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A.
Responses received per region
See below for an overview
of responses received. In total, 31 submissions
were received and the results are included in
this report.
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to Appendix 1 for all contact
details of respondents. |
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B.
Club projects in relation to the elimination of
VAW
| Refer
below for an overview of the extent of work
being conducted by clubs in relation to violence
against women and whether any recognition
is being received for these projects in the
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Summary of club project
information provided by respondents
- BPWA-Bermuda was instrumental
in organizing The Women’s Resource Centre
for battered women.
- BPW Cayman: refer www.protectcayman.com
- A project related to
setting up a welcome centre for sexually aggressed
women (BPW Haiti).
- BPW Brazil is member
of the National Council of Women’s Rights,
a branch of the Federal Government that promotes
policies to eliminate the discrimination against
women. It also has a partnership with the Special
Secretary of Women Politics which establishes
public policies to contribute to the improvement
of Women's conditions in Brasil.
- Shield of Athena (Canada):
Centers and a shelter for women and children
coming from ethnocultural communities as well
as Anglophone and Francophone communities.
- BPW Coffs Harbour: Links
to the Women’s health Centre and Women’s
Refuge.
- BPW Europe works together
with the European Women’s Lobby.
- BPW NY: Assisting and
attending the Violence Against Women conference
in NY (Nov 18, 2006).
- BPW Manitobe (Canada):
Selkirk Club - Women’s Shelter in the
City of Selkirk helped to raise money for the
initial startup. Phyllis Bergman and Sharon
Shewchuck were involved. In the following years
the club has given hampers etc.
- BPW Marseille (FR): provide
evidence during working sessions or debates
about harassment, and informing women of the
legal and judicial implications allowing them
to protect their rights.
- BPW NY & New Jersey:
Distributing Palm Cards with the New Jersey
State Hotline Number in Ladies Restrooms. Assisting
the Police in helping to collect unused cell
phones from citizens, which were then refurbished
and given to domestic violence victims for emergency
use. Working closely with the Women’s
Shelters of the YWCA. Supporting legislation
relating to DNA technology specifically in rape
and other domestic violence cases.
- BPW Panama: training
of the girl child and young women, scholarships.
Also program to promote self employment of women
with low income (motivating entrepreneurship
and creation of small businesses by offering
them a loan as seed capital and training them
in administration and microfinances for small
businesses).
- BPW Paris Ile has held
a diner in October '06 on the theme 'Violence
and suffering at work' (held by Dr Dorothee
Ramaut who has run a study from 2001 to 2005
in different enterprises and has written a book
'Souffrance au travail' published by 'Editions
du Cherche Midi'.
- BPW Santiago (CH): The
school of the Citizens of BPW Federation of
Chile will be inaugurated in April 2007 in Santiago
under the supervision of the Santiago BPW Club
and plans workshops on 'Elements and conducts
of prevention and confrontation of violence
within the family' conducted by psychologists
and counselors and targeted to directors of
three primary schools (legal information).
- BPW Toulon La Garde:
2004 Conference 'Women and Violence' with the
participation of doctors, lawyers, judicial
police, delegates to women’s rights, associations
in defence of victims. 2005 – 2006: Workshop
about European project 'Daphné' (gathering
every Monday in the Police Department).
- BPW Italy: organized
conferences on the subject, for example law
154/2001 regarding the protection of women from
violent husbands. Organizing a plan of action
with the Council of Women and the Provincial
authorities to produce a common document on
violence in the family and outside. Also preparing
a project on stalking.
- BPW NZ Dunedin: Interest
in Bullying in the Workplace and supporting
2 Women's Refuges in Dunedin city.
- Talia Carner: Protective
Parent reform Act, a proposed legislation that
attempts to preserve the rights of molested
children in U.S. courts, where their protectors
are mothers who are disbelieved, discriminated,
discriminated and disenfranchised. Also: issue
of gendercide in China.
Main comments
regarding recognition received
- Many of BPW Brasil members
have received awards and partnership with official
institutions has resulted in financial support
to the development of projects to promote entrepreneurship
among women. As a result, BPW Brasil has 8 ongoing
projects to capacitate women for professional
ventures.
- Shield of Athena (Canada):
Recognized at both the provincial and federal
levels, by the ethnic press of Canada and the
existing social services network in Quebec.
Also gone with the Canadian and Quebec delegations
to the UN Beijing & 10 conference on women
in 2004. Presented at many international conferences
and given prizes.
