Working Together in New Ways to End Violence against Women

Democrats Abroad Salutes International Women’s Day 2023
with Anne DePrince, Noted Author and Expert on Violence Against Women

On March 5, at 9 am Eastern Time, U.S. citizens from around the globe will be joined via Zoom by Anne DePrince, the author of Every 90 Seconds: Our Common Cause Ending Violence Against Women.  The event precedes and celebrates International Women’s Day on the 8th.

This event will include remarks from the author who will also take questions from participants.  In her book, DePrince provides perspective on the overwhelming scope of violence, its frequency, its pervasiveness and its many devastating forms.  She also examines the impact it has on every aspect of society and the ways societal attitudes and conditions can exacerbate the crimes and the damage that results. In her comments to Democrats Abroad, DePrince will focus, in particular, on the needs for action and the ways each of us can contribute to making change.

From Awareness to Action follows a continuing series of conversations on related subjects sponsored by the Democrats Abroad Violence Against Women Action Team as part of an on-going research, education and action project.. These have ranged from Gender-based violence and the military justice system (with Nancy Parrish & Col. Don Christensen from Protect Our Defenders) , the correlations between the status and safety of women and the security of countries and the world  (with Dr. Valerie Hudson, author of The First Political Order)  and the challenges in finding support for U.S. victims of violence when they are abroad (with Paula Lucas from Pathways to Safety International).  

To join us and get the zoom link for this event click the RSVP button below.

For further information, to learn about volunteering  for the VAW team or to suggest a question in advance of the event, please contact [email protected]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

ANNE DE PRINCE

Anne DePrince is a clinical psychologist, distinguished university professor at the University of Denver (DU), and expert in intimate violence who believes change is possible. Author of Every 90 Seconds: Our Common Cause Ending Violence against Women (Oxford University Press, 2022), Anne has worked closely with victim service providers and policy makers over more than two decades to study the impact of multiple forms of violence against women on a range of outcomes -- from health and economic wellbeing to education and safety. The U.S. Department of Justice recognized her contributions to the nation’s understanding of crime victims with the Vision 21 Crime Victims Research Award.  She also serves as DU’s first Associate Vice Provost for Public Good Strategy and Research.

https://annedeprince.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Every-90-Seconds-Violence-Against/dp/0197545742

Please join us for drinks and more at our next Meetup in Marseille!

Thursday FEB 9th 6 :30-8 :30pm

At Mund’art

72 Rue de la Joliette

13002 Marseille

All are welcome please invite any other Americans you may know!

We will be informing our members about our upcoming local Chapter Elections.

We would love to have some of you join our team..

Everyone can do something no matter how big or small to support our party.

Our volunteers each contribute what they can, and this is what makes our team so special. 

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Our chapter marked the end of summer with a beautiful guided walking tour of Estaque and its 'Chemin des Peintres'

We were a total of 10 members incl our lovely guide Robyn.

thank you all for remaining faithful to our cause and voting BLUE  ! 

Our chapter hosted a picnic in the park 'Le Pharo' on Sunday July3rd to celebrate our American Independence Day.

We had a great turn out .. complete with babies, doggies, friends and good food!

Don't forget to request your ballots! www.votefromabroad.org

Our Chapter hosted its first hybrid Event April 23rd in Aix en Provence

Director Frances Causey has graciously given us a permanent access to view her film

THE LONG SHADOW

The Long Shadow follows former CNN Senior Producer, TED contributor, and Emmy-Award winning Director Frances Causey as she traces her family’s legacy of white supremacy and privilege, investigating her own ancestor—a Founding Father whose critical role in the creation of American laws kept slavery and later the Black Codes and Jim Crow—a core element of American society for centuries to come.

Director Frances Causey and Producer Sally Holst passionately seek the hidden truth and the untold stories of how the United States of America—guided by the South’s powerful, racist political influence—steadily, deliberately and at times secretly, established white supremacy and privilege in our institutions, laws, culture and economy.

Our nation’s shameful past continues to impact every aspect of American life today but particularly in the African-American community which continues to pay a heavy price in their heroic struggle for equality.

Our Chapter hosted an exceptional Event June 4th, a Guided Walking Tour of the oldest neighborhood in Marseille Le Panier!
Our tour guide Robyn was delightful and we learned plenty of Marseillais history !

thank you to all who participated !

