Les deux photos dans le courrier sont de mai 2015, au 70e anniversaire de la division de la Corée, quand Women Cross DMZ (Les femmes traversent la DMZ (zone démilitarise coréenne)) ont fait une marche de paix historique de femmes dans la zone démilitarisée du nord vers le sud de la Corée.
La lettre suivante a été adressée au Président US Trump, signée par des centaines de femmes dirigeantes et beaucoup d’organisations de femmes dans le monde.
Le 26 avril 2017-04-29
Le président Trump
Le Secrétaire d’Etat Rex Tillerson
Le Secrétaire de la Défense James Mattis
Cher Président Trump :
Nous sommes des femmes dirigeantes de plus de 40 pays, y compris la République de Corée (ROK) et la République populaire démocratique de Corée (DPRK), et beaucoup de nations qui ont combattu dans la guerre de Corée.
Nous appartenons à des universités, à des business de la société civile et à l’armée, et nous représentons une diversité d’ethnicités, de nationalités, de religions et de visions politiques.
Nous sommes unies par notre conviction que la diplomatie est la seule manière de résoudre la crise nucléaire et la menace de guerre à laquelle la Péninsule coréenne est confrontée.
Le 27 juillet 1953, des dirigeants des Etats-Unis, de la République démocratique de Corée et de la Chine ont signé l’accord d’armistice pour mettre fin à la guerre de Corée. Ils ont promis de se réunir de nouveau endéans les trois mois pour remplacer le cessez-le-feu par un accord de paix obligatoire. Ceci n’a jamais eu lieu et un état de guerre retranché a, depuis lors défini les relations intercoréennes et US-DPRK. Cette guerre doit cesser.
La Corée est la seule nation à rester divisée comme résultat de la Seconde guerre mondiale. Pendant trois générations, des millions de familles ont été séparées par la frontière la plus militarisée du monde. Nous vous exhortons à faire ce qui suit pour éviter une guerre en Corée et apporter dans la péninsule une paix désirée depuis longtemps.
- Négocier un gel du programme balistique nucléaire et de longue portée de la Corée du Nord en échange d’une garantie de sécurité US ce qui inclurait de suspendre les exercices militaires US-Corée du Sud.
- Initier un processus de paix avec la Corée du Nord, la Corée du Sud et la Chine pour remplacer l’Accord d’armistice de 1953 par un traité de paix obligatoire pour mettre fin à la guerre de Corée. Des femmes doivent être significativement représentées dans le processus de paix en conformité avec l’esprit de la résolution du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU 1325.
- Soutenir la diplomatie citoyenne pour guérir les héritages de la guerre de Corée en installant un bureau de liaison à Washington et à Pyongyang pour faciliter le recouvrement des restes de militaires US de la guerre de Corée et des réunions de famille Américano-coréennes.
Depuis 1950, la Péninsule coréenne a été menacée par des armes nucléaires, des tests de missiles et des exercices militaires qui ont seulement servi à ce que75 millions de Coréens soient moins en sécurité. Aux Etats-Unis et des deux côtés de la zone démilitarisée coréenne, l’absence d’un accord de paix obligatoire alimente la peur et la privation économique due ae fait de détourner des ressources publiques en préparation à une guerre, y compris le déploiement du système de missile de défense controversé THAAD en Corée du Sud. Cette militarisation sans fin doit cesser.
La paix est l’agent de dissuasion le plus puissant de tous. Nous vous exhortons de prendre des mesures maintenant pour aider à terminer officiellement la guerre de Corée avec un traité de paix. En le faisant, cela entraînerait une plus grande paix et une plus grande sécurité pour la Péninsule coréenne et la région et mettrait fin à la prolifération d’armes nucléaires. Nous comptons sur vous pour accomplir ce que des présidents US successifs n’ont pas réussi à faire pendant sept décennies : établir la paix dans la Péninsule coréenne
