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Queer in Indonesia

Written by Brigitte Vasallo. Posted in Queer

Children of SrikandiThe last time I wrote something in this blog was to announce that I took a (¿Deserved?) Holiday social networking. “Fifteen days” I said then, and nearly two months ago.

What made me get out of this long nap is fantastic news: “Children of Srikandi”, film produced by my admired Angelika Levi, be presented at the Berlinale.

“Children of Srikandi” Collective is a film about queer women in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world. The directors have told their own stories on camera of her peers, gathering in their own lives the myth Srikandi, epic warrior princess Mahabharata,  a character neither male nor female, but changing, variable, Ambigu @: queer.

At the moment, we have the trailer. Hopefully in the coming months we can announce the ability to see the full documentary somewhere in earth or networks.

Anak-Anak Srikandi/ Children of Srikandi Official Trailer from Srikandi Films on Vimeo.

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Web oficial de Children of Srikandi: www.childrenofsrikandi.com

Immigration, fisheries agreements and xenophobic populism

Written by Brigitte Vasallo. Posted in Migration

When last 14 December I read that the European Parliament voted against the extension of the agreement on fisheries between the European Union and Morocco sought directly from the great compliments Spanish racists on the subject. But, inexplicably, I have not found.

Throw in the thread:

EP says that the agreement leads to overexploitation, is illegal because it interferes with the Saharawi people's resources and is not profitable for the EU, you pay a very high rate to Morocco in exchange for very little fishing licenses (few, add, but that cause overexploitation).

By The Vanguard “requests the Commission to present as soon as a negotiating mandate for a future EU-Morocco fisheries agreement “that is sustainable economic, ecologically and socially. It also asks that the future pact Brussels fits the actual fishing opportunities from scientific studies and consultation with the fishermen. MEPs demanded that the agreement contributes to the development of fisheries in . On respect for the resources of the Western Sahara, resolution, agreed by popular, Socialists and Liberals, calls for respect “international law and the benefits of local population”.

The report of the IOM makes it clear: the only effective formula for returning migrants to their places of origin is to improve living conditions there. White and bottled, to speak.

“(…) Poland's example highlights the effects of the economic performance of a country of origin on return decisions of migrants. From 2008 was an increase in the number of Polish migrants returning, which probably reflects the fact that Poland is the only EU member that has not fallen into recession and continued economic growth”.

Thanks to a future more equitable fishing, therefore, the Mohamed ® Duran i Lleida or Cleries Councillor will return home is not great?

In the case of Morocco, however, There are still a final hurdle. Fisheries agreements (or any other) negotiated with a corrupt regime (muuuyyy corrupt).

And this is where problems come. The corrupt regime lease its territorial waters as if they were personal assets, oblivious to the needs of people. That's good for the “incorruptible” Europe as we are allowed to fish at our ease. However, the people, ruined, migrate to survive. And to get to Europe become the subject of electoral campaigning and political concerns of those same populists who signed fishing agreements with corrupt regimes unjust. We come to steal the work and identity… and we believe what we voted for them to continue signing agreements and filling the same, at the same time, hate our political discourse.

 

 

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IOM: Report 2011 Migration

Public: LMEPs to cancel the fishing agreement with Rabat by Sahara

ABC: Moroccan 20F movement hits the streets