Facebook events about the women march and my First Response was theres already a million women marching but i digress and i started going into the actual pages on the commentary and i actually said i made a comment in there and i said i hope that you include muslim women and communities as its one of the groups that wasnt described in the description of the event, they talked about solidarity and im sure that it wasnt intentional, but i felt the need to say something. And at the same time simultaneously as i was making that comment about one of the original founders of the Facebook Page was already in consultation with the africanamerican civil rights leader and carmine purdah is working on criminal justice or the country they were already in conversation about bringing in women of color and when i made the commentary they were like yes we have one that comes with his trio and shes a Muslim American organizer and if youre going to bring us in a, she has to be included in this work and
On january 21, the Year Anniversary of the largest protest. How did you get involved . Goes back to the moment when you first got involved. Sunny was like everybody else, had a moment of despair after the election in 2016 and was online, trying to figure out, analyze, why are we in this situation . I started seeing posts and Facebook Events about this million women march, and my first instinct was to be there was are a million women march in 1997, but i digress. I started going into the actual pages and see the commentary and conversations people were having, and i made a comment in there and i said exhope you include muslim win and muslim communities, but it was one over group that was not described in the description of the event. The talk about solidarity with other groups but muslims were not included. And im sure it he one intensal but i felt the need to say something. And then as i was making that commonality, bob land, the original founder, was already in conversation with an af
The International Development secretary, penny mordaunt, has described as horrific the behaviour of some of oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. And concerns that this could be a wider issue were echoed by the author, and a former president of a charity, dr elaine storkey. Yes, its a horrible idea that there might be even more revelations that we havent yet seen, and it doesnt surprise me. Aid workers in vulnerable places are working their socks off and are open to temptation, but it is very sad that you can imagine them giving into it. In your experience of haiti, how serious a problem is the exploitation of women, and did it get worse after the earthquake . Its similar to the exploitation of women across the world, its barbaric and relentless, women are prostituted and abused and so on. Actually, in defence of the organisations, if it werent for the ngos in places like haiti and chad, the issue of the availab
Nonfiction authors about their latest work. Host linda, cofounder and co organizer of the womens march, coauthor of this incredible new book together we rise. Behind the scenes of the protest heard around the world. On january 21 it will be the Year Anniversary of the largest protest in america history. How do you get involved . Take us back to the moment when he first decided that you could do this to i was just like everybody else that had a couple minutes to spare after the november election in 2016 and was sitting online just like everyone else transfigure out and analyze why are we in the situation and i started seeing posts of his events about this million women march and i was like my first instinct was to be like there is already a million women martin and was organized by black women in 1997 but i digress and i started going into the actual pages to see the commentary and what conversations were having and i actually said i made a comment in there and said i hope that you incl
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