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> a war upon women
>
>
>Petition to United Nations
>
>Dear Friends:
>
>This is something that we as women and essentially as human beings need
>to support - I don't know if this is going to help but take 3 minutes
>out of your life to do your part.
>
>Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women. Since
>the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have
>been beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper attire, even
>if this means simply not having the mesh covering in front of their
>eyes.  One woman was beaten to death by an angry mob of fundamentalists
>for accidentally exposing her arm while she was drisving. Another was
>stoned to death for trying to leave the country with a man that was not
>a relative.
>Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public without a male
>relative; professional women such as professors, translators, doctors,
>lawyers, artists and writers have been forced from their jobs and
>stuffed into their homes.  Homes where a woman is present must have
>their windows painted so that she  can never be seen by outsiders. They
>must wear silent shoes so that they are never heard. Women live in fear
>of their lives for the slightest misbehavior.  Because they cannot
>work, those without male relatives or husbands are either starving to death
>or begging on the street, even if they hold Ph.D.s.
>Depression is becoming so widespread that it has reached emergency
>levels.  There is no way in such an extreme Islamic society to know the
>suicide rate with certainty, but relief workers are estimating that the
>suicide rate among women, who cannot find proper medication and
>treatment for severe depression and would rather take their lives than
>live in such conditions, has increased significantly.  There are almost
>no medical facilities available for women. At one of the rare hospitals
>for women, a reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying
>motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua, unwilling to speak,
>eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting away.  Others have gone mad and
>were seen crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or crying, most of
>them in fear. One doctor is considering, when what little medication
>that is left finally runs out, leaving these women in front of the
>president's residence as a form of protest.
>
>It is at the point where the term "human rights violations" has become
>an understatement.  Husbands have the power of life and death over
>their women relatives, especially their wives, but an angry mob has just as
>much right to stone or beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an
>inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way.  Women enjoyed
>relative freedom, to work, dress generally as they wanted, and drive
>and appear in public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this transition
>is the main reason for the depression and suicide; women who were once
>educators or doctors or simply used to basic human freedoms are now
>severely restricted and treated as subhuman in the name of right-wing
>fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or 'culture,' but it is
>alien to them, and it is extreme even for those cultures where
>fundamentalism is the rule.
>Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence, even if they are
>women in a Muslim country.  If we can threaten military force in Kosovo
>in the name of human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens
>of the world can certainly express peaceful outrage at the oppression,
>murder and injustice committed against women by the Taliban.
>
>STATEMENT:
>
>In signing this, we agree that the current treatment of women in
>Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves action by the
>United Nations and that the current situation overseas will not be
>tolerated.
>Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it is UNACCEPTABLE
>For women in 2000 to be treated as subhuman and so much as property.
>Equality and human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one lives
>in Afghanistan or elsewhere.
>
>1) Suzanne Dathe, Grenoble, France
>2) Laurence COMPARAT, Grenoble,France
>3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France
>4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France
>5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres, FRANCE
>6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE
>7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble,FRANCE
>8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE
>9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE
>10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE
>11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE
>12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE
>13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble, FRANCE
>14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble,FRANCE
>15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE
>16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE
>17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers, FRANCE
>18) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE
>19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE
>20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE
>21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE.
>22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE
>23) Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France
>24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain
>25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain
>26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, France
>27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France
>28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Chatenay-Malabry, France
>29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France
>30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France
>31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France
>32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland
>33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland
>34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
>35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
>36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
>37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden
>38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden
>39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden
>40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden
>41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
>42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
>43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden
>44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm, Sweden
>45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
>46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden
>47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden
>48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden
>49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg,Sweden
>50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden
>51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden
>52) Magnus Linder, Umea ,Sweden
>53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden
>54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden
>55) Asa Pettersson, Grimsas, Sweden
>56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden
>57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden
>58) Jenny Forsman, Boras, Sweden
>59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden
>60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand
>61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand
>62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand
>63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand
>64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand
>65) Magnus Hjert, London, UK
>67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK
>68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA
>69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden
>70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden
>71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden
>72) Rebecka Swane, Stockholm,Sweden
>73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden
>74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
>75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden
>76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden
>77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
>78) Douglas Bratt
>79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
>80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden
>81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden
>82) Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden
>83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden
>84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador
>85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland
>86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland, Switzerland
>87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland
>88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong Kong
>89)Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon
>90)Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA
>91)Lisa L Miller, Reno NV
>92)Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA
>93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca.
