The Quality of Compassion

The Quality of Compassion

For 10,000 years, human history has been about men, and their wars. A little about art and religion was thrown in, but not much. In the 19th century, that all changed. The qualities of compassion and cooperation, in which women excel, are more in tune with the rapid...
The Contributions of Women: past and future

The Contributions of Women: past and future

Written history tends to ignore the many contributions of women scientists and inventors. The next time you turn on the heat in your car on a cold winter morning, you can thank a woman, Margaret Wilcox. Your windshield wipers were invented by Mary Anderson. Other...
Female Genital Mutilation and Other Sins

Female Genital Mutilation and Other Sins

Around the world, many cultures have demonstrated that they believe men to be superior, even virtuous, while women are evil. Some tribes in Africa and Asia slice off the sensitive parts of the genitalia of young girls. The practice, known as Female Genital Mutilation...
Gender Equity: A National Security Issue

Gender Equity: A National Security Issue

The equality of women is more than a moral issue affecting half the population of the planet. Because the issue is largely ignored, the unheard voice of women is a national security issue that endangers every country. The Universal House of Justice wrote, in 1985: The...
Are you waiting for Gender Equity?

Are you waiting for Gender Equity?

If women wait for men to grant them gender equity, they will still be waiting 10,000 years from now. It is up to women to take the initiative, to educate themselves and demand equity. One issue that is holding the world back from embracing gender equality is the...