October 2010
33 posts
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via janettt) (via quote-book) (via phoenixs)
In defiance of tradition, Taiwan woman marries...
(Reuters) - Chen Wei-yih has posed for a set of photos in a flowing white dress, enlisted a wedding planner and rented a banquet hall for a marriage celebration with 30 friends.
But there is no groom. Chen will marry herself.
Uninspired by the men she’s met but facing social pressure to get married, the 30-year-old Taipei office worker will hold the reception next month in...
“This, this is about my own some-day daughter. When you approach me, already...”
– Katie Makkai
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is...”
– Elizabeth Kubler Ross
“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel...”
– Andrew Boyd (via thebeautifulyouth)
'Real heroes are Indian women sportspersons'
Indian sportswomen, it appears, have finally arrived, seeing their triumphant performance at the Commonwealth Games where they won medals in almost every sport they took part in, say noted women experts.
The Indian sportswomen have emerged as the real ‘heroes’ surprising many with their prize-winning spree.
‘We are very proud of them and their efforts. They have become...
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
– Coco Chanel (via solizbeth)
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
This Century Goes to the Women →
“I think there’s another way of looking at this as well — one that goes beyond national comparisons. In fact, I would say that real drivers of the “Post-American World” won’t be China … or India … or Brazil — or any nation for that matter. The real drivers will be women. Women entrepreneurs, women business, political, academic and cultural...
“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have...”
– Martin Luther King
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness....”
– Lao Tzu
Liberian president and Africa’s first and only...
Liberia’s president (and Africa’s first and only female leader), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has announced that she is running for a second term in 2011, the Guardian reports.
Raised in Liberia and Harvard educated, she began her long involvement with the Liberian government as its assistant minister of finance during the 1970s. Later, she went on to become an officer of the World Bank and assistant...
Every woman needs "a room of one's own"
A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published in 24 October 1929,[1] the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928.
The essay is generally seen as a feminist text, and is noted in its argument for both a literal and figural space for women...
“We all need to try and think about things a little bit differently - how to...”
–
Arlene Dickinson
“In the reconciliation process, women’s rights are...
By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter, Toronto Star
Women’s rights were once the poster issue for Western intervention in Afghanistan, and images of women shrouded in burqas fuelled outrage against the extremist Taliban regime.
But nearly a decade later, says a senior Canadian aid official, women are facing a new rights battle, and may have little chance of winning unless there is a radical...
“We need solidarity to free women—solidarity with women everywhere. Women must...”
– Dr. Sima Samar
Human rights activist, Sima Samar, may win Nobel...
Human rights advocate Sima Samar may become the first person from Afghanistan to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote women’s health and education, according to the International Peace Research Institute.
Samar, a doctor who is head of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, would be the 13th woman to win the prize, joining laureates such as Myanmar opposition...
I know I am young
I know I am young
and need to learn —
but you are old
and need to remember.
By Ann Lazechko
