Costa Rica: Laura Chinchilla eletta presidente, prima donna a ricoprire tale ruolo
Scritto da Gianni Verdoliva
Lunedì 08 Febbraio 2010 21:18
Chinchilla won 46.8 percent of the vote
She became vice minister of public security in 1994, and the first female minister of public security from 1996 to 1998. Chinchilla was elected member of the Legislative Assembly in 2002 and in 2006 she became vice president for incumbent President Oscar Arias.
Chinchilla campaigned on a platform promising more jobs, better living standards for children and senior citizens, crackdown on drug trafficking and other crimes.
More than 924 reports of bigoted violence and abuse were received last year by the Jewish Community Security Trust (CST).
The charity, which monitors anti-Semitism in Britain, said the figures marked the worst year since records began in 1984. They included violent street attacks, arson, egg-throwing, racist graffiti, website hacking and hate mail.
Of the 924 incidents, 124 were rated as violent, the highest annual number the CST has recorded. Three of these involved a threat to life or grievous bodily harm, including an attempt to set fire to a rabbi's house.
Turchia: ragazza seppellita viva perchè aveva socializzato con i maschi
Scritto da Gianni Verdoliva
Domenica 07 Febbraio 2010 22:43
Quanto spazio avrà questa notizia nei media generalisti? C'è da essere terrificati da come possa essere misogina e violenta una cultura da indurre un padre, con la complicità di tutta la famiglia, a seppellire viva la figlia.
Turkish police have recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl they say was buried alive by relatives in an "honour" killing carried out as punishment for talking to boys.
The girl, who has been identified only by the initials MM, was found in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-metre hole dug under a chicken pen outside her home in Kahta, in the south-eastern province of Adiyaman.
Police made the discovery in December after a tip-off from an informant, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported on its website.
The girl had previously been reported missing.
The informant told the police she had been killed following a family "council" meeting.
A postmortem examination revealed large amounts of soil in her lungs and stomach, indicating that she had been alive and conscious while being buried. Her body showed no signs of bruising.
Usa: il cantante rock Rostam Batmanglij si dichiara gay
Scritto da Gianni Verdoliva
Sabato 06 Febbraio 2010 15:14
Vi aspettavate un isterico urlante daai tratti femminei incapace di suonare in un gruppo rock perchè troppo tosto? Mi spiace tanto deludervi.
I Vampireweekend, il gruppo di cui fa parte, sono un esempio di rispetto e civiiltà. Quattro ragazzi che amano il rock e fanno musica con impegno e passione. Uno di loro è gay, non si nasconde e la vita prosegue serenamente. Come dovrebbe essere in un mondo ideale. Nel link trovate anche i video musicali del gruppo.
Toujours dans le même article, on apprend également que le jeune musicien sortait d’une rupture avec son copain au moment de l’enregistrement du nouvel album de Vampire Weekend: «J’ai tout fait pour le retenir», explique Rostam. «Il m’a brisé le cœur». Pour tourner la page, Rostam s'est alors enfermé en studio avec ses camarades pour enregistrer et finaliser leur second disque, jusqu'à y passer 15 heures par jour!
Et noyer son chagrin dans le travail, parfois ça a du bon. Avec Contra, Vampire Weekend est devenu le premier groupe signé sur un label non-américain à entrer directement No 1 du Billboard US! En France, l'album s’est déjà vendu à 20.000 exemplaires en l'espace de deux semaines, un chiffre très honorable en ces temps de crise du disque.
Francia: l'imam di Drancy minacciato da estremisti islamici per la sua amicizia con gli ebrei e per condannare il burqa
Scritto da Gianni Verdoliva
Sabato 06 Febbraio 2010 14:58
Hassen Chalghoumi è un bravo ragazzo. Ce ne vorrebbero tanti come lui.
The Tunisian-born Chalghoumi, who is a naturalised French citizen and proud of it, told the paper: "Having French nationality means wanting to take part in society, at school, at work. But with a bit of cloth over their faces, what can these women share with us? If they want to wear the veil, they can go to a country where it's the tradition, like Saudi Arabia."
He was chairing a meeting of the Conference of Imams, a body established in 2009 to promote better relations between France’s faiths, particularly Jews and Muslims, when a mob of 80 men forced their way into the building. There was a brief scuffle between the two groups, ending in a handful of invaders grabbing the microphone. "They started to cry Allah Akbar and God is great," recounted Chalghoumi. "Then they insulted me, my mosque, the Jewish community and the [French] Republic. They left after an hour and a half."
According to a member of the Conference of Imams, the mob condemned Chalghoumi as an apostate and threatened him with "liquidation, this imam of the Jews".
As for Chalghoumi, he is now under police protection, as is his mosque, and he is promising to press charges against his aggressors. While he has received support from the Christian and Jewish communities throughout France, the reaction from many of his fellow Muslims has been luke-warm.
