Today is the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This holiday was proposed in 2015 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which under Action 80 called upon the federal government, in collaboration with Indigenous peoples, to establish a statutory holiday “to honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration… Read More Canada’s New National Holiday
“To cut off the sensitive sexual organ of a girl is directly against the honesty of nature, a distortion to her womanhood, and an abuse of her fundamental human right”– Joseph Osuigwe Chidiebere When you hear about female genital mutilation (FGM), you automatically think of Africa where more than 125 million girls and women alive… Read More FGM in America
Today is International Women’s Day 2021. Celebrate a woman in your life. Let her know how much she means to you and how much you appreciate her. Women are cherished in God’s eyes. He created them in His image. She is to be treated as an equal and to is entitled to a life of… Read More International Women’s Day 2021
Shy and accomplished in school, she comes from a long line of academics. Her works include The Death of Socrates and Six Tragedies of Seneca. She was interested in the ways and methods that Socrates used to educate people and his death as an image. Her interest in Seneca stemmed from the fact that, “he’s… Read More Emily Wilson
“No one is invisible to God,” my nine year old son declared after I finished reading the Bible with him. I asked him to expand on that and he said that it doesn’t matter if a person goes into a secret place, God will see him. And that brought to my mind what David wrote… Read More God Sees Them
They met when she was invited by a student to give a presentation on why it was important for women and girls to be educated in countries where they are marginalized and have little or no access to education. This was her first presentation as an advocate for the rights of women and girls to… Read More The Presentation
Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful – Kailash Satyarthi I was doing research on child labor in South Asia and came across a website for an organization called, GoodWeave. “GoodWeave aims to stop child labor in the carpet industry and to replicate its market-based approach… Read More GoodWeave
For 1 in 8 women, new motherhood is anything but joyous – Health.com Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days… or a few months after childbirth – Richard J. Codey Recently on the news… Read More Women and Postpartum Depression
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was the eldest of thirteen children. She was born on October 9, 1823 in Wilmington, Delaware. Her great-grandfather was Hans Schad, alias John Shadd, who served as Hessian soldier with the British army during the French and Indian War. Her father, Abraham Doras Shadd was trained as a shoemaker and owned a shop in… Read More Mary Ann Shadd Cary
This week on the Ricki Lake Show, I learned about women having their hymen reconstructed. I never knew such a thing existed. Check out this clip from the show. Melody Meozzi, an Iranian-American Muslim writer and attorney, is a staunch opponent of hymen reconstruction. She believes that it further contributes to violence against women. She goes head to… Read More Hymen Reconstruction
Notes to Women 