平成29年7月31日月曜日

The "marry your rapist" law


Lubna was 14 when her cousin raped her. She was then forced to marry him, and he got off from punishment scot-free. It's part of a law designed to "protect family honor." In 24 hours, Jordan could scrap this law but now a few conservative MPs are pushing back. Sign the urgent petition telling them this law's got to go - then share this widely:
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Dear friends,

When Lubna was 14, she was top of her class and her parents hoped she'd grow up to become a doctor. Instead, she was raped by her cousin, and then forced to marry him by a law designed to "protect her family's honor."

The law also let her rapist off without punishment. Scot-free.

In just 24 hours, Jordanian lawmakers could scrap this law, but a few conservative MPs are looking to keep it alive. Let's quickly build a massive petition telling them this law's got to go. Our voices will be delivered directly inside Parliament during their debate!

No one should be forced to marry their rapist. Click to sign now.

In Morocco, when Amina Filali killed herself after being forced to marry her rapist, the Avaaz community whipped up a massive global campaign along with a women-powered demonstration outside of parliament, and the law was repealed.

Now if we win this in Jordan, we can strengthen this domino effect and take it to the 7 other countries that still allow rapists to escape punishment by marrying their victims. This isn't just a one-off campaign anymore -- together we are building a fierce movement that protects women from Morocco to Iraq.


Jordan enjoys a positive global reputation. Thrusting them in the spotlight like this could force them to act, and the best part is: they already want to do this! It's just a few members of parliament whose voices we need to drown out. 

Hundreds of women are raped in Jordan each year. As long as men know they can get away with it, those numbers will never come down. Let's end this now. Add your name and share this widely:


No one should be forced to marry their rapist. Click to sign now.

Across the world, women and girls struggle daily for freedom, security, justice and dignity. Again and again, Avaaz members have stood for that fight. We know that when we come together, we can win. Let's do it again.

With hope, 

Rewan, Andrew, Jenny, Mike, Mohammad, Danny and the entire Avaaz team

More information: 
Heated debate over Article 308 expected as House panel has change of heart (Jordan Times) 
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/heated-debate-over-article-308-expected-house-panel-has-change... 

One by One, Marry-Your-Rapist Laws Are Falling in the Middle East (New York Times) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/world/middleeast/marry-your-rapist-laws-middle-east.html

Jordan on the brink of repealing law allowing rapists to marry their victims to escape punishment (Independent) 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/jordan-repeal-law-rapists-marry-victims-escape-p... 



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平成29年7月25日火曜日

Trump: the Global Resistance

Dear Avaazers,

It's really beautiful.

Trump promotes his far-right friends in European elections, and they're destroyed at the ballot box. Then he tries to tank global efforts on climate change, and the entire world unites against him!

These weren't accidents, they were hard-won, people-powered victories -- a central focus of all our movement's work this year.

But we need to do it again and again. Trump is pushing war in the Middle East, and cheering neo-fascists from Turkey to Poland. He just cut foreign aid for women's health that will kill 14 women per day. But what if we get the world to urgently mobilise to fill the funding gap for women, and even increase aid?! Again and again, we can isolate Trump, and get a win for the world.

Avaaz is the epicenter of the global resistance to Trump, and our pressure is working -- let's ratchet it up.

All our work is 100% funded by small online donations. Chip in the cost of a drink or a meal below to power our fight. Together, we won't just limit the damage from this leader, we can use his threat to unite the world like never before:

When Trump pulled out of the Paris climate agreement, a million Avaazers had already appealed for months to US Mayors and Governors to "bypass Trump" with their own climate action. From online campaigns to high level meetings, we pressed dozens of countries to stand firm, and they did.

At the G20 summit Trump desperately tried to recruit his last potential ally on climate - Saudi Arabia. But we ran full page ads that embarrassed the Saudi leader and shaped media coverage. Trump was left isolated and alone.

And just months ago, everyone feared a "Trump wave" in Western Europe, with the far right rising in the polls. Avaaz went all out in election campaigns from the Netherlands to France to the UK, contributing to decisive defeats of the far right everywhere. With 6% of the population of France subscribing to Avaaz, and similar levels in other countries, our movement played a valuable role online and offline.

We need to ratchet this up. Trump is building an alliance of autocrats to destroy decades of progress on human rights, attacking internet neutrality, backing the brutal war in Yemen, and so much more. A tiny number of Avaazers provide the funding for all we do to stop him -- chip in the cost of a drink or a meal:

History is decided by the sum total of individual decisions, each and every day, that each of us make. We the people make our own fate. The worst leaders in our history have always been supported by many decent people who just didn't know better. But the stark truth we must face is that today's neo-fascists threaten everything we love, and they are doing so with unprecedented sophistication. They could win, and we can't afford to be lazy. Our parents and grandparents stood on a wall to protect humanity and carry our people forward. It's our turn. Let's not fail those to come after us.

With hope and gratitude for each person in this amazing community,
Ricken, Alice, Danny, Oli, Marigona and the whole Avaaz team

More information:

G20 Hamburg: Donald Trump's refusal to budge on Paris Agreement leaves US isolated (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/g20-hamburg-latest-donald-trump-paris-agreement-g19-leaders-unite-against-us-a7831126.html

With Le Pen defeat, Europe's far-right surge stalls (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/in-le-pen-defeat-europes-far-right-wave-crashes-to-a-halt/2017/05/07/e8edfa46-301f-11e7-a335-fa0ae1940305_story.html?utm_term=.b95bd1918377

Trump reverses abortion policy for aid to NGOs (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/trump-mexico-city-policy/index.html

Trump earns global disapproval (US News)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2017-06-26/survey-shows-global-disapproval-of-us-president-donald-trump

We're Winning! (Avaaz)
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/report_back_share_june_2017_loc/




Avaaz is a 44-million-person global campaign network
that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

You became a member of the Avaaz movement and started receiving these emails when you signed "Community Petitions Site" on 2016-08-14 using the email address iphone108@gmail.com.
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平成29年7月24日月曜日

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