"peace" Articles & Blogs:
Tutu Withdraws from Peace Conference Over South Africa's Dalai Lama Snub
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The South African government claims that the Dalai Lama’s presence would be a ‘distraction’South Africa | Today 2:20 pm
South Africa may have ignited a cold war this week when it refused to grant the Dalai Lama a visa for an upcoming p...[Read on] |
Thousands Flee Pakistan's Swat Valley as Taliban Slits Throats, Locks Women in Homes
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Refugees flee for their lives as Pakistan forces pummel Taliban forces trying to impose harsh Sharia law as ‘peace’ deal falls throughPost | Today 11:00 am
Thousands are fleeing Pakistan’s Swat Valley as the Taliban swarms in, imposing...[Read on] |
Catholics Await Gender-Neutral Liturgy
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BRONX, N.Y. (WOMENSENEWS)--Father George Hill, a Catholic priest, says that when he looks out on women in his congregation, he finds it insulting to tell them to pray for the "peace and unity of mankind."
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Liz Cheney Is the New Dick
| Who’s the most venomous and pernicious person in American life today? That person who, without an iota of irony or self-dramatizing exaggeration (Rush Limbaugh, in that sense, is rather a kitten), really believes the nation has descended into a malignan...[Read on] |
Every Day is Earth Day
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Since its grassroots inception in 1970, Earth Day has grown
appropriately to international proportions during which an estimated 500
million people worldwide will celebrate their home and resource — planet Earth.
It’s nice of us to set aside a commem...[Read on] |
The End of An Era – It Takes A Team, Rest in Peace
| It is with sadness that I am passing on the news that the Women’s Sports Foundation has eliminated its initiative, It Takes A Team, effective at the end of January when my contract as director of ITAT expires. I’ve directed It Takes A Team for five ye...[Read on] |
Girls Sports – A link to World Peace?
| Sports have long been thought of as a vehicle that permits us to rise above differences. And they do.
Many have even gone as far as advocating that sports can cure all that ails relating to intolerance, violence and crisis in our world. I’m not sure ...[Read on] |
Rest in Peace Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Founder of Special Olympics
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Kennedys and Shrivers gathered at Special Olympics founder’s bedside, many recalling the heroic deeds done by JFK’s sisterEunice Shriver Dies | Today 9:05 am
UPDATED: 8:05 AM Tuesday: Eunice Kennedy Shriver has died at the age of 88.
Shriver died...[Read on] |
Photo exhibit displays violence against African women
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UNIFEM and YOPS collaborated to present a gallery of photographs and displays to reveal many different forms of violence against women all over Africa- particularly in nations torn apart by war and poverty. From AllAfrica.com :
[The exhibit] comprised ...[Read on] |
Iraqi girls live the dream at in Lady Vols’ basketball camp
| An Iraqi girls’ basketball team took part in a Tennessee Lady Vols basketball camp last week as part of a program promoting peace and cultural understanding through sports.
Under Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi National Women’s Basketball Team was dismantl...[Read on] |
Around the World, Women Have Reason to Celebrate and Work to Do
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by Amy Quinn, Senior Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
As the 100th International Women’s Day is observed today around the world, women have much to celebrate. Today’s women and girls have inherited a path made smoother by the brave effor...[Read on] |
Peace Corps’ Jeffrey Chatellier uses social media to share stories of youth sports program in Africa
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Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeffrey Chatellier, a Peace Corps’ volunteer who helps run Ball for All Sport Charities for African women.
I was put in contact with Jeffrey through the Sport for Change contest run by Nike and Ashoka. As I...[Read on] |
In the Heart of the Muslim World, Obama Delivers a Message to Women Everywhere
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by Debra Eichenbaum, Legal Intern, National Women's Law Center
When President Obama spoke at Cairo University last week, press outlets from around the world covered his overtures of peace and reconciliation to the Muslim world. Without doubt, it was an...[Read on] |
From the Editor’s Desk: Help the Women of the Congo this V-Day
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She could be your little niece, 3-years-old and full of rare innocence and wonder for the world. She could be your great aunt who is a little crazy and loses her wits when she has a glass of Chardonnay. She could be your mother who against all odds, you f...[Read on] |
From the Editor’s Desk: Help the Women of the Congo this V-Day
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She could be your little niece, 3-years-old and fully of rare innocence and wonder for the world. She could be your great aunt who is a little crazy and loses her wits when she has a glass of Chardonay. She could be your mother who against all odds, you f...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Allison Rapson: Woman Inspiring Other Women to Rise
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Regardless if it’s in our careers, our relationships, our self-image or just by wearing sky-high heels -women are rising to new heights in all areas of our lives.We go for the extra hour of overtimes, run for an additional five minutes when we feel like...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Allison Rapson: Woman inspiring other women to rise
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Regardless if it’s in our careers, our relationships, our self-image or just by wearing sky-high heels -women are rising to new heights in all areas of our lives.We go for the extra hour of overtimes, run for an additional five minutes when we feel like...[Read on] |
Gillian Zinser is 90210′s surf goddess
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You might know actress Gillian Amalia Zinser (@msgillianzinser) as 90210’s surf goddess Ivy Sullivan. She attended NYU and played a recurring role in the CW drama before being signed as a regular cast member for the third season of the show.
Ever ...[Read on] |
Child Care and Family Leave Essential for Working Women
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by Karen Schulman, Senior Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
Two recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and in The Economist highlight the expanded participation of women in the workforce—the proportion of the workforce accounted for b...[Read on] |
Food for Fitness: Finding peace with your body
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If there has been a fad diet hit mainstream fitness news in the last six years, I have probably tried it. Everything from the Atkins diet to the South Beach Diet and the 48-hour flush to whatever else you can think of, I have probably subjected my body t...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend- May 22
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Opening This Week
It’s a good thing the weather will be nice in the east cause there are slim pickings at the movies this weekend. I have no interest in the new Terminator and if I see Night at the Museum 2, and that’s a big if, it will be to see Am...[Read on] |
Don’t Spend Your Vacation on the Side of the Road
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Brought to you by Car Care Council
A simple driveway inspection can give motorists peace of mind and save them from the inconvenience of a roadside breakdown, according to the Car Care Council.
“No one wants to experience car trouble while on vaca...[Read on] |
Why Obama Can’t Make Kids Healthy (a different take on the nutrition bill)
| Pens don’t make change, actions do. A few days ago, President Obama signed a nutrition bill. Also known as the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010. People ooh & awed. Yay! We have ANOTHER bill. This will make the obesity crisis diminish. And we won...[Read on] |
Title IX: Celebrating opportunity for all
| It was a particularly lackluster practice and in typical fashion our basketball coach threw a bit of a fit. He went on a verbal rampage trying desperately to explain to this group of high school girls the possibilities that existed for them in sport.
He ...[Read on] |
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