Equal Rights,Equal obligation to serve.

Headline: Equal rights, equal obligation to serve.
Published in the Straits Times.Singapore.

Date: Sunday, 19 May 2013
Page: 48
(C) Singapore Press Holdings Limited 

 
Why should women here be allowed to choose whether to serve National service.
 If men are required to serve, then why not women, since they have equal rights? It is everyone’s obligation to serve the country.
In times of war, women can help by tending to the injured. Hence, training in nursing and first aid would be good for women.
Shamim Moledina (Ms)

What is Happening in India?

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Preeti died after she was attacked with acid in Mumbai.

She was attacked in broad daylight at Bandra Station in Mumbai on 2nd May this year. Her eyes were damaged, her liver and kidneys got infected and she endured crucifying pain for almost a month.

She put up a brave fight but eventually gave in to her injuries and infection. She left us after suffering a c...ardiac arrest on 1st June 2013.

We still don’t know who attacked her. The efforts made by the Maharashtra Government to investigate my daughter’s case have failed.

That’s why I started this petition on Change.org asking the Home Minister of Maharashtra, R.R. Patil to order a CBI probe and find out who fatally attacked my daughter. Will you support my petition?

Preeti left Delhi with the hope of starting a new life as a nurse in the Indian Navy. She worked very hard to get this job so that she could support us. But her excitement and enthusiasm was cut short due to an act of madness by a maniac.

The Maharashtra Government offered me a compensation of 2 lakhs which I refused because I want nothing but justice for Preeti. My wife and I want an immediate CBI probe in Preeti’s acid attack case and her attacker to be punished.

Sign my petition telling the Home minister of Maharashtra, R.R. Patil, to order an immediate CBI probe in my daughter’s case and punish the culprits. Your support will give us strength and courage in our fight for justice.

Please sign my petition and forward it to your friends too.

Looking forward to your support,

Amar Singh Rathi via Change.orge

How many times?

And how many times must a cannon ball fly,
before they're forever banned?

And how many times can a man turn his head,
and pretend that he just doesn't see?

And how many ears must one man have,
before he can hear people cry ?

And how many deaths will it take till we know,
that too many people have died?

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind,
the answer is blowing in the wind.

- Extract from Bob Dylan's Blowin in the Wind

 

 

Horrific happenings in India.

A 5-year-old girl was kidnapped and brutally raped for 4 days. However, the Delhi police refused to file a ‘Missing’ complaint when t...he parents went to the local police station.

4 days later, the girl was discovered by neighbours and admitted to the hospital in a critical condition. A bottle and candles were found inserted into her vagina. She has sustained injuries on her cheeks, lips, neck, and chest.

Shockingly, the Delhi Police refused to file an FIR at this stage and allegedly offered to bribe the parents and advised them NOT to file a complaint.

The incident of the rape sparked protests outside the hospital during which Assistant Commissioner of Police BS Ahlwat slapped a girl protester which left her bleeding in an ear!

The Delhi police has not only repeatedly failed its citizens in doing its duty to stop violence against women, they continue to flagrantly violate the law.

As a father of a little girl, and a resident of Delhi, and even more importantly, as an outraged citizen, I believe it is time this police impunity ended and they were made more responsible for their actions.

I am calling upon the Home Minister of India, Sushil Kumar Shinde and the Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar to immediately dismiss and take strict action against all the policemen who denied to file the complaint, tried to bribe the victim’s father, and watched as the ACP slapped the peaceful protestor.

Click here to sign kapil's petition, "Dismiss the Police officials who refused to file the Complaints, tried to Bribe & failed to Act".

You can also check out other popular petitions on Change.org by clicking here

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Somalia_No_Authority_to_Rape

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Dear friends,

I wrote a story about a young Somali woman brutally gang-raped by government soldiers, hoping that her bravery in telling such a painful story would bring attention to the awful rape problem there. Instead, the government used my article to jail a rape victim for ‘insulting the state’! Now I'm asking all of us to stand together to end the epidemic of rape by security forces. Click below to join me:

My name is Laila and I'm a journalist. I recently wrote a story about a young woman brutally gang-raped by government soldiers in Somalia, hoping that her bravery in telling such a painful story would bring attention to the awful rape problem there. Instead, the government used my article to jail a rape victim and another journalist covering the story for ‘insulting the state’!

Rape is horrific, but to be raped when the only authorities you can turn to for justice are your rapists -- it's the most crushing powerlessness. But together I think we can bring her hope. That's why I started a global petition on the Avaaz site, because Somalia's government depends heavily on financing from other governments, so the international community can press them to stop the cover up and bring real reforms to end the epidemic of rape by security forces.

Our call for change could really work, but it needs to be big. UN envoy Zainab Bangura has told us that she will directly deliver our petition to donor countries and Somalia's President. Help by signing and forwarding this email -- let's show these women that they're not alone, and that no one has the authority to rape them:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Somalia_No_Authority_to_Rape/?bZTVOdb&v=22215

The brave young woman was accused of fabricating her own rape by government officials before she even got a trial. Then, the judge refused to hear witnesses or accept medical evidence proving that she was raped. And she’s not alone: I’ve interviewed too many women who live in constant fear of getting shot or raped, often by the very people charged with protecting them.

But there is hope for Somalia like never before. In just 18 months, it has approved a new constitution, selected a new president, and is finally winning its war against extremists. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is in a position to act to protect women from his own armed forces, if we together give him a big reason to crack down on this state violence.

This innocent rape survivor and Abdiaziz Abdinur, the journalist who spoke to her, are facing a year in jail! Funders hold the key to changing the way Somalia's own soldiers and security forces treat women. Sign now and forward this email to help grow a call big enough to change Somalia forever:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Somalia_No_Authority_to_Rape/?bZTVOdb&v=22215

The Avaaz community has fought courageously to stop the war on women across the world. Last month, more than 1 million of us signed a petition calling for justice and real change in India after the tragic death of a rape victim in Delhi, and received encouraging signs from top government ministers that they were heeding our call. Now, we can bring that people power to Somalia and set the country on a new course.

WIth hope and determination,

Laila Ali, with the Avaaz team

*Laila is a British-Somali journalist based in Nairobi

PS: This petition was started on Avaaz's new Community Petitions Site. It's quick and easy to start a petition on any issue you care about, click here: http://avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?22215

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