Susan notes: I invite men everywhere to join women in making this world a safer, better, more peaceful place to be.
1. Approach gender violence as a MEN'S issue involving men of all ages and socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. View men not only as perpetrators or possible offenders, but as empowered bystanders who can confront abusive peers.
Susan notes: this post is as timely now as when I wrote it in early 2010. I love the logic in the post below, AND I love knowing that women don't talk any more than men at all.
According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report 2011, four of the top five nations that have taken significant steps toward achieving gender parity are Nordic. They are: Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden; Ireland rounds out the quintet.
The report was based on five years of data from 135 countries; it measured gender gap ratios in the following major categories:
Nothing like a compilation of blog posts on gender issues to get one’s feminist blood coursing a little faster in one's veins!
This hand-picked baker's dozen of favourite AmazingWomenRock feminist posts from the last year or so is designed to get you thinking about, and hopefully ACTING on, gender equality issues.
More women are talking about gender issues, that's for sure. But we need more women DOING stuff to create change and make real progress.
Today, I learned a lesson in humility when I found that women (and men!) who are obviously much smarter than I are providing a far more sensible reponse: fight back with messages that point out the utter ridiculousness of the situation.
Susan notes: this post is as timely now as when I wrote it in early 2010. I love the logic in the post below, AND I love knowing that women don't talk any more than men at all.
Guest blog post by business owner Dianne Dixon.
Nothing like a compilation of blog posts on gender issues to get one’s feminist blood coursing a little faster in one's veins!