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FW: Invitation to Stand Together for Human RIghts
08 May 2000 18:09 UTC
Please consider adding your name to this position paper.
Robyn Gibboney, PhD
Director of Development
Indiana University School of Nursing
1111 Middle Dr., NU 101
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5107
317-27404293
317-274-2996 (fax)
rgibbone@iupui.edu
> Subject: Invitation to Stand Together for Human RIghts
>
> Please do not ignore this email. This is something that we as women
> and
> essentially as human beings need to support - I don't know if this is
> going
> to help but take 3 minutes out of your life to do your part.
> Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women.
> Since
> the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have
> been
> beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper attire, even if this
>
> means simply not having the mesh covering in front of their eyes. One
> woman
> was beaten to death by an angry mob of fundamentalists for accidentally
> exposing her arm while she was driving. Another was stoned to death for
> trying to leave the country with a man that was not a relative. Women are
> not
> allowed to work or even go out in public without a male relative;
> professional women such as professors, translators, doctors, lawyers,
> artists
> and writers have been forced from their jobs and stuffed into their homes.
> Homes where a woman is present must have their windows painted so that
>
> she can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent shoes so that
> they
> are never heard. Women live in fear of their lives for the slightest
> misbehavior. Because they cannot work, those without male relatives or
> husbands are either starving to death or begging on the street, even if
> they
> hold Ph.D.s. Depression is becoming so widespread that it has reached
> emergency levels. There is no way in such an extreme Islamic society to
> know
> the suicide rate with certainty, but relief workers are estimating that
> the
> suicide rate among women, who cannot find proper medication and treatment
> for
> severe depression and would rather take their lives than live in such
> conditions, has increased significantly.
> There are almost no medical facilities available for women. At one of
>
> the rare hospitals for women, a reporter found still, nearly lifeless
> bodies
> lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua, unwilling to
> speak,
> eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting away.
> Others have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners, perpetually
> rocking or crying, most of them in fear. One doctor is considering, when
> what
> little medication that is left finally runs out, leaving these women in
> front
> of the president's residence as a form of protest. It is at the point
> where
> the term "human rights violations" has become an understatement.
> Husbands have the power of life and death over their women
> relatives,
> especially their wives, but an angry mob has just as much right to stone
> or
> beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an inch of flesh or offending
> them
> in the slightest way.
> Women enjoyed relative freedom, to work, dress generally as they
> wanted,
> and drive and appear in public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of
> this
> transition is the main reason for the depression and suicide; women who
> were
> once educators or doctors or simply used to basic human freedoms are now
> severely restricted and treated as subhuman in the name of right-wing
> fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or 'culture,' but it is
> alien
> to them, and it is extreme even for those cultures where fundamentalism is
>
> the rule. Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence, even if
> they
> are women in a Muslim country.
> If we can threaten military force in Kosovo in the name of human
> rights
> for the sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens of the world can certainly
> express
> peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and injustice committed against
>
> women by the Taliban.
>
> STATEMENT:
> In signing this, we agree that the current treatment of women in
> Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves action by the United
> Nations and that the current situation overseas will not be tolerated.
> Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it is UNACCEPTABLE
> for
> women in 1999 to be treated as subhuman and so much as property. Equality
> and
> human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one lives in Afghanistan
> or
> elsewhere.
>
> > >>> 1) Suzanne Dathe, Grenoble, France
> > >>> 2) Laurence COMPARAT, Grenoble,France
> > >>> 3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France
> > >>> 4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France
> > >>> 5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres,
> > FRANCE
> > >>> 6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE
> > >>> 7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble,FRANCE
> > >>> 8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE
> > >>> 9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE
> > >>> 10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE
> > >>> 11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE
> > >>> 12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE
> > >>> 13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble, FRANCE
> > >>> 14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble,FRANCE
> > >>> 15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE
> > >>> 16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE
> > >>> 17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers, FRANCE
> > >>> 18) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE
> > >>> 19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE
> > >>> 20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE
> > >>> 21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE.