Rebecca Black and Greg Polk have lived all over the world. They were DA members in India where they lived for 10 years. 

Fans of France and Marseille (!) we all met them in 2019 when they helped out with our GPP at Les Arcenaux

During their aborted stay in Marseille ( due to Covid) they managed to do a short on 'La friche' Belle de Mai 

here it is : https://vimeo.com/409253233

Thank you for all you do to help make the world a better place!

Can the security of women predict the security of states and the likelihood of conflict and war?  Yes, indeed.  The prevalence of institutionalized gender-based violence and other deterrents to women’s well-being and their overall status in society correspond significantly to state and global stability. Ms. Hudson’s presentation will clarify this relationship and address the many implications of the overwhelming data supporting the link.

Her remarks will be of tremendous interest to anyone interested in the dynamics of international security, foreign policy and the status of women.  The insights will apply across a broad swath of issues of pressing interest to Americans around the globe (and to the citizens of every country in which we reside).

“The First Political Order offers the strongest possible proof that male control of reproduction - and the violence necessary to control women’s bodies - is the first step in normalizing violence and hierarchy in every society.  From now on, there will be no more separating questions of politics and peace from the treatment of the females. Those days are over.  Thanks to Valerie M. Hudson and her team of global researchers, we have a long, practical, intimate way of diminishing violence and increasing democracy.”

                            Gloria Steinem                                        

Dr. Valerie Hudson

Dr. Valerie Hudson, University Distinguished Professor, joined the faculty of the Bush School in 2012 as the holder of the George H. W. Bush Chair. An expert on international security and foreign policy analysis as well as gender and security, she received her PhD in political science at The Ohio State University and comes to Texas A&M University from a senior faculty position at Brigham Young University. Hudson directs the Bush School’s Program on Women, Peace, and Security.

In 2009, Foreign Policy named her one of the top 100 Most Influential Global Thinkers. Her co-authored book Bare Branches: Security Implications of Asia’s Surplus Male Population, and the research it presents, received major attention from the media with coverage in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, BBC, CNN, and numerous other outlets. The book also received two national book awards. Another coauthored book, Sex and World Peace, published by Columbia University Press, was named by Gloria Steinem as one of the top three books on her reading list. A recent book, with Patricia Leidl, is The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy, published in June 2015. Her newest coauthored book is The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide (Columbia University Press, 2020). She was also recently named a Distinguished Scholar of Foreign Policy Analysis by the International Studies Association.

Dr. Hudson has developed a nation-by-nation database on women, the WomanStats Database (http://www.womanstats.org/), that has triggered both academic and policy interest (the latter includes its use by both the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and various agencies of the United Nations). Using this data, Hudson and her co-principal investigators from the WomanStats Project have published a wide variety of empirical work linking the security of women to the security of states, with research appearing in International Security, American Political Science Review, Journal of Peace Research, Political Psychology, and Politics and Gender.

Dr. Hudson offers courses on women and nations (the foundations course for the Women, Peace, and Security concentration), foreign policy analysis, and a capstone on Women, Peace, and Security. Throughout her career, Dr. Hudson has demonstrated a strong commitment to collaboration with other scholars both in her own field and in other disciplines and has received significant research grants, including grants from the US Department of Defense’s Minerva Initiative and the National Science Foundation, to support her work in international affairs. Her research and teaching experience is also complemented by three major teaching awards and numerous research awards, and she has recently been awarded an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. She was also a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the Australian National University in early 2017.

Hudson served as vice president of the International Studies Association for 2011-2012. She is a founding editorial board member of Foreign Policy Analysis, and also serves, or has served on, the editorial boards of The American Political Science Review, Politics and Gender, the American Journal of Political Science, and International Studies Review. More information can be found on her professional website, https://vmrhudson.org.

We were extremely proud to be the chapter hosting the DAFrance 2021 National Leadership Summit in September.

We had a busy weekend and spent alot of time together in person meeting our other local chapters.. Montpellier, Paris, Brittany, Nice, Grenoble,Bordeaux, Toulouse and Lyon as well as Caucus Chairs were present  !

Here is our lovely souvenir photo taken during the Workshop meeting 

Executive Committee Members representing Aix Marseille for 2022

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