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Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, is being applauded for her response to the Christchurch, NZ shooting. In the days following the tragedy, she: spoke of unity, not revengefocused on the victims, not the perpetratorencouraged unity, not revengebanned the weapons used in the assault Ardern is a feminist, progressive politician. In 2018 she set …
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I'd say celebrating, but there is much still to be done in the area of women's rights. I've not prepared a full blog, I thought instead I would share some past #InspiringWordsInspiringWomen memes. And, I'd like to invite everyone to do a bit of exploration today and find your feminist hero(s). I'm going to finish …
On October 24, 1945, the United Nations was established by the UN Charter. Eleanor Roosevelt was the first American delegate to the UN, the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights, and she presided over the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In the garden of the UN Headquarters in New York, there …
