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Saturday, August 29, 2009

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A Global Defiance Against Misogyny - No Exceptions, No Excuses, No Rationalizations

Of all the forms of institutionalized hate that our society faces today, none is more self-destructive to the continuing survival of the fabric of humanity than the hatred of women, or misogyny.

Yet we see increasing misogynist murders, violence, hate, oppression, and intolerance growing around the world. It is our responsibility to consistently and unceasingly defy such hate and violence against women. We cannot leave such a world of misogyny as the legacy of our generation to our daughters, sisters, and women of the world.

If we continue to expect the least from others regarding hate and violence against women, that is precisely what we will get. It is time to stop expecting the least from others in America and around the world regarding misogyny, and start demanding the most in terms of consistent equality, freedom, and respect for women.

How do we change public attitudes on misogyny? We start with ourselves, our families, our neighbors, our cities, our nation, and then reach out towards the rest of the world. We start by expecting equality for women in the workplace, in our Constitution, in our government, and in society. We start by rejecting the idea that women are second-class citizens or second-class human beings in America or anywhere in the world. We consciously choose a global defiance against misogynist hate - no exceptions, no excuses, and no rationalizations. We recognize misogynist activities as precisely what they are - hate crimes.

We need to set a new standard of public rejection of misogyny as something that is always unacceptable, just as racism and any other form of institutionalized hate is always unacceptable. In the United States, our national priorities, funding, and programs must be geared to promote equality for women and to consistently defy misogyny.

In our foreign relations, we must show a zero tolerance for misogyny, especially institutionalized misogyny. Those nations whose leaders and governments tolerate or support hate and violence against women are rogue nations that are not, will not, and must not ever be viewed as “allies” of the United States of America. Terrorism against women is nothing less than a declaration of war against half of humanity itself.

The New York Times recently reported that the “global statistics on the abuse of girls are numbing. It appears that more girls and women are now missing from the planet, precisely because they are female, than men were killed on the battlefield in all the wars of the 20th century. The number of victims of this routine ‘gendercide’ far exceeds the number of people who were slaughtered in all the genocides of the 20th century.”

U.S. taxpayer dollars and U.S. corporate investment must not reward nations with institutionalized hate against women. But it does today and that must change. While some may view such a change as “radical,” our generation must develop a culture that holds equality, freedom, and respect towards women as a basic standard of civilized human behavior. We cannot continue to look the other way as women are murdered, mutilated, raped, and oppressed around the world. We must develop a culture where such equality and liberty is a priority in who and what we are, not just as individuals, not just as a nation, but also in the way we relate politically and economically with the rest of the world.

Our tolerance of the oppression of girls and women in Communist China, in Saudi Arabia, and in too many nations around the world is a legacy that we must change. In our international relations, too often we have allowed continued support of those nations that practice institutionalized hate against women, with the rationalization that we have had to make the best of bad choices. But those bad choices set an example of how much misogyny we will tolerate, we will accept, and we will appease. It sends a very clear message that human rights are not our top priority, and may even be our last priority. Human rights are never our last priority; they are always are the first priority for humanity. The dark chapter in our history that has consciously ignored such oppression of the world’s women, while doing business and funding some of the world’s worst oppressors of women’s rights must come to an end, so that we can forward together to bring equality and liberty to women around the world.

Men and women together must recognize that our “standard of living” is only as great as our “standard of human rights.” It is our standard of human rights that defines whether we are or are not a civilized people.

We can’t buy back the human rights violations of women around the world. No material creature comforts, momentary pleasure, or economic prosperity will ever justify one moment of inequality, degradation, oppression, or violence against women. We need to come to the societal realization that we can’t put a price on hate and violence against women. We need to come to the realization that no productive foreign policy, no productive national security tactic, and no political objectives of free people are ever advanced by ignoring hate and violence against women.

Our Responsibility for Women’s Equality and Liberty

Let us not deny who and what we are collectively. Collectively, we are the ones that create the governments of the world. Collectively, we are ones that form the corporations of the world. Collectively, we are the races, religions, conscience, and nations of the world. This is not someone else’s responsibility. This is our responsibility for women’s equality and liberty. It is our personal responsibility to challenge those who would justify or rationalize hate, violence, and oppression against women.

But if we are not consistent in our defiance against misogyny, then we will simply tell those who hate women that we just don’t tolerate hate against women in SOME instances. That is the societal change we must affect in our generation. A zero tolerance policy against misogyny must challenge hate against women consistently and globally.