> > >>> 22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE
> > >>> 23) Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France
> > >>> 24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain
> > >>> 25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain
> > >>> 26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, France
> > >>> 27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France
> > >>> 28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER,
> > Chatenay-Malabry, France
> > >>> 29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France
> > >>> 30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France
> > >>> 31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France
> > >>> 32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland
> > >>> 33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland
> > >>> 34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden
> > >>> 47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden
> > >>> 48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden
> > >>> 49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg, Sweden
> > >>> 50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden
> > >>> 51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 52) Magnus Linder, Umea ,Sweden
> > >>> 53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden
> > >>> 54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden
> > >>> 55) Asa Pettersson, Grimsas, Sweden
> > >>> 56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden
> > >>> 57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden
> > >>> 58) Jenny Forsman, Boras, Sweden
> > >>> 59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden
> > >>> 60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand
> > >>> 61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand
> > >>> 62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand
> > >>> 63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand
> > >>> 64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand
> > >>> 65) Magnus Hjert, London, UK
> > >>> 67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK
> > >>> 68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA
> > >>> 69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden
> > >>> 70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden
> > >>> 71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 72) Rebecka Swane, Stockholm,Sweden
> > >>> 73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden
> > >>> 77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 78) Douglas Bratt
> > >>> 79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden
> > >>> 81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden
> > >>> 82) Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador
> > >>> 85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland
> > >>> 86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland, Switzerland
> > >>> 87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland
> > >>> 88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong Kong
> > >>> 89)Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon
> > >>> 90)Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA
> > >>> 91)Lisa L Miller, Reno NV
> > >>> 92)Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA
> > >>> 93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca.
> > >>> 94) Melanie London, New York, NY
> > >>> 95) Susan Brownstein , Los Angeles, CA
> > >>> 96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA
> > >>> 97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA
> > >>> 98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles, CA
> > >>> 99) Candace Brower, Evanston, IL
> > >>> 100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL
> > >>> 101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA
> > >>> 102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA
