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The Oakville Beaver, W ednesday S eptem ber 25, 2002 - B3 Violence hidden in society LARGE LIQUIDATION AUCTION (C o n tin u e d fro m p a g e 8 1 ) "So taking back thfe night becomes a metaphor to rupture the spaces of fear, isolation, coer cion. and cruelty women experi ence daily," said Chishti. "Whether they experience it locally or globally, in private or in public, individually or collec tively, by strangers or by friends and family members, on the streets or in executive board rooms, as white women or as black women, as minoritized women or as women of privilege ...violence against women against all women - can no longer be silenced. And it must be ruptured at the multiple levels that it exists and operates." Violence is hidden, said Chishti. "Violence cleverly hides in those spaces we nurture and seek to protect the most, violence can hide in love, in our relationships and the spaces we crave for secu rity. Violence hides in our work spaces and classrooms. "It hides in our honour to pro tect our cultural and traditional integrity. Violence hides in the crevices of public policies. and institutions. "It is easy to point out the overt forms of violence but becomes more difficult and rigor ous to unmask the varied struc tural forms of violence that con tinue to persist. "Women have historically been, and continue to be, subject ed to a systemic violence which denies us access to resources and decision-making power. "Further, all men - whether they realize it or not - benefit from the privileges they accrue by virtue of living in a society marked by such vast disparity of opportunity. "As much as there are unequal power relations between men and women in society, there are simi lar unequal power relations among marginalized women and privileged women in society. "And. in order to achieve unity across our diversity, we need to understand that the oppression and injustice of privi leged women differ significantly from marginalized women - gen der intersects with race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity - and each operates in multiple ways" interfering with women's lives. "To work toward unity, we need to recognize and accept diversity and difference." Chishti said women can not continue to work in fragments, but should build networks and support a global feminist vision and not rely on the outcomes of war to end their oppression. "By supporting a global femi nist vision, we need to recognize the struggle for emancipation of all women as part of an intercon nected struggle of local, regional, national and international plat forms for human dignity and empowerment." Chishti said she is "very trou bled" by the "alarming trend to resort to war. "As a consultant with the Afghan Women's Organization Overseas Project, I can confirm to all of you that the war on terror desecrated, destroyed and eradi cated women and children first. Over 80 per cent of those affect ed by the U.S.-led bombings were women. According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees approximately 80 per cent of today's civilian casualties are women and 80 per cent of all refugees and internally-displaced people worldwide are women and children. Women bear the brunt of wars initiated by men. "Women in unstable disrup tive conflict and post-conflict sit uations are at risk from multiple forms of violence and are often deliberate targets in conflict such as rape and other forms of sexual violence, summary executions, forced displacement, injury, arbi trary detention, the disappear ance of relatives, lack of food, shelter and medical care." Chishti urged Canadian women to "join in solidarity" with women around the world to "put an end to the brutal trend of male violence and aggression against innocent women and chil dren." She also asks the Canadian government to stipulate in its for eign policy that war cannot be waged at the expense of women and children. Following a candlelight walk from Coronation Park along Lakeshore Road to East Street and back, a minute's silence was held for the victims of violence. 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SAVIS director declares war on pornography Susan Clancy, the new executive director of Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Services (SAVIS) of Halton, waged war on pornography at the 12th annual Take Back the Night walk. Speaking before the walk to about 280-300 participants, Clancy said, despite this year's focus on global violence, the issue of pornog raphy cannot be overlooked. "We can turn on our computers and see teen pom, kiddie pom ... the proliferation of pornography on the Internet, in home videos to music videos, is coming into your home. "Are these the type of images you want your kids to see?" asks Clancy, who has been involved with rape crises centres since the late 1970s. "Is this the type of sexuality you want to kids to experience, the rampant sexualizing of young girls in music videos?" "We live in a world where sexual violence is being presented to our young people is the norm," said Clancy. "We see and hear it in music videos, the fashion industry and in advertising." She urged participants to "say no to violence in our homes, our streets, our global community, to say no more sexual trafficking of young people, and to say no to sexual abuse. "We demand a world tonight that supports the healthy develop ment of human relationships in our community." Take Back the Night is sponsored by SAVIS. www.oakvilleskatingclub.org CORRECTION NOTICE The ad for Speers Rd. Broadloom that appeared in the Sunday, September 22 edition of the Oakville Beaver should have stated that Antoinette Toscano is a joint owner of Speers Rd. Broadloom along with Carl French. We regret the error and any problems this may have caused. Learn to Skate Registration C c^ P a ssio n . S p ir it. T riu m p h . 'A 7 a t/ a Oakville Skating Club ORDER YOUR YOUNG TICKETS TODAY! 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