Celebrate Larry's Birthday! June 6th, 2013 A birthday is a day when a person celebrates the anniversary of his or her birth. Birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with a gift, party, or rite of passage. The celebration of a birthday usually is thought to mark how old a person is, traditionally stopping when death occurs and only stating that if still alive, they would have been (number of years) old. Some contemporary writers ignore this aspect, however, and keep … [Read more...]
What Day is This?
June 6, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: CONTRIBUTORS, SPECIAL DAYS TO REMEMBER, Uncategorized Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, anniversary, birthday, bloggers, blogs, cake, candles, CelebrateLove.com, celebration, Larry James, men, Minister, relationships, Rite of Passage, weddings, What Day is This?
Ugandans putting end to FGM – Rite of Passage
January 26, 2013 by Team Celebration
Four 'good practice' reports, commissioned by UNFPA, suggest that a holistic approach to changing social norms, involving dialogue among all community members, works best to discourage female genital mutilation or cutting. The following story discusses how the four good practices – community dialogues, use of videos, public declarations and national legislation – can work together to promote the health and rights of adolescent girls. The Tepeth are mountain people of northeastern … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, CA-- USES, CONTRIBUTORS, Videos, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, female mutilation, FGM, girls, Pokot ethnic groups, polygamous Tepeth, Rite of Passage, Sebei, Sometimes Deadly, Take Action, Uganda, Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent, Ugandans putting end to FGM – Rite of Passage, women.
