VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-WAR-PEACE-FEMINISM:
MAKE THE LINK!

V-DAY (founded by the activist and author of "The Vagina Monologues", Eve Ensler)
"Imagine a world without violence… and make it come true.
V-Day is a vision of human life where girls and women live free, safe, equal and with dignity.
V-Day is a spirit affirming that life should be lived, creating and thriving, rather than surviving victimization and recovering from atrocities.
V-Day is a determination to end violence against women. We will not stop.
V-Day is a radical idea, a catalytic force, a deeper imagining, an invitation. It is both the vision of the place and the energy necessary to transport us to the place where women are free and safe. For four years, V-Day has been growing and gathering women from all over the world. There are V-productions in over 31 countries. We have connected with the communities or raped and murdered women from Juarez, Mexico, sex-trafficked women from Paris, Bulgaria and Manila, women who have been date-raped on college campuses all over North America, women honor-killed in Jordan, battered women in the corporate world, genitally-mutilated women in Kenya, the women slowly being made extinct through gender genocide in Afghanistan. Women are responding and joining together in a global community, a global energy that is changing it."
Visit www.vday.org

ANFD/NAWL (National Association of Women and the Law)
FromThe Women’s Declaration Against War and Racism For Peace and Justice, posted on behalf of Nancy Peckford:
"Women are usually the first victims of fundamentalism, war and injustice, and we are also very often the first to develop alternatives to violence. This is why true peace making must include women and their representative organizations in the process of finding solutions to international terrorism and war. It must also seek to remedy the cause of so many conflicts: poverty, injustice, sexual and racial inequality, ethnic and religious discrimination and the violation of the collective rights of peoples".
Visit www.nawl.ca

RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan)
RAWA is a political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan. Some RAWA activities include documenting and exposing human rights’ atrocities that are taken place under Taliban rule, running underground schools, and providing health care for girls and women.
Visit www.rawa.org to find out more about Afghan women and how you can help.

Women 4 Women Afghanistan
"Women for Women Afghanistan is a Canadian volunteer solidarity group committed to raising awareness to the plight of women in Afghanistan. During two decades of war, Afghan women have endured extreme oppression, through the denial of their basic human rights. More recently, under the imposed rule of the extremist Islamic Taliban regime, most women and children face severe restrictions to their freedom of movement and are denied access to basic health care, education, security and employment. The overall goals of our projects are 1) to support the empowerment efforts of women in Afghanistan and the refugee camps in Pakistan, and 2) to raise awareness in Canada of the human right’s violations".
Visit www.w4wafghan.ca

FFQ (Fédération des Femmes du Québec)
Discover how the FFQ will honor December 6th with an awareness campaign that will highlight the demands that were made at the 2000 World March of Women.
Visit www.ffq.qc.ca

Status of Women Canada
Status of Women Canada highlights the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Every year, Status of Women Canada posts a calendar describing the December 6th events that will take place across the country.
Visit www.swc-cfc.gc.ca

Cybersolidaires
« CYBERSOLIDAIRES, c'est une mine d'informations régulièrement mises à jour sur les femmes de tous les continents et du monde, en particulier sur les femmes afghanes, ainsi que sur la montée de l'ordre moral, la mondialisation néolibérale, les médias et les nouvelles technologies. On y offre aussi une sélection de sites de la toile des femmes et de documentation accessible en ligne - incluant photos, vidéos et émissions de radio - des répertoires, des conseils technos et Femmes à l'oeuvre, une nouvelle chronique sur les arts, la littérature et la poésie. Mais Cybersolidaires, c'est avant tout un outil permettrant de vivre la solidarité au quotidien et rien de moins. Parce que nous en avons besoin pour AU MOINS 2000 BONNES RAISONS, que c'est passionnant et que c'est possible. CYBERSOLIDAIRES, c’est le coeur électronique de projets dont le but ultime est le développement de l'exploitation sociale et démocratique des technologies d'information et de communication (TIC) afin de donner plus d'impact aux analyses et actions du mouvement des femmes. C’est aussi un organisme sans but lucratif ayant pour mandat de développer l'exploitation sociale et démocratique des TIC afin de renforcer la défense des droits des femmes et du droit à la communication. »
Visitez www.cybersolidaires.org

Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
"We are a Pan Canadian group of sexual assault centres who have come together to implement the legal, social and attitudinal changes necessary to prevent, and ultimately eradicate, rape and sexual assault. As feminists we recognize that violence against women is one of the strongest indicators of prevailing societal attitudes towards women. The intent of the Canadian Association is to act as a force for social change regarding violence against women at the individual, the institutional and the political level. Together we will provide a mechanism for communication, education and mobilization to alleviate the political and geographical isolation of centres in Canada. We will also support and encourage efforts to create a society in which all members of that society have the rights of social, economic and political equality."
Visit www.casac.ca