- BPW Marseille has agreement
and help of local and regional institutions
and the participation of other women’s
clubs.
- BPW Panama: recognized
in relation to women's issues - in 2003 they
were invited by the Ministry of Women, Children
and Family Issues (currently the Ministry of
Social Development) to work on resolutions dealing
with Equality and Opportunities.
- BPW Santiago (CH): Misericordia
Home that assists young mothers has been distinguished
for its work in favor of the girls. Three members
of the Club have been invited to make a presentation
on violence to different groups of citizens
and women and an international seminar on violence
against women. UNESCO sponsored a seminar with
the Chilean BPW Federation and in acknowledgment
they were able to publish a book on the girl
child.
- BPW Italy: 'Bill of Rights'
for the girl child is widely recognized. Received
approval from political institutions who will
use it as a work tool.
- BPW Vienna: The UN SG
report on VAW. Also updated info, support and
speaker database from Intervention Center for
VAW and Shelter for Women in Austria.
- Talia Carner: often invited
as a keynote speaker at conferences (20 scheduled).
C.
Recent studies and available expertise in clubs
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for an overview of the extent of recent studies
that are available to clubs and any expertise
that is present in their clubs. |
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Access to studies
in relation to VAW
- BPW Sydney: The
Australian Institute of Criminology published
a survey in 2005 entitled ‘Women’s
experiences of male violence’ (findings
from the Australian Component of the International
Violence Against Women Survey, IVAWS). Other
sources: www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au,
www.leadershipforwomen.com.au
and www.australiasayno.gov.au.
- BPW Haiti: Studies about
sexually aggressed women (aged 13-49, but majority
16-25 years old) cared for by the University
State Hospital in the Obstetric – Gynaecological
Service.
- For the past four years,
Shield of Athena (Canada) has been conducting
their own research regarding the cultural perceptions
on family violence and the police procedure.
- Europe: www.womenlobby.org.
- Eileen Brennan (BPW NY)
has personal contacts with all relevant agencies
- German Organization called
“Terre des femmes” is doing a lot
of campaigning on this issue (www.terre-des-femmes.de).
- Website of the Regional
Delegation for women’s rights with links
to French national projects regarding VAW: www.droitsdesfemmes.org/violences.htm
- Manitobe/Selkirk Club:
Members have access to data from the Women’s
Shelter and the RCMP. Also numerous studies
through libraries of various women’s organizations
particularly the Status of Women both in Canada
and provincial agencies. The Canadian Government
also releases statistics.
- Marseille (FR): Studies
from European Lobby about prostitution system,
UNESCO reports concerning the defence of human
rights, works and publications about women discrimination
and exclusion in their work.
- BPW NY & New Jersey:
websites, organizations, legislative members
and UN publications (www.stopfamilyviolence.org,
www.ncadv.org,
www.nnedv.org,
www.vawnet.org,
www.girlsinc.org)
and US Department of Justice Office on Violence
Against Women (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawa),
www.girlsinc.org
and www.endabuse.org.
- Santiago (CH): Legal
information about violence in the paper 'Targeting
to working women and small businesses in two
communes of Santiago'. Regular publications
by SERNAM (National Service for Women), the
Justice Department, the National Service for
Minors, Labor Department and other government
entities (VAW and workplace harrassment issues).
- BPW Taiwan: 'Images of
women in Taiwan' (2005) by the 'Foundation of
Women Rights Promotion and Development' (v1010.womenweb.org.tw/Page_Show.asp?Page_ID=260).
- BPW Toulon La Garde:
Book written by Christine Ockrent (press release
edited by GRAIF).
- BPW Italy: Reports from
The Committees on Equal Opportunities. PETRA,
an organization of women in Verona, is working
on this subject.
- Talia Carner: Human Rights
Watch/Asia and World Health Organization (dated
1997 & 1998 respectively).
