A Celebration of Women is excited to remind all the Women of our World, that will be in Los Angeles, California on March 26TH, 2011. ....it will be time for The Red Carpet Event! Our very own WOMAN of ACTION, Marsh Engle, will be celebrating her 10 Year Anniversary of Amazing Woman's Day! ...it’s time for The Red Carpet Event! Amazing Women, it’s time to pull out your ‘feminine chic best’ because we are rolling out the red carpet to mark the ... It’s a spectacular evening of … [Read more...]
Micro-finance: Afghanistan Women Mean Business!
March 19, 2011 by
Afghanistan Women Mean Business! Nasrine Gross mingles with some of the female students in the street. Ms. Gross is the founder of an unusual literacy training program that requires husbands and wives to attend class together. The classes are held in simple homes down a dirt street in Kabul. (Courtesy of Max Gross) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/30/opportunities-expand-empowered-afghan-women/ The Washington Post shares this story of Hassina Syed, a true inspiration for … [Read more...]
Navi Pillay:International Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day
March 18, 2011 by
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21, 2011 Navi Pillay (UNHCHR) on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination United Nations, Geneva, 21 march 2011 - Video statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March 2011). March 21 is the International day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The … [Read more...]
Potassium Iodide for Radiation? – Lissa Rankin, Care2
March 17, 2011 by
Should You Stockpile Potassium Iodide for Radiation? http://www.rusticgirls.com/disasters/potassium-iodide.php Apparently, San Francisco and LA health food stores are selling out of potassium iodide supplements because people in California (as well as other West Coast areas) are panicking about the possibility of radiation fallout from the nuclear power plant disaster in Japan. I’ve already received emails from concerned parents warning me to feed my daughter miso soup with seaweed … [Read more...]
UN Women Awards Nearly $1.5 million in Small Grants
March 17, 2011 by
UN Women Awards Nearly $1.5 million in Small Grants towards Realizing Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS United Nations, New York — UN Women, under the Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS, today announced approximately US$1.5 million in small grants to twenty grassroots and community-based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen women’s property and inheritance rights as a critical strategy for … [Read more...]
Shelter Box assisting in JAPAN – Take Action!
March 16, 2011 by
A Celebration of Women You've seen the news - Japan is in trouble. March 11, 2011 is a day, we all will never forget, above Earth 8 shows how it hits Japan. Here is an excerpt from Japan's Prime Minister, Naoto Kan: "The ongoing nuclear incidents are compounding the effects fo the eathquake and tsunami. Families being evacuated from the exclusion zones are going to have to be sheltered somewhere. We'll have a much clearer picture of the situation tomorrow when we reach the … [Read more...]
Observing National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day! – March 20, 2011
March 16, 2011 by
Observing National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day This Sunday, March 20th, the Indian Health Service (IHS) joins American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities and the nation in observing the fifth National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Originally coordinated by Tribal organizations across the country, recognition of this day has been adopted by native and non-native communities throughout the country as an opportunity to: raise local HIV awareness educate others about HIV … [Read more...]
Avaaz – Canada has almost done it!
March 15, 2011 by
Dear friends across Canada, The access to medicines bill is almost law -- if we can get the Senate to vote on it! Last week, the House passed Bill C-393, which would get essential medicines to those most in need. If we can press the Conservatives to hold a vote now, we'll save lives. But if they stall in the Senate, we'll have to start from scratch after the election. Send a message to Conservative leaders supporting access to medicines: We've almost done it! Last week, … [Read more...]
