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NEWS & LETTERS, APRIL 2003
Women Worldwide
by Mary Jo Grey A permanent Peace Camp was set up by women earlier this
year at Ireland's Shannon airport in opposition to the use of that facility by
the U.S. military for the buildup of Bush's war against Iraq. Now that the camp
has become a regular focus for resistance to the war by both women and men,
women are claiming a space for monthly 24-hour No-To-War Camps--including one
held on International Women's Day, March 8, as part of the Global Women's
Strike, "Invest in Caring, Not Killing." They said they want to join
their voices with those of women in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine, condemning
the devastating effect of war on women and children. Information from MOTHER WARRIORS VOICE * * * A Pakistani woman who was gang-raped as a tribal council punishment against her family because of a supposed crime by her brother, was honored for having the courage to report the crime in a country where violence against women often goes unpunished. Mukhtar Mai received the award from the Human Rights Society of Pakistan at a ceremony in Lahore. "She dared to file a case against the influential men in her area and get them punished," commended the group's leader. |
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