Day of Remembrance for Women Killed because of Violence and Mysogyny - December 6, 2013

This day started with the murder of 14 women students at Ecole Polytechnique but to all women who died unconscionably at the hands of men they know or those they do not know. Be there at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Leg to show your solidarity. 5, 2013 MANITOBA SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT OF CANADA'S CALL FOR END OF VIOLENCE IN UKRAINE Premier Greg Selinger today expressed support for the Government of Canada’s condemnation of recent violence in Ukraine. “Manitoba, like the federal government, stands with the people of Ukraine to ensure that freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law are fully respected in Ukraine,” said Premier Selinger. “Manitoba and Ukraine share a long and productive history. Early Ukrainian settlers and more recent newcomers have helped shape this great province, and our ongoing relationship continues to strengthen our economy and enrich our culture.” Mineral Resources Minister Minister Dave Chomiak and Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn commended the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Manitoba Provincial Council and members of the Ukrainian-Canadian community for coming together in recent weeks to express strong concern over the situation unfolding in Ukraine. “I know all Manitobans support the citizens of Ukraine in their efforts to define and implement the social, political and economic reforms necessary to further strengthen their country and economy,” said Minister Chomiak. - 30 -

Our Peruvian Sisters are facing Horrible Rape Epidemic and Abortion Restrictions

In Peru, an Epidemic of Rape and Double Jeopardy for Rape Victims Seeking Abortion

Written by Françoise Girard for RH Reality Check. This diary is cross-posted; commenters wishing to engage directly with the author should do so at the  original post.
Peru, while famous for its modern culinary delights and ancient civilizations, also has a far less flattering distinction: it has more reported cases of rape and sexual violence than any other country in South America. Eight in ten of these victims are minors.
Researchers estimate that 35,000 pregnancies occur every year in Peru as a result of rape. Women and girls in this situation are faced with two options: seek an illegal abortion and risk going to jail or carry the pregnancy to term and suffer the psychological and physical trauma that go along with giving birth to your rapist's child. Women who can prove that a pregnancy is the result of rape receive a "reduced" sentence of three months in jail (the standard prison sentence for illegal abortions in Peru is two years). Perversely, this reduced sentence does not apply to married women who are raped by their husbands, even though marital rape is a crime under Peruvian law. Doctors who perform abortions in cases of rape face up to six years in prison.
A coalition of women's rights groups have launched a campaign to challenge this cruel violation of human rights. The campaign, Dejala Decidir ("Let her decide"), seeks to introduce a new law that decriminalizes abortion in cases of rape (currently, abortion is only permitted when the woman's life or health is at risk

http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/rhrealitycheck/peru-epidemic-rape-and-double-jeopardy-rape-victims-seeking-abortion

What can you do to help?
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write a letter to the government
speak to your MP or MLA
take one action to help - nothing is too small.

Violence against Women Must Stop

First of all when talking about men killing women, we have to leave the religion out of it. Real Islam does not condone the abuse and slaughtering of innocent women and girls. This is the work of abusive men.  For every one Muslim man who abuses his female family members there are thousands who embrace and love their families like any normal human beings. We live in a patriarchal world where men always ruled and women went along for the ride.

Times have changed and women are reclaiming their voice. In the case of women from Islamic tradition, men uses the Koran to hit women on the head and keep them in subjugation and in a manner than the Prophet Muhammad would not have approved of.

In recent years we have heard more killings happening in the name of Sharia law, perhaps it is the publicity these incidences receive that we hear it more often. Of course there is racism and Islamophobia that are mixed in with genuine concerns for women in these situations.  There should also be a clause that if at any time during their residency in Canada if a crime of this nature is committed then the family members must return to their countries of origin. Perhaps this might help to save many young women from the perilous plight of endangerment by their own family members.

We have to tackle all forms of violence against women and girls.  Similar violence are happening in the mainstream society as well, however, not in the same way as is carried out by some men who claim to do so in the name of their religion. In these latter cases, young girls can be killed off because they want their own ways.   It reminds me of the Sikh family in BC who arranged to kill their own daughter just because she was marrying for love and not for family connections.

Canada needs to protect women and girls more and perhaps this ought to be done through the immigration system. Families with these strong held values who bring young children to this country must know the risk they are taking i.e. that their children might turn away from tradition at least temporarily during their teenage years as they try to fit in with their Canadian society. People ought to be questioned as to whether they can embrace such a child and this should be a serious criteria for accepting or denying immigration status to people with these strong held autocratic views about right and wrong.

The Jury is still out on this Case.

Three teenage Shafia sisters, 19-year-old  Zainab, 17-year-old Sahari, and 13-year-old Geeti, with 50-year-old Rona Amir Mohammad, were found dead inside a car in the Rideau Canal back in June of 2009, murdered in a quadruple honor killing by their Muslim mother, father and brother.

Jury selection starts today in a Kingston, Ontario court in the murder trial of a Montreal couple and their son, who are charged with killing three members of their own family. The girls’ father, Mohammad Shafia, “believed his daughter had dishonoured him and the family by having a romance with a young Pakistani man in Montreal.”

“The girls were not allowed to go out alone, for example, neither to the cinema nor to meet friends and they were not able to dress freely”

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http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Shafia+murder+trial+Sibling+tells+court+lied+police+about+abuse/5852884/story.html

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