Fwd: Can obr endorse letter to UN women to intervene in the detention of 5 Chinese feminists
Abha Bhaiya
From: Jaya Sharma <jaya...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Can obr endorse letter to UN women to intervene in the detention of 5 Chinese feminists
To: Abha Bhaiya <abhab...@gmail.com>
Cc: lunae <lu...@vday.org>, Monique Wilson <mon...@onebillionrising.org>, Kamla Bhasin <ka...@sangatsouthasia.org>
dear jaya,of course we can send it on the OBR India list immediately for endorsement.I think it should be possible to write from the OBR global as well. I am forwarding the mail to Eve Ensler and also to Monique- the Global OBR coordinator for their response..abha------------ Forwarded message ----------
From: Jaya Sharma <jaya...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:26 AM
Subject: Can obr endorse letter to UN women to intervene in the detention of 5 Chinese feminists
To: Kamla Bhasin <ka...@sangatsouthasia.org>, Abha Bhaiya <abhab...@gmail.com>Dear kamla and abha
I was wondering if you could share the letter on the obr india e group.so individuals can endorse.Also whether obr india as an identity can endorse.
Also whether you could consider petitioning un women as a global obr action point.if yes please feel free to make changes to the indian feminists letter.
I know that obr has already been active on this issue but I was wondering whether there could now be a focus on this one point agenda of unwomen which right now seems to be the only hope can be tried.
As you know there is very little time.they are very likely to be charged and imprisoned for five years by 6 th april.
Looking forward to how obr india and obr global can lend it's voice to the struggle.
In solidarity
Jaya
On Mar 30, 2015 9:34 AM, "Kamla Bhasin ka...@sangatsouthasia.org [feministsindia]" <feminis...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Ritu.
I endorse the statement. Thanks.
Kamla BhasinOn 30-Mar-2015 9:14 am, "RITUPARNA Borah ritupar...@gmail.com [feministsindia]" <feminis...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Dear all,
Please send your endorsements by 6 pm of 31st March, 2015. Please add your occupation and place.
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Dear Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
We write to you as feminists from India who are deeply concerned about the five young Chinese activists who are in detention. As you are aware within 30 (or at most 37 days) since their detention on March 7th 2015, the Chinese authorities will need to make a decision about charging them. We therefore have till 6th April to act.
We believe that UN Women is co hosting the Global Summit to be held in September this year with the Chinese government. We would urge you to use this as a leverage with them to free the five feminists. The Chinese government should be made to see the contradiction between co-hosting a women's rights conference and detaining women's rights activists. Such events as you well know are ultimately the result of the work done by women's rights activists around the world and also seek to strengthen such work.
The choice of China as a partner for a Global Summit on women's rights would in our view be completely unacceptable and ethically inconsistent with the detention of the five Chinese feminists.
We feel that you are best placed to deploy the combination of persuasion and strategically low profile pressure on the Chinese government. This is one of the few hopes we have in a context in which the Chinese government is responding negatively to the open criticism it has received internationally so far.
As a UN body which seeks to represent the interests of women worldwide, and which has actively drawn upon women's rights activists from civil society as it advisers and partners, we sincerely hope that you will join us in this struggle to release the five young feminist activists.
We look forward to an early and urgent response from you.
In solidarity,
Kalyani Menon Sen
Indira Hirway
Hameedah Nayeem/Bano
Kalpana Mehta
Rohini Hensman
Dipta Bhog
Farah Naqvi
Vrinda Grover, New Delhi
Sarojini N, Health Activist, New Delhi
Saba Dewan, Film Maker, New Delhi
Pooja Badrinath
Rohini Hensman, Writer and Independent scholar
Rituparna Borah, Queer Feminist Activist, New Delhi
Shruti Arora, Feminist Activist, New Delhi
Purnima, Feminist Activist, New Delhi
Mridu Kamal, New Delhi
Nandini Rao, Feminist activist, New Delhi
Tultul Biswas, Bhopal, MP
Anuradha Kapoor, Kolkatta
Disha Mullick, New Delhi
Madhu Mehra, New Delhi
Malini Ghose, New Delhi
Anuja Gupta, New Delhi
Shalini Joshi, New Delhi
Teena Gill, Film maker, New Delhi
Aapurv Jain, Student, Delhi University
Ashley Tellis, Gay Rights Activist and Academic
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