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Dec 29

2009

Peace Women In Palestine & Israel Strive For A Better World

Posted by Susan in violence, success, struggle, sharing, peace, Palestine, Israel, inspiration, hope, heart, friendship, freedom, feminism, connection, conflict, community

One year ago this week violence erupted once again in Palestine. It continued unabated for weeks. Hundreds of people were killed. Thousands of homes were destroyed. Millions of lives were impacted.

Today, one year later, the living conditions in Palestine continue to be disastrous. It’s an ongoing tragedy.

And yet, there’s also hope.

Many women, in particular, refuse to accept the status

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Dec 19

2009

Where Are The Women Of Pakistan, India And Afghanistan?

Posted by Susan in violence, travel, success, struggle, peace, Pakistan, inspiration, India, hope, freedom, feminism, connection, conflict, community, amazing women, Afghanistan, action

Susan notes: US journalist, author, blogger and self-confessed “dove” Sara Davidson is in Afghanistan researching the views of Afghan women on the US military presence in their country, and more. Her blog posts are fascinating. In this, the fifth to date, she documents some of the paradoxical views she and her colleagues have discovered. Links to Davidson's blog and website are at the end of this

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Dec 07

2009

Arab Women Still Have A Long Way To Go To Achieve Equality

Posted by Susan in storytelling, positive thinking, inspiration, hope, happiness, goals, freedom, feminism, education, Dubai, connection, conflict, community, attitude, amazing women, action

Twenty-nine-year-old communications professional and blogger Sara Refai has a Masters Degree in Social Psychology, and has worked with political analysis companies, conflict resolution organisations, and PR agencies over the last six years. As part of the Lebanese diaspora, she has lived in both the Middle East and the West, where she's studied and learned about different cultures and how

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Nov 13

2009

Anti-Trafficking Crusader Sunitha Krishnan Fights To Save Women & Girls In India

Posted by Susan in violence, success, struggle, storytelling, sexuality, poverty, love, learning, inspiration, hope, heart, health, happiness, goals, girls, feminism, education, connection, conflict, community, attitude, amazing women, action

The auditorium fell dead silent when Dr. Sunitha Krishnan stepped onto the stage at TED India on November 6. And Tedsters around the world, watching via a live stream webcast, were transfixed – or at least we were in Dubai!

The diminutive, soft-spoken, anti-trafficking crusader, who was gang-raped as a teenager, began her talk with the heart-wrenching stories of three children – Pranitha,

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Oct 17

2009

Help Women in Need Get Free Mammograms: It Only Takes One Click!

Posted by Susan in hope, community, charity, cancer, action

Want to do something meaningful during breast cancer awareness month? And then keep it up every day with hardly any effort whatsoever?

It's easy.

You can help underprivileged women in the United States get free mammograms by visiting The US-based Breast Cancer site and clicking on the pink button that says "Click here to Give."

And you can get there from here by clicking anywhere on the

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Sep 26

2009

One Woman’s Wish May Change The Course Of World Religions

Posted by Susan in the universe, success, struggle, spirituality, sharing, religion, learning, Islam, inspiration, hope, happiness, goals, education, dreams, creativity, connection, conflict, community, attitude, amazing women, action

In February 2008, former nun and religious scholar Karen Armstrong shared a wish with the worldwide TED community.

(Scroll down to see and hear the amazingly eloquent, thoughtful and thought-provoking talk in which she made the wish.)

She asked “TEDsters” to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace.

Armstrong's

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Sep 21

2009

Open Your Heart. Share Your Joy. Make Every Day Peace Day.

Posted by Susan in the universe, success, positive thinking, peace, love, joy, inspiration, hope, happiness, goals, friendship, dreams, connection, community, attitude, action

This one speaks for itself:

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Sep 21

2009

Pinkie Patti, Punkie & Pia's Peace Day Poem

Posted by Susan in violence, spirituality, positive thinking, peace, me, love, learning, joy, inspiration, hope, heart, health, happiness, goals, girls, freedom, feminism, feelings, family, dreams, connection, community, attitude, amazing women, action

My Mom has Alzheimer's.

She doesn't know what time of the day it is, let alone the day of the week, or the month.

Sometimes she doesn't know even know the season of the year. Or what she just ate. Or the name of her cat.

One day soon she won't know who I am either.

But even in her demented state of mind, she knows it's wrong to torture people, she knows that sometimes you

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Sep 14

2009

Seven Powerful Parenting Secrets To Help Create Amazing Women Of The Future

Posted by Susan in success, positive thinking, learning, kids, hope, heart, health, happiness, goals, girls, feminism, family, education, creativity, community, attitude, amazing women, action

Dr. Janet Rose Wojtalik has seven powerful “secrets” to share about parenting girls – secrets that will help today’s moms and dads create the strong, independent, amazing women of the future.

One of three children born to working-class parents, Wojtalik says she herself struggled to break free from negative, gender-biased parental and societal messages, and the fear of failure, to eventually

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Sep 14

2009

Natalie Carney's "Kids Being Kids: Afghanistan" Video Blog Update

Posted by Susan in travel, success, struggle, sharing, poverty, love, learning, kids, inspiration, hope, health, happiness, goals, girls, education, Dubai, connection, conflict, community, charity, Canada, amazing women, adventure, action

Here's a taster from the latest video blog update (#5), from Dubai-based Canadian journalist (and AWR member) Natalie Carney, who is producing a documentary on children in Afghanistan.

See the 10-minute "full meal deal" here.

Find out more about her fledgling charity Kids Being Kids: Afghanistan here.