June/2011: Civis Newsletter Human Rights and Peace

Strategies against Violence - seminar in Stockholm on sexual violence

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  Photogallery: Against extinction

  19 de junio de 2011, de Comunicación Civis
  RESISTANCE - 21 families from the Nonam indigenous community (Santa Rosa de Guayacán Reservation, Pacific Coast) have been forcibly displaced since August 4, 2010. At the time, they are living in the port city of Buenaventura, in conditions of overcrowding, sanitation problems, lack of medical attention and malnutrition. Find here a visual documentation of their rituals, habits and resistance against military and paramilitary actions in their territory. LEER MÁS...
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  Gothenburg LGTBQ Festival 2011

  19 de junio de 2011, de Civis Sweden (Göteborg)
  FESTIVAL - Civis joined the LGBTQ festival in Gothenburg the first week of June. New for 2011 was the festival name that now also includes a Q for queer. "A festival that includes and not opts out” is how the LGBTQ festival's mantra goes. A city that is open for everyone regardless of the normativity that our society is based on. During June 1 to 5 the streets of Gothenburg transformed into a sanctuary swept clean of sexual orientation, discrimination and heterosexual matrixes. It was not until 1990 that homosexuality in Sweden no longer was considered a disease, but even today, many people in the world live behind a facade of fear of losing their lives by being who they are. LEER MÁS...
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  International verification and observation mission

  19 de junio de 2011, de Comunicación Civis
  BAJO CALIMA, PACIFIC COAST - From May 7 to 9, 2011, international observation organizations and cooperation agencies, including Civis, national human rights organizations and delegates from different Afro-Colombian Community Councils accompanied a Verification and Observation Mission. The Mission observed the humanitarian and protection-related impact on 21 families from the Nonam indigenous community from the Santa Rosa de Guayacán Reservation, forcibly displaced since August 4, 2010, following paramilitary actions in the San Juan and Bajo Calima river basins in the Valle del Cauca department. Find here a summary of the demands of the international mission. LEER MÁS...
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  July 2011, Colombia: International Youth Forum

  19 de junio de 2011, de Comunicación Civis
  EXCHANGE - For the dignity of young people! CONCLAEA and the CLOC - Vía Campesina will organize the first International Youth Forum in Colombia, supported by Civis, to be held in the department of Cauca from July 2 to 18, 2011. The event will include international speakers from the MST (Brazil), Experiences against Agribusiness (Nicaragua), and a Cuban representative of the Social Movements' ALBA. 150 representatives from more than 13 countries and 300 young people from different parts of Colombia will participate. The objective is to foster an exchange of experiences, knowledge and proposals on crucial issues facing Colombia's and America's young people, social organizations and sectors. LEER MÁS...
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  2011: Three new juvenil initiatives supported by Civis

  19 de junio de 2011, de Comunicación Civis
  SMALL PROJECTS FUND - In 2011 the Civis small projects fund is designated to support youth projects, this time close to Buenaventura and in the Magdalena Medio region. Within this framework, three juvenil initiatives were chosen to receive support and funding throughout this year: the "Foundation for a Better Tomorrow" (PUMM) in the Naya River Pacific coast region, the "Sandra Rondón Pinto Popular Training School Corporation" in Barrancabermeja, and the Magdalena Medio Regional Association of Victims of State Crimes (ASORVIMM). Find here the objectives and issues to be worked on by the winning proposals. LEER MÁS...