Usa: video pro-choice in risposta alla campagna mediatica degli estremisti cristiani antiabortisti
Scritto da Gianni Verdoliva
Sabato 06 Febbraio 2010 14:52
Due uomini, atleti di spicco, a sostegno del diritto delle donne all'aborto libero e legale. Decisamente due bravi ragazzi.
Former college and professional football player Sean James and Olympic gold medalist Al Joyner respond to the Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad, featuring Tim Tebow and his mother.
UN member states should urge Nicaragua to repeal its ban on abortion following a human rights' review of the country on 8 February, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
"Nicaragua's ban on abortion is the result of a shocking and draconian law that is compelling rape and incest victims to carry pregnancies to term and causing a rise in maternal deaths," said Widney Brown, Senior Director of International Law and Policy at Amnesty International. "UN member states should take this opportunity to hold Nicaragua to account for a law that violates women's right to life, health and dignity."
The organization also reiterated its call on the Nicaraguan authorities to decriminalize abortion in all circumstances. Amnesty International said Nicaragua should ensure that women and girls have access to safe and legal abortion services when an unwanted pregnancy is a result of rape or incest or when it threatens the woman's health or life.
The organization also found an increase in maternal deaths since the introduction of the ban.
In the first 19 weeks of 2009, some 16 per cent of all maternal deaths were as a consequence of unsafe abortion compared to none in the same period in 2008.
Nicaragua's ban on abortion is a cause of grave concern in the wider international community. Tens of thousands of Amnesty International activists appalled at the impact of the ban on women's and girl's human rights, have signed petitions and contacted the Nicaraguan authorities to call for the repeal of the law.
Ms. Krawcheck had been forced out as head of a comparable unit at Citigroup in August 2008, a highly publicized departure. Hers has been the only comeback among the three highest-ranking Wall Street women removed during the financial crisis.
“I don’t think I set foot in a restaurant where some woman did not come up to me and thank me for getting knocked around and going back in,” Ms. Krawcheck, 45, recalled in an interview at Bank of America’s corporate office in New York. “It was unexpected and quite fantastic.”
The outpouring over Ms. Krawcheck’s return reflects deep anxiety among women in the financial industry that their career paths are narrowing even as business picks up again.
Women have always been drawn to finance in smaller numbers than men. But after nearly two decades of increased hiring and promotion of women on Wall Street, their ranks appear to be shrinking again.
And a growing number of women run investment portfolios at college and prep school endowments. The Harvard endowment, the largest in the United States, is managed by Jane Mendillo.
But in the heart of Wall Street, the aggressive environment on the trading floor is often cited as a reason that women are rare at the top. Others cite the dearth of women to aid in career networking.
“It is more difficult for women to come back because the environment in financial institutions is generally more hostile to women,” he said. “This culture has developed over a very long period of time, and it has been exacerbated as the firms’ emphasis has shifted from traditional investment banking to sales and trading, which is an even more macho culture.”
Usa: le Forze Armate permettono la distribuzione della pillola del giorno dopo
Scritto da Gianni Verdoliva
Sabato 06 Febbraio 2010 14:35
The Department of Defense will begin making the morning-after pill Plan B available at all of its hospitals and health clinics around the world, officials announced Thursday.
The decision came after a recommendation by the Pentagon's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, an advisory panel that voted in November to include Plan B and the generic Next Choice on the list of drugs all military facilities should stock. The Pentagon accepted the recommendation Feb. 3, a spokeswoman said.
Women's health advocates had long been pushing the Obama administration to allow the sale of the morning-after pill at military facilities. The same panel made a similar recommendation in 2002, but the policy was never implemented.
"It's a tragedy that women in uniform have been denied such basic health care," said Nancy Keenan of NARAL Pro-Choice America, which estimated that the decision would affect more than 350,000 women in the military. "We applaud the medical experts for standing up for military women."
Usa: l'ebrea Nancy Brinker omaggiata per il suo lavoro contro il cancro al seno
Scritto da Gianni Verdoliva
Sabato 06 Febbraio 2010 14:30
Brinker, the founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, received the award Thursday from ADL National Director Abraham Foxman at the organization's annual dinner at The Breakers, in Palm Beach, Fla.
"Nancy is a woman to be admired and emulated," Foxman said, according to his prepared remarks. "When she sets her sights on an issue her determination, creativity, expertise and leadership come into play. Problems get solved. Success is achieved."
A former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, Brinker established Komen following the death of her sister from breast cancer in 1980
Francia: cittadinanza negata a uomo musulmano che obbligava la moglie ad indossare il burqa
Scritto da Gianni Verdoliva
Sabato 06 Febbraio 2010 14:19
Considerare la propria moglie come un essere inferiore non è altro che misoginia allo stato puro. Vive la France!
France’s immigration minister said he is refusing citizenship to a Muslim man who called his wife “an inferior being,” and forced her to wear a full veil in public, an announcement that plays well with French public support for a burqa ban.
