RINJ FOUNDATION: Women Heroes- ‘De Lima hailed as 2019 ‘Shero’
SEN. Leila de Lima was named as one of the “Sheroes of 2019” or Women Heroes by the Canada-based RINJ Foundation for being the “Voice of Reason.”
The senator was chosen as for opposing the “vicious” policies of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs and for “championing the cause of safety for women and children.”
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It was the fourth time that she received the award.
De Lima was detained in February 2017 at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center on drug charges.
She denied the complaint and described it as politically-motivated for being a critic of Duterte’s war on drugs since it led allegedly to extrajudicial killing (EJK) of suspected drug personalities.
“Her now solitary outspoken voice in opposition to the Duterte Death Squad is why Senator Leila de Lima is an unprecedented exceptional RINJ Shero four years in a row,” RINJ said.
The RINJ, a non-profit association of humanitarians listed with the United Nations, made the citation in recognition of the women “who smooth the path of humanity for a future of innovation, opportunity and safety of children and their families.”
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The two other women who shared the Women Sheroes of 2019 recognition with de Lima are New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
Dubbing de Lima as “the Voice of Reason is a Political Prisoner,” Cathy Williams of FPMag recognized her as trailblazer for women in the Philippines who are in prominent positions in public service.
“Women like Senator de Lima and Vice President Leni Robredo have worked their way into the halls of power much to the chagrin of Filipino men who have always maintained the male-superior tradition of their ancient, misogynist tribal culture,” Williams said. Bernadette E. Tamayo / THE MANILA TIMES.
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The RINJ Foundation
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| Founded | 2012 |
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| Type | RINJ is a private, international association of humanitarians including nurses, midwives, medics, EMS workers, doctors, lawyers and investigators. |
| 8224455 (Canada) | |
| Focus | Fighting for the safety of women and children. |
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Area served
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Global |
| Product | Health Care, Advocacy for Women’s Rights |
| Method | Global Help Lines, Sexual Assault Clinics |
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Members
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300,000 |
| Owner | Non-Profit self-owned |
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Key people
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Micheal O’Brien Rose Catalano Esther Tailfeathers Katie Alsop Sharon Santiago |
| Website | rinj |
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Formerly called
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RINJ Campaign (2005-2012) |
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The RINJ Foundation (RINJ) is a Canadian incorporated global not-for-profit health care-related non-governmental organization women’s group listed with the United Nations as an NGO [2] with “a mission while supporting and medically caring for survivors, to also gather and compile detailed information on parties to armed conflict that are credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for acts of rape or other forms of sexual violence.
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Boycotts
RINJ women campaign vigorously to encourage members and the public at large to boycott entities RINJ says promote misogyny and sexual violence.
Boycotts include the February 2017 response to song ‘No Favors’ on “I Decided” Rap Album by “Slim Shady” (Marshall Bruce Mathers (a.k.a. Eminem)) and Sean Michael Anderson (Big Sean) whom RINJ calls “rape rappers”.
When rappers like Eminem and Big Sean encourage the commission of felonious crimes (Lyrics in ‘No Favors’ call for the rape of Ann Coulter [5]) they themselves commit an indictable offense in the USA and could be arrested.
Among other boycotted misogyny/rape promoting “offenders” identified by RINJ were Facebook advertisers allegedly running advertisements on Facebook pages promoting rape (“rape pages”).[14] RINJ joined forces with other organizations like “Women’s Views on News” to organize boycotts of Facebook advertisers that ran advertisements on Facebook rape pages.
The RINJ Foundation women urged boycotts of broadcasters like Kyle Sandilands in Australia who reportedly attacked a female journalist making rude remarks about her breasts and threatening to “hunt her down”. RINJ also went after Bill Cosby and sought a boycott of his shows in Canada protesting outdoors in January 2015 with “Rape Is No Joke” signs [17] after a plethora of rape allegations against Cosby became public in 2014.
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Safety of Migrant Female Household Workers
In April 2018, The RINJ Foundation asked the UN for sanctions against Kuwait in response to what it claimed are widespread sexual exploitation violations against migrant Filipino female workers in Kuwait.
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Prosecuting Rape in War Zones
The RINJ Foundation operates health care/rape clinics in and near war zones[19] to apply its care, forensic evidence gathering and reporting protocols for sexual violence in areas of armed conflict [20] where sexual violence patients are cared for and evidence is gathered about the rapists with the intent of prosecution. “The RINJ Foundation addresses impunity and identification of perpetrators of rape in armed conflicts and war. ”
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Warning Communities of Released Sex Offenders
The group assists communities in identifying newly released dangerous sex offenders.
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Reporting on and Exposing Threats to Women and Children
RINJ reports perpetrators of pervasive violence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and has recently been cited as “calling on the international community to indict Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte for systematic extra-judicial killings that comprise crimes against humanity”. and has challenged operators it says have contributed to child sex trade in war zones.
On February 24, 2017, the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations in its 2017 regular session recommended The RINJ Foundation (Canada) for special Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council.[27] The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at its Coordination and management meeting of 19 April 2017 adopted the recommendation of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to grant special consultative status to The RINJ Foundation.
On June 21, 2017, RINJ launched its fifth annual international campaign to provide a surge to its ongoing abolitionist campaign against Sexual slavery and Child sex tourism.
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