Sunday, April 17, 2011
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation photography grant $5000 - apply before May 31
More information at: http://mrofoundation.org/
Friday, April 15, 2011
Japan Charity Short Film Project: Let's Make "EGAO (Smile)" Short Film with your pictures!
Dear All, short film lovers,
Hope this email finds you all well. Thank you so much for your kind words and thought to us in Japan.
We, at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, as the Japanese people are facing unprecedented suffering and hardship while striving to begin the process of healing and recovery from the Tohoku Region earthquake and tsunami, have had repeated soul searching discussions and deliberations on what we could do as a festival to help in these efforts.
As a result, we’ve come to the decision that in order to bring even one smile and even a tiny bit of inspiration to as many people as possible through the power of the stories and images of short films, our mission will be to make a short film with you, our supporters, that will give people the inspiration and strength of heart to take that first step towards recovery and the future. We will, with your help, create a short film using your pictures that reflect your feelings of empathy and desire to support those in need.
Yes, we need your help! We are now gathering so many pictures from all over the world and will make a short film using your picture along with a Japanese pop music provided by a Japanese famous singer (TBA).
The theme of the picture is: Capturing the Moment - Bring a Smile to Someone -
Anything would be acceptable, ANYTHING!!
More details can be found here: http://www.shortshorts.org/CharityShortFilmProject_ENG.pdf
How to participate:
Twitter: Follow us @ssff_en and send us the direct mail (@ssff_en) with picture with hushtag #EGAO
Facebook: Put your picture on the wall on http://www.facebook.com/shortshortsfilmfestivalasia
Email: Send the picture to egao@shortshorts.org
Send us your picture for this charity project! Believe the power of images! Be part of this project and cheer up Japan!
Best wishes from Tokyo,
All Staffs from Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Hope this email finds you all well. Thank you so much for your kind words and thought to us in Japan.
We, at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, as the Japanese people are facing unprecedented suffering and hardship while striving to begin the process of healing and recovery from the Tohoku Region earthquake and tsunami, have had repeated soul searching discussions and deliberations on what we could do as a festival to help in these efforts.
As a result, we’ve come to the decision that in order to bring even one smile and even a tiny bit of inspiration to as many people as possible through the power of the stories and images of short films, our mission will be to make a short film with you, our supporters, that will give people the inspiration and strength of heart to take that first step towards recovery and the future. We will, with your help, create a short film using your pictures that reflect your feelings of empathy and desire to support those in need.
Yes, we need your help! We are now gathering so many pictures from all over the world and will make a short film using your picture along with a Japanese pop music provided by a Japanese famous singer (TBA).
The theme of the picture is: Capturing the Moment - Bring a Smile to Someone -
Anything would be acceptable, ANYTHING!!
More details can be found here: http://www.shortshorts.org/CharityShortFilmProject_ENG.pdf
How to participate:
Twitter: Follow us @ssff_en and send us the direct mail (@ssff_en) with picture with hushtag #EGAO
Facebook: Put your picture on the wall on http://www.facebook.com/shortshortsfilmfestivalasia
Email: Send the picture to egao@shortshorts.org
Send us your picture for this charity project! Believe the power of images! Be part of this project and cheer up Japan!
Best wishes from Tokyo,
All Staffs from Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Call for papers about sexuality in Muslim context before April 25
Women Living Under Muslim Laws is inviting papers for its forthcoming Dossier 32: Sexuality in Muslim Contexts. Since the 1980s, across the globe and in many Muslim contexts women have witnessed and contested a rising tide of politico-fundamentalist movements, in which social conservatives and actors linked to the religious right invoke Islam to control the expression of women’s sexuality. This control comes in myriad forms and includes restricting women’s mobility, socialisation and modes of dress, and their autonomous control of reproductive rights, as well as women’s ability to make free choices concerning marriage and sexual partners. http://www.wluml.org/node/7066
Young women are often denied access to comprehensive sexual education and sexual health services. Within marriage, women are also often denied the right to use contraception and protection, even when their husbands may have HIV or other STIs. This control of women’s sexuality is increasingly being legitimated across Muslim nations by legal means; through strict legislation and the creation of moral police forces charged with the right to reinforce, often violently, adherence to proposed moral codes. Across contexts ‘anti-pornography’ laws are being brought to the table, and sex work remains criminalised and stigmatised. Queerness and transsexuality remain incredibly taboo, though women’s movements in Muslim contexts are increasingly taking up the challenge of breaking these silences.
Besides papers that explore such topics, we are also interested in receiving short reports (1,000 words) on various initiatives that women have taken up to promote women’s sexual autonomy or to counteract and resist limitations imposed on women by state or non-state actors.
Possible topics to explore include:
· Violence against women as a mechanism of controlling women’s sexuality (‘honour’ killings, stoning, femicide, female genital mutilation, etc.)
· Sexual politics of human rights
· Transsexuality
· Anti-pornography legislation
· Sex work
· Moral policing
· Sexual orientation
· Dress codes
· Women’s autonomous control of their reproductive rights
· HIV and sex education
· Autonomy in marriage and divorce
· Marital rape
The above list is not exhaustive and we are also open to other relevant suggestions.
