The State Of Female America

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 28th November 2012

Good morning!

Blogging yesterday about the women killed in the garment factory in Bangladesh made me think about the different circumstances that we women endure throughout our lives. It made me think…huh…would conditions be so lax if it were dominantly men working in those factories? Maybe…but maybe not.

Women across the world endure things…some very horrific things, that men rarely, if ever, have to think about: Murder, rape, abuse, slavery, poor working conditions, less pay, less benefits…

Evidently driving through Oakland this afternoon, as I tuned into the radio, I wasn’t the only one contemplating the ‘experiences’ that women face as they go about their day. What I was thinking was right there talking back to me, and anyone else listening.

If you’re interested, this is what I was listening to as I tuned into Democracy Now. It’s not long so if you’ve got the time, it’s here for your viewing. But as Amy Goodman warns, some of what is expressed in this interview is not easy to watch. You do not have to imagine what women who actually live through these heinous acts, feel so deeply.

Eve Ensler on “The State of Female America,” Her Play “Emotional Creature” & Women Violence in Congo

We spend the rest of the hour with someone who has fought tirelessly for women’s rights here in the United States and around the world: Eve Ensler. Her new play is called “Emotional Creature” and is now playing in New York City. Ensler is the award-winning playwright and creator of “The Vagina Monologues” and V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. Her new campaign is called One Billion Rising. Ensler will be speaking tonight on “The State of Female America,” moderated by Laura Flanders, in New York City. “One of the things we are trying to deal with and make happen with One Billion Rising is to look at the intersection between the violence that happens to women in the homes, in the streets, and at their jobs,” Ensler says. [Includes rush transcript]

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Readers: What do you think is the state of female America?…female global? What women go through…what women endure is beyond our imaginations. Because unless we have actually lived it, we really do not know how dreadful it is. All I know, is this cannot continue.

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Garment Factory Fire Kills – Who’s To Blame?

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 27th November 2012

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After being in the garment industry and working with factories overseas myself, reading about the recent tragedy of the deaths of over 112 garment factory workers in Bangladesh, is one that hit me hard. There is no excuse for any factory to lack safety standards that protect their workers, just so they can meet the demands of their bottom line, at the expense of the workers’ safety.

But the blame doesn’t stop there. We, as a society are also to blame. In my opinion, if you buy clothing at stores such as the Wal-Mart brand stores, you are contributing to the lack of safety for workers, as well as their deaths. People who shop at those stores to get the cheapest price…people who demand a cheap garment, are encouraging retailers and manufacturers to look the other way when it comes to protecting the factory workers because they need to meet their bottom line.

It is a vicious cycle. The more we demand to get a better price, the more the stores demand cheap labor to meet those prices, and the more the factories cut their costs to meet their bottom line…the more the workers, from factory to salespeople, suffer.

The factory workers died in a fire in Bangladesh because there were no emergency exits to escape the fire. And just like the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York, workers jumped out the windows to their deaths. And now just this past Black Friday, Walmart workers were striking for better conditions and pay. When they suffer because they can’t make a living…they can’t afford to buy anything, the fight for lower prices continue, and so does the cycle.

And yet many other people keep shopping there with no regard or accountability for their actions, and their affect on their fellow humans’ livelihood.

Walmart’s saying, “Save money. Live better” is a lie. Just how low are they willing to go at the expense of a decent quality of life, not to mention, human life itself?

Here’s the write:

Fire kills 112 workers at Bangladesh garment-maker

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Fire raced up the floors of a Bangladeshi garment factory with no emergency exits, killing at least 112 people, some of whom jumped from the eight-story building where they made clothes for major global retailers.

The factory outside the capital, Dhaka, is owned by Tazreen Fashions Ltd., a subsidiary of the Tuba Group, which makes products for Wal-Mart and other companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Firefighters recovered at least 100 bodies from the factory and 12 more people died at hospitals after jumping from the building to escape, Maj. Mohammad Mahbub, fire department operations director, told The Associated Press on Sunday.

“Had there been at least one emergency exit through outside the factory, the casualties would have been much lower,” Mahbub said.

Local media reported that up to 124 people were killed. The cause of the blaze that began late Saturday was not immediately clear, and authorities ordered an investigation.

Army soldiers and border guards were helping keep order as thousands of onlookers and anxious relatives of the factory workers gathered, Mahbub said.

Relatives of the workers frantically looked for their loved ones. Sabina Yasmine said she saw the body of her daughter-in-law, but had seen no trace of her son, who also worked there.

“Oh, Allah, where’s my soul? Where’s my son?” wailed Yasmine, who works at another factory in the area. “I want the factory owner to be hanged. For him, many have died, many have gone.”

Tazreen was given a “high risk” safety rating after a May 16, 2011, audit conducted by an “ethical sourcing” assessor for Wal-Mart, according to a document posted on the Tuba Group’s website. It did not specify what led to the rating.

