'Bullying is Not Cool' Sometimes my toddler sings, “Don’t bother me” and every time he does I can’t help but smile. Once I teasingly asked him, “Who’s bothering you?” I found this amusing until this week. I got serious when I thought of Shane, a character on the soap opera, One Life to Live. I thought of what would happen if he said to the kid who was bullying him, “Don’t bother me.” It was discovered that Shane was receiving threatening messages on his laptop. This had been happening … [Read more...]
ADELE BUTLER – Women of Spirit: Human Trafficking
February 3, 2011 by
HUMAN TRAFFICKING This is No Game I was shocked to learn that the Super Bowl is a magnet for sex trade. Apparently it is one of the biggest human trafficking events in the United States. I thought this sort of thing happened in countries where poverty is widespread. While most of America is looking forward to watching to the showdown between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, under-age girls are lured into the dangerous world of the multimillion dollar sex trade industry. … [Read more...]
Avaaz – STOP `Corrective Rape`: TAKE ACTION!
January 24, 2011 by
‘Corrective rape’, the vicious practice of raping lesbians to ‘cure’ their sexuality, is becoming a crisis in South Africa. But brave activists are calling on the world to help stop these heinous Hate Crimes -- and finally the government is beginning to respond. Let's support them. Sign the petition and send it to friends! Millicent Gaika was bound, strangled, tortured and raped for five hours by a man who crowed that he was ‘curing’ her of her lesbianism. She barely survived, but she is … [Read more...]
The Global Chemistry Experiment, entitled “Water: A Chemical Solution”
January 20, 2011 by
Global experiment aims to break record for International Year of Chemistry (2011) Primary and secondary school pupils are invited to take part in an attempt to break the record for the biggest scientific experiment ever conducted, as part of the celebration of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) 2011. The Year will be officially launched by UNESCO and its partner, the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), at a conference on 27 and 28 January at UNESCO’s Paris … [Read more...]
Take Action! ~ Put Spirituality into Your Teen’s Sex Life ~
January 15, 2011 by
A Celebration of Women is taking this moment in time to celebrate the SEXUALITY of our TEENS! Yesterday, we took the time to discuss the meaning of KUNDALINI in Women. Today , we will expand on this reality of life, and carry it through to the future of our world, our children. The teaching methods of SEX EDUCATION truly need an overhaul in our society. Our world is so focused on the act, the danger of pregnancy (result), the chance of disease (consequence), etc. , etc., etc.... … [Read more...]
Lasara Firefox Allen – 7 Steps to Teaching Your Kids About Sex
January 15, 2011 by
7 Steps to Teaching Your Kids About Sex By Lasara Firefox Allen The most common, and most damaging, misconception about teaching kids about sex is the idea of “The Talk.†You begin teaching your kids about sex – consciously or unconsciously – from the moment they leave the womb. You teach your children about sex through the ways that you model sexual and sensual loving with your partner. You teach them in the way you talk about, or do not talk about, bodies. You touch … [Read more...]
Celebrating 14 year old Christine's Story!
January 12, 2011 by
Children in Haiti ... are still reeling from the lingering impact of the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Here is one in a series of stories on the long road from relief to recovery, a year later. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 11 January 2011 – Last month a UNICEF communications team met up with Christine, 14, outside her family’s tent in a displacement camp near the Port-au-Prince airport. Five months earlier, the team had followed the young earthquake survivor for several days to see how she managed … [Read more...]
Break the Cycle of Self-Defeat …
January 8, 2011 by
Break the Cycle of Self-Defeat Dump That Loser! Why are we holding on to people who obviously don’t do us any good? Why do we feel that knowing someone for a long period of time, or being in a relationship with someone, binds us to hold on to them for dear life, even when they are detrimental to our own well-being and self-worth? Somehow most of us seem to believe that we can’t do any better, or worse, don’t deserve any better. Breaking the cycle of self-defeat and misery is hard to do but … [Read more...]
UN backs efforts against gender-based violence in southern Africa
January 7, 2011 by
UN backs efforts against gender-based violence in southern Africa 7 January 2011 – In an effort to help law enforcement agencies in southern Africa respond to gender-based violence effectively, the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today that it has launched a handbook and a training curriculum to improve the capacity of national police forces in the region to combat the problem. Through the UNODC-backed capacity-building initiative, the agency is working with … [Read more...]
Haiti Celebrating: 'National School Meal Programme' enables girls to learn.
January 7, 2011 by
Marie Anika, 8, wants to work in a bank when she grows up. At the moment, however, she lives in a tent where her house used to be before the earthquake. But that hasn’t stopped her from going to school or dreaming about the future thanks to the hearty meals she eats everyday in class. ___________________________________________________________ PORT-AU-PRINCE—Marie Anika, 8, says she’d like to work in a bank when she grows up. She has never actually been in one but her aunt has told her about … [Read more...]