Articles should be 4,000-7,000 words including references. We would like to have abstracts submitted by 25 April 2011, with full papers received by 20 June 2011. We will also consider published papers which are not freely available on the internet that may be relevant to activists focusing on issues concerning various aspects of sexuality.
Please email abstracts to the WLUML Publications Officer: pubs@wluml.org
Women Living Under Muslim Laws
International Coordination Office
www.wluml.org
wluml@wluml.org
WLUML Facebook page
_______________________________________________
Wluml-news-en mailing list
Wluml-news-en@wluml-pic.org
http://lists.wluml-pic.org/mailman/listinfo/wluml-news-en
Marevic H. Parcon
Programme Officer - Asia
Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)
Red Mundial de Mujeres por los Derechos Reproductivos
Réseau Mondial de Femmes pour les Droits Reproductifs
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13 Dao Street, Project 3
Barangay Quirino 3-A
Quezon City, 1102 Philippines
Tel.+ 63 (2) 913 6708
Telefax: + 63 (2) 7093193
bing@wgnrr.org; office@wgnrr.org; admin@wgnrr.org
www.wgnrr.org
WG-Terrein
Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 56
1054 SP Amsterdam
Tel. +31 (0) 6 27549863
WGNRR is southern-based global network that builds and strengthens movements for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and justice. We are working towards realisation of full sexual and reproductive health and rights of all people, with a particular focus on the most marginalised. WGNRR is not a funding agency nor funding activities and projects. We work in collaboration with other networks and partners.
Young women are often denied access to comprehensive sexual education and sexual health services. Within marriage, women are also often denied the right to use contraception and protection, even when their husbands may have HIV or other STIs. This control of women’s sexuality is increasingly being legitimated across Muslim nations by legal means; through strict legislation and the creation of moral police forces charged with the right to reinforce, often violently, adherence to proposed moral codes. Across contexts ‘anti-pornography’ laws are being brought to the table, and sex work remains criminalised and stigmatised. Queerness and transsexuality remain incredibly taboo, though women’s movements in Muslim contexts are increasingly taking up the challenge of breaking these silences.
Besides papers that explore such topics, we are also interested in receiving short reports (1,000 words) on various initiatives that women have taken up to promote women’s sexual autonomy or to counteract and resist limitations imposed on women by state or non-state actors.
Possible topics to explore include:
· Violence against women as a mechanism of controlling women’s sexuality (‘honour’ killings, stoning, femicide, female genital mutilation, etc.)
· Sexual politics of human rights
· Transsexuality
· Anti-pornography legislation
· Sex work
· Moral policing
· Sexual orientation
· Dress codes
· Women’s autonomous control of their reproductive rights
· HIV and sex education
· Autonomy in marriage and divorce
· Marital rape
The above list is not exhaustive and we are also open to other relevant suggestions.
Articles should be 4,000-7,000 words including references. We would like to have abstracts submitted by 25 April 2011, with full papers received by 20 June 2011. We will also consider published papers which are not freely available on the internet that may be relevant to activists focusing on issues concerning various aspects of sexuality.
Please email abstracts to the WLUML Publications Officer: pubs@wluml.org
Women Living Under Muslim Laws
International Coordination Office
www.wluml.org
wluml@wluml.org
WLUML Facebook page
_______________________________________________
Wluml-news-en mailing list
Wluml-news-en@wluml-pic.org
http://lists.wluml-pic.org/mailman/listinfo/wluml-news-en
Marevic H. Parcon
Programme Officer - Asia
Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)
Red Mundial de Mujeres por los Derechos Reproductivos
Réseau Mondial de Femmes pour les Droits Reproductifs
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13 Dao Street, Project 3
Barangay Quirino 3-A
Quezon City, 1102 Philippines
Tel.+ 63 (2) 913 6708
Telefax: + 63 (2) 7093193
bing@wgnrr.org; office@wgnrr.org; admin@wgnrr.org
www.wgnrr.org
WG-Terrein
Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 56
1054 SP Amsterdam
Tel. +31 (0) 6 27549863
WGNRR is southern-based global network that builds and strengthens movements for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and justice. We are working towards realisation of full sexual and reproductive health and rights of all people, with a particular focus on the most marginalised. WGNRR is not a funding agency nor funding activities and projects. We work in collaboration with other networks and partners.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Pictures from a march for missing girls (declining sex ratio) in Goa recently
School boys carry an empty coffin to signify the killing of girl children in Calangute, Goa.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Fundraiser with Asha Bhosale in Mumbai April 15 - help build girls toilets in schools!
FICCI FLO Mumbai Chapter invites you to ‘PHIR WAHI SHAAM – Asha ke Naam’ – a fund raiser for the SGS Abhiyaan programme that provides hygienic sanitation facilities in schools for girls. This special musical evening on April 15th, 2011 at SRI Shanmukhananda Auditorium will feature a selection of vintage classics from Bollywood. The Program is conceived and presented by the premier Vintage Musical troupe – Musicolor.
We believe that the cause is as close to your heart as it is for us and it is indeed important for us to garner support for the event and the project from organizations and individuals such as yours to promote and implement these plans going forward.
80G certificates will be provided for Sponsorship and Advertisements. Donor passes and project details have been attached for your kind perusal and action.
Sincerely,
For FICCI FLO Mumbai Chapter
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