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Alcohol Addiction: Swimming To The Surface
Two heavy blankets are on top of me. I am shivering so hard that my teeth are chattering but I’m also sweating so profusely that I look as if I’ve been standing in a rainstorm. My hands shake, my legs twitch, I pull my legs up under me and then I stretch them out,...
Walking between Two Worlds: An Asian American Experience
Identity is a most curious thing. In a blog post that I wrote for NPR's intern edition back in 2007, I started with, “I moved to the United States four years ago, but I never felt more like a foreigner until I was back in my homeland of Taiwan last summer.” I then...
Choosing Wellness and Going with the Flow
Truth is, if you had told me a few months ago that I would be writing a health and wellness story right now, I would have answered you with a great big “Srsly? Well, here I am, seriously writing that health and wellness story. I spent most of 2020 quarantined at home...
What Our Words Can Do
What do you think about when you hear I am from Israel? (Don’t worry, I am not about to get into the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. But the fact that we go there, and not usually in a good way, is kind of my point - and what I am going to talk about.) It is...
Throwback Thursday: Season of Letting Go
We first published this original post, written by World Mom Network contributor Tara B. from Washington, on September 17, 2018. It was well received and shared then. If you haven’t read it, we hope you will enjoy for today’s Throwback Thursday. Early on a Sunday...
Growing Up In Apartheid South Africa As A White Kid
When I was six years old, my father’s job took us from South Africa to the United States. The year was 1976, and South Africa was reeling from the Soweto uprising, a student-led protest against the Apartheid government that ended in the deaths of at least 176 Black...
UN World Refugee Day is June 20th
UN World Refugee Day 2021 is themed Together We Can Achieve Anything "Only together can we end this pandemic and recover. Only together can we revive our economies. And then, together, we can all get back to the things we love." -UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
The Pandemic, Traveling and the Power of NOW
World Moms Network changed my life. The first time I traveled out of my country was in 2013. Jennifer Burden, Founder of World Moms Network, celebrated. She couldn't stop talking about it on social media. I went to Chicago to collect the BlogHer International Activist...
Fighting for Children’s Rights on UN World Day Against Child Labor
June 12th has been designated the UN World Day Against Child Labor to remember the children who have been robbed of their childhood, education and opportunities for a better future and to advocate for those in forced childhood labor, today, as I write this. According...
Above and Below: Celebrating on World Oceans Day
Take a break from COVID news and celebrate something we all can feel good about: World Oceans Day!
World Moms Network is BACK!!
Hello, there! Remember when the World Moms used to jet set off to parts unknown? Or were always busy covering conferences and events around the UN's Sustainable Development Goals? Well, the pandemic has provided our editing team time to reflect about a lot, including...
Why The COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Shared
At long last, my state of Missouri feels some relief as all immunization tiers are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and more local vaccination appointments become available. No one thought vaccine rollout would be easy. Nor did Americans think it would be this hard....
Ma’Khia Bryant, Duante Wright, George Floyd
Happy, angry, afraid. As we rejoiced in the “Guilty on all charges” verdict of Derek Chauvin, 15-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant had just been murdered by a white police officer in Columbus, Ohio. The use of a taser would have been effective in stopping Ma’Khia. It would have...
Nine Minutes And Twenty-Nine Seconds
In May of 2020, the world was forced to slow down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After Memorial Day, people from around the world watched as George Floyd took his last breath while former Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck. For nine minutes and...
My Race is Human…and Asian
Photo Credit: Joshua Hoehne 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...
EGYPT: Discover More about Yourself by Stretching Your Comfort Zone
We all tend to stay in our comfort zone. It’s safer and more comfortable even if we are not totally satisfied with our lives. To make a change and discover more about our strengths we need to get out of our comfort zone, experience discomfort, and challenge ourselves....
Happy International Women’s Day!
It's been over 10 years since World Moms Network published its first post. We're still all here in the trenches. Planning new things for 2021. Watch this space over the next few months. We are reorganizing and getting our site touched up! In the meantime, I'd like to...
USA: Love in the Rubble of Life
February 18, 2021 Yesterday, February 17, 2021, our daughter Sophia and son Wesley (& their grandpa) planned a surprise date for my husband Don and me. I left at around 10 am to go clean an office. On my way, I made a couple of stops and did a prayer recording for...
The Evolution of r(E)volutionary Woman Podcast
So it started as a conversation with my husband in the car. As far as I can remember, I’ve always been a writer. I’ve written poems, lyrics and, for many years, contributed various articles to different publications. I started my blog, The Pinay Perspective, ten years...
Increase of Domestic Violence Globally during COVID-19
While countries around the world are dealing with different stages of lockdowns and reopenings, the state of women’s safety has been put off to the side. The focus on COVID-19 has been ever-present and with good reason. The number of cases continue to rise around the...
Topless in the USA : Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This time last year I found myself laying topless on a bed with laser beams dancing across my breasts. How strange, I remember thinking, to so cavalierly take my shirt off for so many different people after being married for over 20 years. I can’t say I’d ever been...
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