【AIDS Rights】 The Fourth Annual ‘Hunger Strike for AIDS’ On World AIDS Day 2010

The Fourth Annual ‘Hunger Strike for AIDS’ On World AIDS Day 2010

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The Fourth Annual ‘Hunger Strike for AIDS’ On World AIDS Day 2010

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The Fourth Annual ‘Hunger Strike for AIDS’ On World AIDS Day 2010

 

Fasting can also keep you fit ! When people enjoy a rich material life nowadays, they find more and more people around them suffer from various acute or chronic diseases. High cholesterol, obesity and other “rich man’s diseases” appear one after another, which has not occured before. Moderate fasting contributes to good health.

Since World AIDS Day of December 1st 2007, We have held three consecutive ‘Hunger Strikes’. A total of 131 brave men from 16 countries participated in the Twenty-four-hour Hunger Strike action to support our cause of China’s AIDS prevention.

During the year of 2010, we discovered that we were not alone. World Vision Taiwan once held the ‘Thirty-hour Hunger Strike’ to relieve people who were subjected to disasters and diseases from pain. http://www.30hf.org.tw The name of the action comes from the original intent of fasting and prayer in the Bible that by the means of experiencing hunger we experience the feeling of the aftermath of the unfortunate. The world’s first thirty-hour hunger strike took place in a church in the city of Calgary in Alberta of Canada in 1971, where a group of Canadian teenagers experienced a 36-hour fasting to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia.

Chang Kun ,the General Coordinator of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly (CYHAA) , claimed that the most effective way to cope with the AIDS crisis was the broad participation of the public in public health field; and fasting helps to arouse love and sense of responsibility of the public, that is to fight against the humanitarian disaster brought about by the AIDS epidemic and to bear the responsibility of the state and nation, which is the responsibility of all the young people of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly as well.

The Fourth Annual ‘Hunger Strike for AIDS’ is also included in the ‘Notice: Activities in Honor of Two Outstanding Grassroots AIDS Activists Sun Ailing and Han Yunli’ released by China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly (CYHAA) on June 19, 2010.  Activity 5: The theme of the Fourth Annual ‘Hunger Strike for AIDS’ on World AIDS Day 2010 is to Commemorate The Dead In The AIDS Campaign Through Fasting!

Please join us!

Theme: To Commemorate The Dead In The AIDS Campaign Through Fasting!

Time: December 1, 2010 

Location: Anywhere, please contact us first. 

Theme Sites: Http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org

Support Site: http://www.aidsrights.net  http://oeo.la/Knbq8

General Coordinator: 

Chang Kun

+86 013349108944

Changkun2010@gmail.com

How to act:
Way 1: to introduce ‘Hunger Strike for AIDS’ to your friends and family, service groups etc. 

Way 2: To join the Twenty-four-hour Hunger Strike action 

Please fill in the form or send SMS – ‘Name + Nationality + Location + E-mail address’ to 13349108944.

Way 3: Financial donations
To comply with all laws, administrative regulations and rules, We are fundraising merely by individuals. Chang Kun will receive the donations, and bear the responsibility of publicizing accounts and accepting supervision!  All donations would be managed by Abbott Fund and be used for all the services and actions of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly!
Methods:
(1) Paypal Account: 13349108944@189.cn, please visit http://www.paypal.com
(2) Alipay Account: 13349108944@189.com, please visit http://www.alipay.com
(3) Other ways: please contact Chang Kun +86 013349108944

Way 4: Donations of works of art
‘China AIDS Museum Planning’ has entered the second three-year planning, the stage of the creation, collation, collection and exhibition of works of art and new media. To ensure the program on schedule, we established a group called ‘AIDS Art and New Media Creation’.

Way 5: To be volunteers 

Please participate in all activities of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly, including the ‘Youth and AIDS’ magazine, China AIDS Museum Planning, AIDS Walk China, AIDS Art and New Media Creation etc. For further information, please visit our shared network drive: http://oeo.la/Knbq8

 

Notes:

(1).The strike last only for one day; please know your capabilities and only continue the strike as long as you think it is not endangering your health condition.

(2).If you have any symptoms that are abnormal, please contact emergency medical personnel immediately.

(3).If this is the first time you do a hunger strike, please make sure a friend or someone accompany with you in case anything goes wrong.

(4).Participation is of course voluntary; Participants have freedom of discontinuing the strike at any time. Participants are responsible for themselves.

 

The Fourth Annual ‘Hunger Strike for AIDS’ On World AIDS Day 2010

1、姓名：（如果你不愿意公开你的真实姓名，该处请忽略）1、NAME: (Optional, but we suggest you fill out.)

2、化名：（你可以考虑公开一个化名）2、NICKNAME: (You may consider publishing your alias.)

3、国家：3、NATIONALITY:

4、电子邮件：4、E-MAIL:

5、电话：5、PHONE:

6、我将参与2010年12月1日空腹24小时。（请在此处标记）6、I will join the Twenty-four-hour Hunger Strike action, on December 1,2010

YES OR NO?

