Asia Catalyst travels again to Yunnan, China to take part in a training by Korekata AIDS Law Center for 30 sex workers from the Phoenix group. The video is also available at http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/orTkR_PAOE0/ Thanks to Witness for the handy cameras.
Asia Catalyst travels again to Yunnan, China to take part in a training by Korekata AIDS Law Center for 30 sex workers from the Phoenix group. The video is also available at http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/orTkR_PAOE0/ Thanks to Witness for the handy cameras.
At times of change, start-up organizations should ask
themselves what they want to become. If you want to remain independent, what is
your future plan? Do you eventually want
to be absorbed into a larger organization?
Will you shut down once the need you're serving is met? NGOs should know how to shape their own
future before others make the decision for them.
by
Meg Davis
The
strategic plan is the most important document of your organization. It defines
who you are and why you do what you do. It ties all your work into your vision
for the future. This is how we and the groups we train create a strategic plan.
You might want to print out the model we use to look at while you read this (in English here, in Chinese here).*
by Li Man
李曼
China's population is aging, and the pressures of dealing
with an aging population are becoming apparent. Today, according to a new
report from the Work Committee on the Elderly, 134 million Chinese were over
the age of 60, representing around 11% of the population. The report finds that
of those between the ages of 66 and 71, 90% of men continued to have an
interest in sex, versus 50% of women. In the range of 86-90 year olds, 51% of
men had an interest in sex.
中国已开始进入老年化,老龄化对中国社会的压力正逐步显现。目前,中国60岁以上的老年人口为1.34亿,占总人口的11%左右,这是中国老龄工作委员会根据一项最新调得出的结果。资料表明在66--71岁的年龄段内,对性有兴趣的男性为90%、女性为50%,就是在86--90岁的年龄层中对性有兴趣的男性也有51%。
By Ricky Gunawan
The story of Rose
- the first drug user sentenced by Indonesian courts to rehabilitation instead
of prison - continued this month, with some dramatic twists and turns that
highlight obstacles to implementing Indonesia's newly improved policy.
Rose was transferred from Pondok Bambu Detention Center to
Globally, 30% of women suffer physical violence
at least once from a male partner, and in multi-country studies done by the UN,
nearly 20% of women say that their first sexual experience was forced.
全球30%的女性至少遭受过一次来自男性伴侣的暴力。联合国开展的多国研究表明,将近20%的女性声称她们的第一次性经历是在被迫的情况下发生。
Violence against women and girls is a gross
violation of human rights. It is both a consequence and a cause of women's
social, economic, cultural and political disempowerment and marginalization.
针对女性的暴力是对人权的粗暴践踏,这是女性在社会、经济、文化和政治上的弱势地位及边缘化导致的结果,也是这一现象出现的原因。
By Greg Denham
I have worked in the law enforcement field for over twenty five years, and a significant part of my work has been in the drug policy area. I have come to the conclusion that harm reduction services, particularly needle and syringe programs, are an essential component of a comprehensive strategy designed to reduce drug related harm in communities.
This
view, however, is not always shared openly by other police. Privately, while many
police officers accept that harm reduction services are important, their attitude
is more likely to condemn than condone.
Can rules be changed when they aren't changed? What may appear to be a purely metaphysical question is creating some real-world confusion in the Republic of Korea.
UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently applauded South Korea's announced lifting
of its entry ban on HIV-positive foreigners. UNAIDS executive director
Michel Sidibe also extolled the move, effective January 1, as an important step
in the effort to realize the global freedom of movement for people living with
HIV. But the reality appears to be more
complex.
中国性工作者网络青岛培训有感
By Zhang Lan and Li Man From January 14-16,
2010, the Chinese Sex Workers' Network held its second national training
workshop for sex work NGOs in Qingdao. The purpose was to help build the
capacity of staff at sex work NGOs, as well as targeted training for staff on
project management, institution building, project expansion, and so on. 2010年1月14日---16日,中国性工作者网络在青岛举行了全国性工作者机构的第二次培训,这是对机构工作人员的能力建设,同时也有针对性的培训工作人员一些关于项目管理/机构建设/拓展项目/法律问题等等。
By Ricky Gunawan
Up through 2009, Indonesia suffered a tremendous blow from the so-called
"judicial mafia", the corrupt network that controls the criminal justice
system. Every sector of Indonesia's legal system has been paralyzed by this
judicial mafia. It is made up of middlemen who, for a fee, can broker deals
between police, prosecutors and judges. In a late response to this dismal
situation, in late 2009 President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono established a task force to "eradicate the
judicial mafia in the first 100 days" of his administration.
Last week, the task force conducted a surprise visit to Pondok Bambu
Detention Facility, Jakarta. This visit revealed shocking - yet, to those in
the know, all too predictable -- findings. Arthalyta Suryani, a high-class
criminal convicted of bribery, is imprisoned
in luxurious conditions. Her "cell" is an 8x8 meter room with a refrigerator,
flat TV with home theatre, air conditioner, and other facilities such as dining
tables, maids and a Blackberry.

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