>94) Melanie London, New York, NY
>95) Susan Brownstein , Los Angeles, CA
>96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA
>97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA
>98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles, CA
>99) Candace Brower, Evanston, IL
>100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL
>101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA
>102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA
>103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA
>104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
>105) Celeste Thompson, Round Rock, TX, USA
>106) Sherry Stang, Pflugerville, TX, USA
>107) Amy J. Singer, Pflugerville, TX USA
>108) Milissa Bowen, Austin, TX USA
>109) Michelle Jozwiak, Brenham, TX USA
>110) Mary Orsted, College Station, TX USA
>111) Janet Gardner, Dallas, TX USA
>112) Marilyn Hollingsworth, Dallas, TX USA
>113) Nancy Shamblin, Garland. TX USA
>114) K. M. Mullen, Houston, TX - USA
>115) Noreen Tolman, Houston, Texas - USA
>116) Judy Bechtel, Merced, CA - USA
>117) Delores Iliff, FL, USA
>118) Nicole Propper, FL, USA
>119) Bonnie LaChance, FL, USA
>120) JoAnn Blades, FL, USA
>121) Pam Blades, FL, USA
>122) Louise Campbell, FL, USA
>123) Marcy DeSanto, FL, USA
>124) Donald Blades, FL,USA
>125) Tom LaChance, FL, USA
>126) Craig Huff, GA, USA
>127) Karen Huff, FL, USA
>128) Heather Huff, GA, USA
>129) Franki Silcox GA, USA
>130) Karin Horn, TX, USA
>131) Lara Nelson, OH, USA
>132) Beth Pilous, OH, USA
>133) Sarah Clare, OH, USA
>134) Carla Roth, OH, USA
>135) Jenny Zukowski, MI, USA
>136) Amanda Silic, MI, USA
>137) Heather Gilroy, MD, USA
>138) Kat Carrion, MD USA
>139) Michelle Stryjewski, MD USA
>140) Elizabeth H Stevens, OR, USA
>141) Alice Stevens, OR, USA
>142) Tyler R. Monzie/ OR/ USA
>143) Allea Martin, OR, USA
>145) Jose Tancuan, Or, USA
>146) Akia Woods, OR USA
>147) Bernie Gardent, OR, USA
>148) Leslie Hall, OR, USA
>149) Susan J. Woods, OR, USA
>150 [Cegelnik, Dixie] , OR, USA
>151 Susan Amburgey, OR, USA
>152 Cindy Harboldt, OR, USA
>153 Richard Rehm, CA, USA
>154. Lyn Lindsay, CA, USA
>155. Alma Gilligan, CA, USA
>156. Maureen Lechwar, CA, USA
>157. Leslie Morales, CA, USA
>158. Marci Marcantonio, CA, USA
>159. Jill Haskins, CA, USA
>160. Jacqueline Gouly, CA, USA
>161. Janet Talbott, CA, USA
>162. Manjula Subbiah, CA, USA
>163. Susan Duncan, CA, USA
>164. Blanca E. Reynoso, CA, USA
>165. Ruth C. Reynoso, Ca, USA
>166. Phyllis H. Rawlins, Anaheim, CA, USA
>167. Lori Rice, Naples, Italy
>168. Mina Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA (Turkey)
>169. Fred Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA
>170. Noelle Brunelle, NV, USA
>171. Kimberly A. Karl, NV, USA
>172. Alana Segall, NV, USA
>173. Mark Leonard, NV, USA
>174. Nancy Leonard, NV, USA
>175. Troy Leonard, NV, USA
>176. Robert Mock AZ. USA
>177. Patty Flanigan AZ, USA
>178. William A Towne III, AZ, USA
>179. Ellen J. Matheson, Los Angeles, CA, USA
>180. Theresa Leets, Los Angeles, CA, USA
>181. G. Ahou Soomekh, Los Angeles, CA, USA
>182. Ronith Herman, El Paso, TX
>183. Lauren R. Stein, PA, USA
>184. Michelle F. King, PA, USA
