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Not enough women at the top!
MORE WOMEN #ELLEFeminism – YouTube.
If you take out all the men from those pictures, you see there are not that many women who mde it to the top… This can change if girls and women decide they deserve to be at the top!
Some American cities abolish Columbus Day
Following a growing trend, the city council of Albuquerque, New Mexico has voted six to three to recognize October 12th – typically known to most as “Columbus Day” within the USA– as Indigenous Peoples’ day in a new proclamation. Albuquerque has the highest concentration of Indigenous people in New Mexico.
In the past two months, eight cities got rid of Columbus Day in favor of adopting Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Three of those cities adopted Indigenous Peoples’ Day this week.
Here are the names of those 8 cities:
Albuquerque (New Mexico), Lawrence (KS), Portland (OR), St. Paul (MN), Bexar County (TX), Anadarko (OK), Olympia (WA), Alpena (MI).
These cities are following in the footsteps of Seattle and Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City came close to passing it in September and will try to pass it again on October 13th, the day after the holiday.
This name change is a fantastic trend that needs to grow fast, but it needs to be followed up by concrete action and legislation. Nationwide (and worldwide – particularly in Latin American countries that have suffered from US-backed coups), indigenous people suffer from economic inequality, health problems, and human rights abuses. It’s time we celebrate their culture and tradition rather than their oppressors’, and it’s time we give back to those we’ve taken so much from.
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I’m homeless, but I’m not…
Homeless people are also just people… we’re all human beings!
Hundreds of migrants and refugees walk to Austria
Beauty tips by Reshma
After beeing disfigured in an acid attack, Reshna decided to make these beauty tips videos…
Beauty Tips by Reshma: How to get perfect red lips – YouTube.
14-year-old boy arrested for building a clock
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14 year old boy, built a clock and brought it to school to impress his teacher. He was suspected of having built a bomb and was brought to the police station in handcuffs.
He was then released when the police realized he was just a clever kid who had built an ordinary clock.
He recieved a lot of support from all over the Internet, including messages from President Obama and MarkZuckenberg, and was invited to several outstanding technological and scientific institutions.
Ahmed Mohamed Was Arrested For A Clock And Then Broke The Internet – YouTube.
Soccer players scoring for refugees
Syrian refugee boy risks his life to reach Europe
This 14 year old boy fled Syria to go to school in Germany.
Syrian Refugee Boy Risks His Life To Go To School In Europe – YouTube.
A piece by Banksy
Aren’t we all from the same place really?
Be who you are – fight gender stereotypes
Woman chief in Mawali, Africa, bans child marriages and send the kids back to school
As Malawi’s Nyasa Times reports, in April, the African nation Malawi raised the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old. One might wonder, however, “What about the legions of underage children who were legally wed before the law took effect?
Well, one of the regional chiefs in Malawi – an elder woman who goes by the name Inkosi Kachindamoto – annulled the marriages of more than 300 youth in her district and sent them back to school.
In addition, she fired several village heads who had sanctioned the unions.
Child advocates around the world cheered on the effort to encourage girl education and abolish early marriages as soon as the news circulated.
Knowing the value education has in helping to empower citizens and strengthen the mind, the Senior chief terminated 330 marriages, of which 175 were girl-wives and 155 were boy-fathers. Those chldren were sent to school instead.
Said 18-year-old Malawian Memory Banda to The Guardian:
“Marriage is often the end for girls like me. But if our leaders will invest in us and give us the chance to be educated, we will become women who create a better society for everyone.”
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