Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck’s press release on Women’s Day 2000
Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck’s press release on Women’s Day 2000
Typed press release by Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck titled “Aktion des Internationalen und des Deutschschweizerischen PEN zum Frauentag”, created for the Swiss German Centre on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2000, ff. 2. In this press release the Writers in Prison Committee of the Swiss German Centre focus on highlighting three cases of persecuted women: Konca Kuriş, who was murdered in Turkey in 1999; Flora Brovina, who was imprisoned in Serbia in 1999; and Irene Fernandez, who was on trial in Malaysia from 1996-2003. The press release also outlines the cases of the Myanmarese journalist Daw San San Nweh and her daughter Mo Mo Tun, the Turkish journalist Nadire Mater, and the Turkish writer Ayse Zeybek, and calls attention to the fact that of the 700 imprisoned writers PEN was involved in supporting in 2000, only 50 were women, due to the lack of public attention typically given to the cases of incarcarated female writers.
Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck’s press release on Women’s Day 2000
Nota de prensa de Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck para el Dia de las Mujeres 2000
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