Monthly Archives: May 2016

Everyday Misogyny: 122 Subtly Sexist Words about Women (and what to do about them) | Sacraparental.com

Everyday Misogyny: 122 Subtly Sexist Words about Women (and what to do about them)

By 94 commentsactivism, discrimination, equal opportunity, feminism, gender pay gap, gendered language, glass ceiling, language

    ‘Feisty’ is one. ‘Bossy’ gets a lot of press. And don’t get me started on ‘working mother’. How many men have you heard described as ‘working fathers’, let alone ‘dadpreneurs’? Subtly sexist words about women and girls. Not the obvious, awful insulting words (which are depressingly many and varied), but the ones that fly […]

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Children from the Kachin ethnic group, living in a camp, had no shoes when it started snowing earlier this year. Partners was pleased to be able to supply these terrific boots for them. Read more about that story on the Partners blog: blog.partners.ngo | Sacraparental.com

A Prayer for Myanmar

By 1 commentactivism, developing world, discrimination, feminism, housework, Myanmar, politics, prayer, refugees, social justice, spirituality, violence, war

  Last month, the newly elected Parliament of Myanmar chose Htin Kyaw as the country’s first non-military President since 1962. It was another step towards democracy, and a happy one, but Myanmar’s path to recovery is likely to be long and windy. The military still controls much of the government and has veto power over constitutional changes. They could […]

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