Violence against Child Domestic Workers
Mood:
not sure
Topic: Crime and Punishment
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Flaggers forget Womens Day. History repeats.
If I did something the employer didn’t like, she would grab my hair and hit my head on the wall. She would say things like, “I don’t pay you to sit and watch TV! You don’t wash the dishes well. I pay your mother good money and you don’t do anything [to deserve it].”… Once I forgot clothes in the washer and they started to smell so she grabbed my head and tried to stick it in the washing machine.
—Saida B., child domestic worker, age fifteen,
Casablanca, Morocco
In Indonesia, girls reported being given food only once a day or stale and leftover food. Vina, who began domestic work when she was thirteen, said her employer “would give me food once a day, but if I ate more than that she would shout at me and call me ‘pig.’ I was hungry, that’s why I would take a little more food.”
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Sounds all too familiar. Travel buffs be sure to visit the Ghosts of Monte Cristo.
and thanks for visiting Machs Cafe today.
No one ever told me this is what goes on today in other countries. Just like I never knew coming to Canada is not neccessarily a ticket to a paradisical place.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/20/global15343.htm
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See also
Violence Against Girls
The 51st UN Commission on the Status of Women
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/20/global15357.htm
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Women of the Métis Nation calls for action on racist and sexist email distribution
OTTAWA, March 7 /CNW Telbec/ - Women of the Métis Nation is dismayed at
the issue of the racist email that has been disseminated by the Science and
Industry department in the Northwest Territories.
Tomorrow is the International Women's Day, and the Federal Government has
continually indicated that it understands the plight of Aboriginal women.
Acknowledging the inappropriateness of its Ministry's staff and apologizing to
Aboriginal women across Canada would best demonstrate a commitment to address
these issues. The Federal Government at the very least should make the Acting
General Manager, Mr. Michael Hurst give a public apology for the dissemination
of this material.
"These actions often desensitize people and further perpetuate the
stigmas around Aboriginal women," says Rosemarie McPherson, spokesperson for
Women of the Métis Nation.
Due to the many real measures of missing Aboriginal women and Aboriginal
women dying on the streets and northern Canadian communities - the leaders of
Canada must make a strong and public stand to clearly identify that these
types of racist and sexist materials are not acceptable.
Women of the Métis Nation is disheartened to hear that emails would be
passed around through Government of Canada employees, which perpetuates the
view that Aboriginal women should be treated with less value and respect than
other women.
The racist and sexist e-mail distributed by federal government employees
in the Northwest Territories showed three young white women, all naked,
alongside a photo of a middle-aged intoxicated aboriginal woman, with her
shirt pulled up and breasts exposed. The subject line read: "Can you spot Miss
NWT? Watch out for the last one, it will knock you off your feet!"
For further information: Zoran Vidic, Communications Officer, (613)
232-3216, Cell: (613) 295-9298
http://www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_overview.php
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Women still make almost 30 per cent less than men and are more likely to be living in or on the brink of poverty ..
find out why the
constituency office of Status of Women Minister in Canada
was recently occupied with protestors.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2007/08/c8638.html
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Canadian feminists take on the Tory agenda
Critics lambaste minister on Women's
Women's equality taking a cut
Harper government plays $5 million shell game with Status of Women ...
Protesters, critics line up to take shots at minister on Women's day
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Brought to you by W.
But back to the show...
More funds needed for Aboriginal womens' groups, says NWAC
March 6, 2007 - by Joseph Quesnel
A prominent organization of Aboriginal women is calling on the federal government to re-invest in programs for Aboriginal women.
The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC), in a recent news release, stated they are "equally appalled and disappointed with the negative response shown by the federal government toward B.C./Yukon women’s groups yesterday in Vancouver."
Despite pleas urging the Conservative government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reverse its decision to cut back funding for several vital programs for women, they stated, Bev Oda, Federal Minister for the Status of Women, showed a complete "lack of respect and caring" for Aboriginal women's issues.
NWAC President Beverley Jacobs said, “Many of our Aboriginal women are living below the poverty line; many are homeless; many are physically and sexually violated; many are missing and many are murdered. Programs and services offered by organizations such as the B.C./Yukon women’s groups are vital because they present our women a glimmer of hope.”
The federal government, Jacobs emphasized, appears determined to close regional Status of Women offices, while cancelling Court Challenges Programs, eliminating the child care strategy, cutting $5 million from Status of Women Canada and imposing a no-lobbying, no-advocacy rule on women’s organizations such as NWAC.
President Jacobs added, “On Wednesday March 8th International Women’s Day, I’m encouraging all women’s organizations to stand united behind our sisters in B.C./Yukon. We must send a clear message that Canada must follow through on its International commitment to respect and implement the rights of women. Our voices must be heard. On March 8th we will be heard”
NWAC’s Mission, according to their site, is to help empower women by being involved in developing and changing legislation which affects them and by involving them in the development and delivery of programs promoting equal opportunity for Aboriginal women.
http://www.initiativevraiebeaute.ca/
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http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1353:1555/Elizabeth_Hurley.htm
Whatever lifes throws you you can learn from ..and I strongly believe you reap what you sow. - Liz Hurley
Thanks Elizabeth!
Posted by mach1231
at 5:59 PM PST
Updated: Monday, March 12, 2007 12:19 AM PST
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