These names are very interesting. I wonder how many of these associations are on the receiving end of government or UN grants other funds. I just did a basic reformat for my own records, but I do not have the patience to add any html for highlighting purposes. There are women in Iraq and Iran on this list!!! I wonder how many actually believe that GWB and the US military are the Great Satan?
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Dear friends, We received this today from a member of the U.S. women's group CODEPINK that opposes the U.S. war in Iraq. Please consider signing it. Hoping for a better year, Rela
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We have an exciting idea we'd like to share with you about mobilizing women around the globe to call for an end to the occupation and the violence in Iraq. With the majority of people in Iraq, the US, the UK and globally opposing this war, now is the time for women to step forward and make our opposition more visible and vocal. On January 5, we will launch the Women Say No To War Campaign, asking women around the world to sign on to the Women’s Call for Peace below. We hope to obtain a minimum of 100,000 signatures by International Women's Day on March 8, 2006, when US and Iraqi women will deliver these signatures to leaders in Washington DC and women around the world will deliver them to US embassies. We would be honored if you would agree to be an initial signer so that we can launch the call on New Years Day with 100 prominent women/women’s organizations. You will be joined by women such as Cindy Sheehan of Gold Star Families for Peace, Kavita Ramdas of Global Fund for Women and Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. By January 1 we will have a new website (www.womensaynotowar.org) where people can sign on and get updates about the campaign. In the meantime, it would be wonderful if you could get back to me directly about your willingness to sign the Call and how you would like to be identified (if necessary, feel free to make your organizational affiliation be “for identification only”).
Happy holidays,
Jodie Evans,
CODEPINK
* those who have already signed are listed below
Women’s Call for Peace: An Urgent Appeal We, the women of the United States, Iraq and women worldwide, have had enough of the senseless war in Iraq and the cruel attacks on civilians around the world. We’ve buried too many of our loved ones. We’ve seen too many lives crippled forever by physical and mental wounds. We’ve watched in horror as our precious resources are poured into war while our families’ basic needs of food, shelter, education and heathcare go unmet. We’ve had enough of living in constant fear of violence and seeing the growing cancer of hatred and intolerance seep into our homes and communities. This is not the world we want for ourselves or our children. With fire in our bellies and love in our hearts, we women are rising up—across borders—to unite and demand an end to the bloodshed and the destruction. We have seen how the foreign occupation of Iraq has fueled an armed movement against it, perpetuating an endless cycle of violence. We are convinced that it is time to shift from a military model to a conflict-resolution model that includes the following elements:
* The withdrawal of all foreign troops and foreign fighters from Iraq;
* Negotiations to reincorporate disenfranchised Iraqis into all aspects of Iraqi society;
* The full representation of women in the peacemaking process and a commitment to women’s full equality in the post-war Iraq;
* A commitment to discard plans for any foreign bases in Iraq;
* Iraqi control of its oil and other resources;
* The nullification of privatization and deregulation laws imposed under occupation, allowing Iraqis to shape the trajectory of the post-war economy;
* A massive reconstruction effort that prioritizes Iraqi contractors, and draws upon financial resources of the countries responsible for the invasion and occupation of Iraq;
* Consideration of a temporary international peacekeeping force thatis truly multilateral and is not composed of any troops from countries that participated in the occupation. To move this peace process forward, we are creating a massive movement of women—crossing generations, races, ethnicities, religions, borders and political persuasions. Together, we will pressure our governments, the United Nations, the Arab League, Nobel Peace Prize winners, religious leaders and others in the international community to step forward to help negotiate a political settlement. And in this era of divisive fundamentalisms, we call upon world leaders to join us in spreading the fundamental values of love for the human family and for our precious planet.
Signed, Lina Abou Habib, President, Collective for Research and Training on Development, Lebanon
Rev. Patricia Ackerman, Episcopal-Muslim Relations Committee
L.Nilgün Aklar, Liberty and Solidarity Party, Turkey
Rana Al-Aiouby, humanitarian aid worker, Iraq
Nadje Al-Ali, Act Together: Women's Action for Iraq, U.K*.
