Celebrate IWD: Choose to Challenge
It’s March 8 again, International Women’s Day. Choose to Challenge! This year I want this moving, arousing, startling, inspiring video to be one of my contributions to celebrating IWD. I also love the title: “While the World has been distracted by those resistant to change and challenge, change has been happening anyway!” Let’s celebrate and honour those who...
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day… we’ve come a long way, and have a long way to go. I found this a lovely tribute to both facts. On International Women’s Day, we recognize the role of women locally and globally who have fought for gender equity, for protecting the land and water, and for advocating for a life...
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day invites reflection and celebration about who and where we are today, at home and around the world, on the status of women, gender issues, respect, equality… Here are a few musings that come to mind for me. Enjoy, share, add your own. Here’s a Canadian perspective: Each year, March 8 is an opportunity...
Difference is the Essence of Humanity
“Difference is the essence of humanity.” This quote from John Hume seems to me an appropriate thing to remember on International Women’s Day. Hume carries on, “Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a...
Healing and the Heart
We have just celebrated International Women’s Day, and I am feeling grateful for the abundance of remarkable women in my life, and in the world. Elizabeth May, the only Green Party member of the Canadian Parliament, just sent out a note about a “dream” she had, that she had become Prime Minister, and had appointed...