Sincerely Yours,
- Abigail Disney, USA, Filmmaker and Philanthropist
2. Aimee Alison, USA, President Democracy in Color
3. Aiyoung Choi, USA, Steering Committee Member, Women Cross DMZ
4. Alana Price, USA, Editor of Truthout
5. Alice Slater, USA, Coordinating Committee Member, World Beyond War
6. Alice Walker, USA, Author and Activist
7. Alicia Garza, USA, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Black Lives Matter
8. Amina Mama, Nigeria/USA, Professor, University of California, Davis
9. Amira Ali, Ethiopia, Author and Activist
10. Ana Oliveira, USA, Philanthropist
11. Anasuya Sengupta, India, Feminist author and activist, co-founder Whose Voices?
12. Angela Chung, USA, Attorney and Human Rights Activist
13. Angela Davis, USA, Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
14. Ani DiFranco, USA, Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Multi-instrumentalist & Businesswoman
15. Annabel Park, USA, Filmmaker
16. Ann Frisch, USA, Professor Emerita University of Wisconsin Rotary Club of White Bear Lake, 5960
17. Anne Delaney, USA, Artist and Philanthropist
18. Anuradha Mittal, USA, Executive Director, Oakland Institute
19. Ann Patterson, Northern Ireland, Peace People
20. Ann Wright, USA, Retired US Army Colonel & Diplomat
21. Anne Beldo, Norway, Lawyer and Partner of Hegg & Co. Law Firm
22. Annette Groth, Germany, Member of Bundestag
23. Annie Isabel Fukushima, USA, Professor, University of Utah
24. Audrey McLaughlin, Canada, Former President, Socialist International Women
25. Becky Rafter, USA, Executive Director, Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND)
26. Betty Burkes, USA, Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
27. Betty Reardon, USA, Founding Director of the International Institute on Peace Education
28. Bridget Burns, Co-Director, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
29. Brinton Lykes, USA, Professor, Boston College
30. Caitlin Kee, USA, Attorney, Thomson-Reuters
31. Carrie Menkel-Meadow, USA, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California Irvine Law School
32. Catherine Christie, Canada, United Church Canada
33. Catherine Hoffman, USA, Coordinator, Cambridge Restorative Justice Working Group
34. Carter McKenzie, USA, Springfield-Eugene Chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice
35. Charlotte Wiktorsson, Sweden, Swedish Physicians Against War
36. Christine Ahn, USA, International Coordinator, Women Cross DMZ
37. Christine Cordero, USA, Center for Story-based Strategy
38. Chung-Wha Hong, USA, Executive Director, Grassroots International
39. Cindy Wiesner, USA, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance National Coordinator
40. Clare Bayard, USA, Catalyst Project
41. Coleen Baik, USA, Twitter @Design Alumna
42. Cora Weiss, USA, President, Hague Appeal for Peace
43. Corazon Valdez Fabros, Philippines, Co-Vice President, International Peace Bureau
44. Cynda Collins Arsenault, USA, Philanthropist, Secure World Foundation
45. Cynthia Enloe, USA, Professor, Clark University
46. Darakshan Raja, USA, Executive Director, Washington Peace Center
47. Deann Borshay Liem, USA, Filmmaker
48. Don Mee Choi, USA, Poet & Translator, International Women’s Network Against Militarism
49. Dorchen A. Leidholdt, USA, Attorney, Professor, Feminist
50. Dorothy Ogle, USA, National Council of Churches
51. Dorothy J. Solinger, USA, Professor Emerita, University of California, Irvine
52. Ekaterina Zagladina, Russia, Permanent Secretariat, Nobel Peace Summit
53. Elaine H. Kim, USA, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
54. Eleana J. Kim, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
55. Eleanor Blomstrom, Co-Director, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
56. Ellen Carol DuBois, Professor, History and Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
57. Ellen-Rae Cachola, USA, Women’s Voices Women Speak
58. Emilia Castro, Canada, Co-Representative of Intl. Committee, Americas Region, World March of Women
59. Eunice How, USA, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO, Seattle chapter
60. Eve Ensler, USA, Playwright
61. Ewa Eriksson Fortier, Sweden, Humanitarian Aid Worker
62. Faye Leone, USA, Writer and Editor, International Institute for Sustainable Development
63. Fenna ten Berge, Netherlands, Director of Muslims for Progressive Values
64. Fiona Dove, Netherlands, Executive Director, Transnational Institute
65. Fragkiska Megaloudi, Greece, Journalist
66. Frances Kissling, USA, University of Pennsylvania; former President, Catholics for Choice
67. Francisca de Haan, Netherlands, Professor, Central European University
68. Gabriela Zapata Alvarez, Mexico, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
69. Gay Dillingham, USA, Filmmaker, Former Advisor to Governor Bill Richardson
70. Gayle Wells, USA, Business owner
71. Glenda Paige, USA, Secretary, Governing Council, Center for Global Nonkilling
72. Gloria Steinem, USA, Writer and Activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom Awardee
73. Grace Cho, USA, Professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York
74. Gwen Kim, USA, Ohana Koa, Nuclear Free and Independent Hawaii
