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Domestic Violence & South Asia
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Fri May 10 13:50:34 2002
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Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 13:50:28 -0400
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
sorry that my last post was a duplicate, hopefully I am less asleep
this time and this one is not redundant!
In hope,
Aimee
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>Subject: Domestic Violence & South Asia - FORWARD WIDELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 14:56:35 -0400
>From: Rubi Rajbanshi <rajbansh@MIT.EDU>
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>Hey guys
>please forward this to pple/lists who might be interested
>thanks,
>rubi
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>**************** SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE presents *****************
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> . . . SuNdAy . . . MaY 12 . . . 11-4 PM . . . HaRvArD hAll 102 . . .
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>******* DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY ********************
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>D eath ####### V ictimization
>O bjectification ### ##### I ntimidation
>M asculinity # ` ' #### O ppression
>E motional Abuse # o | X #### L ove
>S exual Abuse \ | #### E conomic Abuse
>T radition #\ - #### N o Escape
>I solation ###\ . /--\# C ontrol
>C hild Abuse ####\____/~~~~\ E ndless Fear
> #######/~~~~~/\
> #####/~~~~~/~~\
>**************************************************************************
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> 11-12 Welcome and First Film Screening
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> "A Life Without Fear" by SAKHI
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> 12-12:30 Lunch - Indian Buffet
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> 12:30-1:30 Second Film Screening
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> "Tough Guise"/"Father, Son, and Holy War" by Anand
> Patwardhan
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> 1:30-3:00 Panel Discussion
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> Shivali Shah, founder of KIRAN: Domestic Violence and
> Crisis Services for South Asians in North Carolina, a
> battered women's organization in North Carolina
> & Reema Kalra, South Asian advocate from Asian Task
> Force Against Domestic Violence in Boston
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> 3:00-4:00 Breakout Sessions
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> Culture, Sexism, and Domestic Violence in South
> Asian/Diasporic Households
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>CONTACT rajbansh@fas.harvard.edu OR nmahajan@fas.harvard.edu FOR MORE INFO
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>KIRAN and ASIAN TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE are two
>community-based organizations working to fight against domestic
>violence in South Asian communities in North Carolina and Boston
>respectively.
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>See the following websites:
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>www.kiraninc.org *** www.atask.org
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>"A LIFE WITHOUT FEAR" is a film made by SAKHI, a New York based
>organization fighting domestic violence in the South Asian community.
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>It is a provoking dramatization of an abusive relationship between a South
>Asian husband and wife.
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>"FATHER, SON, AND HOLY WAR" made by Anand Patwardhan
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>Preoccupations with masculinity in modern day India.
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>Breakout Session Topics:
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>* What defines domestic violence? What are the different stages of
>domestic violence? How can you/someone you know protect him or herself
>from domestic violence?
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>* How does culture inform and silence domestic violence in South
>Asian/Diasporic households?
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>* What is sexism and how does institutionalized sexism in public policy,
>law enforcement, media, etc allow domestic violence to persist?
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