Wal-Mart spokesman Kevin Gardner said online documents indicating an orange or “high risk” assessment after the May 2011 inspection and a yellow or “medium risk” report after an inspection in August 2011 appeared to pertain to the factory. The August 2011 letter said Wal-Mart would conduct another inspection within one year.

Gardner said it was not clear if that inspection had been conducted or whether the factory was still making products for Wal-Mart.

If a factory is rated “orange” three times in two years, Wal-Mart won’t place any orders for one year. The May 2011 report was the first orange rating for the factory.

Neither Tazreen’s owner nor Tuba Group officials could be reached for comment.

The Tuba Group is a major Bangladeshi garment exporter whose clients also include Carrefour and IKEA, according to its website. Its factories export garments to the U.S., Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, among other countries. The Tazreen factory, which opened in 2009 and employed about 1,700 people, made polo shirts, fleece jackets and T-shirts.

Bangladesh has some 4,000 garment factories, many without proper safety measures. The country annually earns about $20 billion from exports of garment products, mainly to the U.S. and Europe.

In its 2012 Global Responsibility report, Wal-Mart said that “fire safety continues to be a key focus for brands and retailers sourcing from Bangladesh.” Wal-Mart said it ceased working with 49 factories in Bangladesh in 2011 because of fire safety issues, and was working with its supplier factories to phase out production from buildings deemed high risk.

Mahbub said the fire broke out on the ground floor, which was used as a warehouse, and spread quickly to the upper floors. Many workers who retreated to the roof were rescued, he said. But he said that with no emergency exits leading outside the building, many victims were trapped, and firefighters recovered 69 bodies from the second floor alone.

“The factory had three staircases, and all of them were down through the ground floor,” Mahbub said. “So the workers could not come out when the fire engulfed the building.”

Many victims were burned beyond recognition. The bodies were laid out in rows at a school nearby. Many of them were handed over to families; unclaimed victims were taken to Dhaka Medical College for identification.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed shock at the loss of so many lives.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said it would stand by the victims’ families.

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My heartfelt condolences go out to the families and friends of their loved ones lost.

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Just noticing: “Observations Of A Blogger

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 18th November 2012

Good morning!

“Just noticing…”

How The Tragic Death Of A Woman Denied An Abortion In Ireland Could Become The Norm In America

Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian woman living in Ireland, went to the hospital when she first began to miscarry — but thanks to Ireland’s stringent abortion ban, medical professionals denied her repeated requests to quickly terminate the pregnancy because they could still detect a fetal heartbeat. The Irish hospital required her to extend her miscarriage over three days until the fetus’ heartbeat officially stopped, and by that time, Halappanavar had developed serious blood poisoning. She passed away just a few days later.

Halappanavar’s death helps highlight the tragic effect of Ireland’s stringent abortion ban, but the impact of that type of restrictive legislation isn’t just limited to that country. In fact, lawmakers in Ohio are quietly pushingextreme anti-abortion legislation that would subject the women in that state to a situation incredibly similar to the one in Ireland.

During this year’s lame duck session, Ohio legislators are planning to revive HB 125, a so-called “heartbeat” bill that would ban abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected — which can first occur as early as five or six weeks, before many women may even know they’re pregnant. The proposed legislation represents the most restrictive abortion ban in the United States. If HB 125 is passed, it would criminalize all abortions after the emergence of a fetal heartbeat without allowing even the narrowest exceptions in potential cases of rape, incest, or the mental health of the woman.

Even if Ohio’s bill includes some kind of provision that would allow women to seek abortions in life-threatening situations, Halappanavar’s death points to the fact that health risks aren’t always immediately apparent. A 1992 Supreme Court ruling in Ireland amended the country’s abortion ban to include an exception in cases where the woman’s life is in danger, but Irish hospitals don’t always know how far that medical exception can stretch. They are often reluctant to provide women with abortion services unless the situation is very clearly life-threatening — and for women like Halappanavar, that can already be too late.

And in cases where the fetus is not expected to survive — when women like Halappanavar are undergoing a miscarriage, or when doctors discover fatal fetal defects — anti-abortion legislation is often murky, even in this country. In Arizona, where a stringent abortion ban outlaws the procedure after just 20 weeks, women who discover fatal defects that will not allow their fetus to survive are forced to carry the fetus to term anyway.

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Wonderful Women Of The World

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 17th November 2012

Good morning!

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the filmmaker of the 2012 Academy Award winning documentary: Saving Face, and my choice for today’s Wonderful Women Of The World.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is an Emmy and Oscar award winning documentary filmmaker. She has worked in over ten countries to produce internationally acclaimed films including PAKISTAN’S TALIBAN GENERATION, which is the recipient of the Alfred I Dupont Award and the Association for International Broadcasting award. Her other films include AFGHANISTAN UNVEILED and a series of documentaries for Channel 4 for which she was awarded Broadcast Journalist of the Year by One World Media, UK. She is the first non-American to receive the Livingston Award for International Reporting and is a TED Senior fellow. Her 2012 film SAVING FACE won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Sharmeen was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and currently lives there with her husband and daughter.

