the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq OWFI

Linked with Yanar Mohammed – Irak, and with Honor Killings in the New Iraq, The Murder of Du’a Aswad.

In 2003, Yanar Mohammed founded the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), which shelters Iraqi women targeted in honor killings and sectarian violence (both on the rise since the war and occupation). It also monitors women in jail and assists formerly detained women, such as prostitutes. And, most visibly, OWFI speaks out loudly and insistently for women’s legal rights and secular law in opposition to Iraq’s growing Islamism. Her demands shed light on the precarious position of women under radical Islamism but, perhaps more to the question at hand, they confirm the disastrous consequences of the Iraq war and the political repercussions of occupation, which, according to Mohammed, has unleashed militant fundamentalism that is proving impossible to subdue. (full text).

Yanar Mohammed tells about OWFI: « We mainly work out of our main office in Baghdad and also in the southern city of Nasiriyah. In Kirkuk we have representatives but we couldn?t maintain the office. We still have our representatives working from their homes. They open their homes when a woman needs sheltering ». (full text May 11, 2007).

See the organisation on wikipedia. See also a better article on the french wikipedia.

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Collective Security Treaty Organization CSTO

In the framework of Commonwealth of Independent States the CIS Collective Security Treaty CST was signed on May 15, 1992, by Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, in the city of Tashkent. Azerbaijan likewise signed the treaty on September 24, 1993, Georgia on December 9, 1993 and Belarus on December 31, 1993. The treaty came into effect on April 20, 1994 … (Read full long text on wikipedia). Retrived (for calendar datings) on 2007-02-17.

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The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

Determining status of a super power, by K.N. Pandita, May 19, 2007.

More War Games: Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) & Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Join Hands Responding to US threats: First theater-level joint military exercise, by Viktor Litovkin, Global Research, November 5, 2006.

Russia and Central Asian Allies Conduct War Games in Response to US Threats, by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 24, 2006.

UZBEKISTAN ACCEDES TO COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION, by Vladimir Socor, June 27, 2006.

CIS COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION HOLDS SUMMIT, by Vladimir Socor, June 24, 2005.

Amnye Machen Institute AMI

Linked with Gendun Choephel – Tibet (1903 – 1951).
about:

  • Amnye Machen is the major mountain range in North-Eastern Tibet. Amnye or « Grand-Father » Machen, is also one of Tibet’s oldest mountain deities and mythical ancestral figures. He is worshipped in his many forms across Tibet and beyond, from as far south-east as the land of the Jang (Nashi) people, to Ladakh in the west.
  • The Amnye Machen Institute (AMI) has begun a movement towards addressing these and other imbalances and limitations in the intellectual, social and cultural life of the Tibetan people inside and outside Tibet. The Institute is undertaking systematic and scientific studies into Tibetan history, culture, society and politics.
  • AMI is also initiating studies into the external cultures, ideologies and nations that have influenced the course of Tibetan history; but which have been insufficiently examined till now. These efforts are directed towards opening up and exploring new horizons in Tibetan studies and focuse on important subjects such as contemporary Tibetan art, literature and women’s studies that have hitherto received scant attention.

Homepage: click on the links for Programmes; Publications; News; Events etc.

See also Links; Tibet Studies; First National Conference of Tibetan Writers, 1995.
Contact: Amnye Machen Institute, Tibetan Centre for Advanced Studies, McLeod Ganj 176219, Dharamshala (H.P.), India. Tel: 91 (01892) 21441, Fax: 91 (01892) 21073, E-mail.

Service Civil International SCI

SCI is a peace organisation that co-ordinates international voluntary projects for people of all ages, cultures, religious and economic backgrounds. Our work is based in the belief that all people are capable of living together and co-operating with mutual respect and without recourse to violence to solve conflict. Through international voluntary work we aim to give people the chance to experience this way of living whilst contributing in a useful manner to the community.

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About: It has 43 branches and groups worldwide and an ever growing number of partner organisations. The network spans 5 continents, but is based mainly in Europe and Asia. Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a huge variety of projects all around the world. For example:

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