Power in numbers: Making Visible The Violence Against Racialized Women by Miwa A. Takeuchi Violence and pain change the way we experience our surroundings and the way our bodies move: our eyes become wide in search of potential dangers, our bodies become tense. What is the power — both negative and positive — of understanding … Read More
“To be relevant, you need to be purposeful” ― Sunday Adelaja God sometimes takes us the long way so that he can teach us lessons along the way. Believe His way is the WAY! Let us mimic the children of Israel, who learned about God’s way as they journeyed through the wilderness. In our lives, there … Read More
It is a daily exercise this nurturing a positive mindset. Developing confidence in your ability to solve problems and trusting your instincts helps build your resilience. In that famous quote by Stephen Covey, he asked: “What have you done to sharpen the Saw?” Sharpening Your Mind He meant how have you developed your problem-solving skills? Have … Read More
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ― Oprah Winfrey Life is full of it, is it not? Challenges that is – and that other thing as well. What to do? Keep moving. Life challenges will come and they will go. As Ms Winfrey says, turn the wounds that you bear from those life challenges into wisdom. One … Read More
Growth is a painful thing. Growth is uncomfortable. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying to you. It is that simple. And, it is the truth! No Comfort In Growth There is no place that we could ever be that God is not aware of. Every season is for a reason, and every reason … Read More
“Women Empowerment” is a term, a catchphrase for far too many, that we often hear. More and more it is becoming clear to this writer that it slides too easily off the lips of some without a proper full understanding of the context. What Is Women Empowerment – Really? “Empowerment is the process of increasing … Read More
Glass ceiling – what is it and is it still a reality? According to the Oxford Dictionary, the “glass ceiling” is “an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities.” Glass Ceiling: Shattered Or Merely Cracked? When she was younger, my daughter and I would often discuss money … Read More
Do Women-focused Capital Funds Actually Help Women, Or Are They Just ‘Pinkwashing?’ by Barbara Jayne Orser An increase in the number of women-focused capital funds promises to help address gender gaps in the provision of financial capital. Capital funding is the money that lenders and equity holders provide to a business. A recent study I … Read More
Leaving the hustle and bustle of our lives can sometimes be such a hard task. We are so caught up with our overloaded agendas. So busy taking care of everything and everyone that we sometimes do not get alone time. Mark 6:32, reminds us that we must find time to spend with just ourselves. Leaving … Read More
Straight. Real. That is what Daughters of Sheba has always been about. Now that we are an official nonprofit organization, we will still keep it real. Wrote about this many years ago but it bears repeating. Until reading a particular article, it never crossed my mind how health challenges, specific to women, may have serious … Read More
