Dayo’s Dose of Wisdom: Mother’s Create
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Where do Fathers fit in Maternal Feminism?
Last year at CSW an Indian woman, Ms. Sai, from an organization called Swayam Shikshan Prayog reported on a project in which rural women were making and selling solar-powered lamps. A Moroccan woman listened in complete awe. During the Q&A she said that she is from a similarly patriarchal country and asked, “How do you…
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A Thousand Points of Light: Voices from CSW – Rita and Juany
Some of the most frequent questions I received when I returned from New York City after attending the Commission on the Status of Women were, “What do you do there? What is your purpose?” There are many reasons to go and many benefits of doing so, but one of the highlights for me, as a…
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On Listening
One of the many things that makes my father the man he is—the tinkerer; the fixer; the chauffeur even for children that are old enough to drive and really should be independent but have not quite gotten the hang of it yet; the hanger of pictures that would otherwise slant crooked on the bedroom wall;…
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Invitation to Attend U.N. Event in Utah
The State of Utah will be hosting an important two-day United Nations Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace Convention Center August 26-28. The U.N. system is dedicated to solving global issues by focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets. As Big Ocean Women we have a unique and powerful…
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