Hey Athenites,
While I don't have much in the way of Feel Good Fridays, I do have a really interesting article for you about women's health from Anna over at Jezebel.
Although Anna is writing from the perspective of a U.S. citizen experiencing the U.S. healthcare system (or lack thereof), something which may not be familiar to all of us, the issues that she explores in her analysis: lack of trust of women, doctor/patient relationships, etc. are definitely applicable to us all.
Take a look at the article, entitled: "Tales of My Vagina, or Why Women's Health is Totally F*cking Unfair."
Peace, and have an awesome weekend!
Steph
Showing posts with label womensrights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label womensrights. Show all posts
Friday, February 19, 2010
Friday, December 11, 2009
Various Odds and Ends: Feel Good Friday
Hey everyone!
No particular topic today, just an assortment of fun stuff that will hopefully put a smile on your face.
1) Amnesty International's Write-a-thon happened yesterday, and was a great event (as always). I couldn't attend the event at the Canadian National Office, as I was busy writing the Economics exam from hell, but here's a quick update on what went down. (And just so you know, it's not too late to participate! You can always write letters!)
-more than 2,500 Write-for-Rights events across Canada
-to date, more than 3,700 letters written (and more being added to the total every hour)
-to date, about $8,700 dollars have been raised for Amnesty International Canada (and more is being added every day!)
2) A just-released documentary about Indian sex workers campaigning for their rights with the local grassroots organization SANGRAM. These women have effectively mobilized, collectivized, spoken out against sex worker discrimination, and have taken important steps in HIV prevention. Watch the amazing short documentary here.
3) This video was produced by Providence St. Vincent Medical Centre in Portland, Oregon, with the help of over 200 utterly awesome employees. The purpose of the video is to promote breast cancer awareness, and the video has certainly gone viral, with almost 5 million you tube views. And the video is totally successful in putting a smile on my face for a much-needed Friday afternoon DANCE PARTY YEEEEESSSSSSS.
Leave your favourite feel-good links, videos, etc. in the comments, and have a great weekend, everybody!
Peace,
Steph :)
No particular topic today, just an assortment of fun stuff that will hopefully put a smile on your face.
1) Amnesty International's Write-a-thon happened yesterday, and was a great event (as always). I couldn't attend the event at the Canadian National Office, as I was busy writing the Economics exam from hell, but here's a quick update on what went down. (And just so you know, it's not too late to participate! You can always write letters!)
-more than 2,500 Write-for-Rights events across Canada
-to date, more than 3,700 letters written (and more being added to the total every hour)
-to date, about $8,700 dollars have been raised for Amnesty International Canada (and more is being added every day!)
2) A just-released documentary about Indian sex workers campaigning for their rights with the local grassroots organization SANGRAM. These women have effectively mobilized, collectivized, spoken out against sex worker discrimination, and have taken important steps in HIV prevention. Watch the amazing short documentary here.
3) This video was produced by Providence St. Vincent Medical Centre in Portland, Oregon, with the help of over 200 utterly awesome employees. The purpose of the video is to promote breast cancer awareness, and the video has certainly gone viral, with almost 5 million you tube views. And the video is totally successful in putting a smile on my face for a much-needed Friday afternoon DANCE PARTY YEEEEESSSSSSS.
Leave your favourite feel-good links, videos, etc. in the comments, and have a great weekend, everybody!
Peace,
Steph :)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Watchin' the Law
Hello, internet.
It's that time again. We're about to get global up in the Athena blog. This week, we're looking at some contemporary laws concerning women. It's a feature that may become regular, because knowing where the law stands on women's rights internationally is a great foundation for understanding of how we, as a planet, are doing with respect to establishing and maintaining gender equality.
So let's go ahead and take a look at what's happening in this big, crazy world.
It's that time again. We're about to get global up in the Athena blog. This week, we're looking at some contemporary laws concerning women. It's a feature that may become regular, because knowing where the law stands on women's rights internationally is a great foundation for understanding of how we, as a planet, are doing with respect to establishing and maintaining gender equality.
So let's go ahead and take a look at what's happening in this big, crazy world.
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