United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon spoke out against violence towards women in his continuing global campaign urging political leaders to change the attitudes of abusers:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iYV3Iu0f13kZDBtyzyo_j66Ph_1AD96O8KD00.
Showing posts with label International. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International. Show all posts
Friday, March 6, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Globalization and women's advancement
Check out this cool article about globalization and women's rights! http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,605813,00.html
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Women In Film & Television International
Check this out! Women In Film & Television International (WIFTI) is "a global network" comprised of about 37 chapters of the organization Women In Film. With over 10,000 members, WIFTI is "dedicated to advancing professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, video, and other screen-based media." http://www.wifti.org/
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Yahoo!'s Top 10 Women of 2008
Yahoo! Buzz highlighted 10 women for their 2008 Year in Review section. Check it out! http://buzz.yahoo.com/yearinreview2008/women/
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Women of the Year from Glamour Magazine
Check out Glamour Magazine's 2008 Women of the Year Awards!: http://www.glamour.com/women-of-the-year.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Sylvia Pankhurst
Today is British suffragist Sylvia Pankhurst's birthday!
http://sylviapankhurst.gn.apc.org/sylvia.htm
http://sylviapankhurst.gn.apc.org/sylvia.htm
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Kenya's Street Children Blogging Project
This is rather a departure from our normal postings, but something to be aware of none the less:
Kristina Rosinsky, from the Advocacy Project, has been working in Kenya this summer with children who live on the streets. Through the project, they have learned how to use computers and cameras, and now each of the seventeen students have their own blog and Flickr account. We encourage you to check them out here:
http://advocacynet.org/blogs/index.php?blog=110&title=voices_of_kenya_s_vulnerab
le_children_an&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments
The blogs are interesting and insightful. Do take a look!
Kristina Rosinsky, from the Advocacy Project, has been working in Kenya this summer with children who live on the streets. Through the project, they have learned how to use computers and cameras, and now each of the seventeen students have their own blog and Flickr account. We encourage you to check them out here:
http://advocacynet.org/blogs/index.php?blog=110&title=voices_of_kenya_s_vulnerab
le_children_an&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments
The blogs are interesting and insightful. Do take a look!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Write Across the World Magazine
One project we did this year was an online collaboration with girls in Pakistan. The result of this email exchange was a magazine, written and edited by girls in the U.S. and Pakistan. Check it out!
http://www.freewebs.com/uswhp/writeacrosstheworld.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/uswhp/writeacrosstheworld.htm
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
UN Women's Rights Resource
Check out this fabulous collection of material on women's rights, put together by the United Nations for International Women's Day!
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/index.asp
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/index.asp
Monday, May 12, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Gifts of Speech
Gifts of Speech "is a non-profit project, sponsored by Sweet Briar College, dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches by influential, contemporary women from around the world. The idea for the project originated in 1989 when Liz Kent, a college librarian, was asked to help a student find a speech by Gloria Steinem. Mrs. Kent assumed it would be easy to locate a speech by Ms. Steinem, and was surprised when she could not find one in any of the resources available within her small college library." This episode inspired Gifts of Speech, which began in fall of 1996 with a donation by Dr. John Jaffe, the Director of Sweet Briar College Libraries and Integrated Learning Resources. "An address list of 85 prominent women in leadership positions around the world was compiled and letters were sent to the United States, Ireland, Kenya, Canada, England and Sri Lanka. In response to those 85 letters, 74 speeches were generously returned." Since then, more speeches have been added, and you can browse under the last name of the speech maker, or chronologically. Be sure to check this website out!
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Play Pumps
In rural Africa, clean water is hard to come by, and most people don't have plumbing installed in their homes. Instead, they are forced to walk for miles to a well and back. The grueling task of hauling water is usually held by women and girls, and sometimes this chore prevents girls from going to school.
The invention of Play Pumps is helping to solve this problem! Here's how it works: merry-go-rounds are installed, and when kids give it a push and spin around, it pumps clean water underground and into a big tank where people can access the water. The tank's sides have educational messages about healthy living, and ads to help pay for upkeep. The PlayPump not only provides water, it also provides matinence jobs and fun for the kids.
And as the website says, "Women benefit too, as they no longer risk injury from transporting heavy containers of water over great distances, and they can use the time saved to better care for their children and start small enterprises that bring additional food and income to their families."
To learn more, visit PlayPumps International, or check out National Geographic Kid's article about the program here.
