30/10/2008 by nicola.

Renata Vincoletto of Falando pelos Cotovelos is raising money for Camfed. (See the wonderful poster)

You may already know of Camfed. They are “an international organisation dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and empowerment of young women. In Africa, where girls have least access to education and are most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, Camfed’s mission is to multiply girls’ access to education and accelerate the benefits to individuals, their families and communities.”

Renata is using Everyclick.com, a site where you can enter a search just as you would with any search engine, but you can choose the charity which benefits from the couple of seconds that you choose to type in your search and click. Renata explains all on her blog and how you can contribute in other ways too.

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11/10/2008 by nicola.

Have seen loads of posts this week about the 27 Women Edubloggers post from ZaidLearn, it reminded me - I can’t remember if I ever actually put this in when I did a mini-series on female blogging earlier this summer, pageflakes has seemed a little buggy of late, but this pagecast is the one I used and still use - does not include all of the blogs by women that I read - all scattered everywhere… (see amazing blogs like Beth Kanter’s for lots of links to female blogging) my focus was not specifically learning / education. At some point will try and collect all of them in one place….

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25/07/2008 by nicola.

Damaris B. Sarria has had her astronaut application received by NASA on her How I am becoming an astronaut blog which is full of inspiration with every post, what an incredible journey she has started!

Dizzy Dee mentions if life gives you lemons, organise a festival, amazing photos of lemon statues etc

Beth Kanter has loads of female bloggers on her Blogher post and add this to Janet Clarey’s list its a fantastic group who are sharing thoughts, ideas and inspiration across the web.

Finally, Maricela Morales on Society’s Backbone blog writes about the Isabel Allende Tales of Passion talk from TED this year. I remember this video coming out but never made time to watch until Maricela’s post. I love Isabel Allende - I first came across a copy of Eva Luna, which a lovely girl gave to me in Bodrum, about 12 yrs ago and I have been completely enchanted with her writing ever since.

This video is as amazing as her writing. I don’t agree with all her statements (there are some older and younger men that I would happily pack in a box and mail to another planet but not all) What a deeply passionate, funny and caring communicator she is, entertaining her audience whether writing or speaking, you can see how much she cares in the warmth of her eyes and hear it in the emotion of her voice, telling horrific stories in a calm but strong beautiful way, with so much hope.

And the women in the stories, just….batting back whatever life throws at them, continually defying their challenging circumstances, how tiring that must be…by believing in themselves, turning positive action into changes for themselves and others around them - how courageous:

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18/07/2008 by nicola.

Bit later than planned…

On Suzemuse, questioning why 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school according to a survey and has 10 suggestions for inclusion in the curriculum.

Paula Odhiambo on Global Voices online has Summer Reflections (thoughts from mothers) in Africa about adopting children.

Maricela on Society’s Backbone has an interesting post about women journalists, parallels to women in technology and bridging gender gap issues

A trip to Richard and Judy and being on tv, from wife in the north

Finally, from the beautiful Musings of the Night, some thoughts about writing pages for a personal journal.

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11/07/2008 by nicola.

Good Morning ! Have decided to try a little experiment having recently uncovered an amazing world of blogging by women, which was both new to me and delightful! If there are any men who are already very offended, requests for ‘mazing or Magical Male Mondays will also be considered.

I would like to present a mini digest of some fairly recent, interesting posts written by women that have inspired, moved me and made me think.

In celebration of 60 years of the NHS, a post from Julie who writes about returning back from holiday to her work in the NHS.

Jenny B is blogging about her life as a widow in Oxfordshire and missing the sound of gulls.

Sara on Kitchen Sink Collective makes a timely point about consuming less rather than just reusing and recycling.

Karyn Romeis - whose blog is full of of great stories too, I just love the way she writes, a thought provoking post about gender equality and differences in treatment in the workplace.

Renata Vincoletto has some interesting photos of creatively designed phone booths around Brazil.

And finally, from the neurotic Iraqi wife who relates a story about the conflicts surrounding relationships, beliefs, culture, family…and smoking

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