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This is the WMW 3rd International Action Newsletter nº 06 - August 2010. Here you will find updates about WMW activities, as well as upcoming events.

iKNOWpolitics conducted an interview with Janet Mikhael, the Mayor of Ramallah."Women are very insightful on how to run a city, ensure its improvement and cleanliness and take care of supporting women, children and families, through cultural centers, parks, and social projects."

Women with disabilities often discover that the social stigma of disability and inadequate care are greater barriers to health than the disabilities themselves. A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities will help women with disabilities overcome these barriers and improve their general health, self-esteem, and abilities to care for themselves and participate in their communities.

"We are thrilled to announce the launch of a short, motivational film about how women today are making history through their giving. The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Great Plains Productions and Chicken & Egg Pictures partnered to develop a fun, 4-minute film designed to inspire new donors to join a hands-on/hands-with funding movement dedicated to equity, justice and the strategic use of money for women and girls.

"Six months after the earthquake in Haiti, we see a continued crisis of safety and security in the displacement camps that has exacerbated the already grave problem of sexual violence. In May and June, MADRE joined delegations coordinated by the Lawyers' Earthquake Response Network (LERN) to Haiti to investigate the problem of rape and other gender-based violence in the camps. We found that women are being raped at an alarming rate-every day-in camps throughout Port-au-Prince. The Haitian Government, the UN and others in the international community have failed to adequately address the situation. Women, especially poor women, have been excluded from full participation and leadership in the relief effort.

"The African Union has declared 2010 the Year of Peace and Security in Africa, and will soon launch the African Decade of Women. What better opportunity to act on these pledges than at the 15th African Union Summit, being held later this month in Kampala, Uganda? The upcoming referendum in Sudan gives African leadership an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to improving the lives of women on this continent by ensuring that they actively and freely participate in the referendum.

The Directory captures the diversity and richness of the many groups and people of good will in the world campaigning for the equal rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex people.

This 73-page report describes frequent abuse and discrimination by strangers, neighbors, and even family members against women and girls with disabilities in the north. Women interviewed for the report said they were not able to get basic provisions such as food, clothing, and shelter in camps for displaced persons or in their own communities. The research was conducted in six districts of northern Uganda a region recently emerging from over two decades of brutal conflict between the rebel Lord's Resistance Army and the government.

The Feminist Poster Project was founded in July 2010. This website archives and shares feminist posters, postcards and stickers for you to print and paste. It offers a space for inspiration and a network for feminist poster artists.

The Women and Memory Forum has recently published the first book of its new series of Readers on Gender in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The book is titled Reader on Gender and Political Science, edited by Mervat Hatem and translated by Shohart El-Alem. The book includes twelve articles and divided into two sections.