Without a culture of zero tolerance against misogyny where will our society end up? Reports from around the world give us a preview of the inhumanity that continues to grow on a daily basis against women. Misogynist hate seeks to dehumanize women either through acts of war or acts of oppression.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Threats of violence keep Andeisha Farid indoors much of the time, but the recent graduate of a Thunderbird women’s entrepreneurship program in Afghanistan presses forward undeterred as founder and executive director of an orphanage network launched in 2008.
“Women face lots of challenges in Afghanistan,” says Farid, a 26-year-old entrepreneur who spent most of her childhood as a refugee in Iran and Pakistan. “Women can’t even go outside in most parts of Afghanistan. Security is the biggest challenge.”
Farid graduated in February from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women project in Afghanistan, which Thunderbird runs with the American University of Afghanistan. So far 54 women in four classes have graduated from the program, and new classes will start this winter. Overall, Thunderbird will help educate about 460 businesswomen at the American University campus in Kabul through a five-year partnership that started in 2008.
“It was an extraordinary and wonderful experience for me,” Farid says. “I learned how to manage the orphanages in a very professional way.”
Additional Goldman Sachs partners run similar business education and mentorship programs in other countries, with a goal of reaching 10,000 underserved women by 2013. Farid met representatives from some of the 17 participating countries July 20-22 at the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Leadership Academy in New York.
“I saw many people and heard about their experiences and their wonderful ideas,” says Farid, who is staying in the United States through August for additional training organized by the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women.
Thunderbird Professor Amanda M. Bullough, Ph.D., academic director of the Afghan program, joined Farid in New York. “It is clear that Thunderbird’s program in Afghanistan is fairly extreme, different from the other developing countries,” Bullough says. “We have similarities to programs in Liberia and Rwanda, but given that Afghanistan is no longer ‘post’ conflict — as the country has slipped back into conflict since this past winter — our challenges are that much more significant.”
Among other things, the surge in violence has forced Farid to hire additional security guards at her orphanages. The expense comes at a time when donations have fallen in the global financial crisis.
“The orphanages run through sponsorship programs,” Farid says. “When the people in countries like the United States and Great Britain face financial challenges, they stop supporting the children.”
But Farid has survived before in difficult circumstances.
She was born during the Soviet war and moved with her family to a refugee camp in Iran. The family briefly returned to Afghanistan in 1992 with hopes of building a new life in a free society, but the dream never materialized. “Unfortunately, everything was opposite of what we hoped,” Farid says.
Women were kidnapped and raped, and many were killed. Children roamed the streets as orphans. “The women and children were the first victims of the war,” she says.
Her family fled to a refugee camp in Pakistan, where Farid received an education and learned to speak English. As a young adult, she started volunteering as a reading and writing tutor for the Afghan women in Pakistan.
“I decided to do something because I really wanted to help the Afghan people,” she says.
Farid helped set up her first orphanage in 2001. Then she returned to Kabul in 2007, where she helped launch the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization, a nonprofit group that receives support from CharityHelp International in the United States.
Although Farid has never seen peace in her homeland, she maintains hope for the children she serves.
Kelly O’Conell, a 2008 Thunderbird graduate who manages the 10,000 Women program for the American University of Afghanistan, says businesswomen such as Farid make this hope possible.
“These women are pioneers in their country and in this program,” O’Connell says. “They are leading the way for women in business.”

Krawcheck Joins BofA Amid Talk of Succession

Bank of America said Monday that it hired Sallie Krawcheck, who was most recently the head of global wealth management at archrival Citigroup, to lead its global wealth and investment management business.
The hiring was part of a series of management shifts at the bank, which Kenneth Lewis, the company’s chief executive, suggested would help address the question of who might eventually lead the bank after him. The management changes “position a number of senior executives to compete to succeed me at the appropriate time,” Mr. Lewis said in a statement Monday announcing the changes.
Bank of America also announced Monday that Brian Moynihan, now the head of the bank’s global corporate and investment banking and global wealth management arms, would become the head of consumer banking, a division that will include Bank of America’s deposit, small-business and credit card businesses.
Liam McGee, who runs the consumer and small-business banking unit and has been with the bank for nearly 20 years, is leaving the company. Mr. McGee said in Monday’s press release that he planned to “pursue my goal of running a company.”
Tom Montag, who has been the bank’s head of global markets, will take on the additional role of running the global corporate and investment banking business, Bank of America said.
Mr. Montag has been rising quickly in Bank of America’s corporate ladder. He came to the bank as part of its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, after running Merrill’s global sales and trading operations for equities and debt. He was recruited to Merrill in August 2008 by Merrill’s chief executive at the time, John Thain. Before arriving at Merrill, Mr. Montag had been the co-head of global securities trading at Goldman Sachs.
Ms. Krawcheck was one of Wall Street’s most powerful women when she left Citigroup last September, as the bank was reportedly preparing to strip her of most of her responsibilities as head of its wealth management unit. The New York Times reported in November that she had disagreed with Vikram Pandit, Citi’s new chief executive, on a number of business issues.
“These changes are designed to drive enhanced performance and to ensure that our strategies and franchise are positioned for maximum success in the coming years,” Mr. Lewis said Monday. “We have all the pieces of the puzzle in place to be the leading financial services firm in the world.”

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