4 Nuns Murdered in Yemen
2016-04-01
The 60th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN ended last week. After letting the dust settle there are two stories I will never forget. In theContinue Reading
The Feminine Genius
2016-03-31
Actress Ashley Judd was recently appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNPFA). One of the goals of the UNPFA, cited in a press releaseContinue Reading
Mulheres não são marionetes de ideologias
2016-03-29
No último dia 24 de março de 2016, encerrou-se a 60ª sessão da Comissão sobre a Situação da Mulher (CSW), na sede Organização das Nações Unidas, em Nova Iorque. Continue Reading
Pela defesa da vida, independente de quantos cromossomos ela tenha
2016-03-21
Em Novembro de 2011 o Brasil propôs uma resolução na Organização das Nações Unidas a fim de estabelecer o dia 21 de Março como Dia Internacional da Síndrome de Down. AContinue Reading
La Pequeña Valentina Guerrero: Con “V” de Valiente, Con “G” de Guerrera
2016-03-06
Soy Valentina Guerrero, una modelo internacional que cuenta con un cromosoma adicional. Por medio de mis redes sociales (Facebook, Twitter e Instagram) queremos mostrar cómo es la vida de unaContinue Reading
The Source of Our Rights
2016-02-25
The United Nations Human Rights Committee recently affirmed abortion as a human “right.” While the United Nations is seen as a legitimate institution by many in the international community, itsContinue Reading
The Purpose of Religion According to UNFPA
2016-02-12
“Notions that had been held at the alter of religion have been dispelled.” This startling comment was one of many during a UNFPA meeting last week. The special session onContinue Reading
Abortion Rights and Oxymorons
2016-01-27
In junior high English, I learned about oxymorons. Oxymoron: “a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect.” So when I stumbled upon thisContinue Reading
United Nations Honors Genocide Victims
2016-01-08
UN dedicates Special day to honor Genocide Victims A few months ago, the United Nations General Assembly declared December 9th as the “International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of theContinue Reading
Our Identity Lies in Christ
2016-01-08
My first semester of college, I took a sociology class. I had never heard of gender theory before, but I was soon educated, much to my confusion. Gender was aContinue Reading