Promotion of Women's Education and Rights

03/16/2016

Help us celebrate Women's History Month by learning about these 16 inspiring women!!

09/28/2015

Dear friends, please support and share this campaign for Lisungi - Gesundheitsförderverein Kongo e.V. , an organization based in Mainz, Germany. I have been working with Lisungi for a long time and know their effective and trushworthy work. Lisungi has a well appreciated impact on local communtities, especially on young women. We are collecting now for an INCINERATOR needed for hygienic conditions. Every contribution is helpful! //

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Help funding an INCINERATOR urgently needed at our medical base station. Support women's health now! | Crowdfunding is a democratic way to support the fundraising needs of your community. Make a contribution today!

08/01/2015

Interesting global update on an issue that has been important to POWER from the beginning

A proposal by the human rights group to advocate the elimination of penalties in the s*x trade, to be taken up at a conference in Dublin, has drawn denunciation from women’s groups.

05/15/2015

Happy birthday, Madeleine Albright!

When we think of our favorite feminist quotes, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's now iconic insight on women helping each other is easily near the top of our list. "I have a sayi

05/14/2015

Margaret Atwood is a poet, novelist, literary critic, environmental activist, and inventor. She's won numerous prizes for her work and holds several patents. She is a great example of a POWERful woman.

"A word after a word after a word is power." -- Margaret Atwood

Esteemed Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood is the author of 15 books of poetry and numerous novels, including The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, The Blind Assassin, The Edible Woman, and Oryx and Crake. She won the Booker Prize -- which honors the best original novel published that year -- for "The Blind Assassin" in 2000 and has been shortlisted several additional times. She has also won two Governor General's Award, Canada's highest literary honor. This month, the American Academy of Arts and Letters announced that Atwood has been elected as a Foreign Honorary Member of the Academy.

In many of her novels, Atwood explores women's lives in patriarchal societies, including famously in "The Handmaid's Tale." This dystopian science fiction novel centers around one woman's quest for freedom in a totalitarian theocracy where women's rights are completely suppressed.

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Fans of "The Handmaid's Tale" may also appreciate Out of Print's t-shirt based on the book's cover art at http://www.amightygirl.com/the-handmaid-s-tale-t-shirt

If you'd like to encourage your kids' interest in creative writing, there are three excellent guides for young writers: "Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly" for ages 8 to 12 (http://www.amightygirl.com/writing-magic), "Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook" for ages 9 to 14 (http://www.amightygirl.com/spilling-ink), and "Seize the Story" for ages 12 to 17 (http://www.amightygirl.com/seize-the-story).

For more ways to encourage your children's interest in creative writing, check our blog post on "Fantastic Adventures and Amazing Tales: Encouraging Creative Writing and Storytelling" for a selection of writing-oriented books, toys, and activities at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=4937

05/10/2015

Happy Mother's Day! As we reflect on everything mothers do and appreciate their vital role in our lives, we should think about we can do to make life better and easier for mothers, fathers, and children everywhere. Check out this article about implementing paid family leave in New York and how the expansion of the proposed policy will benefit us all.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/10/paid-family-leave-mother-s-day-gift-moms-really-need

What’s the best Mother’s Day gift New York state lawmakers could give? Paid family leave, guaranteed under state law.

05/05/2015

04/08/2014

Today is ! Here in , women, on average, make $9000 less per year than their male counterparts. If you agree with us and don't like this, add your voice and call/write to your elected officials and help America right this appalling inequality.

04/02/2014

"When sisters sit together, they always praise their brothers.
When brothers sit together, they sell their sisters to others."

Take a minute today and read the poems that accompany these haunting photos of Afghan women. These are beautiful statements about human rights, dignity, and justice that represent the reasons we are so passionate about equality.

A few years ago, award-winning journalist and poet Eliza Griswold learned the story of Zarmina, a young girl in Afghanistan who had regularly phoned a radio hotline for women who wanted to share poems called “landays.” Landays are couplets expressing laments, jokes, and frustrations; they are forbid...

03/25/2014

This we are joining SayNO - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women to . Wear orange today & join the movement to finally END violence against women!

02/25/2014

Happy ! Did you know that 2015 marks the end of the Millennium Development Project?
This , we are sparking discussions about the development framework, which needs to prioritize women's rights and take steps to end violence against women.
Wear orange today and spread the word about SayNO - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women!

01/29/2014

"Girls Court brings an all-hands-on-deck approach to the lives of vulnerable girls, linking them to social service agencies, providing informal Saturday sessions on everything from body image to legal jargon, and offering a team of adults in whom they can develop trust."

A national network of Girls Courts aim to help and nurture girls in high-risk, dangerous situations, especially those coerced into prostitution.

Time for New Mexico to join the network?

Girls Court, a special tribunal that is part of a network across the country, aims to nurture vulnerable young women — especially those forced into prostitution — instead of treating them as criminals.