Social Good Archives - World Moms Network https://worldmomsnetwork.com/category/social-good/ Connecting mothers; empowering women around the globe. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 23:57:40 +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 Social Good Archives - World Moms Network https://worldmomsnetwork.com/category/social-good/ 32 32 Diwali: Celebrating the Spirit of Light and Love https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/#respond Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:09:54 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37558 So, whatever you do on this Diwali day, enjoy the light in your heart, the love in the air, and peace in the universe.

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/feed/ 0 UN Climate Report: Code Red for Humanity https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/17/un-climate-report-code-red-for-humanity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=un-climate-report-code-red-for-humanity https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/17/un-climate-report-code-red-for-humanity/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:48:34 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37179 On August 9th, 2021, the United Nations released their report on climate change. The news is not good BUT we still have time to turn things around…If.We.Act.Now!

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/17/un-climate-report-code-red-for-humanity/feed/ 1 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 India: Voices of High School Students: Altruism from Youth #YouthDay #OmegaIntlSchool https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/08/27/india-voices-of-high-school-students-altruism-from-youth-youthday-omegaintl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=india-voices-of-high-school-students-altruism-from-youth-youthday-omegaintl https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/08/27/india-voices-of-high-school-students-altruism-from-youth-youthday-omegaintl/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:34:25 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35863 On the International Day of Youth, World Moms Network – Senior Editor, Purnima from India, met with a few young high school students. Read on to find their take on the state of affairs of the world, their life ahead in times of this pandemic, their passion, their ways of achieving their dreams and goals, […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/08/27/india-voices-of-high-school-students-altruism-from-youth-youthday-omegaintl/feed/ 1 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 WORLD VOICE: #IStandForGirls: Help Send Girls to School in Mozambique https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/09/10/world-voice-istandforgirls-help-send-girls-to-school-in-mozambique/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-voice-istandforgirls-help-send-girls-to-school-in-mozambique https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/09/10/world-voice-istandforgirls-help-send-girls-to-school-in-mozambique/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2018 05:00:32 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35413 Kurandza (which means “to love” in Changana, the local language ) is a non-profit social enterprise that invests in the future of women in Mozambique. Founded by Elisabetta Colabianchi in 2014, Kurandza works to empower women and their community through education, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development programs in Guijá, Mozambique. Elisabetta was first introduced to Guijá, a small village […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/09/10/world-voice-istandforgirls-help-send-girls-to-school-in-mozambique/feed/ 2 World Voice: Death Sentence for Sudanese Child Bride https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/07/25/world-voice-death-sentence-for-sudanese-child-bride/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-voice-death-sentence-for-sudanese-child-bride https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/07/25/world-voice-death-sentence-for-sudanese-child-bride/#respond Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:39:32 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35338 How do you feel about young girls who become child brides? If a young woman was tricked into marriage, raped by her husband and tried to escape a violent attack by killing him, should she face the death penalty? In Sudan, 16-year-old Noura Hussein was forced by her parents to marry her 35-year-old distant cousin. […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/07/25/world-voice-death-sentence-for-sudanese-child-bride/feed/ 0 World Voice: Can Meditation Impact Gun Laws? https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/27/world-voice-can-meditation-impact-gun-laws/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-voice-can-meditation-impact-gun-laws https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/27/world-voice-can-meditation-impact-gun-laws/#respond Thu, 28 Jun 2018 02:08:32 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35299 Sandy Hook, CT, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, FL, Great Mills High School, MD school shootings should be enough to make anyone frustrated and livid about all the senseless violence, but sadly, no. Even more disheartening was the most recent shooting at a Waffle House in Tennessee in which a semi-nude gunman walked in and […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/27/world-voice-can-meditation-impact-gun-laws/feed/ 0 Lumbini, Nepal: Buddha’s Birthplace, What Remains Now and the Ethos of the Heart https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/03/lumbini-nepal-buddhas-birthplace-what-remains-now-and-the-ethos-of-the-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lumbini-nepal-buddhas-birthplace-what-remains-now-and-the-ethos-of-the-heart https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/03/lumbini-nepal-buddhas-birthplace-what-remains-now-and-the-ethos-of-the-heart/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2018 07:02:34 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35218 THE BIRTH OF Siddhārtha Gautama 6th Century BC: The old nurse looked at her radiant Queen, Maya Devi. She still had the same sweet smile on her face, and nothing seemed to have changed since the day she was born, the day the old nurse picked her up as an infant. Pregnancy only made her […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/03/lumbini-nepal-buddhas-birthplace-what-remains-now-and-the-ethos-of-the-heart/feed/ 6 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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