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TANZANIA: Eat Pray Love
In the spirit of new beginnings and resolutions, I have decided that my 2016 should be summed in these three words. Eat, Pray, Love. EAT. I am not particularly big on experimenting with my food, but this year, I am going all out. I want to have a great relationship...
NEW ZEALAND: Christmas Goodbyes
As a single mom, Christmas has become bitter-sweet. This year I had to say goodbye to my children at 10.30am on the 25th and I won't be seeing them again until early January. They are home for a few days and then they leave for another 10 days or so. I've always loved...
WORLD VOICE: In The Wake of Ebola
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa officially over this past week. The Ebola epidemic that swept through Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and into Nigeria last year highlighted the importance of rapid response, and strong health...
NETHERLANDS: Hidden Treasures Behind The Covers Of Books
I used to visit the library every chance I had. It was my favorite place in the world. I loved its quiet atmosphere, the air thick and warm with stories, knowledge, wisdom, all ready to be discovered in hundreds of books. And oh, the smell. I loved walking through...
KENYA: Sharing Maternal Health Stories, Helping Mothers
I began blogging when I was eight months pregnant with my first son, in March 2011. As a 32 year-old who had worked in both, the media and the development fields, for a decade, I considered myself ‘very well-knowledgeable about stuff’ and thought I knew all there was...
WORLD VOICE: No Woman Should Die of Cervical Cancer
Many of us might hear the word "cancer" and automatically think that such a diagnosis would be a death sentence. This could be based on things we've heard, images we have seen portrayed in the media, or perhaps a personal experience - a friend or relative who has...
INDONESIA: Life Without The Privilege Of Domestic Help
I was born in Peru in 1978, when I was very little I spent a lot of time at my nonna’s (grandmother's) house. I remember sitting with her in the bedroom while she talked with Antonina, the cook that had come upstairs to plan the day’s meals. My grandmother would ask...
WORLD VOICE: Talk To A…..
In the age of cellphones and social media, it’s very easy to disconnect from people without realizing you’re doing so. How many of us create walls subconsciously, especially if it concerns people of different nationalities we don’t usually associate with? I was struck...
CANADA: Parenting In The Social Media Age
My children are part of the first generation for whom social media has always existed. When I was a child, the term “email” hadn’t even been invented yet. For my children, Facebook has always existed and email is regarded as old-fashioned. This has all kinds of...
USA: Why READ?
As my youngest has started to work on learning to read and write in kindergarten, and my oldest lays on the couch for hours lost in a book, I've been reflecting about books and reading. A book is so much more than just paper and ink and the binding that holds it...
World Mom, To-wen Tseng, is on @BabyCenter Today!
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, To-wen Tseng in the USA writes about meeting mothers at a health clinic in post earthquake Haiti on...
INDIA: Of Toy Cars and Jeeps
Toy cars and little boys = a magic combination! Toy cars were no doubt invented as a sanity-restorative for frazzled mothers of demanding toddlers. No, I am not for the world suggesting that we turn material in our pursuits of family fun. But when the cabbage is being...
WORLD VOICE: MISSING WOMEN’S RIGHTS
The UN recently sent a delegation of human rights experts to the US to report on this country’s overall treatment of women. The result? This is how the preliminary report concluded: “The United States, which is a leading state in formulating international human rights...
#WorldMoms 2015 in Pictures
Happy New Year #WorldMoms! If 2016 is anything like 2015 for us it is going to be a fantastic year! Here are some highlights, impact, and accomplishments of World Moms in 2015. Founder and CEO, Jennifer Burden, accepted the UN Correspondents Association award on...
BELGIUM: Roots
This time next week, I'll be in Ethiopia with my daughter. My Ethiopian daughter. She is six years old, and four of those have been with us. Four years which have been wonderful and rough all at the same time. Before she was with us, we already spoke about returning...
Happy New Year!
UAE: Is there a Santa Claus? Thoughts on Trump and Guns
“Will we be safe there?” My 11 year old son asked me that question as we were discussing our winter holiday travel plans, and I suppose, given that we live in the UAE, his question might make sense. In the last few years, we’ve traveled to Jordan, India, Kenya – all...
USA: China’s One-Child Policy, America’s “Anchor Baby” Controversy
In response to China’s latest announcement on their one-child policy and the incident of a Taiwanese woman giving birth on a China Airlines flight to the U.S., Taiwan’s National Education Radio recently invited me to talk about America’s “anchor baby” controversy on...
VIDEO & PHOTOS: World Moms Blog at the 2015 @UNCANews Awards!
Hello World Moms! Today on the blog we are sharing a video and photos from our time at the UN Correspondents Association (UNCA) gala from December 14th, 2015 on the blog! World Mom, Purnima Ramakrishnan of India, won the Elizabeth Neuffer Bronze award for "Best...
NIGERIA: Another Christmas in Captivity for #ChibokGirls, World Forgets
Chibok Girls Remain in Captivity Hmmmmm...today is Christmas, as I write this, and for many all over the world it's time for félicitation, a time for merriment and sharing. But for our Chibok girls and their families, it's time to wail and cry silently, while putting...
#WorldMoms: Christmas Trees Around the World….
Today on Facebook, we are sharing our contributors' Christmas trees around the world! Check out this tree from World Mom, Tara Wambugu in Kenya: Follow our World Moms Blog Facebook Page for an inside look into our World Moms' homes and visit our Christmas trees...
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