8、请考虑捐赠支持我们的中国艾滋病防治事业。8、Please making a donation to support our cause on China HIV/AIDS and Human rights; 方法： （1）Paypal帐号/ Paypal Account：13349108944@189.cn ,请登录http://www.paypal.com （2）支付宝账户/ Alipay Account:13349108944@189.com,请登录 Http://www.alipay.com （3）其他方式，请联系常坤 13349108944 /Other ways, please contact Chang Kun +86 013349108944

9、注意事项：（1）注意保重身体，量力而行； （2）如有异常反应，请紧急联系医务人员； （3）建议第一次空腹健身者，应有人伴随； （4）参与自愿，行动自由，责任自负！ 9、NOTES: (1).The strike last only for one day; please know your capabilities and only continue the strike as long as you think it is not endangering your health condition. (2).If you have any symptoms that are abnormal, please contact emergency medical personnel immediately. (3).If this is The first time you do a hunger strike , please make sure a friend or someone accompany with you in case anything goes wrong. (4).Participation is of course voluntary; Participants have freedom of discontinuing the strike at any time. Participants are responsible for themselves.

10、联系Contact：常坤 Chang Kun Changkun2010@gmail.com Http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org     http://oeo.la/Knbq8

 

常坤

爱行马拉松俱乐部(AIDS Walk China) 负责人

中国青年艾滋病网络 总协调人
北京益仁平中心 理事

Chang Kun

Director of AIDS Walk China 
General Coordinator of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly
Board Member and Co-founder of Beijing Yirenping Center

Phone: 133 4910 8944 ;Skype: Chinachangkun
MSN：13349108944@189.cn

共享网盘：http://oeo.la/Knbq8
Personal Web: http://www.changkun.org

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首先我们的爸妈兄弟姊妹们支持我们，接着我们的亲戚邻居支持我们，我们的父老乡亲支持我们，最终我们才能见到梦想得公民社会！

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【AIDS Rights】 Fwd: [iahr] Call for Papers: Feminist Economics: A Special Issue: Land, Gender, and Food Security

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From: "Lauren Nussbaum" <lauren@nationalaidshousing.org>

Date: October 20, 2010 10:56:07 PM GMT+08:00

To: <iahr@yahoogroups.com>

Subject: [iahr] Call for Papers: Feminist Economics: A Special Issue: Land, Gender, and Food Security

 

Call for Papers: Feminist Economics: A Special Issue: Land, Gender, and Food Security

For this special issue, Feminist Economics encourages scholars from economics and related disciplines to submit papers that reveal gender impacts of the leases and acquisitions, including effects on women's access to land, intrahousehold allocation, on-farm agricultural productivity, household food security, and investments in children's well-being. Consideration of gender differences related to class, ethnicity, and location are encouraged. Feminist Economics especially welcomes submissions from the Global South and transition economies. Deadline for abstract submissions: January 15, 2011.

In reaction to the global food price crisis in 2007–8 as well as concerns over population pressures and water shortages, wealthier developing countries and newly industrialized ones have begun a surge of leasing and acquisition of millions of hectares of farmland in many poorer developing countries. The expanding global demand for biofuels and other non-food agricultural commodities, along with rising agricultural commodity prices, represent an additional impetus for these acquisitions by wealthier developing countries. Experts are concerned that these large-scale land deals will increase food insecurity and inequalities within the countries that lease or sell land. Such transactions may also widen income gaps between the wealthier and poorer developing countries engaged in them.

To date, analyses of land acquisitions have not addressed gender implications of these processes. Given women's important roles as producers and consumers of agricultural products in affected countries and the implications of gender equality for long-run growth, this is a critical lacuna in research. For this special issue, Feminist Economics encourages scholars from economics and related disciplines to submit papers that reveal gender impacts of the leases and acquisitions, including effects on women's access to land, intrahousehold allocation, on-farm agricultural productivity, household food security, and investments in children's well-being. Consideration of gender differences related to class, ethnicity, and location are encouraged. Feminist Economics especially welcomes submissions from the Global South and transition economies.

Contributions may cover diverse topics, including but not limited to:

• Distributional, including gender, effects on access to and control over land and livelihoods
• Gender employment effects and broader socioeconomic impacts of land leasing and land acquisition
• Impacts of the leasing arrangements on urban and rural producers and consumers
• Land rights, human rights, and socioeconomic justice
• Responses by civil society and government to land acquisitions

Deadline for abstracts: Please direct queries and abstracts (500 words maximum) to the Guest Editors, Stephanie Seguino (sseguino@uvm.edu), Gale Summerfield (summrfld@illinois.edu), and Dzodzi Tsikata (dzodzit@yahoo.co.uk or dtsikata@ug.edu.gh), no later than 15 January 2011.

If the Guest Editors approve an abstract, the potential contributor may be eligible to apply for a small amount of funding to partially defray research expenses. The complete, invited manuscript will be due 15 March 2011 and should be submitted to Feminist Economics through the submissions website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rfec). Questions about these procedures may be sent to feministeconomics@rice.edu, +1.713.348.4083 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +1.713.348.4083 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (phone), or +1.713.348.5495 (fax).

