Standing Strong

Penni Mitchell — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:45:57 -0700

In July, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Justice announced several
revisions to the now infamous Shia Personal Status
Law. The law, signed by President Hamid Karzai in
April, contains 249 articles regulating marriage and family
life for the country’s Shia minority, who account for an estimated
20 to 30 percent of the population. [more]

Rwanda Genocide Victims Speak Out

Penni Mitchell — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:47:47 -0700

In the 100 days of genocide that ravaged the small Central African nation of Rwanda from April until July 1994, about one million Tutsi and Hutu people were killed, and an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 women and girls were raped. [more]

Survivors of the Genocide: Rwandan Women Speak Out

Penni Mitchell — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:41:20 -0700

Raise the Roof

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Afew years ago, I didn’t give it a thought. Becoming a
senior seemed very far away. And if that ever did
happen, I have seven children and I always joked [more]

Protect Pay Equity

Penni Mitchell — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:06:02 -0700

PSAC to fight destruction of pay equity

[more]

The Flying Troutmans

Penni Mitchell — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:32:01 -0800

Miriam Toews’ new novel begins in Paris, where Hattie, a moody artist, is dumped by her boyfriend. She is unable to wallow in self-pity because her sister Min has been committed to a psychiatric ward. With 11-year-old Thebes and 15-year-old Logan now in her care, Hattie returns to Winnipeg. [more]

Tanya Tagaq

Penni Mitchell — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:25:54 -0800

She grunts, growls, sings, pants and breathes, but one of the most interesting things about Tanya Tagaq Gillis’s ability to take Inuk throat singing into the mainstream is the nontraditional way she went about it. [more]

Serena Ryder Rides High on Success

Penni Mitchell — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:23:13 -0800

It’s a couple of days after the U.S. election and Serena Ryder is still enraptured by U.S. president Barack Obama’s victory.

“I was watching the election on my computer, because I don’t have a TV. I thought, Wow, for kids born into this, it won’t be history, it will just be.” [more]

Serena Ryder Rides High on Success

Penni Mitchell — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:52:46 -0800

It’s a couple of days after the U.S. election and Serena Ryder is still enraptured by U.S. president Barack Obama’s victory.

“I was watching the election on my computer, because I don’t have a TV. I thought, Wow, for kids born into this, it won’t be history, it will just be.” [more]

Serena Ryder Rides High on Success

Penni Mitchell — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:46:40 -0800

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