Tag Archives: UN

International Women’s Day and some reflections on where we’re at

I’ve had my concerns lately, but still I wasn’t prepared for quite such a dire warning from the UN, as reported in The Guardian on March 6. Global progress on women’s rights is “vanishing before our eyes”, the secretary general … Continue reading

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Peace and Gratitude, why do they continue to be so elusive?

Thanks to a lovely post by fellow blogger Rose Vettleson yesterday entitled Peace, Hope, and Coincidences  and a Facebook post by another friend (thanks, Shelley), I’ve discovered this week that September 21 is not only the first day of fall, … Continue reading

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