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Activism 101: 16 Ideas for Online Campaigning
In the fight to end violence against women, we need to use every single tool at our disposal to push for change. For decades, activists and nonprofits used time-honoured tactics
Activism 101: 16 Ways to Speak Up and Break the Silence
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the most effective ways of
16 Female Role Models: Transforming Personal Pain into Positive Action
When it comes to the issue of Violence Against Women, we shy away from it because it is difficult to face the ugly side of humanity. It is painful to
Activism 101: 16 Ideas for Taking that First Step
“A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher (604BC – 531BC) With Violence Against Women being a huge global pandemic that is
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Today is the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and White Ribbon Day which kicks off the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and ends with World
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World Humanitarian Day – Some Thoughts…
Today is World Humanitarian Day (19 August 2010) – a day that celebrates and recognises the work of humanitarian workers everywhere. Humanitarian workers come in all nationalities, ethnicities, genders, ages,
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With the recent Time magazine cover featuring Aisha, an Afghan woman who had her ears and nose cut off, the Mel Gibson scandal and Roman Polanski’s release, Violence Against Women
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Time magazine‘s most recent cover picture is possibly the most eloquent piece of journalism of 2010 and it is fitting that this portrait is one of the clearest illustrations of