Awareness Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/awareness-2/ Connecting mothers; empowering women around the globe. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-World-Moms-Network-Logo-512-125x125.jpg Awareness Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/awareness-2/ 32 32 ALT Summit + The Riveter in NYC https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/10/11/alt-summit-the-riveter-in-nyc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alt-summit-the-riveter-in-nyc https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/10/11/alt-summit-the-riveter-in-nyc/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:09:06 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=38031 World Moms Network Editor at Large Elizabeth Atalay attended the recent ALT Summit + The Riveter conference in New York City. The Riveter summed up some of the memorable moments in this post. The ALT Summit + The Riveter conference was my first in-person event since the pandemic and brought about all the feels! The […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/10/11/alt-summit-the-riveter-in-nyc/feed/ 1 Above and Below: Celebrating on World Oceans Day https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/08/above-and-below-celebrating-on-world-oceans-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=above-and-below-celebrating-on-world-oceans-day https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/08/above-and-below-celebrating-on-world-oceans-day/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:30:41 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=36473 Take a break from COVID news and celebrate something we all can feel good about: World Oceans Day!

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/08/above-and-below-celebrating-on-world-oceans-day/feed/ 6 My Race is Human…and Asian https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/03/24/my-race-is-human-and-asian/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-race-is-human-and-asian https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/03/24/my-race-is-human-and-asian/#respond Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:01:09 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=36110 When you walk down the street, can you tell what nationality I am? Can you tell from the color of my skin that I’m American, besides being Asian? Or even more so, an Asian Jew? These questions may not enter one’s mind in passing, but don’t we all have preconceived ideas about anyone we see […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/03/24/my-race-is-human-and-asian/feed/ 0 Discrimination Due To Menstruation https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/01/13/discrimination-due-to-menstruation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discrimination-due-to-menstruation https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/01/13/discrimination-due-to-menstruation/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2020 06:00:03 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35739 Universally, women and girls menstruate. The age may vary for every young girl, but the experience can be traumatic, sometimes even deadly. I recently came upon two news items that shocked and saddened me. The first story was of an 11-year-old girl from the UK who had her period while in school. When she asked […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/01/13/discrimination-due-to-menstruation/feed/ 1 Interviewing Nancy Sumari, #WorldMom, Miss World Africa, Miss Tanzania (2005) https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interviewing-nancy-sumari https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/#respond Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:45:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35141 Happy Women’s Month! You may have read some of this phenomenal woman’s posts right here on World Moms Network. One of our own contributors, Nancy Sumari, has agreed to be interviewed for my Phenomenal Women Series, and it comes right on time as we keep celebrating Women’s History Month and women’s excellence (something, I believe, […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/feed/ 0 GHANA: Motherhood and Experiences https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/25/motherhood-and-experiences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=motherhood-and-experiences https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/25/motherhood-and-experiences/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2017 05:00:04 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=34760 I love being a mother and I’m forever grateful for my children. It has not always been so smooth through pregnancy, childbirth, and nurturing but I’m constantly learning, praying and evolving as I navigate through this journey of motherhood. We have been blessed with two gorgeous boys who are to me everything that I could […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/25/motherhood-and-experiences/feed/ 0 World Voice: Life in President Trump’s First 100 Days https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/04/05/world-voice-life-president-trumps-first-100-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-voice-life-president-trumps-first-100-days https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/04/05/world-voice-life-president-trumps-first-100-days/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2017 05:00:20 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=34430 April 29th will mark President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office. As a foreigner, I have watched the news feeling extremely grateful that I gained American citizenship during the last administration. As a foreigner who looks of ambiguous origin and definitely not of any Caucasian descent, I wonder if I will ever be in the […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/04/05/world-voice-life-president-trumps-first-100-days/feed/ 1 OMAN: Four reasons to raise awareness on parenting issues https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/03/31/raising-awareness-parenting-issues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raising-awareness-parenting-issues https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/03/31/raising-awareness-parenting-issues/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2017 05:00:25 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=34402 As I find my way between my career and parenting, I try to make the fewest mistakes possible. It’s not that mistakes aren’t good sometimes – I just try not to go beyond the useful ones. Fortunately, I am good at observing, analyzing and indulging myself in learning. The moment I became a mother, I realized that motherhood is not something […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/03/31/raising-awareness-parenting-issues/feed/ 2 WORLD VOICE: No Time for Silence About Hate Crime https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/03/10/world-voice-no-time-silence-hate-crime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-voice-no-time-silence-hate-crime https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/03/10/world-voice-no-time-silence-hate-crime/#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 06:00:01 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=34233 It happened. Again. On February 26, for the second time in a week, a Jewish cemetery was desecrated by a hate crime in the United States…this time in Philadelphia, known as the “City of Brotherly Love.” Headstones were toppled and damaged. Families were outraged. All of this happened alongside five waves of bomb threats toward Jewish […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/03/10/world-voice-no-time-silence-hate-crime/feed/ 0 An Interview with Victor Kannan. Part II https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/02/10/interview-victor-kannan-part-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-victor-kannan-part-ii https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/02/10/interview-victor-kannan-part-ii/#respond Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:30:01 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=33865 This is part II of the two-part interview with Victor Kannan. Part I is also on World Moms Network’s blog, and some of Mr. Kannan’s own written work can be found Here and Here. PART II: S: When you observe today’s youth, from a child of about 8 years to early 20s, what are some […]

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