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CaucAsia Magazine - December 2007-
Gender & Classes - is Attached.
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CaucAsia - International Coalition
of Gender Journalists
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GENDER & CLASSES
KAZAKHSTAN
Nina Yerkaeva
"Not so long ago, these people
were dubbed as 'invalids.' Today they are called 'disabled people.'
In other countries, schools make
special efforts to include disabled children in the general education process
for as many kids as possible. Attending regular schools by children with
limited abilities makes their life more full and interesting, and helps their
'ordinary' classmates to realize that there is pain and weakness in this world
and that they should help those who need help."
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KYRGYZSTAN
Nurzhan Tulegabylova
"Under certain tragic
circumstances, my status as a married woman changed to the status of a widow.
It is very sad, but the people surrounding me have changed their attitude
towards me. It is quite painful, despite that I have not changed...
There is a smoldering fear about the
danger of a single woman....Besides this, I can see the society watching me and
thinking if I will be able to fulfill my duties without my husband....Will
I take proper care of my two kids?
I have to review my lifestyle as a
widow. I have to become strong and firm from all points of view to prove to
society that I matter, and to survive, together with my children."
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GEORGIA
Anna Datoshvili
"The Georgian society generally
supports the authority's inspiration to be integrated into the European
structures, which, of course, would not accept practice of religious
persecution in one of its membering states.....
In reality, there are plenty of
fundamentalists in any religion and any society....."
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AWID - Association for Women's
Rights in Development
"The problem of Religious
Fundamentalism was thoroughly discussed at the AWID Young Women's Institute on
Challenging and Resisting Religious Fundamentalisms, held in Istanbul in
November.
The Institute program was focused on
the threats Religious Fundamentalism brings to women. The initiative aimed to
research the issue in the context of different religions and regions, and to
create new resources in order to support women's rights organizations resisting
and challenging fundamentalisms."
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ARMENIA
Nora Kananova
I CANNOT BE DIVORCED
Story of Woman Victim of Violence in
Armenia: "We were students, when we began together, in a small two-room
apartment we had to share with my mother-in-law. We had no money, but were
quite happy.
After the collapse of the Soviet
Union, many enterprises stopped working in Armenia, including the one where
both of us worked. My mother-in-law had already retired. My husband failed to
find his place in the new circumstances. I turned out to be more flexible and
found a job. This business does bring a small income that is enough for me and
my family to live moderately, but I am always tired.
My husband now has a bad temper, and
he blames me for all of his failures. He demands that I cook, wash, clean. My
daughter is already 15, and she sometimes asks me why I put up with everything.
I cannot explain to her that none of the women in my family divorced, that my
grandmother and grandfather lived together for 60 years, and that my parents
will never understand me if I leave my husband. I don't even have a place to
go, as my husband is registered as the official owner of our apartment, despite
that I have paid for it for ten years already....Having a husband
grants you additional value in our society."
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DENMARK
Alma Bekturganova-Andersen
"It is significant that for the
first time in the history of Denmark, two ethnic minority women became the
members of the Parliament. Both of the women have traditional Turkish
backgrounds, but have lived in Denmark for most of their lives."
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