Contacts in clubs
of people with expertise in the area of VAW
- Nancy Hartling - Support
to Single Parents Inc. - 249 Old Coach Road,
Riverview, NB, E1B 5R7, CANADA – ph (H)
506.387.7919 or (W) 506.858.1303 - hartling@nb.sympatico.ca
(BPW Moncton)
- DR Margarette Cherenfant
- Psychologist, Obstétricien - Gynecologist
(BPW Haiti)
- The main contact to deal
with this subject in BPW Brasil is the Executive
Committee Board of BPW Brasil
- Psychologist Denise Marshell,
and Solicitors Sandra Rew and Anne Beasley (BPW
Coffs Harbour)
- Eufemia Ippolito (BPW
Europe) is permanent representative in the European
Women’s Lobby
- Eileen Brennan (BPW NY)
has personal contacts with all relevant agencies
- Jutta Uchmann, lawyer
(BPW Karlsruhe, GER)
- Diane Polangin (BPW Laurel
Maryland, USA)
- Colleen Allan (BPW Manitoba,
Canada) has done extensive workshops globally
and presented at First World Congress on Family
Violence in Banff, 2005. Works for Addiction
Foundation of Manitoba and has been involved
in extensive research and developing Best Practice
Guidelines in the Field of Family Violence,
Addiction, and Mental Health Issues.
- BPW Panama: Maritza Royo
(member who was in charge of committee dealing
with Domestic Violence in 1995), Fátima
S.Tudisco and Judith Indira Rios.
- BPW Santiago (CH): Elena
Torres Seguel (Lawyer and journalist), Luz Maria
Prado (Social worker), Gloria Fredes (Social
worker), Estela Salinas (Professor and counselor),
Gloria Anadón (educator and counselor),
María Elena Santibáñez
Torres (Lawyer, professor, Director in Public
Ministry), Carmen Ojeda (Lawyer), Javiera Bravo
Ojeda (Lawyer), Berta Pohl (lawyer and judge),
Brigida Toledo (midwife).
- BPW Taiwan: Lee Ping,
the Secretary-general of YWCA (pinglee@ywca.org.tw)
/ ph 886-937- 080-992 or 886-2-2331-4449. Also:
Ching-Li Chang.
- BPW Italy: Daniela Turci
Dindo (lawyer, Marriage rights) - fax +39 045
8007285. Also Anita Palmieri (psychologist,
The Bill of Rights of the girlchild) - anipalm@libero.it.
- Talia Carner: she is
main contact/speaker on U.S. family court discrimination
against women victims and their children, and
infanticide in China.
D.
‘Promising practices’ related to the
elimination of VAW
Respondents were asked to
provide information on initiatives to eliminate
violence against women that can be found in their
communities, whether or not supported by their
BPW club.
Summary of promising
practices
- BPW Moncton (Canada):
Peer Support Program offered by Support to Single
Parents, Inc.
- BPW Cayman: ‘Legal
befrienders’ (Pro Bono legal advice)
- BPW Virtual (Canada):
Women’s self defence classes offered by
the club and others, ‘Take Back the Night’
walk in Ottawa (Ontario, annual event), Dec
6th Memorial Day for VAW, BPW Canada resolution
July 2006 for a 2009 stamp commemorating Dec
6th, 1989 Massacre in Montreal.
- Haiti: Welcome centres
for women that have suffered any kind of violence.
- National Plan of Women
Rights (Brasil Government).
- Shield of Athena (Canada):
Community outreach program to inform the community,
in their language of origins, on family violence,
the police procedures and the existing resources.
- Recently introduced German
laws allow violent partners to be expulsed from
their home (Platzverweis).
- BPW Laurel Maryland (US):
Working with the sheriff’s department
and the State’s Attorney to educate them
on ways they can help victims.
- BPW Lille: Work done
for the last 5 years by the 1st instance Court
in Douai. Also project headed by Public Prosecutor
Luc Fremiot – working with local associations
and local press: www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2005/05/CHOLLET/12172,
http://1libertaire.free.fr/Violencefemmes04.html
and www.justice.gouv.fr/actualites/violencesconjugales/lettreelectronique/question.htm
- BPW Manitoba (Canada):
Selkirk has 'Zero tolerance' policy by police
who are called into family violence situations.
Extensive support (lawyer, churches, school,
menoting for mothers, government). Pilot project
was conducted with the Community Services and
Winnipeg Police Department (innovative prevention
– intervention project by pairing social
workers with police officers) in 2004 - report
available. In Winnipeg/Selkirk: 'Take Back the
Night' and Candlelight Ceremony to honor the
women who have been killed due to relationship
violence. Also in Alberta, November is Family
Violence Prevention Month and Alberta Children’s
Services has launched a toll-free province-wide
Family Violence Info Line: 310-1818.
- Marseille: Implementation
by the Government of official institutions to
which the victims can call and associations
to sustain a repairing action.
- Paris: Establishment
of a 'space' in enterprises where women could
talk and share with a trained person the violence
and suffering they are encountering at work.