75. Gwyn Kirk, USA, Women for Genuine Security
76. Haeyoung Yoon, USA, human rights lawyer
77. Hazel Smith, United Kingdom, Professor, University of Central Lancashire
78. Helen Caldicott, Australia, Founding President of Physicians for Social Responsibility
79. Helena Wong, USA, U.S. National Organizer, World March of Women
80. Hope A. Cristobal, Guam, Former Senator
81. Hye-Jung Park, USA, Filmmaker, Community Media Activist
82. Hyaeweol Choi, Australia, Professor, Australian National University
83. Hyunju Bae, Republic of Korea, Central and Executive Committee, World Council of Churches 84. Ingeborg Breines, Norway, Co-President, International Peace Bureau; former Director UNESCO
85. Isabella Sargsyan, Armenia, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly
86. Isabelle Geukens, Netherlands, Executive Director, Women Peacemakers Program
87. Jaana Rehnstrom, Finland, President, KOTA Alliance
88. Jackie Cabasso, USA, U.S. Mayors for Peace
89. Jacquelyn Wells, USA, Women Cross DMZ
90. Jacqui True, Australia, Professor, Monash University
91. Jane Chung-Do, Professor, University of Hawaii Manoa
92. Jane Jin Kaisen, Denmark, Artist and Filmmaker
93. Janis Alton, Canada, Co-Chair, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
94. Jasmine Galace, Philippines, The Center for Peace Education, Miriam College
95. Jean Chung, Republic of Korea/USA, Founder, Action for One Korea
96. Jennifer Kwon-Dobbs, USA, Professor, St. Olaf College
97. Ji-yeon Yuh, USA, Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University
98. Joanne Yoon Fukumoto, USA, Trinity United Methodist Church
99. Jodie Evans, USA, Co-founder, Code Pink
100. Joy Dunsheath, New Zealand, President, United Nations Association New Zealand
101. Judith LeBlanc, USA, Director, Native Organizers Alliance
102. Judy Hatcher, USA, Executive Director, Pesticide Action Network North America
103. Judy Rebick, Canada, Former President, National Action Committee on the Status of Women
104. Julie Young, USA, Board Chair, Korean American Story
105. Justine Kwachu Kumche, Cameroon, Executive Director, Women in Alternative Action—WAA
106. Kate Dewes, New Zealand, Former Member of United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters; Co-Director of the Disarmament and Security Centre
107. Kate Hudson, United Kingdom, General Secretary, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
108. Kathy Crandall Robinson, USA, Women in International Security
109. Kathy Kelly, USA, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
110. Kavita Ramdas, USA, Ford Foundation
111. Khin Ohmar, Burma/Myanmar, Coordinator, Burma Partnership
112. Kim Ku’ulei Birnie, Hawaii/USA, Women’s Voices, Women Speak
113. Kim Phuc, Canada/Vietnam, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
114. Koohan Paik, USA, Journalist and Activist
115. Kozue Akibayashi, Japan, Intl. President, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom 116. Krassimira Daskalova, Bulgaria, Professor, University of Sofia
117. Krishanti Dharmaraj, USA, Executive Director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership
118. Kyeong-Hee Choi, USA, Professor, University of Chicago
119. Kyung-Hee Ha, Japan, Assistant Professor, Meiji University
120. Laura Dawn, USA, filmmaker & Founder, ART NOT WAR
121. Laura Hein, USA, Professor, Northwestern University
122. Laurie Ross, New Zealand, The Peace Foundation of New Zealand Aotearoa, International Affairs and Disarmament Committee
123. Lekkie Hopkins, Australia, Professor, Edith Cowan University
124. Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate
125. Linda Burnham, USA, National Domestic Workers Alliance
126. Lindsey German, United Kingdom, National Convener, Stop the War Coalition
127. Lisa Natividad, Guam, President, Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice
128. Liza Maza, Philippines, former Parliamentarian; Gabriella Network
129. Lourdes Leon Guerrero, Guam, Fuetsan Famalao’an
130. Luisa Morgantini, Italy, Member, European Parliament
131. Lydia Alpizar, Mexico, Executive Director, AWID (Association of Women’s Rights in Development)
132. Madeline Rees, United Kingdom, Secretary General, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
133. Madelyn Hoffman, USA, Executive Director, New Jersey Peace Action
134. Maggie Martin, USA, Iraq Veterans Against the War
135. Mairead Maguire, Northern Ireland, 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate
136. Maja Vitas Majstorovic, Serbia, Gender Coordinator, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
137. Marevic Parcon, Philippines, Asia Regional Coordinator, Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights
138. Margaret Gerhardt, USA, University of Pennsylvania
139. Margo Okazawa-Rey, USA, Professor Emerita, San Francisco State University
140. Marilyn Waring, New Zealand, Professor of Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology 141. Marta Benavides, El Salvador, Siglo XXIII
142. Mary C. Murphree, USA, Sociologist
143. Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, Philippines, International Coordinator, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