The invention of Play Pumps is helping to solve this problem! Here's how it works: merry-go-rounds are installed, and when kids give it a push and spin around, it pumps clean water underground and into a big tank where people can access the water. The tank's sides have educational messages about healthy living, and ads to help pay for upkeep. The PlayPump not only provides water, it also provides matinence jobs and fun for the kids.
And as the website says, "Women benefit too, as they no longer risk injury from transporting heavy containers of water over great distances, and they can use the time saved to better care for their children and start small enterprises that bring additional food and income to their families."
To learn more, visit PlayPumps International, or check out National Geographic Kid's article about the program here.
Monday, March 10, 2008
March 10
March 10 is also National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Harriet Tubman Day, and Canada's Commonwealth Day!
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
Saturday, March 8, 2008
One is Greater than None
Check out this wonderful project, started by 8 14-year-old girls. It's called One is Greater than None, and the girls raised money and awareness to save impoverished kids in Ghana, Africa from abuse. Visit their website at http://www.oneisgreaterthannone.org/.
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
International Women's Day!
Happy International Women's Day! You can check out these links:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/womensday1.html
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/index.asp
http://www.123greetings.com/events/womens_day/
http://www.bluemountain.com/category.pd?path=34945
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2008/s04/en/index.html
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm
The Women's History Project
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/womensday1.html
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/index.asp
http://www.123greetings.com/events/womens_day/
http://www.bluemountain.com/category.pd?path=34945
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2008/s04/en/index.html
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm
The Women's History Project
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Birthdays
Today's birthdays include Irish playwright Lady Augusta Gregory, or Isabella Augusta Persse; aviator Geraldyn (Jerrie) Cobb (she was the first woman to pass qualifying exams for astronaut training); and German revolutionary Rosa Luxembourg.
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Free Ways To Help
The United States Women's History Project not only focuses on history, but on advocacy. Here are some free ways you can support worthwhile causes online! First off, check out FreeRice. It's a vocabulary quiz site that donates 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program each time you get a word right. The rice is paid for by the advertisers, who have small, on-screen pop-ups at the bottom of the page. It's a way to test your knowledge and help end world hunger at the same time.
Another website is Search Kindly. As their webpage states, "Search Kindly lets you donate money for free just by using Google from this page instead of any other. All of the money that we make through advertising is donated to charities that you select. Search Kindly is a non-profit organization dedicated to the idea of micro-volunteerism and micro-philanthropy A lot of people doing a little is better than a few people doing a lot. 100% of the advertising revenue generated from this website is donated to charitable organizations that our volunteers select every month." Every search you do raises 1/3 of a cent; it sounds like a only a little bit, but it all adds up!
Also, check out these click-a-day sites that also donate their advertising money: The Hunger Site, which delivers cups of staple food to people in "over 74 countries" through Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest; The Breast Cancer Site, which provides mammograms to women in need through the National Breast Cancer Foundation; The Child Health Site, which gives various health care through charitable partners like Helen Keller International and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ; The Literacy Site, which gives books to kids; The Animal Rescue Site, which provides an animal food and care at a shelter; and The Rainforest Site, which focuses on land preservation with The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and Rainforest2Reef. To read more about each site's sponsors and partners, check out the "About This Site" page on each one.
The Women's History Project
Another website is Search Kindly. As their webpage states, "Search Kindly lets you donate money for free just by using Google from this page instead of any other. All of the money that we make through advertising is donated to charities that you select. Search Kindly is a non-profit organization dedicated to the idea of micro-volunteerism and micro-philanthropy A lot of people doing a little is better than a few people doing a lot. 100% of the advertising revenue generated from this website is donated to charitable organizations that our volunteers select every month." Every search you do raises 1/3 of a cent; it sounds like a only a little bit, but it all adds up!
Also, check out these click-a-day sites that also donate their advertising money: The Hunger Site, which delivers cups of staple food to people in "over 74 countries" through Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest; The Breast Cancer Site, which provides mammograms to women in need through the National Breast Cancer Foundation; The Child Health Site, which gives various health care through charitable partners like Helen Keller International and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ; The Literacy Site, which gives books to kids; The Animal Rescue Site, which provides an animal food and care at a shelter; and The Rainforest Site, which focuses on land preservation with The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and Rainforest2Reef. To read more about each site's sponsors and partners, check out the "About This Site" page on each one.
The Women's History Project
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