis, a collective of 4 Chilean women (Sibila Sotomayor, Daffne Valdés, Paula Cometa Stange y Lea Cáceres) started a wave going arround the world against sexist violence.
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, NOV. 25
Their feminist critique on patriarchy and sexual violence. And it accuses the suppressive Chilean state, whose police and military forces have killed, tortured and violated numerous protesters as well as innocent bystanders during the biggest civil protests since the end of the military dictatorship in 1989.
The feminist intervention going viral: Chile, México, Colombia, Buenos Aires, Lima, Ecuador, Venezuela, France, París, Spain, Madrid, Barcelona Germany, Berlín, Düsseldorf, Munich, Hamburg, Australia, Melbourne, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Belgium, Brussels, New York, UK, Bristol (UK), Sweden, Stockholm, etc. On Sunday, Dec. 8 the performance will take place also in Vienna.
Hundreds of thousands of women arround the globe on the streets, scanning “A Rapist on my way”, “Un violador en mi camino”, and growing amount of tweets with age, the place where they have been and their kind of clothes… when they have been raped.
goose-skinned.
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Nov. 29
Translations of the full text in Spanish, English, French and German version below, Turkish version on twitter…
FULL TEXT IN SPANISH
Un violador en tu camino
El patriarcado es un juez
que nos juzga por nacer
y nuestro castigo
es la violencia que no ves.
Es femicidio.
Impunidad para mi asesino.
Es la desaparición.
Es la violación.
¡Y la culpa no era mía, ni donde estaba ni como vestia!
¡Y la culpa no era mía, ni donde estaba ni como vestia!
¡Y la culpa no era mía, ni donde estaba ni como vestia!
¡Y la culpa no era mía, ni donde estaba ni como vestia!
¡El violador eres tú!
¡El violador eres tú!
¡Son los pacos!
¡Los jueces!
¡El estado!
¡El presidente!
¡El estado opresor es un macho violador!
¡El estado opresor es un macho violador!
¡El violador eres tú!
¡El violador eres tú!
Duerme tranquila, niña inocente
sin preocuparte del bandolero.
Que por tu sueño dulce y sonriente
vela tu amante Carabinero.
¡El violador eres tú!
¡El violador eres tú!
¡El violador eres tú!
FULL TEXT IN ENGLISH
A rapist in your way
The patriarchy is a judge
who judges us by birth
and our punishment
is the violence you can’t see.
It is femicide.
Impunity for my killer.
It is disappearance.
It is rape.
And it was not my fault, not the place where I was nor the dress that I chose!
And it was not my fault, not the place where I was nor the dress that I chose!
And it was not my fault, not the place where I was nor the dress that I chose!
The rapist are you!
The rapist are you!
It’s the cops!
The judges!
The state!
The president!
The oppressive state is a male rapist!
The oppressive state is a male rapist!
Sleep well, innocent girl.
You don’t have to worry about the bandit
Your sweet and smiling dreams
are taken care of by your Carabinero* lover.
The rapist are you!
The rapist are you!
The rapist are you!
*Carabineros = Official name of the Chilean police, derive from the word carabine, a long gun firearm.
FULL TEXT IN GERMAN
Ein Vergewaltiger auf deinem Weg
Das Patriarchat ist ein Richter.
Er verurteilt uns nach der Geburt.
Und unsere Strafe
ist die Gewalt, die du siehst.
Es ist Femizid.
Straffreiheit für meinen Mörder.
Es ist das Verschwinden.
Es ist die Vergewaltigung.
Und es ist nicht meine Schuld, dass ich an jenem Ort war oder jenes Kleid trug.
Und es ist nicht meine Schuld, dass ich an jenem Ort war oder jenes Kleid trug.
Und es ist nicht meine Schuld, dass ich an jenem Ort war oder jenes Kleid trug.
Der Vergewaltiger bist du!
Der Vergewaltiger bist du!
Es sind die Bullen!
Die Richter!
Der Staat!
Der Präsident!
Der Unterdrückerstaat ist ein Mann, der vergewaltigt!
Der Vergewaltiger bist du!
Der Vergewaltiger bist du!
Schlaf gut, unschuldiges Mädchen
mach dir keine Sorgen wegen des Banditen
Während du lächelnd schläfst
…wacht dein Liebhaber von den Carabineros* über dich.
Der Vergewaltiger bist du!
Der Vergewaltiger bist du!
Der Vergewaltiger bist du!
Der Vergewaltiger bist du!
*Carabineros = Offizieller Name der chilenischen Polizei, von “Karabiner”, kurzläufiges Gewehr.
FULL TEXT IN FRENCH
un violeur sur ta route
Le patriarcat est un juge
qui nous juge d’être né
et notre punition
C’est la violence que tu vois
C’est un fémicide.
L’impunité pour mon assassin.
C’est la disparition.
C’est un viol.
Et ce n’était pas ma faute, ni où j’étais ou comment je m’habillais!
Et ce n’était pas ma faute, ni où j’étais ou comment je m’habillais!
Et ce n’était pas ma faute, ni où j’étais ou comment je m’habillais!
Et ce n’était pas ma faute, ni où j’étais ou comment je m’habillais!
Le violeur c’est toi!
Le violeur c’est toi!
C’est les flics!
Les juges!
L’État!
Le Président!
L’état oppressif est un violeur machiste!
L’état oppressif est un violeur machiste!
Le violeur c’est toi!
Le violeur c’est toi!
Dors tranquille, fille innocente
Sans se soucier du bandit.
Que pour ton rêve doux et souriant
surveille ton amoureux Carabinier.
Le violeur c’est toi!
Le violeur c’est toi!
Le violeur c’est toi!”
Credit: #LasTesis #UnVioladorEnTuCamino
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#UnVioleurEnRoute
#ChileViolatesHumansRights
#colectivolastesis
#frauenvb
#gewaltfreileben
#aoef
#wave
#ewl
#Feminicidio #feminismo
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Agenda: Inequality – the G7 must change the endgame | ONE Campaign
Watch and share this parody video asking leaders to take real action to end inequality:
Women around the world are facing a crisis and this month world leaders can do something about it. As they assemble at the G7 summit in France, they can change the endgame for gender equality by tackling some of the biggest issues facing women from lack of education to discriminatory laws, to gender-based violence and more. But leaders will only deliver if we act.
#ProgressNotPromises #G7 #GENDErEQUALITY
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