Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Eye on Brutality

Embroidery, paint on tea stained muslim

"IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking, acid attacks, bride burnings and mass rape."
Women's Crusade New York Times Magazine

How to fight this scourge.

There is an answer being offered by Nicholas Kristoff & Sheryl Wudunn in their book called Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide."

On the Domestic Front
One of my fave blogs, Mr.XStitch, has a request for Turning Point (Domestic Violence Agency) in Illinois whose budget has been drastically cut and will seriously impact the range of services.