[Redcercana] Fwd: Material educativo sobre violencia militar contra las mujeres

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Hola Yolanda,

Ayer en la reu de Mujeres de Negro lo estuvimos comentando. No nos
vemos con fuerzas para meternos a trabajar lo de las unidades
didácticas, porque nos parece unt rabajo inmenso, pero nos ha
parecido muy interesante, así que nos lo guardamos para intentar
trabajar algo sobre ello más adelante, y si se nos ocurre algo
interesante lo pasamos (no sé si a tí solo o también
directamente a Cecile).

También lo hemos traducido (una traducción rápida
sin mucho cuidado, pero como no todas hablamos inglés,l era
necesario), así que si la queréis te mando la
traducción.

Además le daremos la difusión. De momento lo voy a mandar
al grupo 2 de MdN.

Besos, Eva 

El Sab, 1 de Junio de 2013, 2:06 pm, yolajb_educarueca escribió:


> Hola mujeres, 

> 

> Me ha llegado este mensaje con la propuesta de un proyecto que, creo,


> merece la pena apoyar y si es posible llenar de contenido. Espero que


> alguna de vosotras encuentre el tiempo y el interés
(está en inglés) 

> para leerlo. 

> 

> Un fuerte abrazo, 

> 

> Yolanda JB - EducaRueca 

> 

> 

> 

> -------- Mensaje original -------- 

> Asunto: Material educativo sobre violencia militar contra las mujeres


> Fecha: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:05:59 +0200 

> 

De: Cecile Barbeito Thonon <Cecile.Barbeito en uab.cat> 

> Para: yolanda jb <yolajb en educarueca.org> 

> 

> 

> 

> Hola Yolanda 

> 

> 

> ¿Cómo estás? Espero que bien, o todo lo bien que
se pueda estar en este 

> contexto que se supera cada día a peor. 

> 

> Soy Cécile de Barcelona. Te escribo porque me he metido en un
proyecto, y 

> he pensado que igual te interesaría participar, o que
sabrías a quién 

> reenviarlo. 

> 

> Pego la descripción en inglés que ya la tengo
redactada: 

> 

> I am writing to you with a (non paid) proposal: 

> 

> The proposal is to participate in the elaboration of a training guide


> about "military violence on women". We are looking for
female peace 

> educators that would be ready to develop a teaching unit for adults
on one 

> of the delicate and challenging issues that are listed below. Betty


> Reardon is launching and coordinating this proposal. 

> 

> Teaching units should refer to: 

> 

> - Military prostitution and the sexual exploitation of women have
been 

> features of warfare throughout history. At present brothels can be
found 

> around military bases and at the sites of peace-keeping operations.


> Prostitution - usually work of desperation for women ? is openly 

> tolerated, even organized by the military, as essential to the
?morale? of 

> the armed forces. Sexual services are deemed essential provisions for


> waging war to strengthen the ?fighting will? of the troops. Military
sex 

> workers are frequently victims of rape, various forms of physical
abuse 

> and murder. 

> 

> - Trafficking and sexual slavery (this subject will be developed by
Betty) 

> is a form of VAW that stems from the idea that sexual services are


> necessary to fighting troops. The case of the ?comfort women,?
enslaved by 

> the Japanese military during WWII is the best known, perhaps the most


> egregious instance of this type of military VAW. More recently,
trafficked 

> women have been literally enslaved in conflict and post-conflict 

> peace-keeping operations. Women?s bodies are used as military
supplies. 

> Viewing and treating women as commodities is absolute
objectification. 

> Objectification of other human beings is standard practice in making
war 

> acceptable to combatants and civil populations of nations at war. 

> 

> - Random rape in armed conflict and around military bases, an
expected and 

> accepted consequence of armed conflict, illustrates that militarism
in any 

> form increases the possibilities of sexual violence against women in


> militarized areas in ?peace time? as well as war time. This form of


> military VAW has been well documented by Okinawa Women Act against


> Military Violence. OWAAMV has recorded the reported rapes of local
women 

> by American military personnel from the invasion in 1945 to the
present. 

> The consequence of the misogyny that infects military training, when
it 

> occurs in war it functions as an act of intimidation and humiliation
of 

> the enemy. 

> 

> - Strategic and mass rapes - like all sexual assaults ? intends to
inflict 

> violence as a mean of humiliating, not only the actual victims, but,
most 

> especially their societies, ethnic groups, and/or nations. It is also


> intended to lessen the adversary?s will to fight. As a planned
assault on 

> the enemy, large scale rape is a form of military violence against
women, 

> usually inflicted en masse in attacks that demonstrate the
objectification 

> of women as property of the enemy, military targets rather than human


> beings. It serves to shatter the social cohesion of the adversary in
that 

> women are the base of societal relationships and domestic order. 

> 

> - Military arms as instruments of VAW are used in the rape,
mutilation, 

> and murder of non-combatant women. Weapons are often the emblems of


> manhood, conceived within patriarchy, as tools for enforcing male
power 

> and dominance. The numbers and destructive power of weapons are a
source 

> of national pride in the militarized state security system, argued to


> provide defensive deterrence. The militarized masculinity of
patriarchal 

> cultures makes access to weapons an enticement to many young men to
enlist 

> in the military. 

> 

> - Impregnation as ethnic cleansinghas been designated by some human
rights 

> advocates as a form of genocide. Significant instances of this type
of 

> MVAW have occurred before the eyes of the world. The military
objective of 

> these rapes is to undermine the adversary in several ways, the main
one 

> being by reducing the future numbers of their people and replacing
them 

> with the offspring of the perpetrators, robbing them of a future and
a 

> reason to continue to resist. 

> 

> - Sexual torture, psychological as well as physical, is meant to
terrorize 

> the civilian population of an enemy nation, ethnic group or an
opposing 

> political group, intimidating them so as to gain compliance to
occupation 

> or to discourage civilian support of the military and strategic
actions of 

> the opposing group. It is often inflicted on the wives and female
family 

> members of opposing political forces, as has happened in military 

> dictatorships. It manifests the general misogyny of patriarchy
intensified 

> during war so as to reinforce objectification of women and
?otherness? of 

> the enemy. 

> 

> - Sexual violence in military ranks and domestic violence in military


> families has recently become more widely publicized through the
courage of 

> victims, women who have risked their military careers and further 

> harassment by speaking out. Nothing makes more obvious the integral


> relationship of VAW to war, preparation for it and post conflict than
its 

> prevalence within the ranks of the military. While not officially
condoned 

> or encouraged, it has been allowed to continue, serving to maintain
the 

> secondary and subservient position of women, and the intensification
of 

> aggressive masculinity, idealized as military virtue. 

> 

> - Domestic violence and spouse murder by combat veterans occurs on
the 

> return of veterans of combat. This form of MVAW is especially
dangerous 

> because of the presence of weapons in the home. Believed to be a 

> consequence of both combat training and PTSD, DV and spouse abuse in


> military families derives from the systemic and integral role of VAW
in 

> the psychology of some warriors and symbolizes extreme and aggressive


> masculinity. 

> 

> So if you are interested and have time to participate, please write
me 

> back so I can inform you better. Feel free to forward this e-mail to


> people you think could be interested in participating in such a
project. 

> 

> I look forward hearing from you. 

> 

> La idea era que la gente que escribiera hablara de temas que le son


> cercanos (en especial el tema de las bases militares). ¿No
sé sitú 

> conocerás a alguien que tenga este perfil? 

> 

> Cualquier ayuda y/o colaboración será bienvenida. 

> 

> muchas gracias! 

> 

> Cécile 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

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