March 31, 2010 Sendy Soto Member and Organizer Venus Collective Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=76032078844 The World is Calling Me
Yesterday you asked If I was done painting myself Unsure of that question I did not answer But today I can confidently reply Yes, I was done Painting myself for the day Today is a new day
I recently went to a protest demanding justice forMichael Brown, the unarmed African American teenager who was killed by a police officer this August. The police officer who killed him got no punishment, rather, the police…
Hello beautiful people! I am thrilled to announce the release, coinciding with International Women's Day, of the anthology, "Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan." The book features my new…
Women around the world still suffer from physical abuse by 35 Percent of them or more than 1 in 3 woman. In cases of murder the woman's partner was responsible in 38 percent of the time. At this weeks United Nations…
How do we ensure that women are involved in Peace talks? How do we use our voices and stand in solidarity together to ensure that women have a seat at the table? What should the role of the local governments be in involving…
https://www.takepart.com/article/2015/04/14/what-ever-happened-bringbackourgirls?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-04-14 A year later and still the 270 girls kidnapped in Nigeria are still missing. "Married off" to men who marry young…
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/04/19/women-discount-store?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-04-20 When I was 16 women made 74 cents on the dollar doing the same job that a man did and he made a dollar on. Where is the outrage?…
Gender-based violence (GBV) and persistent paradigm of human being; shall we change it and when..? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today I heard from the women priest in the Women Worship…
Faces of violence have indeed evolved and not for the better I’d often hear “If you see the man, you’d never think his the kind of man that would abuse his wife” or if you see the woman, you’d think she’s not the type to be…
A woman, in her 20s, seated at the edge of the concrete bed inside her cell, kept on rocking herself, her hands clasping so tightly the hem of her blouse by her crotch. A woman in her late 20s, pregnant with her fourth child…
Where are my identity and my family? If you look closely to this title, you ask, is there a person without citizenship and family, I'd say yes, Mariam is a girl, who is 27-year-old in this moment I am writing this story…
By refusing to be treated badly women can leave bad situations and stop the verbal or physical abuse they are living in. If they can't leave then they should make ultimatiums for their men to get into counseling, not just…
Hello community members! Human trafficking does not only occur abroad. It is a system of exploitation that occurs within our own communities and along the West Coast. The Carnegie Global Oregon ethics program recognizes that…
A Non-White Female in South Africa I was born and raised in South Africa, discriminated against as a “non-white”. I left the country as a young woman to accept a scholarship to study in the USA. For over 20 years now, I’ve…
Ruby, a woman that when I heard her story it made me very sad. A mirror filled with stories of many hurting women, that’s what I saw. Sad because she was used and abused by her husband Nick, people of her island, the justice…
A client, a victim of domestic violence, in a Community Meeting in Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh’s (WC&S) looked over at me in the meeting noticing the shiny gem on my sandals. Her gaze continued to…
One in three women will experience violence in her lifetime. So much time, talent, and effort have been committed to changing this terrible statistic, to recognizing the life and humanity in each one of those women.…
The message keeps repeating itself: When the police pull you over, pull over. When the police say get out of the car, get out of the car. When the police ask you questions- answer them. Don't run. Don't drive away and get…
I can no longer hold back my opinion about how much our country needs fair gun control. I think that mentally ill people should not own a gun. Look to the news, at just another gun incident in a movie theatre, really?…
One in three women will experience violence in her lifetime. So much time, talent, and effort have been committed to changing this terrible statistic, to recognizing the life and humanity in each one of those women.…
Ruby, a woman that when I heard her story it made me very sad. A mirror filled with stories of many hurting women, that’s what I saw. Sad because she was used and abused by her husband Nick, people of her island, the justice…
Faces of violence have indeed evolved and not for the betterI’d often hear“If you see the man, you’d never think his the kind of man that would abuse his wife” or if you see the woman, you’d think she’s not the type to be…
Artist asks anyone to hang a red dress in a public place, or wear a red dress on Oct. 4 source:By: Lucie EdwardsonMetroPublished onMon Sep 28 2015 In 2014 there were an estimated 225 missing or murdered aboriginal women in…
