WLOE
e-news: 8 March 2005
International
Women's Day Special
The Women
and Life on Earth team in Berlin greets you on International Women's Day. We
want to honor one of our most active international advisors and friends, Satomi
Oba of Hiroshima, who suffered a fatal stroke on February 24th. In her memory
we will support international action for peace on the 60th anniversary of the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6th. See our special page:
We
mourn the loss of Satomi Oba
A message today from the Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific, based
in Malaysia, asks us to remember the women and children survivers of the Tsunami.
See their important report at:
http://www.panap.net/highlights.cfm?id=45&hiliteid=HILITE45
From
Iraq -- and Rome -- the story of the Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who
survived first kidnapping, then shots from a U.S. checkpoint. Her own story,
"My Truth", is at her "il manifesto" newspaper website in English.
http://www.ilmanifesto.it/pag/sgrena/en/
We thank Women's E-News for Louise
Bernikow's story on The
Birth of Women's History Month: "The
evolution of March as Women's History Month is a story with many points of origin,
non-linear narratives, competing calendars and claims and a denouement of some
irony..."
See also: U.S.
Engages in Tug-of-War at Beijing Plus 10 (7 March 05) By Allison Stevens,
fifth
in a seven-part series on the Beijing Platform:
" As delegates across the globe assess
the progress of women in the past decade, the United States delegation created
uproars by trying to amend the basic document with anti-abortion language..."
Other new entries,
women's voices, on our website:
On
the occasion of George W. Bush's visit in Germany on February 23rd, sociologist-activist
Maria
Mies addressed
members of the peace movement. Here, our English translation: Mr.
Bush, you are not welcome!
North
Korea says it has nuclear weapons. Women Making Peace, the leading women's peace
group in South Korea, wants to let the world know of their concerns. See their
statement: "Mutual
Trust between North Korea and the U.S is the Way to Achieve Nuclear Disarmament
in North Korea."