Our Global Family This month we will have the opportunity to stand and represent perspectives of faith, family, and motherhood at the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference. We are beyond thrilled and grateful that all three of our workshop applications have been approved. One is titled: We Will Overcome! Stories of How Immigrant and Refugee Families…
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Together We Move Forward On May 15th, the Paipe community in Abuja, Nigeria, gathered in the dusty street in front of the community school to celebrate the International Day of the Family. Princess Osita-Oleribe, director of the Centre for Family Health Initiative (CFHI), spoke to over 200 participants and celebrated with song and dance—an important…
Big Ocean Women will be particpating in the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference which will be held August 26-28, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. We are excited for this opportunity. The registration deadline was extended to August 1, 2019. If you are interested in attending, we would encourage you to come! If…
Imagine a neighborhood floating on water, where roads look like rivers, and where children play on vast bridges and verandas and rafts. Imagine a community where you take a boat to school, where you rely on water for employment, for transportation, for nourishment and sustenance. Makoko is a fishing village floating on the vast Lagos…
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…
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…
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…
Thank you to everyone who so generously supported our 1st annual Big Ocean Women Gala last month. Your contributions successfully raised much-needed resources for our International Cottages Fund. Your support helps gather women around the globe to be trained as deliberate thinkers and to engage as powerful forces for good in their homes, communities, and…
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