144. Maya Schenwar, USA, Truthout Editor
145. Medea Benjamin, USA, Co-founder, Code Pink
146. Meenakshi Gopinath, India, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP)
147. Megan Amundson, USA, Executive Director, Women’s Action for New Direction (WAND)
148. Megan Burke, USA, Director, International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munitions Coalition
149. Melissa Giovale, USA, Founder and Board Member, Bell Garden Buddhist Center
150. Meredith Woo, USA, Open Society Foundations
151. Meri Joyce, Australia, Regional Coordinator, Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed Conflict
152. Mimi Han, Republic of Korea/USA, International Vice President, YWCA
153. Mimi Kim, USA, Professor, Cal State University, Long Beach
154. Mina Watanabe, Japan, Secretary General, Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace
155. Miranda Cahn, New Zealand, Head of Programme Development and Quality, Save the Children New Zealand
156. Musimbi Kanyoro, Kenya/USA, Executive Director of Global Fund for Women
157. Nada Drobnjak, Montenegro, Member of Parliament
158. Namhee Lee, USA, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
159. Nan Kim, USA, Professor, University of Wisconsin
160. Nancy Ruth, Canada, Senator
161. Naomi Klein, Canada, Journalist and Activist
162. Nathalie Margie, USA, Urgent Action Fund
163. Netsai Mushonga, Zimbabwe, Commissioner, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission; African Women Active – Nonviolence Initiative for Social Change
164. Nighat Said Khan, Pakistan, Executive Chair, DidiBahini
165. Nina Tsikhistavi-Khutsishvili, Georgia, Board Chair, International Center on Conflict and Negotiation
166. Noura Erakat, USA, Human Rights Attorney
167. Nunu Kidane, USA, Board Member, Priority Africa Network
168. Orysia Sushko, Ukraine, President, World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations
169. Ouypourn Khuankaew, Thailand, Founder, International Women’s Partnership for Peace and Justice 170. Pam McMichael, USA, Director of Highlander Research and Education Center
171. Pamela Brubaker, USA, Professor Emerita, California Lutheran University
172. Patricia Thane, United Kingdom, Professor, Kings College
173. Paula Garb, USA, Co-Director, Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, University of California, Irvine
174. Penny Rosenwasser, USA, Founding Board Member, Jewish Voice for Peace
175. Phyllis Bennis, USA, Director, New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies
176. Regina Munoz, Sweden, Peace Activist
177. Robina Marie Winbush, USA, Minister, Member of World Council of Churches Exec and Central Committee
178. Rose Othieno, Uganda, Executive Director, Center for Conflict Resolution
179. Saloni Singh, Nepal, Executive Chair, DidiBahini
180. Samanthi Gunwardana, Australia, Monash University
181. Sandra Moran, Guatemala, Co-Representative of Intl. Committee, Americas Region, World March of Women
182. Setsuko Thurlow, Canada, International Educator, Hibakusha/A-Bomb Survivor
183. Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Fiji, Executive Producer, FemLINKpacific; Board Chair, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
184. Shirley Douglas, Canada, Actor and Activist
185. Simone Chun, USA, Journalist and Activist
186. Sophia Close, Australia, Australia National University, Canberra
187. Sophie Toupin, Canada, Women Peace and Security Network Canada
188. Soya Jung, USA, Writer and Activist
189. Sue Wareham OAM, Australia, Vice-President, Medical Association for Prevention of War
190. Sung-ok Lee, USA, Assistant General Secretary, United Methodist Women
191. Susan Cundiff, USA, Oregon Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND)
192. Susan Smith, USA, Muslim Peace Fellowship
193. Su Yon Pak, USA, Professor, Union Theological Seminary
194. Suzuyo Takazato, Japan, Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence
195. Suzy Kim, USA, Professor, Rutgers University
196. Taina Bien-Aime, USA, Executive Director, International Coalition Against Trafficking in Women 197. Tani Barlow, USA, Professor, Rice University
198. Tanya Selvaratnam, USA, Senior Producer, Art Not War
199. Terrilee Kekoolani, Ko Pae’Aina Hawai’i, Kanaka Maoli
200. Terry Greenblatt, Israel/USA, The Ploughshares Fund
201. Una Kim, USA, Researcher
202. Unzu Lee, USA, Presbyterian Minister, Women for Genuine Security
203. Valerie Plame, USA, Former Covert CIA Operations Officer
204. Vana Kim, USA, Spiritual Teacher
205. Visaka Dharmadasa, Sri Lanka, Founder, Association of War Affected Women
206. Wei Zhang, USA, Folk Art Researcher
207. Wendi Deetz, USA, Global Fund for Women
208. Winnie Wang, USA, Center for Global Nonkilling
209. Wonhee Anne Joh, USA, Professor of Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
210. Yayoi Tsuchida, Japan, General Secretary, Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
211. Yifat Susskind, USA, Executive Director, MADRE
212. Yoonkyung Lee, Canada, Professor, University of Toronto
(Liste en formation &Note: Organisations/Affiliations citée seulement pour des buts d’identifiction.)
