PHOTO PROMPT © Jan Wayne Fields It was another very busy day at the shop. Tourists flocked in and out, buying almost everything in sight. They especially loved the hats. I stood there, beaming. The shop’s mine. I opened it last year after I participated in a UN Women’s Project. Naturally, I faced opposition …
Gida’s Story
I'm a deaf 35 year old woman with two children. I'm also HIV positive. I was raped twice by the same man. It happened when I was working as a carpenter's assistant. The men used to come up to me and ask for sexual favors. I rejected them. At the time, I couldn't communicate using …
Pit Toilets: Death Traps?
Many of us have more than one flushing toilets in our homes. We have access to proper sanitation facilities. When we use public washrooms, we can lock the doors of the stalls we use and when we're done, we have running water and soap to wash our hands. Sadly, this is not the case for …
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
It was just few days ago when I learned that March was designated as Women's History Month. Well, today, an identical thing happened to me which prompted me to put this post together in a hurry. I found out just a few minutes ago that today is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. I also discovered …
Poverty’s Face
She stands there, a glaring reminder of the society oppresses her simply because she is a woman. She stands there for all the world to see that Poverty is not invisible. It has a face. It has a woman's face. It has her face. Traditional gender role is enforced on her which claims that her …
Starvation in Madaya
Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons - Ralph Merkle I was appalled when I heard about the mother who was giving her 7 month …
Notes to Women 