Mother’s Day Feature: In celebration of adoptive and foster mothers
Women who have become mothers through adoption and fostering are unsung heroines who should be acknowledged during the yearly
Africa’s Third Liberation is underway
Africans, the general masses, the youth, intelligentsia, opposition politicians, religious leaders, students, and trade unionists have finally woken up from the yoke of oppression, the previously untouchable regimes that have ruled them since those days of political independence from Europe. Without any hesitation, this is Africa’s Third Liberation being spoken in the revolutionary languages that…
International Women’s Day Feature: In celebration of our grandmothers
They are a vital link to our past. They teach us how to interact with older generations. They share their wisdom and their memories with us and love us unconditionally. Sometimes when parents are absent they become parents too. This International Women’s Day is in celebration of grandmothers everywhere and I am dedicating this article…
Black, Jewish and second class
Are Falasha Jews still treated purely as the black ‘other’ and therefore racially insignificant in the Jewish Nation? For just under 10 years between 1984 and the early nineties, a culturally distinct ethnic, nomadic community were evacuated to Israel from Ethiopia. In many contested debates it is argued that the Falasha Jews were brought to…
Single women celebrate freedom on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is more targeted at married women and those in relationships but single women still celebrate the day, our special survey has revealed. We spoke to 15 women who were both single and in relationships, between the ages of 18 and 45 and found that women who are in a relationship or married expect…
Surviving Auschwitz and chocolate slavery discussed at Holocaust Memorial event
On January 27 2011, schools and colleges in Northern Ireland marked Holocaust Memorial Day with a variety of events. In Derry’s Tower
Falling pound makes sending money home too expensive
“Sometimes I cannot bear the pressure from back home to send money,” David Lee says. His story is typical David Lee is a high street accountant in south London. He came from a poor region of Malaysia 30 years ago and has always sent money home to help relatives. But he is now hit with…