| Thursday, March 26, 2009 | ||
| Don't You Know that You're My Hero | ||
Because we are the ones who bare most of the brunt of contraception, unwanted pregnancy and abortion and because there are still not enough answers to detecting and treating breast cancer, and because of depression and sexual abuse and lowered sexual desire and because young women are still having their vulva mutilated and their breasts ironed and having to live with fistulas after traumatic births without medical assistance. And for hundreds of other reasons, we need women's health heroes today. We need plenty of them.  Our Bodies Ourselves, the revolutionary women's empowerment organization, has taken the initiative and set up a contest which will recognise and accredit people who are worthy of notice because of their great work in women's health. Anyone can nominate their hero. Nominations will be accepted throughout the month of April, so get working on your video or written nomination and find more details at http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org:80/heroes.asp |
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| Sunday, March 08, 2009 | ||
| Its Our Day! | ||
Congratulations all women – today is our festival of achievement; the achievements our predecessors have made and those which we still need to make.  In honour of the 99th International Women's Day, a few facts about us gals all around the world, and why we need to continue fighting for better rights and conditions - courtesy of http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp ¤ Females in developing countries carry an average of 20 litres of water per day over 6 km ¤ Globally women account for the majority of people aged over 60 and over 80 ¤ 530,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth each year ¤ Pregnant women in Africa are 180 times more likely to die than in Western Europe ¤ Of 1.2 billion people living in poverty worldwide, 70% are women ¤ 80% of the world's 27 million refugees are women ¤ Women own around only 1% of the world's land ¤ Because of AIDS, women's life expectancy in Uganda & Zambia is only 43 ¤ Women constitute 2/3 of the 1 billion+ illiterate adults who have no access to basic education ¤ Globally, women comprise 42% of internet users (51% in the US & Canada) ¤ In OECD countries, women comprise only 30% of degrees in science and technology ¤ Women control $14 trillion in assets and this should grow to $22 trillion over next 10 years ¤ Only in Japan and Peru is a woman more active in starting a business than a man ¤ Women spend more time researching before they invest than men do ¤ Only 21% of all news subjects are female ¤ 80% of UK purchasing decisions are made by women but 83% of 'creatives' are men ¤ Women do 2/3 of the world's work but receive only 10% of the world's income ¤ Women's education is the most powerful predictor of lower fertility rates ¤ One year out of college, women earn 20% less than men; 10 years later, 31% less ¤ Women on average are away from workforce for 14.7 years compared to 1.6 years for men ¤ 56% of women who voted supported Obama compared to only 49% of men ¤ Until 20 years ago there had never been more than 5% women MPs globally ¤ From 1945 to 1995 the percentage of women MPs worldwide increased four-fold ¤ Benazir Bhutto was the first woman prime minister of a Muslim country |
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