2009 February » Feminist Peace Network

Looks like we have a clear winner of the Don Imus Dick In Brain (or is it the other way around?) award. Tell Clear Channel this isn’t okay, it isn’t even vaguely okay, this guy needs to be yanked from the airwaves.

Received via e-mail:

Dear Friend,

Earlier in the week, Colorado Media Matters alerted us to the fact that 630 KHOW radio talk show host Peter Boyles repeatedly referred to Congresswoman Diana DeGette as “V*gina” DeGette.

Today, Clear Channel Communications issued a statement stating that Boyles ” agreed not use that term again” and that there will be no disciplinary action for him. That’s not enough. Congresswoman DeGette deserves an apology. And the sponsors of his show need to know that we will not tolerate this disrespectful language against women.

On behalf of all Colorado women, please take a minute and sign an open letter to Peter Boyles and Clear Channel Communications by clicking on the link below.

http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/RespectWomen

Once you’ve signed the open letter, please call the businesses that advertise on Boyle’s radio show and ask them to pull their ads and stop paying for him to blatantly disrespect women. The businesses are listed below.

Thanks.

Advertisers on the Peter Boyles Show:

* American Guarantee Mortgage: (303) 577-4987
* Horan and McConaty Funeral Home: (303) 745-4418
* Wally Park: (303) 342-0500
* Arapahoe Basin: (970) 468-0718
* System Pavers: (866) 389-3173
* Time Plumbing and Heating: (303) 758-6237
* Jebco heating and Air: (303) 573-7100
* Innomax: (303) 296-9530
* AAA Home Improvement: (720) 981-4269
* Walmart: (800) 925-6278
* Denver YMCA: (720) 524-2700
* Harvard Square Retirement Community: (303) 696-0622
* FitzGerald’s Casino Blackhawk: (303) 582-6100

Coinciding with International Women’s Day (March 8), women leaders from around the world will convene for the International Colloquium for Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security (the Colloquium) at the SKD Stadium in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. The Colloquium, conceptualized in 2006 during the inauguration of Africa’s first female President, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, will bring together 400 international participants and 400 Liberian national participants, including female leaders; heads of state and government; ministers; CEOs, presidents and executive directors; and NGO and community leaders. The Conference, co-convened by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and President Tarja Halonen of Finland, seeks to create an environment for women and their champions around the world to discuss, learn, demonstrate and act on the benefits and lessons learned from women in leadership.

The Colloquium seeks to realize the aims of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security to ensure that women are protected from the worst abuses in times of conflict and to empower them to play their rightful and vital role in helping their countries prevent, end and recover from conflict. The Colloquium will bring together an international group of women leaders to identify the successes and failures of measures adopted for 1325; to serve as a resource base and catalyst for activity worldwide; and to develop and support meaningful strategies and activities for increasing global security.

In preparation for the celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8th, the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) (Canada) has created a poster entitled “Whatever became of me?”. The poster highlights an issue the National Union has been raising about women’s increasing stress in attempting to balance personal life with work life.

You can download the poster by clicking here or order copies by e-mailing the National Union at national@nupge.ca.

Although the stress of struggling to balance home and work responsibilities affects both genders, women more often suffer to higher degrees. Women continue to shoulder the heavier burden of the responsibilities associated with issues such as child care, elder care, or the care of ailing relatives.

All of these issues are magnified by the lack of an universal early childhood education and care system in Canada and a growing need for more elder care spaces and services. Adding to the pressure is the fact that the Canadian economy is heading into recession and research shows that women will often suffer more financial and employment consequences of a depressed economy.

The National Union is conducting a survey entitled the “Quality of Women’s Lives” in order to identify the issues and raise awareness of the problem. NUPGE is encouraging both union and non-union women to complete the survey.

From the Britain Palestine Twinning Network:

Twinning groups welcome Palestinian women on speaking tour of Britain for International Women’s Day

Eleven Palestinian women from all ages and all walks of life will be in Camden on 4th March at the beginning of a speaking tour that will take them all over Britain, from Bristol to Cambridge and Brighton to Newcastle. Two other women will be in Scotland for similar events.

Five students together with workers in education, health and social services, members of women’s groups and members of local twinning committees are being brought to London by different twinning groups that are members of the Britain-Palestine Twinning Network. They will be joining in International Women’s Day celebrations and public meetings on Palestine, as well as visiting universities, schools and workplaces to promote Britain-Palestine Twinning.

“Public attention has turned towards Palestine since the Israeli attacks on Gaza in January,” said Nandita Dowson, secretary of the Twinning Network, “This is very important because the human rights violations in Palestine are the centre of a knot of trouble that not only affects the Middle East but involves all of us.

“But January 2009 in Gaza is just one part of the story. These women will be telling of the difficulties caused to normal life by the Separation Wall and the brutalities of the Israeli Occupation in the West Bank, which is all part of the Israeli pressure on people in Palestine to leave, because they want the land but not the people in it. “This tour will take these women’s stories to an audience of thousands across the
country.”

Women coming include:

• Hiba Ayyad, a student whose mother was killed by Israeli soldiers in her own house last September (from Abu Dis, with links to Camden)

• Sirien Sawafteh, who has been involved in building a school for children in the Jordan Valley in a place where Israel says it is illegal for Palestinians to build (from Toubas, with links to Brighton),

• Najat Abdurahme whose village Bil’in is convulsed with problems as the Israelis build the Separation Wall and shoot at peaceful demonstrators every Friday (from Bil’in, with links to Liverpool)

Celebration Friday 6 March from 6pm: Engender’s 6 years & International Women’s Day

You are warmly invited to join us in celebrating Engender’s 6 years of existence, on Friday 6 March, from 6pm.

We will celebrate in solidarity with International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March.

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Feminist Peace Network

Action Alert: Tell Clear Channel To Fire Peter Boyles For Calling Rep. Virginia DeGette “Vagina DeGette”

International Women’s Day 2009: Liberia–International Colloquium On Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace And Security

International Women’s Day 2009: Whatever Became Of Me?

International Women’s Day 2009: Twinning With Palestine Speaking Tour In Britain

International Women’s Day 2009: Celebrate Engender’s 6th Anniversary on IWD

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