[WCUSP] The Effects of War on Women & Environment...please share widely

[Kate Zaidan]

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*The Effects of War on Women and the Environment in Israel/Palestine*

 

 
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*Foundry United Methodist Church at 16^th and P Streets NW, *

*Washington, DC on October 19^th , 2007 from 10 a.m. -- 5 p.m.*

 

The intention of the gathering is to:

Ø  Raise awareness of the disparate effect of the continued conflict on 
women.

Ø  Get the facts about the exploitation of water and other natural 
resources in the region.

Ø  Hear the voices and experiences of Israeli and Palestinian women.

Ø  Explore collaborative ways to repair damage done to women, their 
families, and to the environment.

Ø  Promote the United Nations Resolution 1325 for Women, Peace & Security

 

While Palestinian women living under Israeli occupation struggle with 
daily survival in the face of one of the most powerful militaries in the 
world, Israeli women live in a constant state of insecurity as a result 
of the conflict. The cycle of violence perpetuates itself and comes 
"home" to everyone.   We don't pretend to have the answer to this 
centuries' old struggle.  "Women to Women for Peace" have been promoting 
the strengthening of women's role in peacemaking and intercultural 
understanding among women as a way to peace since 1981.

 

Phyllis Bennis (author of Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli 
Conflict: A Primer) will join us as well as renowned Emma's Revolution 
musicians Pat Humphries & Sandy O ("Peace, Salaam, Shalom").  In 
addition, jazz vocalist Pam Parker will sing to us (and with us) of 
justice and freedom and Noa Baum will perform excerpts from "A Land 
Twice Promised".

 

*Your organization can co-sponsor this event for $25 ($50 if you wish to 
have a table for your own literature, etc.)  Pre-registration of $25 per 
person or $35 at the door is requested.  (No one will be turned away for 
lack of funds.)*

 

For more information, to co-sponsor the event or register for the 
conference: contact Bette Rainbow Hoover at 202-329-4667 
bette at justpeacecircles.org <mailto:bette at justpeacecircles.org> or Kate 
Zaidan at 215-563-7110 kzaidan at wilpf.org <mailto:kzaidan at wilpf.org>

 

Sponsored by Women's Peace Exchange 2007, Just Peace Circles, W.I.L.P.F. 
(Women's International League for Peace & Freedom), AFSC/DC (American 
Friends Service Committee)

 

 

 

 


-- 
Kate Zaidan
Program Coordinator
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
1213 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA  19107
215-563-7110 [ph]
215-563-5527 [fx]
www.wilpf.org

"Societies and economies can be destroyed by bombs. Societies can also be destroyed by locking every aspect of life like provision of food and water through an economic war."

 Vandana Shiva quote

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