Category Archives: News
CEDAW
Currently I’m learning about CEDAW, the UN’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Drafted in 1979, the treaty still is rejected by the U.S. – only 1 of 8 UN members to do so (others … Continue reading
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The News, Summer 2008
In updating the DotP web site, this post “The News, Summer 2008” has migrated from a former WordPress page titled “The News”. Sources, excerpts, and personal comments are available about a range of topics – the environment, health matters, im/migration, … Continue reading
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Memoria /../
This visual sequence is in memory of the mothers and children killed by the Israeli military as it assassinated Nizar Rayyan in his Gaza home on 1 January 2009. (Read the International Herald Tribune article.) The stone is one of … Continue reading
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Memoria
Human * * Mother * * Wife1 Human * * Mother * * Wife2 Human * * Mother * * Wife3 Human * * Mother * * Wife4 Human * * Child * * YoungestChild Human * * Child * … Continue reading
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Bitten at Yule-tide
Yesterday the news bug bit. Here are the results – stories on indigenous rights, literature, health rights, law and courts across the world, and more! The condensed listing directly links to articles. The extended version (“read more”) is indexed with … Continue reading
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Open Letter for Efren Paredes, Jr.
To Whom It May Concern: After reading materials available via the web site The Injustice Must End (TIME) http://4efren.com and recent news articles heavily biased against Efren Paredes Jr., I write this letter with great concern about his unjust incarceration. … Continue reading
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Incarceration of Women
A brief FYI: Last weekend I attended the Brussels Meeting for Quakers, where I learned that the Quaker Council for European Affairs conducts a joint project on the conditions of women in prison. And during my news review today, I … Continue reading
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