Stop Violence Against Women

Between 2001 and March 2006 more than 1,900 Guatemalan women and girls have gotten brutally murdered. Cruelty and sexual violence were the main cause of the killings. Some of the victims had their throats cut, were beaten, shot or stabbed to death. Many of their bodies show signs of rape, torture. ''Amnesty International calls on the Guatemalan Government to demonstrate its political will to investigate these crimes, prosecute the offenders, and stop the killing''. New York Amnesty International members will mark November 25, ''the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, by visiting Guatemalan embassies in their countries and calling for justice for the hundreds of cases of murdered women in Guatemala''. According to the press reports 531 women were killed between January and October 2005, with the total figure of 527 in 2004. The police said that sexual violence against women has increased. Women are just as equal as men so why should they get misstreated, They didnt do anything wrong.

Is domestic violence a silent killer?

.A report by Amnesty International says at least one out of every three women in the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in her lifetime.

.A separate report by the University of Cape Town in South Africa, says at least four women are killed every day by an intimate partner in that country.

A problem reaches the highest levels of society. Uganda's former Vice-President Specioza Kazibwe admitted in 2002 that her husband beat her.

Domestic Violence is a silent killer and destroyer of many lives and homes in Ghana. Unfortunately, domestic violence seems to have been narrowed down to portray men as the main perpetrators of such abuses against women. In Northern Ghana some women are the worst violators of children's rights, especially young girls who maybe their step daughters and nieces. They deprive the girls of their right to education, they starve them, they have no place to sleep and above all they subject these children to all kinds of hard labour. They also subject them to physical and psychological torture. The boys see what their mothers are doing and in turn become violent; the girls too become inhumane towards other children. Thats why when someone act harsh on one person for a long time it affects them to act harsh on others.

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How women were treated???

Millions of women throughout the world live in bad conditions. They are also treated bad for no other reason than that they are women. ''Men in Pakistan, South Africa, Peru, Russia, and Uzbekistan beat women in the home at astounding rates, while these governments alternatively refuse to intervene to protect women and punish their batterers or do so haphazardly and in ways that make women feel culpable for the violence.'' Since women feel that they deserve getting beaten because no one helps them, they dont think highly of themselves. As a direct result of inequalities found in their countries, women from Ukraine, Moldova, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, Burma, and Thailand are bought and sold. They then are forced to work with not enough government attention to protect their rights and punish the traffickers. Also in the U.S. students discriminate against and also attack girls in school who are lesbian, bi-sexual, or transgendered, or do not conform to male standards of female behavior. Majority of the women in the world get missed treated due to just being a women.

http://hrw.org/women/

Women's Rights Movement in the U.S. TIMELINE

1848- The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement.

1850- The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Mass., attracting more than 1,000 participants.

1890- The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). As the movement's mainstream organization, NAWSA wages state-by-state campaigns to obtain voting rights for women.

1893- Colorado is the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote. Utah and Idaho follow suit in 1896, Washington State in 1910, California in 1911, Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona in 1912, Alaska and Illinois in 1913, Montana and Nevada in 1914, New York in 1917; Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma in 1918.

1896- The National Association of Colored Women is formed, bringing together more than 100 black women's clubs. Leaders in the black women's club movement include Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, and Anna Julia Cooper.

1903- The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women.

1913- Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the Congressional Union to work toward the passage of a federal amendment to give women the vote. The group is later renamed the National Women's Party.

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Women's Rights Activities in Iran

''Women's rights activists in Iran participated in protests yesterday (3/18/2007)commemorating International Women's Day, despite recent detainments of Iranian feminists''. The Los Angeles Times reports that about 50 protestors were confronted and overwhelmed by a police riot, including dozens of young female officers wearing bright green uniforms with red stripes. About eight women and two men were reportedly arrested, and several protestors got beatings. Several hundred activists attended the protest outside of the Iranian parliament and were attacked by the police. No one was seriously hurt nor arrested. ''On Sunday more than 30 women's rights activists got arrested for protesting the detainment and trial of four feminist activists''. Everyone but three of the people that got arrested on Sunday have been released after being told not to participate in International Women's Day activities.

http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10194

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Women living in bad conditions

Millions of women in the world live in bad conditions, and attacks against their fundamental human rights for no other reason beside that they are women. The men in Pakistan, South Africa, Peru, Russia, and Uzbekistan beat there women in there homes. While the government refuses to protect the women and punish the people that are beating them, that causes them in ways that make women feel culpable for the violence. As if they deserve the beating while they havent done anything wrong. Women in a direct result of inequalities are found in their own countries of origin,for example women from Ukraine, Moldova, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, Burma, and Thailand are bought and sold to work. Women's ability to enter and stay in the work force is affected by ''private employers who use women's reproductive status to exclude them from work and by discriminatory employment laws or discriminatory enforcement of the law''.

http://hrw.org/women/

Susan B. Anthony

The Susan B. Anthony House shares the story of Susan B. Anthony’s lifelong struggle to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all. Her visions and struggle are kept alive by owning and protecting Anthony’s National Historic Landmark home. They collect artifacts and research materials related to her life and work. These resources are available to the public through tours, publications, and through the Internet. The Susan B. Anthony House was the home of the legendary American civil rights leader during the most politically active period of her life, and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872. Susan B. Anthony's story of courage and determination has been told to visitors. The Susan B. Anthony House is a National Historic Landmark Museum. It is supported primarily through the contributions of its members. ''The Susan B. Anthony House is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name, including those at the University of Rochester''.

http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/volunteer.shtml