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World Voice: #TryBeatingMeLightly #WorldMoms Speaking Against the Pakistan Bill
Violence against women in many countries occurs at an alarmingly high rate, but a new bill being proposed by a Pakistani Islamic council may just push the envelope further. According to the proposed bill by Mohammad Khan Sheerani, the leader of this council, men will...
BIG NEWS!!! World Moms Blog to Become World Moms Network #WorldMoms
World Moms Blog will be launching as World Moms Network later this month! Don't fret -- we're keeping the same great content, and we're under the same ownership! However, we have plans to add more exciting additions and include ways for our readers to join us in...
BRAZIL: Saving the World in Small Ways – Part II
In an interview, a renowned academic in my field once said that when he was young he was certain about two things: 1) he didn’t want to teach, and 2) he didn’t want to write too much. He went on to teach in several famous universities and ended up writing 20 books. I...
OMAN: A Reading Dilemma
Being a bookworm myself, reading has been an issue of interest for me for ages. I believe reading is what made me the person I am today and surely will keep adding more to my personality as I grow older. "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who...
A #Heartfulness Journey with Tonia Anne
“From the very first session with my trainer, meditation felt like I was coming ‘home’, like, say, a fish eased back into water,” says Tonia. “When I meditated, I felt grounded and recharged.”
World Mom, Tes Silverman, is @BabyCenter today! #maternalhealth
As part of World Moms Blog’s collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood™, our World Moms are writing posts on maternal health around the world. In today’s post, Tes Silverman writes about the loss of a baby in the Philippines due to lack of access to medical...
WORLD VOICE: I see you.
I see you. On the surface, you look like everyone else. You blend in. Your appearance and persona is nothing unusual. Not for you. No one would ever know your story because you keep it to yourself. It is none of their business, after all, and they wouldn't understand...
NETHERLANDS: Interview With Coretta Vermeulen
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? My name is Coretta Vermeulen. I am a 1970's child, the daughter of my 81 year old mom and my dad who would have turned 88 today. I'm the mother of three kids by birth, bonus mom of two, and spare grandmom of...
Women and Spirituality: An Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Denley of #Heartfulness (Part – 2)
“Please join us in the 2016 #Heartfulness Meditation Conference in the USA. If you are a World Moms Blog contributor, or reader, or fan, please contact us (worldmomsblog@gmail.com) for a free pass.” Part - 1 of Dr. Elizabeth Denley's (Trainer, Heartfulness Institute)...
USA: Global Village Membership
If you're a parent, or a child, or anyone, you may have heard the phrase. "It takes a village" (to raise a child). After reading a post written by a fellow contributor, KC, I remained in thought about this village that's needed to raise our children. KC is currently a...
MADAGASCAR: The Day I met Ban Ki-moon
I am writing this post in chilly Dublin, far away from home. I miss my family and I'm happy to go home soon. I have to stay awake in order to catch my flight and seize this moment to write about a story which recently marked my life. On May 10, I met Ban Ki-moon, the...
SRI LANKA: Monsoon season arrives with Facebook Safety Checks
Monsoon season is on the brink. To make things interesting there was a Tropical Depression that started in Sri Lanka and made its way to India, flooding everything in it’s path. It turns out that “Flooding in Sri Lanka” made it to the Facebook Safety Check system and...
Women and Spirituality: An Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Denley of #Heartfulness (Part – 1)
“Please join us in the 2016 #Heartfulness Meditation Conference in the USA. If you are a World Moms Blog contributor, or reader, or fan, please contact us (worldmomsblog@gmail.com) for a free pass.” This is part - 1 of the interview. Part - 2 of the interview with...
WORLD VOICE: How Social Change Happens
I know a lot of people – women and mothers especially – doing really amazing things in the world. It is this that comforts me when I start to get depressed about the news. There are people all over the world who are using their unique gifts to creatively tackle the...
BELGIUM: Kungfu Adoption
Despicable Me. Mr Peabody and Sherman. Meet the Robinsons. Annie. Tangled. Mowgli. Kungfu Panda. Adoption - or the search for roots and heritage - seems a very recurrent and strong theme in children’s movies and tales. I guess it has to do with the struggle each child...
BRAZIL: Saving the World in Small Ways – Part I
When I was a teenager/young adult I wanted to change the world (as it happens with so many youngsters). And changing the world usually meant Doing Big Things. Now, three kids and more than twenty years later, my saving the world efforts seem so distant. I grapple with...
UAE: It Takes a Village
You often hear that “it takes a village to raise a child." Usually this takes the form of one’s family and friends in the familiar milieu of a place that you’ve been brought up in. However, when you’re an expat living far away from home, this might seemingly not...
PHILIPPINES: Choosing My Son’s President (Edited)
I’ll tell you a secret. In the weeks leading up to the Philippine presidential elections, a lot of people asked me who I was voting for. My default answer was always, “It’s a secret. I don’t like talking about it.” But the truth is I had no idea. I remained undecided...
WORLD VOICE: 12 Facts On Child Marriage
My daughter, who recently turned 11, will be graduating from fifth grade in a few weeks. After the summer break, she will continue on to middle school. But for 34 million girls in our world today, the completion of primary school likely marked the end of formal...
World Mom, @JenniferBurden, Writes About post-Ebola Sierra Leone @BabyCenter!
As part of World Moms Blog’s collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood™, our World Moms are writing posts on maternal health around the world. In today’s post, Jennifer Burden writes about "A friend at the nonprofit, WaterAid, recently shared photographs with...
CANADA: Living Outside The Comfort Zone
I wake up in the middle of the night needing to use the bathroom. I tiptoe past my son’s bedroom, but in spite of it being about two in the morning, he is awake. “Mommy!” I hear him whisper. I go in, thankful that he finally understands the importance of not talking...
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