Speak your mind even if your voice shakes
by Debra
“It’s like women and girls don’t exist”
This is what my daughter said to me after reading the song they were going to do for the christmas concert.
Christmas Bells
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1864)
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men! [Read more…] about Day 7 (Dec. 6th Action)
by Debra
What it feels like for a girl.
Not a big Madonna fan, but this song fit.
If the embedded one cuts out like last time go here
by Debra
Pregnancy and childbirth.
What romanticized and fetishistic notions we have of them.
Many women in the world have no access to medicine and help and others are over medicalized.
From an article from the UN News Service;
The initiative is being carried out in collaboration with more than 20 regional and international agencies, including the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank.
They are fighting what is widely viewed as an “invisible epidemic” in poor countries, where the risk of dying in childbirth is over 100 times higher than in rich nations. WHO says these figures do not tell the whole story because as many as half of all maternal deaths go unreported. Over 60 States don’t even track statistics on the problem.
“If dead women are not even counted, then it seems they do not count,” Joy Phumaphi, WHO’s Assistant Director-General on Family and Community Health, said at a meeting today in Nairobi.
The manual delves into the question of why women die from complications related to childbirth, and spells out how to avoid them through methods which can be used in even the poorest settings.
The main causes of maternal deaths are well-known: haemorrhage, infection, hypertensive disorders, obstructed labour and unsafe abortion. But WHO and its partners are trying to remind the world that the crisis continues because care for pregnant women is either unavailable, inaccessible, or inadequate.
by Debra
I don’t know what to write today to introduce you to this video.
It covers many subjects and it is of course up to the viewer to make their own interpretation.
If you think the voices sound familiar, it is Judy Collins and Joan Baez.
*some images are graphic*
For some reason the embedded player was cutting out half way through, it is fine on the youtube site.
by Debra
The word childhood evokes thoughts of lullabies, carefree days, playing, friends….
For too many this is not the childhood they know. Too many are dying.
Dying from poverty, disease, war, crime and abuse.
While these problems may seem insurmountable when taken together, when addressed individually the solutions are often simple, easy and affordable.
Case in point Spread the Net
Imagine the difference you could make in the life of a family by buying a sanitation kit, a goat or a chicken. Simple things to us, perhaps the difference between life and death for others.
And don’t forget the children next door. The girl who may need a mentor, the boy who is too ashamed to come right out and ask for help, the children who go to bed hungry.
You are only one person but, one person CAN make a difference.
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