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Argentinian Journalists for Non-Sexist Reporting

11:27 am By Maegan La Mala · Argentina|Media|Women · Comments Off

28 Oct 2008

With a mujer president leading the country, an organization of over 100 journalists in Argentina want to change the way crimes against women are covered in the media. They have drawn up 10 “commandments” for news coverage of gender-based crimes, which include avoiding expressions like “crime of passion” and incorporating terms like “femicide.”

The Argentine Network of Journalists for Non-Sexist Communication (PAR) will officially release the guidelines on Nov. 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The list is a really good one that all of us should strive to use, not just those who work in media.

For the 10 Commandments of reporting gender-based violence, see after the jump.

California Subject to Statewide ICE Sweep

10:44 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration · 1 Comment

30 Sep 2008

mexican%20fence.png The L.A. Times is reporting that California was just subjected to the largest ICE sweep in Californian history. 1,157 people were arrested with over 400 in L.A. alone.

I found the statement by the ICE official to amusing in a sick sort of way:

“Individuals who defy immigration court orders to leave the country need to understand there are consequences for willfully disregarding the law,” said Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Julie L. Myers, who oversees the federal immigration agency.

My question: why stop at rounding up individuals that defy immigration court orders? Why don’t we fund and create bodily integrity enforcement teams that conduct massive sweeps to round up, say, all those men who have raped women?

Angie Zapata Case to Go to Trial

1:01 pm By Maegan La Mala · Colorado|crime|GLBT|Justice|Women · Comments Off

19 Sep 2008

In July, we wrote about the horrific hate motivated killing of the young mujer Angie Zapata. Seems that the prosecutor in the case is ready to move forward with a trial.

According to Colorado’s KDRO-TV, alleged murderer Allen Ray Andrade was arraigned by Weld District Court Judge Marcelo Kopcow:

A Weld County district judge ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence against a man charged with killing a transgender woman to proceed with a trial.

Thirty-one-year-old Allen Ray Andrade is charged with first-degree murder after deliberation, felony motor vehicle theft, felony identity theft and bias-motivated crime in the death of Angie Zapata on July 17.

Violence Against Women in Peru

11:47 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Family|Justice|Peru|Women · Comments Off

26 Jul 2006

According to a post up on Feministing yesterday, violence against women in Peru has reached epidemic proportions. In some parts of the nation well over half the women report being abused physically and/or sexually. Some of the causes are related to poverty and a justice system that does not punish offenders.

Sexual violence against women in Peru is now so bad that Peru’s President-elect Alan Garcia, who takes office Friday, made it one of his central campaign issues and has vowed to tackle the problem and give women a greater say in government.

Too bad it takes so many women being hurt to make a head of state take notice. Let’s see if Alan Garcia will be all talk.

Via / Feministing
Image Via / BBC Mundo

Salma Taking Mexican Presidential Candidates to Task

11:56 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Justice|mexico|Women · Comments Off

29 Jun 2006

09.hayek.jpg Mexican actriz Salma Hayek has teamed up with Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 65 other organizations in Mexico and the U.S, to make a call via an open letter to the presidential candidates in Mexico to make the commitment to “prevent and punish” crimes against women. Mexico is the home of Ciudad Juarez where over the last 13 years, more than 400 women have been murdered or have “disappeared”. Salma said:

It’s outrageous that Mexican women must live afraid of the killers harassing them on the streets.

Tomorrow, June 30, the names of the candidates who made the commitment to fight violence against women will be released so that those going to the polls on Sunday know where the candidates stand. Props to Salma for using her star power to bring attention to the issue of violence against mujeres and for making this an important issue in the upcoming presidential election in Mexico.

Via / Que Pasa

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