Governmental.-SERNAM –SENAME and the Secretary
of Labor developed important programs for women
and youths victims of violence. Currently the
government of President Bachelet has increased
the budget in order to establish homes to give
Care for women victims of abuse.
- Santiago (CH): Non government:
'La Morada', 'World Visión', 'María
Ayuda', 'Corporación El Umbral', 'Fundación
chilena de la adopción', 'Fundación
Regazo', 'DOMOS Centro de desarrollo de la mujer'
and 'Corporación del niño agredido'.
Government: La Morada and SERNAM have homes
to shelter women victims of mistreatment. They
receive denunciation and protective measure
decrees from the Public Ministry.
- BPW Taiwan: The enforcement
of the 'Domestic Violence Prevention Law' (1997),
the enforcement of the 'Sexual Assault Prevention
Law' (1999) and workshops run on CEDAW (August
2006).
- BPW Toulon La Garde (FR):
The violent husband is systematically ousted
to protect the woman (wife and mother).
- Verona (IT) has a safe
house – call 800392722.
- Vienna: WAVE (16 days
against VAW), an info campaign by NGOs on Dec
4/5 2006, campaigns in all federal provinces
(Gender Advisors) and Amnesty International
publications.
- NZ Dunedin: Anger management
groups, women’s development programmes
run by Women’s Refuge, Tamariki programme
run by Women’s Refuge and Positive parenting
groups run by church social service organisations.
- Talia Carner: Protective
Parent Reform Act.
- Ideas from BPW Sydney
include: Re-using the many programs worldwide
and making these available to developing nations
who do not have the knowledge, skill or money
to develop programs of their own. Initiating
programs for educating kids (e.g. prevention
and what to do when issues manifest), women
(e.g. strategies to minimise exposure) and men
(e.g. what they can do not to perpetuate the
situation). Investigate the WIIFM (What’s
in it for me) factor for politicians, corporates
and individuals. Pull together and present a
united front. Deal with not just symptoms but
also the cause of the problem, i.e. alcohol,
financial pressure etc. Work in partnership
with other women’s organisations instead
of re-inventing the wheel.
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UN areas promoted by clubs
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for an overview of the extent to which the
various areas of the United Nations are promoted
within clubs. |
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Other initiatives
mentioned by respondents
- BPW NY & New Jersey:
Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.
- BPW Santiago (CH): Women
University, Committee of Women Family of ASONG,
Association of women lawyers Matilde Troup.
- BPW Toulon La Garde (FR):
'Daphné' - European project.
- BPW Italy has presented
the Bill of the Rights of the girlchild at the
Gender Grouping of the Council of Europe in
Strasbourg.
- Talia Carner: Gendercide
in China (the killing of 1,000,000 girls each
year).
F.
Partnerships with other women’s organisations
BPW clubs are asked to work
in coalitions or partnerships as a follow up to
the study on violence against women, conducted
in 2006 by the United Nations. The graph below
shows the partners that BPW is planning to work
with to implement this project.
Other women’s
organisations mentioned by respondents
- Business Women’s
Network' and 'Quota' (BPW Coffs Harbour).
- Frauenbeauftragte der
Stadt Karlsruhe, local women’s asscociation
(Karlsruhe, GER)
- BPW Manitoba (Canada):
Status of Women – International Women’s
Day – Vigils and walks commemorating violent
deaths of women.
- Marseille: CIDF - GRAIF-Femmes
chef d'entreprises (local) and Egalité
des Chances-Droits des Femmes-Haute autorité
pour la lutte contre la discrimination et l'exclusion
(government).
- BPW Santiago (CH): Asociación
de abogadas Matilde Troup, ASONG and Partners
of the Americas.
- BPW Toulon La Garde (FR):
Delegate to Women’s rights.
- BPW Italy: LIONS, PETRA,
Pink Telephone.
- BPW NZ Dunedin: Maori
Women's Welfare League, Women’s Refuge
P.A.C.I.F.I.C.I.A.
G.
Violence against Working Women projects
Refer below for an overview
of the extent to which BPW clubs are aware of
any projects that are being conducted in their
country in relation to violence against Working
Women.
Summary of additional
comments provided by respondents
- The Australian government
has spent a staggering $74 million dollars in
the area of VAW.
- BPW Cayman: refer www.protectcayman.com.
- The Status for Women
Ministry - SOFA (Solidarite Fanm Ayisien - Haiti).