>185. Jere' Webb, CA, USA
>186. Kim Anderson, CA USA
>187. Kirsten Hinsdale, VA, USA
>188. Ronald David, Wash, DC
>189. Cheryl Barnes, Buffalo, NY
>190. Dawne David, Wash DC, USA
>191. Madhu Dutta New Delhi, India
>192. Madhu Sen New Delhi, India
>193. Alokparna, VA USA
>194. Anjali Dasgupta, MS USA
>195. Tilottama Brahmachari, NJ, USA
>196. Chandrima Datta Ray, MS, USA
>197. Jaydip Datta Ray, MS, USA
>198. MarIa Florencia Vidano, MA, USA
>199. Matteo Dufour,Genova, Italia
>200. Francois Dufour, Lugano, Switzerland
>201. Francesco Ricasoli, Firenze, Italia
>202. Lena Larsson, Stockholm, Sweden
>203. Katarina Wigle, Stockholm, Sweden
>204. Petter ?berg, Stockholm, Sweden
>205. Per-Anders Stensson, Uppsala, Sweden
>206. Malin MArtensson, Uppsala, Sweden
>207. Maria Carlstedt
>208. Eli Cathrine Wilhelmsen, Uppsala, Sweden
>209. AnnaMaria Billing, Uppsala, Sweden
>210. Christina Molnar, Uppsala, Sweden
>211. Christina Bergmark, Stockholm, Sweden
>212. Katarina Mimmi SpAng, Stockholm, Sweden
>213. M"rta Terese M-rnvik, Stockholm, Sweden
>214. Sofi HAkansson, Malm-, Sweden
>215. ?sa Grogarn Sol, G-teborg, Sweden
>216. Anders Jonsson, G-teborg, Sweden
>217. ?sa Ericsson, G-teborg, Sweden
>218. Elna F leide Selle, Bergen, Norway
>219. Brynjar Stautland, B mlo, Norway
>220. Berte Figenschou Amundsen, Trondheim, Norway
>221. Marte M rkved-Romstad, Oslo, Norway
>222. Kjersti Forbregd, Trondheim, Norway
>123. Inger Margrethe Torgersen, Oslo, Norway
>224. Lisbeth Skogstrand, Oslo, Norway
>225. Ragnhild Skogstrand, Stokmarknes, Norway
>226. Hanne Husaas, Lier, Norway
>227. Helena Wikstr-m, Lund, Sweden
>228. Kimberly Rapport, Ca, USA
>229. Kristie Bennett, San Jose, CA, USA
>230. Debi Di Bias, Santa Monica, CA, USA
>231. Whitney Allen, San Francisco, CA USA
>232. Kaaren Shalom, Los Angeles, CA USA
>233. Gretchen German, Los Angeles, CA USA
>234. Susan Peretz, Los Angeles, CA USA
>235. Caryn West, Los Angeles, CA. USA
>236. Heather Juergensen, Los Angeles, CA USA
>237. Camryn Manheim. Los Angeles, CA USA
>238. Julianne Williams, Los Angeles, CA USA
>239. Jenna Elfman, Los Angeles, CA USA
>240. Rachel Smith, Los Angeles, CA USA
>241. Matthew Ian Glass, Los Angeles, CA USA
>242. Bret R. Howey, Los Angeles, CA USA
>243. Tammy Terrenzi, Los Angeles, CA USA
>244. Jocelyn Jones Watkins. Santa Monica, Calif, USA
>245. Irene Dirmann, Clearwater Florida USA
>246. Robin Karfo, Santa Monica, CA, USA
>247. Monica Larissa Hershaft, Los Angeles, CA USA
>248. Adrian Ursu. Los Angeles, CA USA
>249. Tim Capaldi, Detroit, MI USA
>250. Marisa Ozburn, Chicago, IL
>251. Kristina Boos, Detroit, MI USA
>252. Anne Monday, Detroit, MI USA
>253. Tiffany Reese, Detroit, MI USA
>254. Kim Huston, Detroit, MI USA
>255. Denise LaPlante, Detroit, MI USA
>256. Piper Paton Smith, Roseville, MI USA
>257. Yvette Beebe, Northville, MI USA
>258. Jody Harris, Redford, MI USA
>259. Pat Kovach, Brighton, MI USA
>260. Karyn Anderson, Singapore
>261. Steve Schafer, MI USA
>262. Sue Schafer, MI USA
>263. Elizabeth T. LaBelle MI USA
>264. Robert A. LaBelle MI USA
>265. Faye M. Woodley, CO USA
>266. Dan Woodley CO, USA
>267. Dani Watkins CO, USA