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【AIDS Rights】 Liu Liu Xiabo Nobel Peace Prize important for Africa - TAC/Section27

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From: Wan Yanhai <wanyanhai2010@hotmail.com>

 

 

Liu Liu Xiabo Nobel Peace Prize important for Africa - TAC/Section27
Nathan Geffen
11 October 2010

If China is to be a force for good it must improve human rights record

Why it is important for Africa and China that Human Rights Activist Liu Xiabo won the Nobel Peace Prize: TAC and SECTION27 welcome Nobel Committee's decision
Liu Xiabo is Chinese human rights campaigner, a poet and a literary critic. He is one of the authors of Charter 08, a petition calling for freedom, equality, democracy and constitutional rule in China, including a new constitution, an independent judiciary, the election of public officials and a guarantee of human rights. He is currently serving an 11 year prison term for "inciting subversion of state power" because of his role in Charter 08 and for other documents he has written in the campaign for human rights in China.1
The award of the Nobel Prize for Peace for 2010 to Liu Xiabo is a small but important step in the struggle for human rights in China. His treatment exemplifies the way the Chinese government deals with human rights campaigners. TAC and SECTION27, incorporating the AIDS Law Project, have also called for the release of two other Chinese campaigners, both of whom have worked for the rights of people with HIV, Hu Jia and Tian Xi.
Hu Jia was sentenced to over three years in jail in April 2008, also for subversion. Hu has campaigned for the environment and the rights of people with HIV. He was arrested as part of a government crackdown in 2007 after peasant leaders demanded land rights.2
Tian Xi was a child when he needed a blood transfusion in the 1990s. At the time thousands of people in Henan and other provinces, including Tian, were infected with HIV through state-sponsored blood selling programs. For the last five years Tian Xi has been campaigning for compensation for himself and hundreds of thousands of others affected by HIV-infected blood, as well as for the Chinese government to admit its culpability in the blood scandal and hold those directly responsible to account. We support these demands. He is currently in his second month in prison while awaiting sentence on trumped up charges after his ‘trial' in September. Furthermore, officials in Henan province are waging a vindictive defamatory campaign against Tian.3
Over the last decade, China has emerged as a new superpower. Its influence on Africa is growing daily. If it is to serve as a force for good here, then it is vital that it helps, not hinders, the struggle for human rights and democracy on this continent. But China can only do so if it moves towards democracy, demonstrates a commitment to human rights and follows the example of our own country, which in 1994 put trust in its citizens by embracing a constitution that respect, protects and promotes human rights. It is in all of our interests to campaign for democracy in China. It is in China's interests - and in keeping with the socialist ideal -  that its leaders embrace democratic norms.
Article 33 of the Chinese Constitution states, "All citizens of the People's Republic of China are equal before the law. Every citizen enjoys the rights and at the same time must perform the duties prescribed by the Constitution and the law."
Article 35 states "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration."4
The Chinese Government's national human rights plan 2009-2010 reiterates this, stating "In the period 2009-2010, China will continue to strengthen work to improve democracy and the rule of law, improving systems for democracy, diversifying the forms of democracy and expanding the channels of democracy, strengthening the protection of civil rights in the execution of administrative laws and in judicial practices, and raising the level of ensuring people's civil and political rights."5
Yet the Chinese state is failing to meet its Constitutional and other legal duties to civil liberty. We call on the Chinese government to adopt an attitude of respect for human rights in line with its own Constitution and national human rights action plan. We restate our call for the immediate release of Tian Xi, Hu Jia, Liu Xiabo and many others who are in prison and whose only crime is to defend and promote human rights.
Footnotes
1 NobelPrize.org. Fighting with Words for Freedom of Expression. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2010/speedread.html
2 Wikipedia. Hu Jia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Jia_%28activist%29
3 TAC. Chinese HIV-positive activist Tian Xi to go on trial on trumped up charges. http://www.tac.org.za/community/node/2940
4 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. 1982. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/constitution/constitution.html
5 Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. 2009. National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010). http://www.china.org.cn/archive/2009-04/13/content_17595407_12.htm
Statement issued by Nathan Geffen, TAC Treasurer, October 11 2010
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爱行马拉松俱乐部(AIDS Walk China) 负责人

中国青年艾滋病网络 总协调人
北京益仁平中心 理事

Chang Kun

Director of AIDS Walk China 
General Coordinator of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly
Board Member and Co-founder of Beijing Yirenping Center

Phone: 133 4910 8944 ;Skype: Chinachangkun
MSN：13349108944@189.cn

共享网盘：http://oeo.la/Knbq8
Personal Web: http://www.changkun.org

公民健康权利教育，从家乡开始！

首先我们的爸妈兄弟姊妹们支持我们，接着我们的亲戚邻居支持我们，我们的父老乡亲支持我们，最终我们才能见到梦想得公民社会！

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