Women took a walk for a special cause Saturday morning and it was deemed a major success.
The inaugural Red Pashmina Walk took place along the Millenium Trail and around the neighbourhood from Millenium Park with the start at the Silver Bean Café.
Twenty-six people, mostly women, sat down to dinner last night in a Lorne Park home to support the education of Afghan women and girls.
Breaking Bread for Women in Afghanistan is a national fundraiser that encourages women to host potluck dinners and ask guests to donate money to help pay the salary, for one year, of a teacher for Afghan women and girls.
By coincidence, as the news was breaking last week about the death of Osama bin Laden, I was reading a book that described in vivid detail the violence, the fear and the hunger women and girls in Kabul, Afghanistan, endured during the time when the Taliban was in complete control.
What will happen to Afghan women when the United States begins withdrawing troops later this year? Will women be thrown under the bus as soldiers head for the exits?
What will happen to Afghan women when the United States begins withdrawing troops later this year? Will women be thrown under the bus as soldiers head for the exits?
After being a member of Pictou County's dragon boat team for many years, Susan Hartley decided she wanted to expand her volunteer efforts towards more global and human rights issues.
The local psychologist began researching groups that focused on these issues and she came across Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan.
The Obama administration reportedly says we can no longer make women's rights a priority in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, former President George W. Bush says we have to stay and fight in Afghanistan to help women gain rights.
Women's education around the world has become an objective for many organizations across the globe. From UNICEF to the Nike Foundation, organizations are committed to the education and future well-being of girls in the world's most war-torn and impoverished regions, the breeding ground of extremism.
