It's
estimated that between 114 million women around the world experience
female genital circumcision. The ritual is life-threatening, makes child
bearing extremely painful and there are traumatic experiences attached
to it. The root of this is based on culture. Is it then a crime to be
born a female?, must I wallow in limitations because of cultural values?
Should my human rights be infringed upon based on my gender. Culture to
me should be an element of appreciation. Oh culture,
u definitely can't limit me, can u please be enhanced. I do love
cultural values at least it makes me to appreciate the fact that variety
is the spice of life. I walk, live and act out according to God's
purpose for my gender. Let my mind be renewed based on God's word for my
gender not on cultural beliefs. Christ is my standard not culture.
International Women’s Day 2023: “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality”
It is International women’s day and this year’s focus is on DigitALL: innovation and technology for gender equality. Currently, there exists a wide gender gap in the IT space and the reason is that, for years, women have beloved that technology was just for men. Given our history, this is actually a ridiculous ideology because the first programmer ever was a woman. A mathematician, Ada Lovelace created a programming code in the 1800s, and paved the way for computers today. In the 1900s, Hedy Lamarr, who doubled as an actress and inventor developed the technology that runs our GPS, Bluetooth Wi-Fi, as we know them now. There are a host of other incredible women in history who has been in the IT field yet a gender gap exists and women still think that sciences are solely for men. These limiting beliefs have cost us and have caused women to be excluded from innovations. As a result, many inventions that have been created haven’t been produced with women in mind. For example, when artifi
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