- Laws about sexual harassment
(Brasil).
- Fighting violence against
children in Brazil has been developed and conducted
by the Brazilian Public Attorney´s Office,
Tutor Councils, and specific projects in the
country sponsored by the Federal Secretary of
Human Rights, Ministry of Justice and NGOs.
- Shield of Athena (Canada)
has done many projects regarding family violence
against women including a video that has been
translated in 12 languages.
- Coffs Harbour: Domestic
Assistance Specialists (Police, Counsellors,
Psychologists).
- Many relevant studies
available (BPW NY - Eileen Brennan).
- Terre des femmes campaigne
- www.terre-des-femmes.de.
- France: A lot of promotion
of cases of sexual abuse in the workplace or
sexual harassment by bosses: www.avft.org
- Canada: Most of the Employee
Benefit Packages recognize the problem of family
violence, and offer counseling sessions for
both the affected person and the abuser.
- Marseille (FR): French
coordination to European Lobby.
- Santiago (CH): Paper
published by the Law Association Matilde Troup
on sexual abuse and violence, physical or psychological,
as an obstacle to working well.
- BPW Taiwan: Refer 'Women
and Life Safety'. Under strong advocacy of Modern
Women Foundation, applicable laws regarding
sexual harassment have passed.
- BPW Italy: Programme DAPHNE
of the EU and meeting of men preventing violence
(info: appellouomini@libero.it).
- Vienna: studies about
sexual harassment of women at the workplace
(European Parliament) and a study 'Place of
Crime - the workplace' (a study by three women
scientists).
- London Ontario: ongoing
study done at the University of Western Ontario.
H.
Violence against Young Girl projects
Refer below for an overview
of the extent to which BPW clubs are aware of
any projects that are being conducted in their
country in relation to violence against Young
Girls.
Summary of additional
comments provided by respondents
- The team of Médecins
Sans Frontières has projects concerning
violence against girls (Haiti).
- Important national project
to fight the traffic of women (Brazil).
- Many relevant studies
available (BPW NY - Eileen Brennan).
- Germany: refer association
against child abuse (www.haensel-gretel.de)
and association for the promotion of children’s
rights (www.kinderschutzbund.de).
- Angela Brown has a program
called The Awakening, where she teaches young
girls and women how to gain their self respect,
thereby avoiding the vicious circle of domestic
violence. Angela and Diane Polangin (BPW Laurel
Maryland USA) educate the public on domestic
violence and are working on obtaining a grant
to open a safe house for battered women and
their children.
- BPW NY & New Jersey:
www.endabuse.org
(facts on Children and Domestic Violence),
www.girlsinc.org
(Girls Inc) and the National Task Force to End
Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women.
- France: NPNS (Ni Putes
ni Soumises) is a large French association who
works to eliminate Violence against Young Girl.
They have set up local offices in suburbs of
large towns where young girls in difficulties
can find help to overcome their problems (www.niputesnisoumises.com).
- Santiago (CH): UNICEF.
- BPW Taiwan: 'Garden of
Hope Foundation' helps disadvantaged girls and
young women, contributes to research and government
discussions on policy and offers public education,
prevention and treatment programs (www.goh.org.tw/english/aboutusservice.htm).
- BPW Verona (IT): Bill
of Rights of the girlchild, which was drawn
up in Beijing in 1995 (point 12) is very well
known in Italy through BPW Italy/Fidapa.
- Talia Carner: Protective
Parent Reform Act.
Appendix
1 – Contact details of respondents per region
Clubs/federations/regions/individuals
who responded |
North
America |
New York,
Laurel Maryland,
NY & New Jersey,
Manitoba (Canada),
London Ontario (Canada),
Virtual (Canada),
Moncton (Canada),
Haiti,
Cayman Islands,
Bermuda |
Europe |
Karlsruhe (GER),
Lille Metropole (FR),
Europe,
Forli/Fidapa (IT),
Marseille (FR),
Paris (FR),
Toulon La Garde (FR),
Verona Est (IT),
Villafranca/Fidapa (IT),
Vienna (AUSTRIA) |
South
America |
Brazil,
Panama,
Santiago (Chile) |
Australasia |
Kalamunda (WA, AU),
Coffs Harbour (NSW, AU),
Sydney (NSW, AU),
Dunedin (NZ),
Taipei (Taiwan) |
Africa |
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Other
(non BPW) |
Author,
The Shield of Athena (Quebec),
New York
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