European Conference Building A Europe Without Frontiers The Role Of Women

Deze Europese conferentie werd georganiseerd door de Mediterranean Women's Studies Institute i.s.m. anderen. Naast de welkomstwoorden en de inleiding worden de samenvattingen van de papers gepresenteerd evenals de conclusies en aanbevelingen gedaan op de conferentie.

Records of a two-day conference about the role of women in Central Europe after the expansion of the EU, held on March 30-31 2006 at Milan University. The presentations deal with history, culture, economy and international relations.

"Violence against women undermines women's core fundamental rights such as dignity, access to justice and gender equality. For example, one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15; one in five women has experienced stalking; every second woman has been confronted with one or more forms of sexual harassment. What emerges is a picture of extensive abuse that affects many women's lives but is systematically underreported to the authorities. The scale of violence against women is therefore not reflected by official data. This FRA survey is the first of its kind on violence against women across the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). It is based on interviews with 42,000 women across the EU, who were asked about their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including incidents of intimate partner violence ('domestic violence'). The survey also included questions on stalking, sexual harassment, and the role played by new technologies in women's experiences of abuse. In addition, it asked about their experiences of violence in childhood. Based on the detailed findings, FRA suggests courses of action in different areas that are touched by violence against women and go beyond the narrow confines of criminal law, ranging from employment and health to the medium of new technologies."--Editor.

This is a significant contribution to the worldwide discussion of political self-determination as a source of socio-cultural and political hope, conflict and confusion. Inspired by Martin Ennals, long the quietly visionary Director-General of Amnesty International, the book consists of cases and penetratingly definitive analyses, culminating in trenchant recommendations for action by world bodies. With self-determination intensely at issue so widely, from the former Yugoslavia to Kashmir to Quebec, this distinguished book by a global group of experts is particularly timely.

In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic information and with many examples and vignettes. The examples come from all parts of the world and try to avoid Eurocentrism. Oriented toward theory and practice, facts and evaluations, and reflection and action, the book prompts readers to find information about the world and their local contexts, to reflect and to act. A Web site with additional resource materials to this book can be found at http://www.ruc.dk/~tovesk/

Women's International Studies Europe (WISE) is a feminist studies association which propotes women's studies teaching, research and publication in Europe. WISE aims to initiate and facilitate the exchange of students and staff and to defend the interests of women's studies on a European level. To that end, WISE publishes a newsletter, collects and disseminates information, advises its members, organizes seminars and develops and supports other initiatives related to women's studies.