Dr. Intisar Alobady, Iraq
Huwaida Arraf, Co-founder, International Solidarity Movement, Palestine
Claudia Asúnsolo, Civil Society Network, Mexico
Debi Barker, International Director, International Forum on Globalization
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, The Council of Canadians, Canada
Ellen Barry, Founding Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Medea Benjamin, Founding Director, Global Exchange
Phyllis Bennis, policy analyst, Institute for Policy Studies*
Sister Rosalie Bertell, Founder, International Institute of Concern for Public Health, Canada
Tania Bien-Aimé, Executive Director, Equality Now
Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., Millionth Circle Initiative
Theresa Bonpane, Executive Director, Office of the Americas
Rev. Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock, Director, Faith Voices for the Common Good
Adrienne Maree Brown, Director, League of Young Voters
Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership
Martha Burk, President, Center for Advancement of Public Policy
Linda Burnham, Executive Director, Women of Color Resource Center
Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice*
Mandy Carter, Board, National Black Justice Coalition
Tamara Chicunova, Chief-Coordinator, Mothers Against the Death Penalty and Torture, Uzbekistan
Margaret Cho, Comedian
Sona Chuli-Kuli, journalist, Turkmenistan
Lindsey Collen, LALIT's Women's Commission, Mauritius
Jo Comerford, American Friends Service Committee - Western Massachusetts
Cindy Corrie, President, Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
Libby Davies, Member of Parliament, Canada
Angela Davis, author
Aya de Leon, performer and writer
Marie Dennis, Director, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Mercedes Cruz Diaz, Marcha Mundial de las Mujeres, Perú
Kelly Dougherty, Founding Member, Iraq Veterans Against the War Marta Drury, Director, Heart and Hand Fund
Muriel Duckworth, Former President, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Canada
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author and activist
Felicia Eaves, Co-Vice Chair, Black Voices for Peace
Barbara Ehrenreich, author
Manal El-Mahdy, Chair, Teen Stuff magazine, Lebanon
Sherifa M. El Tabei, Director, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, American University of Cairo, Egypt
Cynthia Enloe, author
Eve Ensler, playwright, founder of V-Day
Jodie Evans, Co-founder, CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Samina Faheem, Executive Director, American Muslim Voice
Nuri Fernández, Mexican Inititive Against War, Mexico
Laura Flanders, author and Air America Radio host
Josefa Francisco, Executive Director, Women and Gender Institute, Philippines
Kim Gandy, President, National Organization for Women
Rose Gentle, military mom, Stop the War Coalition, UK
Hebatallah S. Sh. Ghali, International Human Rights Laws, American University in Cairo
Terry Greenblatt, Former Executive Director, Bat Shalom
Susan Griffin, author
Rosa Guillén, Grupo Género y Economía, Perú
Roma Guy, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 1000 Women for Peace
Maren Haartje, Project Manager, 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize
Jennifer Harbury, human rights attorney, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Aileen Clarke Hernandez, Chair, California Women's Agenda
Julia Butterfly Hill, author, activist, founder of Circle of Life
Arlie Hochschild, author
Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farmworkers
Mary E. Hunt, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
Hana Ibrahim, Director, Women’s Will, Iraq
Zina Ibrahim, Iraqi Handicapped Network, Iraq*
Dr. Georgette Ioup, New Orleans American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Rouane Itani, Media Consultant/Filmmaker
Pramila Jayapal, Founder and Executive Director, Hate Free Zone Washington
Leena Jayaswal, filmmaker
Manar Jibrin, Palestinian Rapprochement Center, Palestine
Dima Jweihan, Legal Consultant, Jordan
Kathy Kelly, Co-Founder, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Mary Day Kent, Executive Director, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Joanna Kerr, Executive Director, Association for Women's Rights in Development
Mimi Kennedy, Chair, Progressive Democrats of America
Asma Khader, Human Rights Lawyer and Coordinator, Sisterhood is Global Institute, Jordan
Tima Khalil, Owner, Fantascope Productions, Lebanon
Lau Kin Chi, 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize, China and Mongolia
Maxine Hong Kingston, author
Prof. Mehmet Hayri Kirbasoglu, Islamic Studies, Ankara University, Turkey
Naomi Klein, author
Sonali Kolhatkar, Co-Director, Afghan Women's Mission
Melinda Kramer, Co-Director, Women's Global Green Action Network
Rajni Lallah, Secretary, Women’s Liberation Movement, Mauritius
Anne Lamott, author
Ann Lawrence, military mom, Stop the War Coalition, UK
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Nancy Lessin, Co-Founder, Military Families Speak Out*
Bridget Lew, President, Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics, Singapore
Ishmukhamedova Lyazzat, Leader, Association of Women 'Moldir', Kazakhstan
Bene E Madunagu, General Coordinator, Development Alternatives With Women for A New Era
Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director, National Women's History Project*
Joanna Macy, author
Houzan Mahmoud, U.K. Head, Organization for Womens Freedom in Iraq, U.K.
