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Kyrsten Sinema
Women in Black

Donna Hamm
Middle Ground Prison Reform

Fernando Tesón
ASU College of Law

Nicolle Walker
AI-ASUW

Feministy Majority Resources

General Resources
available at ASU West library

Kyrsten Sinema, CISW, from Women in Black will speak:

The Phoenix Area web page of Women in Black is hosted by the Arizona Alliance for Peaceful Justice.

Articles about Women in Black: (listed in reverse chronological order)

Yost, Barbara. "'Women In Black' gather weekly to protest war, abuse" The Arizona Republic, February 9, 2002. 471 words. Available via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

Gilbert, Ronnie. "The FBI Knocks Again."The Progressive, Nov2001, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p39, 2p. Available via Academic Search Elite.

Kelley, Elaine "Women in Black Establish Silent, Strong Presence in Portland." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs V.XX; N.7 p. 57 10/31/2001. This article and other related articles are available via Ethnic NewsWatch.

Svirsky, Gila. "Eyewitness in Jerusalem: Peace group stands firm." People's Weekly World 12/23/2000 V.15; N.30 p. 1. Available via Alternative Press Watch.

Shadmi, Erella. "Between Resistance and Compliance, Feminism and Nationalism: Women in Black in Israel." Women's Studies International Forum, Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p23, 12p. Available via Science Direct.

Helman, Sara and Tamar Rapoport. "Women in Black: Challenging Israel's gender and socio-political orders." British Journal of Sociology, Dec97, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p681, 20p. Available via Academic Search Elite.

"War crimes against women in ex-Yugoslavia." Women's International Network News. Summer94, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p35, 1p. Available via Academic Search Elite.

"Women in Black Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize."Off Our Backs. Jul2001, Vol. 31 Issue 7. Available via Academic Search Elite.

Women in Black stand in silent vigil around the world at various times and places. In Phoenix vigils are held at the Burton Barr (Central) Library each Wednesday afternoon between 4:30 and 5:30 and on Thursdays from 11:30-12:30 at ASU Tempe Campus.

Donna Hamm --Middle Ground Prison Reform, Inc
Women In Prison: The Step-Children of Corrections

Featured articles from the Middle Ground Prison Reform website.

Articles related to Donna Hamm or Middle Ground Prison Reform:
(listed in reverse chronological order)

"Going straight: a hard road For shelter, they do 'convict shuffle'" [FINAL Edition]. Rhonda Bodfield Sander. Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ariz., Date Sep 10, 2001, Page A.1. Available via Arizona Newstand.

"Inmate rights group files $2.75 billion suit against sheriff." The Associated Press State & Local Wire, May 24, 2001. 336 words. Available via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

"Many suspects have been behind bars before Reformer lays some blame on state's prisons, saying inmates 'have gone to a crime school and graduated with honors'". Thomas Stauffer. Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ariz., Jan 8, 2001, Page A.4. Available via Arizona Newstand.

Vanderpool, Tim. "Fighting flashy prison policies." Progressive, Apr97, Vol. 61 Issue 4, p14, 3/4p. Available via Academic Search Elite.

Fernando Tesón, S.J.D. - ASU College of Law
The War on Terrorism, Feminism, and Women's Rights

This presentation will center on the liberation of Afghan women by Allied troops and the reaction of the feminist movement in the US to that event. Prior to joining the ASU faculty, Professor Tesón has served as a diplomat for the Argentina Foreign Ministry in Argentina and at the embassy in Brussels. He has been a visiting professor at several institutions including Cornell Law School and the Oxford-George Washington International Human Rights Program.

Scholarly works by Fernando Tesón

Books

A PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (Westview Press 1998). Available at ASU Libraries in Tempe.

REVIEW of A Philosophy of International Law [book review] by GERARD ELFSTROM. Ethics Oct 1999 v110 i1 p229. Available via Expanded Academic ASAP (ASU West Only).

HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION: AN INQUIRY INTO LAW AND MORALITY ( 2d ed., Transnational 1997). 1st ed. available at ASU West Library. 2d ed. available in Tempe.

Other books available at ASU Libraries by Fernando Tesón .

Articles

"On Human Rights. The Oxford Amnesty Lectures" [Book Review]. The American Society of International Law. The American Journal International Law. January, 1997, V 91 p199, 1708 words. Available via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Legal Research/Law Reviews.

"A SYMPOSIUM ON REENVISIONING THE SECURITY COUNCIL: ARTICLE: COLLECTIVE HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION" Michigan Journal of International Law. Winter, 1996, V 17 p 323, 26662 words. Available via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Legal Research/Law Reviews.

Additional articles by Fernando Tesón are available in several electronic indexes, including PCI FullText and Expanded Academic ASAP (ASU West Only). See his CV for a listing of some of his work.

Nicolle Walker - Amnesty International, ASUW (student)
Amnesty International's Work on the Human Rights of Women

Focusing on Amnesty's work on the Human Rights of Women, this presentation will discuss issues surrounding Women Human Rights Defenders, Amnesty's work with Women in Prison, and Amnesty's perspective on the ratification/importance of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

• Amnesty International on Human Rights of Women
• Amnesty International on Women Human Rights Defenders
• Amnesty International on Women in Prison
• Amnesty International on the Importance of CEDAW
• United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

FEMINIST MAJORITY RESOURCES

• Feministy Majority Foundation homepage.
• Choices Campus Community, a project of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliances.
• Feminist library, sponsored by Feminist Majority campus community project.
• Help Afghan Women Campaign:
  Restore the rights of Afghan women and girls
  Increase humanitarian aid for Afghan women and children
  Make sure Afghan women play a leadership role in rebuilding the country

GENERAL RESOURCES
Available at ASU West Library (unless otherwise noted)

BOOKS

• Amensty International. Broken bodies, shattered minds : torture and ill-treatment of women. London : Amnesty International Publications, 2001. HV8593 .B75 2001
  
  
• Amensty International. Women in the front line : human rights violations against women. New York, NY : Amnesty International Publications, 1991. HV8738 .W66 1991
  
  
• Bahar, Saba. "Human rights are women's right : amnesty international and the family" in Global feminisms since 1945 by Bonnie G. Smith. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. HQ1154 .G56 2000 (HAYDEN Library)
  
  
• Cook, Sandy and Susanne Davies. Harsh punishment : international experiences of women's imprisonment. Boston : Northeastern University Press, c1999. HV8738 .H37 1999
  
  
• Counts, Dorothy Ayers; Judith K. Brown and Jacquelyn C. Campbell, ed. To have and to hit : cultural perspectives on wife beating. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1999. HV6626.23.D44 T6 1999
  
  
• Zoelle, Diana G. Globalizing concern for women's human rights : the failure of the American model. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000. HQ1236.5.U6 Z64 2000

All VIDEOS are available at ASU West Library (unless otherwise noted)

• Through the Wire -- 1991 (HV 8738 .T57x 1991 VIDEO)
  "Winner of the 1990 New York Documentary Film Festival and the 1990 Munich Documentary Film Festival." -- An investigation of the treatment of three female prisoners, Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, and Alejandrina Torres, who were sentenced to prison for non-violent, politically motivated crimes and placed in a controversial high security unit of a Lexington, Kentucky federal prison from 1986 to 1988. Human rights groups interceded in the prisoners' behalf and the unit was finally closed down and the prisoners transferred to another prison. The film includes reports from Amnesty International.
  
  
• Women doing time / ABC News Video Collection -- 1996. (HV6046 .W66x 1996 VIDEO)
  Diane Sawyer investigates the lives of prisoners at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women.

See also the soon-to-be-updated GENDER page on the ASU West Library DIVERSITY WEB for further research guidance.