December 2009
14 posts
AF3IRM/GABNet Commemorates International Human...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2009 Emelyn dela Pena, GABNET Campaigns Director campaigns@gabnet.org Tel: (858) 688-2385 AF3IRM/GABNet Commemorates International Human Rights Day Nationwide While governments, corporations and so-called progressive groups around the world celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, 2009,...
A Propensity for Tyranny by Ninotchka Rosca →
Join AF3IRM/GABNet LA: Educational Forum (12/8)...
AF3IRM/GABNet/Mariposa Alliance Statement on Human...
Raging for 16 Days and Renewing Our Commitment to 365 Days of Activism
Along with hundreds of thousands of women in over 150 countries, AF3IRM/GABNet once again firmly expressed its opposition to Violence Against Women and demanded both immediate and structural changes to end women’s oppression. On the 15th anniversary of the historic Beijing Platform on Women, the world is nowhere near...
AF3IRM/ GabNet Irvine Launches Letter-Writing...
Dear Friends,
AF3irm/GabNet Irvine denounces Myspace’s ad for “Chnlove.com,” a mail-order bride ad that invites viewers to join and choose a Chinese woman for his/her pleasure.
As part of GabNet’s 16 Days Against Gender Violence, AF3IRM/Gabnet Irvine today launches this letter-writing campaign to pressure Myspace.com to take down this disgusting display of Chinese women for sale.
Sample...
AF3IRM/GABNET IRVINE'S DAY 10 OF OUR 16 DAYS OF...
A majority of women in prison for manslaughter are women who have long-suffered abuse from their intimate partners.
A study on a California state prison found that 93% of women who had killed their intimate partners had been battered by them; 67% of these women indicated the homicide resulted from an attempt to protect themselves or their children.
A study of a Chicago...
STOP STUPAK!! Act now to protect women's...
TODAY’s the day! Call toll-free at 888-423-5983 and tell your Senators you support health care reform that protects women’s existing access to reproductive health care!! Or go to stopstupak.com to send an electronic letter to Congress. ACT TODAY — PROTECT WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS!!!!!!!
For more information please contact sandiego@gabnet.org
Mixed Media Art Workshop to focus on Activism...
In partnership with Eagle Rock Plaza, a workshop led by AF3IRM/GABNet LA member Loralei Bingamon:
DAY 7: Gabnet Youth Affirms Commitment to End...
Today members of Gabnet Youth of the Civitas School of Leadership at the Edward Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles discussed dating violence among young girls of color. At-risk youth are impacted disproportionately by dating violence. One in three teens will experience a form of dating violence in their lifetime. Nearly 92% of girls who enter the correctional system have reported sexual or...
TOMORROW: AF3IRM/GABNet to RALLY AGAINST...
EMERGENCY PROTEST! TOMORROW, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 5pm Westwood Federal Building 11000 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
GABNet is disgusted by the Obama administration’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. We have examined US intervention in Afghanistan and this war’s impact on women and have seen that the US-backed Karzai/warlord alliance has only dragged women down further in Afghan...
AF3IRM/GABNet Riverside commemorates World AIDS...
In Honor of Worlds Aids DAY AF3IRM/GABNET Riverside recognizes the plight of women affected by this disease as many of them struggle, with little hope, to survive. Globally, HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age. An estimated 146,692 (in 2007) women in the US are affected by AIDS. Areas such as the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia have had alarming increases in women...
AF3IRM/GabNet Irivine member, Christina, honors...
Mia Mingus Age: 28 Co-Executive Director of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now
With the Senate’s most recent amendments to healthcare reform, I choose to spotlight Mia Mingus. Mia Mingus is an active defender of women’s reproductive rights. She is co-executive director of SPARK, a coalition that joins with communities to build and sustain a powerful reproductive justice movement throughout Georgia...
AF3IRM/GabNet Riverside member, Jennifer, honors...
Somaly Mam is the epitome of what a shero is. Having been sold into slavery by a man that pretended to be her grandfather, Mam has no recollection of her age, her parents or life before the brothel. While living in the brothel she experienced the horrors of rape and violence. She witnessed things that no human being should, including the vicious murder of her best friend. (1) However, she was able...
http://www.asianjournal.com/dateline-usa/15-datelin... →
AF3IRM/GABNet Officer Laureen Abustan Honors Woman...
As this Thanksgiving weekend comes to a close, we cannot forget the plight of the Native American people and their continued determination. Therefore, we must honor one notable women defender of indigenous women’s rights - Andrea Smith, a Cherokee professor, feminist, and anti-violence activist. Her work has focused on issues of violence against women of color and their communities,...
November 2009
23 posts
10 YEARS LATER, GABNet REMEMBERS THE BATTLE OF...
AF3IRM/GabNet SD member, Olive, honors her Sheroes
My Shero does not consist of one womyn, but many. She’s the sisters I’ve been having the pleasure of working with in this organization, my own sister that’s worked hard for what she has, my mother who’s always been there and try to understand where I’m coming from and she’s the sister that’s been in the struggle and are still fighting for what’s...