> > >>> 103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA
> > >>> 104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
> > >>> 105) Celeste Thompson, Round Rock, TX, USA
> > >>> 106) Sherry Stang, Pflugerville, TX, USA
> > >>> 107) Amy J. Singer, Pflugerville, TX USA
> > >>> 108) Milissa Bowen, Austin, TX USA
> > >>> 109) Michelle Jozwiak, Brenham, TX USA
> > >>> 110) Mary Orsted, College Station, TX USA
> > >>> 111) Janet Gardner, Dallas, TX USA
> > >>> 112) Marilyn Hollingsworth, Dallas, TX USA
> > >>> 113) Nancy Shamblin, Garland. TX USA
> > >>> 114) K. M. Mullen, Houston, TX - USA
> > >>> 115) Noreen Tolman, Houston, Texas - USA
> > >>> 116) Judy Bechtel, Merced, CA - USA
> > >>> 117) Delores Iliff, FL, USA
> > >>> 118) Nicole Propper, FL, USA
> > >>> 119) Bonnie LaChance, FL, USA
> > >>> 120) JoAnn Blades, FL, USA
> > >>> 121) Pam Blades, FL, USA122) Louise Campbell, FL, USA
> > >>> 123) Marcy DeSanto, FL, USA
> > >>> 124) Donald Blades, FL,USA
> > >>> 125) Tom LaChance, FL, USA
> > >>> 126) Craig Huff, GA, USA
> > >>> 127) Karen Huff, FL, USA
> > >>> 128) Heather Huff, GA, USA
> > >>> 129) Franki Silcox GA, USA
> > >>> 130) Karin Horn, TX, USA
> > >>> 131) Lara Nelson, OH, USA
> > >>> 132) Beth Pilous, OH, USA
> > >>> 133) Sarah Clare, OH, USA
> > >>> 134) Carla Roth, OH, USA
> > >>> 135) Jenny Zukowski, MI, USA
> > >>> 136) Amanda Silic, MI, USA
> > >>> 137) Heather Gilroy, MD, USA
> > >>> 138) Kat Carrion, MD USA
> > >>> 139) Michelle Stryjewski, MD USA
> > >>> 140) Elizabeth H Stevens, OR, USA
> > >>> 141) Alice Stevens, OR, USA
> > >>> 142) Tyler R. Monzie/ OR/ USA
> > >>> 143) Allea Martin, OR, USA
> > >>> 145) Jose Tancuan, Or, USA
> > >>> 146) Akia Woods, OR USA
> > >>> 147) Bernie Gardent, OR, USA
> > >>> 148) Leslie Hall, OR, USA
> > >>> 149) Susan J. Woods, OR, USA
> > >>> 150 [Cegelnik, Dixie] , OR, USA
> > >>> 151 Susan Amburgey, OR, USA
> > >>> 152 Cindy Harboldt, OR, USA
> > >>> 153 Richard Rehm, CA, USA
> > >>> 154. Lyn Lindsay, CA, USA
> > >>> 155. Alma Gilligan, CA, USA
> > >>> 156. Maureen Lechwar, CA, USA
> > >>> 157. Leslie Morales, CA, USA
> > >>> 158. Marci Marcantonio, CA, USA
> > >>> 159. Jill Haskins, CA, USA
> > >>> 160. Jacqueline Gouly, CA, USA
> > >>> 161. Janet Talbott, CA, USA
> > >>> 162. Manjula Subbiah, CA, USA
> > >>> 163. Susan Duncan, CA, USA
> > >>> 164. Blanca E. Reynoso, CA, USA
> > >>> 165. Ruth C. Reynoso, Ca, USA
> > >>> 166. Phyllis H. Rawlins, Anaheim, CA, USA
> > >>> 167. Lori Rice, Naples, Italy
> > >>> 168. Mina Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA(Turkey)
> > >>> 169. Fred Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA
> > >>> 170. Noelle Brunelle, NV, USA
> > >>> 171. Kimberly A. Karl, NV, USA
> > >>> 172. Alana Segall, NV, USA
> > >>> 173. Mark Leonard, NV, USA
> > >>> 174. Nancy Leonard, NV, USA
> > >>> 175. Troy Leonard, NV, USA
> > >>> 176. Robert Mock AZ. USA
> > >>> 177. Patty Flanigan AZ, USA
> > >>> 178. William A Towne III, AZ, USA
> > >>> 179. Ellen J. Matheson, Los Angeles, CA,USA
> > >>> 180. Theresa Leets, Los Angeles, CA, USA
> > >>> 181. G. Ahou Soomekh, Los Angeles, CA, USA
> > >>> 182. Ronith Herman, El Paso, TX
> > >>> 183. Lauren R. Stein, PA, USA
> > >>> 184. Michelle F. King, PA, USA
> > >>> 185. Jere' Webb, CA, USA
> > >>> 186. Kim Anderson, CA USA
> > >>> 187. Kirsten Hinsdale, VA, USA
> > >>> 188. Ronald David, Wash, DC
> > >>> 189. Cheryl Barnes, Buffalo, NY
> > >>> 190. Dawne David, Wash DC, USA
> > >>> 191. Madhu Dutta New Delhi, India
> > >>> 192. Madhu Sen New Delhi, India
> > >>> 193. Alokparna, VA USA
> > >>> 194. Anjali Dasgupta, MS USA
> > >>> 195. Tilottama Brahmachari, NJ, USA
> > >>> 196. Chandrima Datta Ray, MS, USA
> > >>> 197. Jaydip Datta Ray, MS, USA
> > >>> 198. Maria Florencia Vidano, MA, USA
> > >>> 199. Matteo Dufour,Genova, Italia
> > >>> 200. Francois Dufour, Lugano, Switzerland
