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Dialogue: Australia's Hidden History - Parramatta Female Factory Precinct
Parramatta Female Factory precinct is located at the upper reaches of the Parramatta river about 16 kilometres from Sydney, NSW Australia. Parramatta was the second European settlement in Australia. It is the primary site for female convicts transported to NSW.
What's this?Dialogue: Taking on Violence Against Women and women's empowerment with Pink Taxis
From Moscow to Dubai to Bombay women are making the streets safer by becoming drivers of pink taxi cabs. Women understand all too well what being vulnerable feels like at a physical level. What should be a simple and safe way to travel - getting in a taxi to go from one doorway (from work) to the next doorway (home) - all too often has ended in rape or death.
The women driving the Pink Taxi cabs are not only creating a a safe way for women to make their journey, they have broken with many traditions by entering a predominately male occupation, breaking stereotypes and earning decent wages for their work.
Can we also find ways for women who can't afford a taxi to get safely from one place to next as well?
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notebook: Using Popular Theater to Break the Silence Around Violence Against Women
In this notebook, theatre is used to break the silence surrounding violence against women in Senegal. Theatre provides an outlet for the public to talk openly about human rights abuses that were normally considered only a "familial problem."
notebook: The Human Rights Education Program for Women in Turkey
In this notebook we learn about how effective and beneficial building
collaborative relationships with government institutions can be to
advancing human rights education. Women for Women’s Human Rights
(WWHR)-New Ways in Turkey gained the support and use of government
resources for furthering human rights education of women at the local
level.
notebook: Familiar Tools, Emerging Issues
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights uses traditional human rights
monitoring methods to document human rights abuses, but in this
notebook we will learn how the group has also made a practice of
adapting this methodology to emerging human rights issues. Minnesota
Advocates has identified and developed practical and sustainable
strategies for adapting human rights monitoring methods to address
domestic violence (in Eastern Europe and the U.S.), child survival (in
Mexico, Uganda and the U.S.) and transitional justice (in Peru).
notebook: Engaging the Media: Building support for minimum wage reform
The Korean Women Workers Associations United (KWWAU) and its partners effectively engaged media to raise public
awareness and concern regarding the minimum wage system, thereby
assisting in the creation of a social movement that has succeeded in
changing the minimum wage law to afford greater protections for
workers, especially for women.
notebook: A Mock Tribunal to Advance Change
In this notebook we learn about the creative and effective use of a
mock tribunal to change public perceptions and beliefs regarding
violations against women, and to change public policy and law. BAOBAB
for Women’s Human Rights, in collaboration with CIRDDOC (Civil Resource
Development and Documentation Centre), highlighted violations of
women’s rights in Nigeria that were viewed by the public as normal or
even justifiable abuse.
notebook: Access to Justice: Creating local level, citizen action mediation bodies to ensure human rights
The Centre for Victims of Torture (CVICT) in Nepal instituted a tactic
to circumvent the problem of police abuse through a process of
rights-based community mediation. The tactic trains local people as mediators and resources to
their communities on basic laws and human rights. In addition, it has
served as a vehicle to empower women to become community leaders by
addressing their individual and collective needs.
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