Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Suzi Maresca posted this fantastic “round table video” discussion earlier today among six women who’ve been walking the Path of Light for decades. They have been healing, empowering and assisting Gaia, her Kingdoms and Humanity wherever and whenever they can as their sacred mission. It’s so empowering for me to listen to these women speak […]
Did Joe Biden rape Tara Reade? If he did, should he not be brought to trial? And, if he did, is he fit for public office? Surely people of all political stripes can agree on the matter if the allegations prove correct. Never mind arguing over what happened yesterday. In our world, women (and children) […]
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren’t there more of them? By Leta Hong Fincher, for CNN, April 15, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html This is an opinion editorial written by Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China” and “Leftover Women: The Resurgence […]
Lockdown is resulting in an increase in domestic abuse. This is one of the gender issues that the recently-formed Equality Fund in Canada is looking at and helping with. In this article they discuss their scope and aims, especially in light of the pandemic. In a Pandemic, Gender Equality More Important Than Ever Jessica Houssian, […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Folks, this groundswell for UBI is our best chance to bring it in – and not just in one country, but worldwide. Spanish Government Aims to Roll Out Basic Income ‘Soon’ By Rodrigo Orihuela, Bloomberg, April 5, 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-05/spanish-government-aims-to-roll-out-basic-income-soon […]
Rude jokes, hate mail and violent threats—for climate experts, it’s all part of the job. That’s especially true for the women. By Chris Turner, Chatelaine, March 5, 2020 https://www.chatelaine.com/news/women-climate-change-attacks/ Just months after the Alberta NDP’s surprise 2015 election win, Shannon Phillips, the province’s new environment minister, travelled to Paris for what would turn out to […]
By Scott Neuman, NPR, March 13, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815272925/head-of-u-s-soccer-resigns-amid-pay-dispute-with-womens-national-team Carlos Cordeiro, the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, announced late Thursday that he was stepping down as head of the governing body after a controversial court filing in a lawsuit over equal pay for the women’s national team that appeared to disparage the athletic abilities of […]
By James Doubek, NPR, March 9, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/09/813699719/mexican-women-stay-home-to-protest-femicides-in-a-day-without-us What would happen if all the women in a country simply disappeared? Mexico got a preview Monday, when women across the country stayed home as part of a 24-hour strike to protest staggering levels of violence against women. Calling it “a day without us” or “a day […]
The Associated Press, March 8, 2020 Gender study finds nearly 90% of both men and women hold some kind of bias against women A woman in a gas mask attends a protest demanding equality on International Women’s Day in Paris on Sunday. The placard reads ‘Patriarchy virus. We are the antidote.’ (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters) Calling himself […]
This one simple strategy could eliminate the gender pay gap Scott Torrey Fast Company,. March 9, 2020 https://www.fastcompany.com/90473520/this-one-simple-strategy-could-eliminate-the-gender-pay-gap Research from PayScale discovered that the gender wage gap closes completely with increased pay transparency. Here’s why. Pay equity has been making headlines recently. There was a class-action lawsuit against Nike for example. Yet research from the […]
Activists Appear Unveiled in Tehran on Women’s Day Michael Lipin, VOA Persian service, March 08, 2019 https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/voa-news-iran/activists-appear-unveiled-tehran-womens-day Small groups of Iranian women celebrated International Women’s Day by appearing publicly unveiled in Tehran and calling on Iranians to support their defiance of mandatory veiling in the Islamist nation. VOA Persian received and verified a video clip […]
Please join our Collective Meditation, with the Mother and Archangel Michael where we say “Enough” to gender violence. Collective Meditation: 8 Minutes @ 8 AM and/or PM – Holding Love and Sending Love Mexican Women to March Against Gender Violence By Associated Press, March 07, 2020 https://www.voanews.com/americas/mexican-women-march-against-gender-violence MEXICO CITY – Protests against gender violence in […]
By Jason Slotkin, NPR, March 8, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/08/813477367/international-womens-day-2020-clashes-coronavirus-and-women-prepare-to-strike Organizers and marchers have been out marking International Women’s Day. A holiday with its origins in the labor and socialist movements of the 20th century, the day now recognized by the United Nations occasions rallies and events from Caracas to Baghdad to spotlight issues facing women globally. […]
By Lisa Schlein, VOA, March 08, 2020 https://www.voanews.com/arts-culture/women-represent-one-quarter-worlds-parliamentarians GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The number of female parliamentarians in the world has more than doubled since the groundbreaking U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, 25 years ago, the Inter-Parliamentary Union said Friday. Part of the reason may be quotas. While female representation in national parliaments […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca In quiet protest of gender violence, many women plan a one-day retreat from public life March 9. Their temporary absence might bring permanent change. By the Monitor’s Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, February 27, 2020 https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2020/0227/Mexican-women-try-the-power-of-silence On March 9, much of Mexico will become very quiet. The silence, in fact, is meant to be […]
