Monday, November 23, 2009

Pomemon Online For Mac

25 November at the demo, the 26 in Colombia! Minor


is coming November 25th International Day Against Violence Against Women, a day of mourning, which hits record to killed 57 women so far this year by their partners or former partners, and many others killed in previous years. Remember we usually generate rage, goats leads to insufficient social awareness, with the bad media coverage (in most cases), with gaps in laws, etc. However, this year I plan to meet the date with hope.

Of course we have to be critical, but I think we must preserve the joy and enthusiasm for the beautiful things we are doing so we would not invade the defeatism. Not everything is crap. I guess what I see because I am surrounded by a lot of exciting projects.

The most intense is that the same Thursday I'm going to Colombia, the III. Meetings of the International Network of Journalists with a Gender Perspective . Remember that the latter two years ago in Oviedo, I came so high that we set up a Basque network. I am sure that this meeting will also give good results. There is no doubt that I am thrilled by what is on a personal level, but all I enjoy what I will inform you of his time in a trip to the parlor, both in Bogotá, where the encounter, as in Pereira, where he teaches a workshop on non-sexist communication. We will meet hundreds of journalists sensitized to equality to discuss communication strategies feminist and think how to strengthen our networks.

just arrived on the 4th of December, I'll leave it to the State Feminist Conference Granada. Another rush: thousands of feminist discussion, sharing, enjoying ... See the tide schedule.

And right now I'm finishing another wonderful project. Hand in hand with the consulting Sortzen, led by Norma Vázquez , Maite Asensio (my compilation of Red, traveling to Colombia and irreplaceable friend) and I have interviewed mothers of Basque women victims of male violence. The testimonies we have written will be read a tribute on November 30 in Barakaldo, whose objectives are to know who these women show they were not killed for being weak and dependent but because they rebelled, to publicize what happens to families when microphones and tape recorders forget them, etc.

The experience was awesome and I am very satisfied with the result. I hope they'll let me mostrároslo soon.

Therefore, because we are walking steadily, reflecting and sharing strategies, spreading our principles and analysis, approaching and meeting the victims and their families, I will not sink in this November 25. Need excitement to go ahead and entangle more and more journalists, because as stated a recent study, well informed about domestic violence can save lives .

Note: Overwhelmed by both exciting project, I would cite the main persons who have accompanied me in this process and that raised my concerns. In chronological order (from breaking into my life): Karmel, Make, Tina, Lucy, Ritxar and Maite.

Note 2: In the vignette, a classic Forges.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Nysed Living Environment Labs

expulsion orders


I'm reading the book "Children migrants without family references, coordinated by Antonio S. Hernández Jiménez, with great interest. I especially recommend the article by Silvia Montero, who applied the theories of Foucault and Butler to the concept of unaccompanied children (in terms of social construction that involves performativity but not without resistance), and Nuria began, on the right to family life.

This is great, as it dismantles the politically correct argument that if they promote the so-called groupings (expulsions covert) is to ensure the right of children to family life. On the one hand, started remember that most do not end up reunited with their families, but in reform in Morocco or try to migrate again. But what I liked is that it compares that excuse when it comes to evict them with no restrictions for adult immigrants together at their minor children. That is, when it is that children come, the right to family life matters little to us.

Finally, the book does not waste, but today I wanted to bring you a short paragraph of article Ainhoa \u200b\u200bRodríguez García de Cortázar, and I find a great summary of much the phenomenon of so-called MENA:

summary, the main difficulties in integrating living unaccompanied Moroccan children are político.legal exclusion, which derives much of training and employment discrimination, they leads many to seek alternatives to more or less deviant life, media hype which contributes to social stigma, and influences from teachers, employers and law enforcement, in addition to the children themselves, while encouraging xenophobia towards this group.

Great summary, right?

not want to close this post without paying a small tribute to Kader, a young Algerian drowned in the estuary of Bilbao when he fled from police , which haunted him for a robbery he did not commit. One more victim of the Aliens Act, the criminalization of immigrants suffering and the terrible stigma that carry unaccompanied minors.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Mario Salieri Galeria

exchange smiles


I think to understand the unfair and inhumane Tremeda the Aliens Act is not working so great speeches as showing the consequences in particular in the lives of people. One of the consequences that impact me the most are the removal orders. I am no expert on this, so forgive me if I fall into some inaccuracy, but the story would be more or less as follows:

imagine the long journey of migrating from a village in Senegal to Bilbao. Not normally migrate in one step: the process usually involves migration within the country or region, pausing to work and save money for the trip, a stay in a detention center for foreigners (CIE) in the Canary Islands, wander through different provinces ... Finally, perhaps years after leaving their village, the migrant is based in Bilbao.

was registered and since then need to spend three years in an irregular situation (hence, working in the underground economy unable to reunite with family and denied almost all their rights) to arrange a residence permit and work demonstrating the social roots, virtually the only way left for migrants to regularize their situation.

imagine that when something has registered more than two years and is already taking steps to apply for a job, finds a raid by Immigration brigade of National Police, in collaboration with the municipal police of municipalities like Bilbao Barakaldo or the . The National Police will open an order of expulsion, which involves the risk of being transferred to a CIE (now over later than 40 days, but with the reform of the law will be 60) or be repatriated.

For Euskadi, it is usual that the order is not executed. This means that the person will live with us but with a heavy burden on their backs. First, you must add a minimum of 5 years in an irregular situation (three no-entry into the country and two to be prescribed by the order), ie virtually no rights. Second, you feel the pressure that involves the threat of being repatriated or moved to a CIE at any time.

At this point it should be noted that being undocumented is not a criminal but an administrative violation comparable to a traffic ticket. However, we see that punishment is not a penalty, but three quite disproportionate consequences: the deportation, detention in a CIE (in prison almost regimen) or be doomed to erratic for another five years.

Things can get even uglier. On the one hand, some people accumulate deportation orders. On the other hand, there is the issue of criminal records. One of the requirements to be regularized through the social ties it is no criminal record. Imagine that this immigrant from Senegal, like many others, makes a living winning CDs. The police stopped and accused an offense against intellectual property. Until there is a ruling favorable to the accused or prescribed by the offense, it will prevent access to a residence and work permit.

Integration (I repatea concept) is in any case a process that demands reciprocity. You can not integrate into a society that recognizes you and respects you, you without the right of which is to live for up to more than a decade.

I do not know how you see it, but to me this seems shocking. I've been lucky enough to face this reality by knowing the members of the platform for the rights of migrants Mbolo Doole Moy. Senegalese are mostly irregular, many of them street vendors affected by criminalizing the sale of CDs and DVDs as a crime.

One of his major fights, as I told another time as seen in the photo, is protest the jailing of a fellow which has already been 4 months in prison for carrying CDs in the pack. Are also being organized so that when one of them is arrested the rest they learn and organize to support and make a public denunciation. Finally, with the help of colleagues in the Law Commission of SOS Racism, are being trained to understand their rights, with regard to issues such as deportation orders. I am proud and I am full of confidence y esperanza conocer a personas así, que ante la adversidad optan por apoyarse las unas a las otras y organizarse. Aunque el Gobierno les niegue ese estatus, ellos sí que son ciudadanos ejemplares.