[***Moderators' note: Below you will find more announcements of activities around International Women's Day 2002.***]
1. Regional Campagin on Women's right to Nationality (Lebanon) 2. Human Rights Watch World Report 2002 Women's Human Rights 3. Toward a Compassionate Society: women's role in promoting peace (Publication) 4. Movie Screening: "Smooth Flight" (Seattle, USA) --------------- 1. MACMAG GLIP REGIONAL CAMPAIGN ON WOMEN'S RIGHT NATIONALITY The Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking and Information Project (MACMAG GLIP) 'Gender & Citizenship' Campaign: Women's Right to Nationality On the occasion of the International Women's Day (8 March) GLIP is engaging in a regional campaign entitled 'Women's Right to Nationality' in support of women who are struggling to gain their full and equal rights as nationals of their country. At present, women throughout the Machreq and Maghreb regions are being denied their full national identities by being excluded from the rights, privileges, and security that all citizens of a country should have access to. Unjust laws, discriminatory constitutions, and bias mentalities that do not recognize women as equal citizens, hinder women's rights to such things as political participation, economic security, mobility, and state protection. Throughout Machreq/Maghreb, Arab women, should they choose to marry a foreigner, are denied the right to extend their citizenship to their husbands. Furthermore, only fathers, not mothers, can independently pass citizenship to their children. There is no reason for men to be automatically eligible to extend their nationality to their wives and children while women are not. This inequality not only refuses women their right as citizens, it also denies children their basic rights as human beings. These discriminatory laws must be changed throughout the Arab world! GLIP believes that gaining women's right to nationality is a primary step in gaining other basic human rights deserving to Arab women. The goal of GLIP' s campaign is two-fold: to raise awareness about women's right to nationality, and to pressure governments to examine and revise discriminatory laws concerning nationality and citizenship. GLIP's activities will concentrate on three main areas: participatory research,capacity building and training, and advocacy. For more information, please contact MACMAG GLIP at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chantal Choueiry Documentation Officer MACMAG-GLIP/CRTD Museum Square, Karim Salameh Building, 2nd Floor PO BOX 2066-0201 Tel/Fax: 961-1-611079/961-1-612924/961-1-616751 Beirut, LEBANON -------------------- 2. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WORLD REPORT 2002 WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS In the context of th forthcoming IWD . I wold like to contribute to the network with this announcement of the latest publication of Human Rights Watch. http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/women.html Greetings, Isabella E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------ 3. TOWARD A COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY Edited with an introduction by Mahnaz Afkhami, President of Women's Learning Partnership On the occasion of International Women's Day, WLP is pleased to announce the publication of a web anthology entitled Toward a Compassionate Society, which addresses the importance of cultural pluralism and women's role in promoting peace in a rapidly globalizing world. The issues are examined from a variety of gender-focused cultural and inter-disciplinary perspectives including sociology, anthropology, human rights, philosophy, and religion. Contributing authors include: Elise Boulding, author of Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History Charlotte Bunch, executive director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership Mahbub ul Haq, chief architect of UNDP's Human Development Reports Uma Narayan, professor of philosophy at Vassar College Arati Rao, scholar of feminist political theory and women's rights Aruna Rao, president of the Association for Women's Rights in Development Arvind Sharma, professor of comparative religion at McGill University The anthology is available free of charge at http://www.cultureofpeace.net or www.learningpartnership.org/publications/catalogue.html#copanthology ------------------ 4. MOVIE SCREENING: "SMOOTH FLIGHT" (SEATTLE, USA, 8 MARCH 2002) You are cordially invited to the upcoming screening of SMOOTH FLIGHT on International Women's Day, March 8, in south Seattle from 6:30-8pm. The film SMOOTH FLIGHT is produced by the International Organization for Adolescents (iofa), an organization in New York that promotes the rights of youth. SMOOTH FLIGHT is the centerpiece of iofa's human trafficking prevention campaign in Latvia, our starting point for a larger discussion on the worldwide problems of trafficking of women�specifically in and around Seattle. Date: Friday, March 8, International Women's Day Time: 6:30-8pm Location: Lake Burien Presbyterian Church 15003 14th Avenue, SW, Seattle. Suggested Donation: $10 Space is limited, so please email Carmen Butler at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to reserve a spot. To learn more about iofa or to make a donation, please visit our web site at www.iofa.org. I hope you'll be able to join us on International Women's Day in Seattle. ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 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