> > >>> 201. Francesco Ricasoli, Firenze, Italia
> > >>> 202. Lena Larsson, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 203. Katarina Wigle, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 204. Petter Aberg, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 205. Per-Anders Stensson, Uppsala, Sweden
> > >>> 206. Malin Martensson, Uppsala, Sweden
> > >>> 207. Maria Carlstedt
> > >>> 208. Eli Cathrine Wilhelmsen, Uppsala,Sweden
> > >>> 209. AnnaMaria Billing, Uppsala, Sweden
> > >>> 210. Christina Molnar, Uppsala, Sweden
> > >>> 211. Christina Bergmark, Stockholm, Sweden
> > >>> 212. Katarina Mimmi Spang, Stockholm,Sweden
> > >>> 213. Marta Terese Mornvik, Stockholm,Sweden
> > >>> 214. Sofi Hakansson, Malmo, Sweden
> > >>> 215. Asa Grogarn Sol, Goteborg, Sweden
> > >>> 216. Anders Jonsson, Goteborg, Sweden
> > >>> 217. Asa Ericsson, Goteborg, Sweden
> > >>> 218. Elna Foleide Selle, Bergen, Norway
> > >>> 219. Brynjar Stautland, Bomlo, Norway
> > >>> 220. Berte Figenschou Amundsen, Trondheim,Norway
> > >>> 221. Marte Morkved-Romstad, Oslo, Norway
> > >>> 222. Kjersti Forbregd, Trondheim, Norway
> > >>> 223. Inger Margrethe Torgersen, Oslo,Norway
> > >>> 224. Lisbeth Skogstrand, Oslo, Norway
> > >>> 225. Ragnhild Skogstrand, Stokmarknes,Norway
> > >>> 226. Hanne Husaas, Lier, Norway
> > >>> 227. Helena Wikstrom, Lund, Sweden
> > >>> 228. Kimberly Rapport, Ca, USA
> > >>> 229. Kristie Bennett, San Jose, CA, USA
> > >>> 230. Debi Di Bias, Santa Monica, CA, USA
> > >>> 231. Whitney Allen, San Francisco, CA USA
> > >>> 232. Kaaren Shalom, Los Angeles, CA USA
> > >>> 233. Gretchen German, Los Angeles, CA USA
> > >>> 234. Susan Peretz, Los Angeles, CA USA
> > >>> 235. Caryn West, Los Angeles, CA. USA
> > >>> 236. Heather Juergensen, Los Angeles, CAUSA
> > >>> 237. Camryn Manheim. Los Angeles, CA USA
> > >>> 238. Nancy Epstein, Des Plaines, IL USA
> > >>> 239. Kim Pietrucha, Highland, IN USA
> > >>> 240. Lesley Ahlberg, Chicago, IL USA
> > >>> 241. Anastasie Senat, Oak Park, IL USA
> > >>> 242. Lisa Lewis, Park Forest, IL USA
> > >>> 242. Donetta Thomas, Park Forest, IL USA
> > >>> 243. Peggy Cassidy, Chicago, IL USA
> > >>> 244. Stephanie STephens, Chicago, IL USA
> > >>> 245. Dorothea Henderson, Chicago, IL USA
> > >>> 246. Tonya Weathers, Chicago, IL USA
> > >>> 247. Lynne Campbell, Dolton, IL USA
> > >>> 248. Deb Berry, Evanston, IL USA
> > >>> 249. Theresa Rossettini, NJ USA
> > >>> 250. Teresa Stroud, NC USA
> > >>> 251. Cindy Behnkendorf, IN USA
> > >>> 252. Brooke Green, IN USA
> > >>> 253. Gloria Mallah, IN USA
> > >>> 254. Deborah Mallah, IN USA
> > >>> 255. Amy Hoehner, IN USA
> > >>> 256. Kristen Cleveland, MI, USA
> > >>> 257. Caryn E. Copenhaver, MI, USA
> > >>> 258. Carrie A. DeGood, MI, USA
> > >>> 259. Mary Amir, CA, USA
> > >>> 260. Mary Paxton, VA, USA
> > >>> 261. Pat McSweeney, MA, USA
> > >>> 262. Carol Santoro, MA, USA
> > >>> 263. Lena A. Goodwin, MA, USA
> > >>> 264. Patrice Dirr, VA, USA
> > >>> 265. Basia Raczynska, VA USA
> > >>> 266. Molly Strachan, Washington, DC
> > >>> 267. Varuni Dayaratna, Washington, DC, USA
> > >>> 268. Catherine Connor, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
> > >>> 269. Jennifer Connor, Natick, MA, USA
> > >>> 270 Kelly Burke, Jamaica Plain, Ma , USA
> > >>> 271. Melanie Kana, Norwood, Ma, USA
> > >>> 272. Elyse Pipitone, Everett, Ma, USA
> > >>> 273. Lynne Schwartz, Brooklyn, NY USA
> > >>> 274. Kathy Jahn Hurwit, Jerusalem, Israel
> > >> 275. Rachelle Marie Lazar, Jerusalem,Israel
> 276. Katee Korn, Oregon USA
> 277. Pete Forgey
> 278. Gini Nellis, Oregon, USA
> 279. Joel Moore, Oregon USA
> 280. Claudia Moorad, Oregon USA
> 281. Erna Gelles
> 282. Robyn Gibboney
> > >
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>
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>
> the petition.
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