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KWO letter about the forced repatriation of the newly arrived families in Tak Province, Thailand |
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Written by Karen Women Organization
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Monday, 22 June 2009 |
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KWO is very concerned about the current situation of repeated forced repatriation of the families recently arrived to Thailand in Tha Song Yang by Local Thai authority since June 16, 09. We are particularly concerned for the security and safety of women and children who just ran away from fighting in their areas.
KWO fear that women are vulnerable to rape if they are forced to return and the children are already tired of running.The evidence of two Karen teenage girls raped and killed proof a well founded fear of women being abused if they returned. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 June 2009 )
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Impunity of Violence Against Indigenous Women |
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Written by Christine C Golocan
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Monday, 22 June 2009 |
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“Violence against women is always a violation of human rights; it is always a crime; and it is always unacceptable.” — United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon “Impunity,” as defined under international instruments, means the impossibility, de jure or de facto, of bringing the perpetrators of violations to account - whether in criminal, civil, administrative or disciplinary proceedings - since they are not subject to any inquiry that might lead to their being accused, arrested, tried and, if found guilty, sentenced to appropriate penalties, and to making reparations to their victims. From this definition, we look deeper into some of the rationale why impunity developed in continuum in the case of violence against indigenous women. In dealing with violence against indigenous women, we look into the ongoing rights violations within their lands and territories, and the issues on identity and culture. Usually, violence against indigenous women simultaneously happen with violations of other human rights. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 June 2009 )
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Women Securing Food, Tradtional Knowledge and Rights: An Exhibit |
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Written by Innabuyog
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Friday, 06 March 2009 |
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The exhibit is dubbed Women Securing Food, Traditional Knowledge and Rights. The exhibit was made by Innabuyog and the Cordillera Women’s Education Action Research Center (CWEARC) to portray the important roles of Cordillera indigenous women in economic production and in empowering themselves through building women’s organizations and mobilizations as expressions of their process of empowerment. This is part of observing this year's International Working Women's Day. The images included paintings of well-known artist Ben Cabrera who did an artwork of Cordillera women images in agricultural production in 1989 for the Cordillera Women’s Education and Resource Center (CWERC) then. These images of indigenous peasant women were widely used in education activities of Cordillera women through Innabuyog and had been a useful instrument in advocating indigenous women’s rights and concerns not just in the local but also at national and international level of advocacy. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 06 March 2009 )
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