You need a dictionary/glossary to make it through one hour of any UN event! CEDAW to GEAR, MDG to 5WCW. Each an eye opener. Each a book, much less a paragraph in a blog. Let me try to explain.
5WCW—Jean Bolen’s (and now my) mission. To have a 5th World Conference [...]
Well, not exactly at the UN, but at the Salvation Army on 14th St. in the west village. The UN was closed not only for renovations but for President’s Day. This gathering was the day before the almost 2 weeks of extensive meetings, parallel events, and high level round table discussions about the [...]
A walk across Central Park at dusk energizes me as I press the elevator button to the 47th floor for my first UN CSW55 experience. A walk into a room a buzz with women, none of whom I have ever met face to face.
Only one face is familiar from her pictures, Dr. Jean [...]
Common ground. That’s what we are all looking for, in everyday life and in extraordinary days of our life—like the 5 days I will be at the UN. Sometimes it is easier than others to find. That is the crux of being an activist.
As I learn more about and from Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen, I [...]
Dr. Jean first got involved with the UN CSW not really knowing what it was. Hmmm, I can relate to that. Kimber Lim asked me many months ago if I wanted to go, and I said, “Sure!” It sounded cool. It sounded fun. It sounded radical.
“It’s an educational experience I could [...]
Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen is a world renowned psychiatrist, Jungian analyst and author. But in our group of 40 Transformational Women (who have again transformed again into Zentarra Women/Get Your Woman On!), she is known as Dr. Jean, as I am Dr. Linda. I, an “impassioned crusader”, and she, a “message carrier.”
Her message? “We are [...]
I really thought I was getting my arms around the new social media. I have Twitter in my back pocket, although re-tweeting is not yet mastered. Facebook is a breeze, as long as I remember not to get into any public political discussions. Websites and splash pages, e-books and e-mail are all [...]
It all started last February when I got an invitation to apply for the 1 of 2 delegate spots from NY state. Delegate to what? To a conference of women who would bring equality in sight by the year 2020. We would meet for 2 days and write up an agenda, sign a declaration of [...]
Okay, okay! We know that there is gender bias and discrimination in the House of Medicine. Anyone who fails to see that it still exists must be both blind and deaf to the reports that continue to assail us. The subject has been studied to death and yet gender bias still hangs [...]
August 26th is Women’s Equality Day when we celebrate the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage—our right to vote. Most of us, myself included, do not know the sufferings of the women who fought so hard for our right to be counted in the public sphere, our right to vote.
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