Organisations internationales de femmes
Church Women United
CODE PINK
International Women’s Network Against Militarism
MADRE
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, UK Section
North Korean Women’s Organization
Korea Socialist Women’s Union
South Korean Women’s and Peace Organizations
1. Women Making Peace (평화여성회)
2. Korea Women’s Association United (한국여성단체연합/7개 지부, 30개 회원단체)
3. Korean Association of Women Theologians (한국여신학자협의회)
4. The Council of Churches in Korea, Women’s Committee (한국기독교교회협의회 여성위원회)
5. The Association of Major Superiors of Women Religious in Korea (한국천주교여자수도회 장상연합회)
6. The Righteous People for Korean Unification (새로운 백년을 여는 통일의병)
7. The Gongju Women Human Rights Center (공주 여성인권)
8. The World Council of Churches (세계교회협의회)
9. The Christian Network for Peace and Unification (평화와통일을위한기독인연대)
10. beyondit (너머서)
11. Okedongmu Children in Korea (어린이 어깨동무)
12. Women History Forum (여성역사포럼)
13. Peace Mother (평화어머니회)
14. Kyunggi Women’s Association United (경기여성연합)
15. Kyunggi Goyang-Paju Women Link (경기 고양파주 민우회)
16. Kyunggi Women’s Network (경기여성네트워크)
17. The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (한국정신대문제대책협의회)
18. Korea Women’s Political Solidarity (여세연)
19. Korean Sharing Movement (우리민족서로돕기운동)
20. People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (참여연대)
21. Iftopia (문화세상 이프토피아)
22. Ewha Women’s Alumni Meeting for Democracy (이화민주동우회)
23. Kyunggi Jinbo Women United (경기여성자주연대)
24. Kyunggi Council of Women (경기여성단체협의회)
25. Chungchung-namdo Education Center for Equality (충청남도 성평등교육문화센타)
26. 21st Century Seoul Women’s Union (21세기 서울여성회)
27. Common Nourishing and Education (공동육아와 공동체 교육)
28. Ecumenical Youth Network (에큐메니칼 청년 네트워크)
29. Women Ministers Association of Presbyterian Churches Korea (대한예수교장로회 전국여교역자연합회)
30. Women Ministers’ Association of Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea
(한국기독교장로회여교역자협의회)
31. Korea Association Methodist Women in Ministry (기독교대한감리회 여교역자회)
32. Korea Methodist Women’s Leadership Institute (감리교여성지도력개발원)
33. Korea Church Women United (한국교회여성연합회)
34. Duraebang (두레방)
35. Sunlit Sisters’ Center (햇살사회복지회)
36. United for Women’s Rights Against US Military Bases’ Crime (기지촌여성인권연대)
37. United Voice for the Eradication of Prostitution: Hansori (성매매근절을위한 한소리회)
Women Cross DMZ (www.womencrossdmz.org)
Women Cross DMZ est une organisation dirigée par des femmes travaillant globalement pour la paix en Corée. En mai 2015, pour le 70e anniversaire de la division de la Corée, Women Cross DMZ a fait une marche de paix historique de femmes dans la zone démilitarisée du nord vers le sud de la Corée, pour attirer l’attention mondiale sur la nécessité urgente de terminer la guerre coréenne avec un traité de paix, de réunir les familles divisées et d’assurer aux femmes un leadership dans la construction de la paix. Représentant. 15 pays, notre délégation internationale de 30 membres a marché avec 10.000 femmes coréennes des deux côtés de la zone démilitarisée.
Notre mission est de 1) Promouvoir le leadership des femmes dans le processus de construction de la paix en Corée ; 2) augmenter la conscience sur le besoin urgent d’une paix en Corée et; 3) étendre et approfondir les relations entre dirigeantes et organisations de femmes en Corée du sud, Corée du Nord et dans le monde.
