The Impact of TOMS Shoes

My friend Jane forwarded me this article about TOMS shoes:

www.acrosstwoworlds.net/?p=292

CNN: The Fight Against Child Sex Trafficking

thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com

Whose Lives are Valued?

Warning: The following article contains graphic details of a homicide case but hopefully in reading them, it will anger you enough to raise your voice for Cindy Gladue.

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/297533141.html?cx_navSource=d-tiles-3

CNN: The Freedom Project So Far

thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com

Who Will You Help?

Ontario.ca/WhoWillYouHelp

Out of Kony's Shadow

Lisa Shannon and Francisca Thelin highlight the need for the international community to continue to be vigilant regarding Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army:

http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/out-of-konys-shadow

Fighting Back Against Sex Trafficking

Survivors and experts are coming together today in Winnipeg to talk about sex trafficking, seeking solutions to this horrible crime.  For more information, go to:

www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/fighting-back-against-sex-trafficking-296023851.html?cx_navSource=d-tiles-1

Freedom Fighters

Jen Zoratti shares about an International Women's Day event happening tonight in Winnipeg (Westminster United Church at 7 p.m.), featuring speakers and musicians that will together raise their voices for women around the world.  More information at:

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/freedom-fighters-295462491.html?cx_navSource=d-tiles-4

Women: The Hidden Homeless

As Jess Klassen and Lisa Spring share in their Winnipeg Free Press article, homelessness affects women differently than it affects men:

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/Women-The-hidden-homeless-295363481.html

Why is it so hard to see black and blue?

An amazing ad campaign from South Africa's Salvation Army that turned a "color changing" dress into an important discussion about domestic violence:

winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.2267820

 

If you or someone you know needs to connect with the Salvation Army in Canada, go to:

www.salvationarmy.ca

Blaming Women

A timely reminder of the work that still needs to be done on behalf of women was we look to International Women's Day this Sunday:

www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/killers-comments-blaming-women-for-being-raped-reflect-views-held-by-many-in-india-294970311.html