The YIN MIND ________________________________________________ It is a culturally propagated influence: simplify and generalize! Why? Because we are cognitively impaired. We are and we have become closed. We seek certainty. Analysis is the method: to know by taking things apart, with our minds or with our hands. One scientific method commends us to isolate and to define. We presume a single path connection of cause and effect. In fact, at the juncture, some will say: is … [Read more...]
Ann Lesley Cotton – WOMAN of ACTION™
March 31, 2013 by
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of this woman, one female soul that sold bake goods to make her dream into a reality. After visiting a part of our world where she experienced a reality whereby girls were commonplace only in lower school, and once secondary education became a requirement, more than half of the girls vanished. Her investigations told her that this fact was not due to her first thought, that girls stayed home to work the fields, care for the … [Read more...]
Rebeca Grynspan, “That’s the development message we have to give.”
March 28, 2013 by
Violence Against Women also hurts business and development | Suki Beavers & Benjamin Kumpf Violence against Women and Girls is a human rights violation – and this should be enough to trigger dedicated action. But this widespread violence also causes economic and development problems that remain invisible in most debates. A SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVIVOR IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. AFTER RECEIVING PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT A MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, SHE … [Read more...]
Maria Eitel – WOMAN of ACTION™
March 27, 2013 by
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of Maria Eitel, president and CEO of the Nike Foundation, discusses how to increase the economic opportunities for adolescent girls and young women during the Adolescent Girls Initiative in Washington DC in 2010. Maria Eitel may be at the helm of a multi-million dollar corporation, but she's also a woman passionate about changing conditions for girls and women in developing countries. She's putting the needs of disadvantaged … [Read more...]
Myriam Zaluar, (Inflexible Precarious – Portugal) is Taking Action!
March 27, 2013 by
LISBON, Mar 2013 (IPS) - Indignation in Portugal over rampant joblessness and cuts in wages, pensions and unemployment benefits, together with a growing tax burden, has given rise to innovative forms of protest capable of drawing large crowds. The common denominator is non-violence. A mixture of ingenuity, humour and nostalgia for the good old days is the recipe that wide sectors of society are following to express their outrage in the face of the social and economic debacle. In the … [Read more...]
Afro Peruvian Women – Remarkable!
March 27, 2013 by
The UN Information Centre (UNIC) Lima organized a presentation of the essay "Black Woman, slave resistance" by Zelmira Aguilar to commemorate the International Day Remembering Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Zelmira Aguilar cited the black woman as leading the fight to liberate mid-nineteenth century slaves. During her investigations, she uncovered achievements of black women during the time of slavery that were almost unimaginable, such as the reduction of working hours during … [Read more...]