Every year in Pakistan, many people – the majority of them women – are known to be victimized by brutal acid attacks, while numerous other cases go unreported. With little or no access to reconstructive surgery, survivors are physically and emotionally scarred. Many reported assailants, often a husband or someone else close to the victim, receive minimal if any punishment from the state.

Zakia is a 39-year old woman who had acid thrown on her by her husband after filing for divorce. She strives to find justice, alleviate pain and restore functioning and features to her face.

Rukhsana is a 23-year old woman who was attacked by her husband and in-laws and forced to reconcile with them.

Plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad left the prominence of his London practice to return to his home country and help the victims of such attacks.

SAVING FACE chronicles the lives of Zakia and Rukhsana as they attempt to bring their assailants to justice and move on with their lives. The women are supported by NGOs, sympathetic policymakers, and skilled doctors, such as the Acid Survivors Foundation-Pakistan, Dr. Mohammad Jawad, attorney Ms. Sarkar Abbass who fights Zakia’s case, and female politician Marvi Memon who advocates for new legislation.

SAVING FACE follows their personal stories and that of the nation of Pakistan as it attempts to tackle this horrific social problem.

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It is so hard to imagine the pain and suffering these women must go through, and yet as much as these hideous acts are outlawed, as they should be, men still brutalize 1200 women every year, attacking them with acid. And sadly, there is little compassion…and not much is done to these sick perpetrators…until now.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is saving lives. While blood continues to shed in the Middle East, Obaid-Chinoy gives a voice to women who have been silenced and sends a strong message to their attackers that the world is watching…you can no longer get away with your hideous acid attacks.

Obaid-Chinoy, is not only an award winning documentary filmmaker but an activist as well, working with Project SAAVE (Stand Against Acid Violence), which partners with organizations to provide survivors with the surgeries and support they need to start over.

Not only do I consider her a Wonderful Woman Of The World, but she is being recognized for her support of women as well, and rightfully so. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is one of Glamour magazine’s pick for Woman Of The Year. Congratulations to a hero of a girl for standing up and making a difference in so many women’s lives.

Here’s the write:

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: The Lifesaver

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Obaid-Chinoy (sitting, far right) with acid-attack survivors (from left) Anam Shehzadi, Sabira Sultana, and Shamim Akhtar at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan

“It takes one second to ruin a woman’s life,” says activist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, 34. “You may need a license to buy a gun, but in many places a man can buy acid from the corner store, throw it on a woman’s face, and from then on she is the living dead.” And that, shockingly, is exactly what happens every year to more than 1,200 women worldwide—victims of horrible, disfiguring acid attacks, most often at the hands of male neighbors, cousins, even husbands seeking retaliation or revenge. While such acts are outlawed in Obaid-Chinoy’s native Pakistan, they often go unpunished. In fact, reports of the incidents have almost tripled since 2010. So the revolutionary filmmaker made it her mission to give women the most crucial form of self-defense available: a voice. Two years ago she and codirector Daniel Junge began persuading dozens of acid-violence survivors to tell their stories. In an amazing triumph, their resulting film, Saving Face, won this year’s Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Anam Shehzadi, 17 (above, far left), is one of Pakistan’s hundreds of victims. Last year a neighborhood boy threw acid on her; afterward, she says, “I used to cover my face and not want to meet anyone.” Her shame was so great that her family removed all the mirrors from their house. To Shehzadi and many others, Saving Face’s Oscar win—Pakistan’s first—was a joyous validation. Plus, it’s creating huge change in the country’s legal system: Thanks in large part to the film, perpetrators in Pakistan’s largest province are now subject to much harsher punishment, and acid violence is classified as what it is: a form of terrorism.

Meanwhile, Obaid-Chinoy is working with Project SAAVE (Stand Against Acid Violence), which partners with organizations to provide survivors with the surgeries and support they need to start over. Says Melanne Verveer, United States ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues: “She will save countless lives.”

How You Can Help
For the sixth year, Glamour’s Women of the Year fund initative is raising money for an extraordinary cause. This year Glamour is working with Project SAAVE, Obaid-Chinoy’s campaign, to bring medical care to acid-attack survivors. To donate, click here.

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Readers: If you can support Obaid-Chinoy in her project and give to your sisters who endure this horrific cruel act, click on the above link. Peace & Love to you.

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Republicans On Rape

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 8th November 2012

Good morning!

Girls: This is what we could’ve had, had Romney and the republican party won:

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The State Of Female America

Eve Ensler on “The State of Female America,” Her Play “Emotional Creature” & Women Violence in Congo

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Did you see Obama live this morning? For those who did, here’s a reminder: Tweet Congress: #My2K – If you have no idea what this means click here.

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Peace & Love: ‘Live it, Give it”

Garment Factory Fire Kills – Who’s To Blame?

Fire kills 112 workers at Bangladesh garment-maker

Just noticing: “Observations Of A Blogger

How The Tragic Death Of A Woman Denied An Abortion In Ireland Could Become The Norm In America

Wonderful Women Of The World

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: The Lifesaver

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Republicans On Rape

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