<div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f>SALAM</FONT></STRONG></div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f></FONT></STRONG> </div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f size=3> Happy International Women's Day to everyone!</FONT></STRONG></div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f size=3>Please colleagues, we should n't forget the miseries of women in the Third World, Poor countries, and in countries suffering from violence and chaotic situation as in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanstan since children and women are the victims and they are helpless.</FONT></STRONG></div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f size=3></FONT></STRONG> </div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f size=3> Please dont't foreget also that all the mirseries, catasrophes and wars in the world are planned by men's hellish plans and criminals. Sometimrs, I feel the World will live in Peace if it was ruled by Women.</FONT></STRONG></div> <div><STRONG><FONT
color=#40007f size=3> </FONT></STRONG></div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f size=3> PLease don't foreget I am a mannnnnnnnnnnnnn!!! </FONT></STRONG></div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f size=3></FONT></STRONG> </div> <div><STRONG><FONT color=#40007f size=3>Ibrahim Sallo</FONT></STRONG></div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>"Koller, Veronika" <v.koller@LANCASTER.AC.UK></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } o\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } w\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } .shape { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } </STYLE> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
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} A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P.Handout { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } LI.Handout { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Handout { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.EmailStyle19 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=888505609-08032007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=369084610-08032007>***Apologies for cross-posting***</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=888505609-08032007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=888505609-08032007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Happy Women's Day indeed! I started the day with a language and gender
lecture <SPAN class=369084610-08032007><FONT color=#0000ff>for first-year undergraduates </FONT></SPAN>- and had to wipe off a crude drawing of male genitals from the board before I could start... a long way to go still.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=888505609-08032007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=888505609-08032007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=888505609-08032007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Veronika</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <div><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>Veronika Koller</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>Lecturer in English Language</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>Department of Linguistics and English Language </FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
size=1>Lancaster University</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YT</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>Phone: ++44-(0)1524-594642</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>Fax: ++44-(0)1524-843085</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>Web: <A href="http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/koller/index.htm">http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/koller/index.htm</A></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2>"It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world." (Mary Wollstonecraft)</FONT></SPAN> </div> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> International Gender and Language Association [mailto:GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Louise Sylvester<BR><B>Sent:</B> 08 March 2007 09:59<BR><B>To:</B>
GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Happy International Women's Day!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">International Women’s Day was marked in the Metro (widely distributed free newspaper in the UK) by a story on the gap between women and men in status, security and pay; a piece on women starting up businesses being charged by banks 1% more in interest rates on loans; and an article about a planned police crackdown on gangs who bring women to Britain to sell as sex slaves. I noticed these because it’s Gender in the Workplace week on my Language and Gender course.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There are also a story about a single mother who was told that her son is being taken off the waiting list for a kidney transplant because she is too stressed to cope with the transplant and caring for him afterwards (she says, but then he’ll die, God forbid, and you’ll see how stressed I can be) and a piece mothers who are dying needlessly around the world because they cannot get proper health care. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It seems that we need International Women’s Day to be more than a celebration.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Louise<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Louise Sylvester<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Senior Lecturer in English<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">School</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">English</st1:PlaceName></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">University of Central</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region> in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <DIV
class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> International Gender and Language Association [mailto:GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Jane Sunderland<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 08 March 2007 09:20<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Happy International Women's Day!</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A very happy Happy International Women's Day to everyone! </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Let's not let this important day go unrecognised (as it sadly tends to in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>).</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Jane</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jane Sunderland</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Director of Studies, PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework and New Route PhD</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dept. of Linguistics and English
Language</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lancaster</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lancs. LA1 4YT</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="mailto:j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk">j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>
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