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.
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http://www.projectwomanohio.org/
You can donate to them when you shop online at a bunch of stores: http://www.igive.com/welcome/
They have also had serious grant and funding losses, so every dollar counts!
Search for their name once you've typed in "Ohio."
Would love to see a local People Watching video! Please!
made my day :))
I had to look twice to make sure this wasn't an Ed Gein leatherworking project.