>268. Donna Royster CO, USA
>269. Chuck Pitte CO, USA
>270. Twila Eberly CO, USA
>271. Sandy Reavey CO, USA
>272. Carolee Laughton, CO, USA
>273. Jeffrey Adams, CO, USA
>274. Susan Conder, CO, USA
>275. Kathryn Haley, CO, USA
>276. Gloria Haley, CO, USA
>277. Samatra Doyle, CO, USA
>278. Janet Neary, CA, USA
>279. Kelly Metzler, CA, USA
>280. Elizabeth Anderson, MN, USA
>281. Rinda West, IL, USA
>282. Richard Kroth, IL, USA
>283. Heather Driscoll, Chicago, IL, USA
>284.Mariluz Adler, Venice,CA,USA
>285. Marisol Adler, Venice,CA, USA
>286. Petra Matouschek, Pasadena, CA, USA
>287. Alina Wolff, Vienna, AUSTRIA
>288. Angelika Brudniak, Vienna, AUSTRIA
>289. Marie-Theres Holler, Vienna, AUSTRIA
>290. Barbara Peretti, Salzburg, AUSTRIA
>291. Susanne Gordon-Oberhofer, Salzburg, Austria
>292. Karin Pernegger, Nantes, France
>293. David Michael Clarke, Nantes, France
>294. Heidi Nikolaisen, Bergen, Norway
>295. Lise Johansen, Tromso, Norway
>296. Jeff Rechenbach, Cleveland, Ohio USA
>297. Susan C. Pisha, Portland, OR USA
>298. Ms. Charlie M. Clint, Portland, OR USA
>299. Beverly Wilson Thornburg, Denver, CO USA
>300. Sue Lowe, Austin, TX USA
>301. Cheyenne Weaver, Austin, TX USA
>302. Christine Walsh, Seattle, WA USA
>303. Olivia Vlcek, Seattle, WA USA
>304. Jenny Sayward, Seattle, WA USA
>305. Diane Ste. Marie, WA USA
>306. Jane Langenes, Seattle, WA USA
>307. Sharon Chambers, Seattle, WA USA
>308. Jackie Jackman, Ill, USA
>309. Marcia Patience, Chicago, IL USA
>310. K. Heaton, Kansas, USA
>311. T. L. Essig, Lees Summit, MO USA
>312. Erica Bourgeois, Vancouver, BC Canada
>313. Nicci Bergunder, Vancouver, BC Canada\
>314. Chief Kim Baird, Tsawwassen, BC Canada
>315. Leah George-Wilson, North Vancouver, BC Canada
>316. Stefany Mathias, Vancouver, BC Canada
>317. David DeLeary, Toronto, ON, Canada
>318. Debra Goldblatt, Toronto, ON, CANADA
>319. Kelly Lamb, Toronto, ON, Canada
>320. Carla Roblin Pryce, Toronto, ON, Canada
>321. Theresa Taylor, Toronto, ON, Canada
>322.  Leah Taylor Roy, Boston, MA, USA
>323.  Jan-Marie Gundacker, Bradley Beach, NJ, USA
>324.  Jane Wyker, Rye, NY US
>325.  Barbara Berdon, NY, USA
>326.  Carol Rickard, Longboat Key, FL, USA
>327.  Sally C. Mahofski, Sarasota, FL, USA
>328.  Katharine Graham, Manchester, MA, USA
>329.  Thaddeus Beal, Somerville, MA USA
>330. Vreni Blatter, Olten, Switzerland
>331. Christoph Blatter, Olten, Switzerland
>332. Marcel Hermans, Amsterdam, Netherlands
>333. Cornelia Blatter, Amsterdam, Netherlands
>334. Shauna Church, Brooklyn, NY, USA
>335.  Jill Enfield, NYC, NY, USA
>336.  Barbara Bell, NYC, NY, USA
>337. Betsy Chory, Los Angeles, CA  USA
>338.    Dody Dorn, Los Angeles, CA USA
>339.  Rica Linders, los Angeles, CA USA
>340. Lisa Str–mbeck, TolÂnga, Sweden
>341. Gitte Villesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
>342. Kirsten Stoltmann, Chicago, USA
>343. Pipilotti Rist, Z¸rich, switzerland
>344. Tobias Rehberger, Germany
>345. Jan-Willem Poels, NM USA
>346. cleo campert, amsterdam holland
>347. Liza May Post,Amsterdam, the netherlands.
>348. Gijs Stork, Amsterdam, NL
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