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Celebrating Midwinter’s Day

December 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Willits News

California
December 17, 2010

Willits will mark Midwinter’s Day with its annual Solstice Celebration an evening of songs, dance, theater, candlelighting, making wishes, and drum jam beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 21, at Little Lake Grange.

The 16th annual event, “A Council of All Beings,” will focus on the human part in the interwoven web of life, says event organizer Ann Weller. she notes. “Community celebrations that mark the seasons bring us together regularly and promote deeper relationships.”

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Child Marriage — “Islam allows it as long as the girl is considered to have reached her pubescent stage, once she has her menstruation.”

December 10, 2010 By 1 Comment

The Government has no plan to review laws allowing for underage marriages because the practice is permitted under Islam.

“If the religion allows it, then we can’t legislate against it.”
Atlas Shrugs

December 10, 2010

There are no distinctions between child marriage and slavery. If anything, child marriage is worse: The child, unlike an adult slave (or a slave with his or her parents around) is entirely at the mercy of her “husband.”

Filed Under: Hormone Health World News, Menstrual Suppression, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, My Sister's Song, Puberty, Sexual Abuse, Social/Political, Women's History, Women's Politics, Women's Religious Practices Tagged With: , , , , ,

Merck wants your Tired, your Poor to be ‘One Less’ Gardasil Access Program Targets Third World Countries

June 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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North Hollywood, California, June 24, 2010 — Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) May statistics on HPV vaccine injury and death now stands at 18,445 adverse reaction (increase of 1,000 in the last 6 weeks), 75 deaths, 3,771 not recovered, 4,905 unknown recovered, 610 disabled, 355 life threatening, 7,858 ER visits, 1,865 hospitalized. The numbers reflect only 1 to 10% of the population reporting.

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Knowledge is power’

April 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Saudi Gazette

April 12, 2010

By Kanika Aggarwal

How many times in our lives have we heard this phrase? How many times have our parents, teachers, elders stated this same thing over and over again? This quote by Sir Francis Bacon emphasizes that when you have knowledge, you have authority. It alludes to the fact that there is something about acquiring knowledge that gives you a controlling influence. But more importantly, this is a non-Muslim phrase which has only been around since 1597.

Filed Under: FemCare, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Periods, Women's History, Women's Religious Practices Tagged With: ,

Beliefs and Practices in Women’s Health

November 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Ramaiah Bheenaveni

November 20, 2009
Placebo – Healing the Body with the Mind (2 of 5)

Rural women’s health is an infinitely broad topic. Many Indian women have come from circumstances in which women have limited access to healthcare. Traditionally, there has been discrimination towards women in decision-making; access to resources such as food, education and health care; job opportunities; and in child-rearing and parenting. However, women’s health in rural areas affects everything in their environment from their families to their economies and vice versa. A woman’s health, especially among the poor and illiterate, is often neglected not just by her family but by the woman herself. She is taught not to complain and if she does then she is directed either to use condiments in the kitchen or try faith healing.

Filed Under: Menstrual Suppression, Mothers & Daughters, My Sister's Song, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics, Women's Religious Practices Tagged With:

Non-Muslim = Menstruation Women = No

November 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The Nut Graph

By The Nut Graph team
editor@thenutgraph.com

PARTI Keadilan Rakyat’s Seri Andalas assemplyperson, Dr Xavier Jayakumar, has unintentionally landed the Taman Sri Andalas mosque committee in hot soup. Xavier had given a talk in the mosque during a Ramadan function in late August 2009. According to the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais), this was a huge no-no. When contacted by Utusan Malaysia, Jais director Datuk Mohamed Khusrin Munawi said this was because non-Muslims fall in the same category as menstruating women, who are also not allowed in the mosque’s prayer hall.

Filed Under: Education, Menstrual Suppression, Mothers & Daughters, Women's History, Women's Politics, Women's Religious Practices Tagged With:

The Holy Hill Of The Devi

July 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Tehelka Magazine
India
July 3, 2009

Assam’s Ambubachi Mela glories in the Feminine Principle with a rare abandon, says TERESA REHMAN

THE CULT of the Mother Goddess is as old as civilisation, perhaps older. The Jewish myth of Lilith, first wife of Adam, the Vedic Aditi, mother of the gods and the earthy Venus of Willendorf with her childbearing hips and prominent breasts are all manifestations of humankind’s fascination with that everyday mystery – the process of conception, gestation and birth, and by extension, the essence of Femininity itself.

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GUWAHATI: Mystic Mela – Ambubachi Mela – Honoring the Menstruation of Mother Earth

June 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

THE HIMALAYAN BEACON [BEACON ONLINE]
June 22, 2009
BY NANDA KIRATI DEWAN

GUWAHATI: Tens of thousands of devotees from different parts of the country will converge in the Kamakhya temple for the three-day Ambubachi Mela, which starts here on Monday. Ambubachi Mela is a celebration of the yearly menstruation of Prithvi (Mother Earth), held in June/July (during the monsoon season). Ambubachi, in fact, is not a festival. It is a ritual of austerities. But a big fair is held at Kamakhya in connection with it. Mother Prithvi is supposed to be menstruating during these days of Ambubachi; so, she remains impure during this period.

In Sanskrit, Ambu is water and bachi may mean to express or to blossom. In Kamrup district, Ambubachi is popularly known as Amati and in the eastern districts as Saat (seven). Amati may be a corruption of Ambubachi and the word Saat, seven, may be popularly used because the period generally starts on the seventh day of the month of Asadha.

After about six days of Asadha, when the sun enters Gemini, the Earth attains the state of menstruation (bhavet prithvi rajasvala), a state which continues for about 48 hours. During this period, the cultivator will not till his land, for tearing of the earth in any way is not allowed. No puja is to be performed. Widows and menstruating women generally observe a fast and often do not come down from their bedsteads – they are not to come in contact with the earth. Many villagers will not open their boxes. Not that it is possible for all and sundry to keep away from regular chores, including work in the fields, but those who observe austerities, like brahmacharis and widows, will not eat cooked food; they will live on fruits and milk during these days. It is believed that taking of milk during Ambubachi protects the drinker from snake bites. Village people believe that during this period, even ants, earthworms and pigs do not furrow the ground. After this period is over, every house is cleaned and all clothes washed just as a woman cleanses herself after a menstruation cycle.

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The Kelantan Palace Has Committed a Sin!

May 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Sexual Oppression Kept Alive by Religious Beliefs “Furthermore, intercourse during menstruation for both man and woman results in many severe illnesses. This fact has been acknowledged by doctors past and present.”

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Sex education goes on holiday

April 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Sex education remains an awkward subject for both parents and teachers in Viet Nam because of the conservative attitude towards things considered “sensitive”….Thus, adults either end up not talking about sex and relationships to youngsters or else talk down to them or are evasive.

Filed Under: Adolescent Boys, Adolescent Girls, Education, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Natural Cycles, Puberty, Teens, Wellness, Women's Religious Practices