Following up on my post from last week about "Half the Sky" and global women's issues:
1) There was a great article in the New York Times today written by Nicholas Kristof, one of the authors of "Half the Sky", which has some great examples of women helping women. You can read it here. I get chills up my spine just thinking about it.
2) I hemmed and hawed, and hemmed and hawed, and then tonight I was rummaging around the TED website and discovered a talk by one of the founders of Kiva, a nonprofit that provides micro-loans across the globe (including the United States). By the time I was done watching, I was convinced it was worth at least trying out - and lets face it, $25 is the cost of a skein of sock yarn, which I have plenty of. So I donated (my lender page is here), and I chose to lend to a woman in Cambodia who SEWS for a living (technically, she's using the money to help her daughter's clothing business, but close enough).
3) I also signed up for action alerts at Equality Now, because I'd like to do something in addition to donating money.
4) I really need to find a catchy phrase for this project...suggestions?
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