Hadayai S. Majeed, Muslim Women Political Action Committee*
Shqipe Malushi, Acting Executive Director, Albanian American Women's Organization
Paola Manduca, World March of Women and Mediterranean Women’s Network
Rania Masri, writer and researcher, Lebanon
Eisha Mason, Executive Director, American Friends Service Committee*
Elizabeth Martinez, Chair, Institute for MultiRacial Justice
Makiko Matsumoto, Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center, Japan Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
Betty McLellan, Coalition for a Feminist Agenda, Australia
Maisa Mendonça, Social Network for Justice and Human Rights, Brazil
Mai Masri, Filmmaker and Director, Lebanon
Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, Oakland Institute
Viloyat Mirzoeva, National Project Manager, UNIFEM, Tajikistan*
Yanar Mohammed, President, Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq
Natalia Molebatsi, Poet, spoken word artist, South Africa
Gael Murphy, Co-Founder, CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Anne Firth Murray, Founding President, Global Fund for Women
Jumana Musa, international human rights lawyer
Holly Near, singer
Terry O'Neill, Executive Director, National Council of Women's Organizations*
Manal Omar, Country Director, Women for Women International, Iraq*
Margo Okazawa-Rey, Women for Genuine Security*
Maysoon Pachachi, Filmmaker
Rosalind Petchesky, Vice-Chair, Women’s Environment and Development Organization*
Marina Pikulina, Coordinator, 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize, Uzbekistan
Kavita Ramdas, President, Global Fund for Women
Elsa Rassbach, American Voices Abroad Military Project, Germany
Betty Reardon, Founder, International Institute on Peace Education
Anita Roddick, Founder, The Body Shop
Virginia Rodino, U.S. Labor Against the War
Nancy Romer, U.S. Labor Against the War
Simin Royanian, Women for Peace and Justice in Iran
Liliana Ruiz, Campesinos Poriajhú, Argentina
Claudia Samayoa, Human Rights National Movement, Guatemala
Baibonn Sangid, Chairperson, Young Moro Professionals Network, Philippines
Susan Sarandon, actress
Zeina Azzam Seikaly, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University*
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Women’s Action for New Directions
Stefa Shaler, Phoenix Rising, Iraq
Cindy Sheehan, military mom, Gold Star Families for Peace
Jillian Skeet, International Affairs Consultant, Canada
Alice Slater, Co-Founder, Abolition 2000
Candi Smucker, Owner,
Baksheesh Starhawk, author
Kama Steliga, Executive Director, Lillooet Friendship Centre Society
Jean Stokan, Policy Director, Pax Christi USA
Jan Strout, Board, Jane Addams Peace Association*
Masuda Sultan, Program Director, Women for Afghan Women
Gila Svirsky, Co-Founder, Coalition of Women for Peace, Israel
Karen Tanada, Director, GZO Peace Institute, Philippines
Sara Totonchi, Director of Public Policy, Southern Center for Human Rights
Nina Utne, Chair and CEO, Utne Magazine
Corazon Valdez-Fabros, Iraq Solidarity Campaign, Phillipines
Rebecca Vermot, Project Manager, 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize
Alice Walker, author
Dahlia Wasfi, MD, Iraqi-American doctor
Cora Weiss, President, Hague Appeal for Peace*
Terry Tempest Williams, author
Diane Wilson, author and environmental activist
Patricia Willis, Resource Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament & Security*
Theresa Wolfwood, Director, Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation, Canada
Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Women Rise for Global Peace
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
World March of Women Ann Wright,
former U.S. Army Colonel and diplomat Peg Yorkin,
Chair and Co-Founder, Feminist Majority June Zeitlin, Executive Director, Women's Environment and Development Organization
Liesbeth Zonneveld, Director, Community, Habitat and Finance International, Yemen
Helen Zughaib, painter
* Organization for identification purposes only.
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