AF3IRM/GabNet Irvine member, Anna, honors Women...
Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama on January 26, 1944. She like her mother was an activist. During the earlier part of her life, Angela was a part of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Black Panther Party and the American Communist Party. In addition to her involvement in organizations, Angela also worked in campaigns to improve prison conditions. Angela Davis is an...
AF3IRM/GabNet Irvine member, Mona, honors Women...
“They will kill me but they will not kill my voice, because it will be the voice of all Afghan women. You can cut the flower, but you cannot stop the coming of spring.”
Malalai Joya has been named “the bravest woman in Afghanistan.” In a country where war persists and basic human rights are constantly violated, there stands a woman with her head held high; a pillar of...
TO HONOR AND SHARE THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF...
On Monday, November 30th, email and message all women and allies in your network with this image to remind them of the unbreakable spirit of women, who will continue to prevail in the face of domestic and systematic violence. Share the strength:
[AF3IRM/GABNet Los Angeles]
AF3IRM/GabNet's statement regarding the Victims of... →
AF3IRM/GabNet LA member, Loralei, honors Women...
Theary Seng
Cambodian Human Rights Activist, Attorney, & Author
Video Profile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2V-AVVIRFA
Source: http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2008-06-17-voa71-66822202.html
Theary Seng’s story is one of hope over adversity. An activist, author and attorney, Seng uses every opportunity to promote human rights in Cambodia. Growing up in Cambodia during the...
AF3IRM/GabNet LA member, Amanda, honors Women...
As director of the Olame Centre, a women’s rights NGO, and a former member of Congolese parliament, Mathilde Muhindo empowers women to fight against discrimination and horrific sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s recent bloody conflicts.
To address the crisis-tens of thousands of women have suffered sexual violence in eastern Congo in just the last few years-she also...
AF3IRM/GabNet LA member Jo Ann honors Women...
Somaly Mam was born in the Mondulkiri province of Cambodia. Her childhood witnessed Pol Pot’s rise to power through the Khmai Rouge’s national dominance. Somaly was sold into sexual slavery by a man who posed as her grandfather when she was just merely 12 years old. She soon began working in a brothel in Phnom Penh, was forced to marry an abusive man when she was 15 who then sold her back to a...
AF3IRM/Gabnet will be at the "Honey Munnys vs. The...
““Honey Munnys vs. The Russian Mafia Dolls” is also proud to welcome Gabriela Network, a nonprofit organization which globally addresses the issues and facilitates the empowerment of all women and children. This event is also part of their 16 Days of Activism Campaign in which each day is dedicated to serving their community.
For more information on the “Honey Munnys vs. The Russian Mafia...
AF3IRM/GABNET DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF...
AF3IRM/GABNet Riverside SPEAKS OUT Against...
AF3IRM/GABNET LOS ANGELES KICKS-OFF 16 DAYS OF...
AF3IRM/GABNET LOS ANGELES KICK-OFF 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM WITH WINDOW DISPLAY & UNSPOKEN SPEAK OUT
November 25, 2009 — On International Day Against Violence Against Women, AF3IRM/GABNet in Los Angeles honors women’s stories and voices through a window display of artful images and text. The “Unspoken Speak Out” Display at IMIX Bookstore in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles contains the poems,...
International Day Against Violence Ag. Women Stat:...
AF3IRM/GABNET STATEMENT ON THE MAGUINDANAO...
ERADICATE WARLORD DYNASTIES TO GIVE JUSTICE TO VICTIMS OF THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE! AF3IRM/GabNet condemns the murder of some 50 persons in Maguindanao, Philippines, including some 14 women, who appear to have been raped as well, and scores of media people. It is ironic that at the start of 16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women, the Philippines should once again make news around the...
AF3IRM/GABNet/Mariposa Alliance Statement: 16...
AF3IRM/GABNet/Mariposa Alliance Statement: 16 DAYS OF RAGE; 365 OF ACTIVISM
On November 25, 1960, the US-backed Dominican Dictator had three of the four Mirabal Sisters (Las Mariposas) murdered. The date marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women. The 16 Days span International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (November 29), World AIDS Day (December 1), the...
December 2008
27 posts
GABRIELA NETWORK HELD COMMEMORATION OF HUMAN...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2008 Jollene Levid, Gabnet Secretary-General secgen@gabnet.org Tel: 323-356-4748
December 10 – Gabriela Network chapters in San Diego, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, New York and New Jersey closed their 2008 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign as they commemorated Human Rights Day. Gabnet highlighted the struggles and ...
“As an artist for social change, artivist, my world revolves around
abstractions...”
– Kayhan Irani
http://www.artivista.org/
DAY 15 | Health is a gender-based violence issue
The global issue of violence against women results from serious gender and health inequality. There is discrimintation in access to services, in research, and in the health hazards women are exposed to.
For Day 15 GABRIELA Network would like to remind the Filipina community that we have the highest death rate of Breast Cancer among Asian American Women. Empower yourself and learn how to do a...
“SF and Berkeley Guerrilla art for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender...”
