Helping Women and Girls. Period.

Trying to take some of the squeamishness out of addressing menstruation - a great article by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf:

kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/helping-women-and-girls-period/?module=BlogPost-ReadMore&version=Blog%20Main&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body#more-13097

Step into My Shoes

Please check out the videos and resources that Compassion has put together for the Step into My Shoes campaign:

stepintomyshoes.ca

Satellite Images from Nigeria

This link will take you to a CTV video, where satellite images show the destruction Boko Haram is doing in Nigeria:

winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.2193427

Stella's Voice

stellasvoice.ca

Taking Action in 2015

James Hoddinott, also an educator, wrote the following blog post (December 31, 2014) as a call to action for fathers in 2015, but I think it's a larger call for all of us.  The year that was 2014 was not one where we protected our children as we should have.

jameshoddinott.com/2014/12/31/calling-all-fathers-taking-action-in-2015

Remember Our Girls: 269 Days & Counting

An article featured in the Winnipeg Free Press today, reminding all of us that 219 Nigerian girls are still missing and have been missing for 269 days and counting:

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/Remember-our-girls-269-days-and-counting--288073541.html?cx_navSource=d-more-news