Danielle Kurtzleben
7 July 2009
Washington — With women now comprising 61 percent of all people infected with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa, international donors, governments and advocacy organisations are looking more closely at the connections between HIV/AIDS and gender inequality.
A new report released last week by two Washington-based think tanks, the Centre for Global Development (CGD) and the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), more closely explores the connection between HIV/AIDS and gender inequality, and to what extent donors and countries are using this knowledge to help in the fight against AIDS.
Representatives from a host of gender advocacy, development, governmental, and donor groups gathered on Jul. 1 at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington to discuss the findings.
The report, "Moving Beyond Gender As Usual", scrutinises three major AIDS donors - the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; and the World Bank's Africa Multi-Country AIDS Programme (MAP) - and their treatment of gender in three AIDS-afflicted countries in which they all work, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia.
HIV-infection rates among women have steadily risen since the start of the epidemic. According to the UNAIDS 2008 Report on the Global Aids Epidemic, in the 1980s, around one-third of all HIV-infected people were women.
By the late 1990s, that number surpassed 50 percent. Though this figure has been stable for several years, women's infection rates in some countries have continued to rise.
In some sub-Saharan African countries, the infection rates of young women far surpass the rates of their male counterparts. The number of HIV-infected women age 15-24 in Zimbabwe is double that of men in the same age group. In South Africa, triple the number of women 15-24 are infected.
In Swaziland, infection rates for women age 15-24 are quadruple those of men of the same age group.
One of the major themes addressed by many of the speakers at Wednesday's report launch was the need to look at the global HIV/AIDS epidemic holistically, putting the disease within a regional and cultural context before creating strategies to fight it.
"If we only attack the HIV virus and not real life, then we won't be successful in the fight against AIDS," said Nandini Oomman, one of the report's authors and the director of HIV/AIDS Monitor, a CGD project that works to track the effectiveness of aid given toward easing the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Factors that contribute to gender inequality, such as gender-based violence, unequal access to resources, and cultural gender norms, can all contribute to greater infection risk and fewer treatment options for women.
Cultural norms and values, for example, can prevent infected women in some societies from seeking HIV/AIDS treatment. For example, a woman in a society in which HIV carries a heavy stigma might choose not to disclose to her partner that she is infected, for fear of violent retaliation. The expectation for a woman to stay home can likewise prevent her from seeking anti-retroviral medications (ARV).
"How can a program succeed in preventing mother-to-child infection if such gender-based violence, stigma, discrimination, and unequal access to resources - all aspects of gender inequality - prevent such women from openly taking the medicine they are given?" wrote Oomman in a Huffington Post editorial on Jun. 30.
Lack of women's access to education can also be a major contributor to the spread of AIDS. Karen Hardee of Population Action International cited the figure that for every year of education a woman receives, she has a 7 percent decreased risk of HIV infection.
Gender norms also make HIV transmission to women happen more easily.
"Gender norms often limit women and girls' ability to negotiate the limits of their sexual behavior," noted Kim Ashburn, a gender, HIV and AIDS scientist at ICRW.
Societies in which men view forced sexual intercourse as acceptable, women engage in commercial sex work, or women are not able to negotiate safer sex will naturally have elevated HIV-transmission rates.
Likewise, the expectation of women to continue having children and to breast-feed, even once infected, causes many pediatric HIV infections via mother-child transmission.
One less-explored HIV-prevention option is birth control. A 2007 study by Family Health International, a North Carolina-based NGO, found that while ARVs prevented 101,000 child cases of HIV over a seven-year period, contraception prevented the births of 173,000 infected babies each year.
Under President George W. Bush, PEPFAR was notably reluctant to provide funding for contraceptives.
The linking of AIDS and gender inequality is coming to the forefront of the AIDS dialogue as efforts move more towards prevention. Though PEPFAR successfully treated and extended the lives of hundreds of thousands of Africans since its founding by President Bush, it was also criticised for its failure to effectively prevent new infections with its ABC (Abstinence, Be faithful, Condom use) approach.
Though the Obama administration professes different attitudes towards providing contraception as a part of PEPFAR, no PEPFAR legislation thus far has explicitly addressed family planning. Thus, while it is not restrictive on the subject, it also does not explicitly recommend contraceptives as an HIV prevention measure.
In an interview with IPS, Oomman said that, though this does not mean that the programme will not address family planning, it is up to the administration's interpretation of that legislation to determine the place of contraceptives within PEPFAR.
In her remarks last week, Oomman added that, because gender inequality is such a major contributing factor to HIV transmission, she also considers addressing gender inequality in AIDS prevention a simple way to increase the efficiency of aid use during the global recession.
The three countries that the report examines all have policies that express the need to address the gender-AIDS link. Jane Mpagi, the director of gender and community development in Uganda's Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development, agreed that gender is an integral factor in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in her country, because "women are affected, and the factors that lead to their vulnerability are rooted in gender inequality".
Yet implementation seems to be lacking. The report calls the national gender-based AIDS policies of Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia "high-level rhetoric with few objectives or actions and little follow-through".
One major hindrance to any AIDS relief effort is the fear of governmental corruption in aid-receiving countries.
Some African governments which are marked by corruption are also countries with high HIV-infection rates. For example, a new report released this week by the New Partnership for Africa's Development showed Mozambique to have high levels of corruption among its civil servants.
As the only representative of an aid-receiving country represented on the panel, Mpagi chose her words carefully when asked about donor fears of corruption.
"No country would like to be termed as corrupt," she said. "Corruption is everywhere, and we need to combat it together."
The report made several specific recommendations for each donor it examined, addressing four areas: gender analysis, gender-related programming, gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation, and gender capacity. One of the common recommendations, however, is the need for greater collaboration with country stakeholders so that analysis might better be implemented.
Another hindrance at the governmental level can be attitudes about gender. At any level, the pervasiveness of social norms is difficult to measure and evaluate.
So although donors "do find that there are policies on the national level," as Oomman told IPS, individual government officials can at the same time themselves hold views on gender that promote inequality.
"These are social norms that individuals either follow or don't follow," said Oomman. "You will have government officials who don't understand the importance of gender inequality... But change is slow because it's about changing people's ideas about men and women and their roles in society."
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Wake Up Black Africans They ( D-Evil ) Want Us Dead !
They Want Our Resources !
They are being used like puppets by D - Evil !
HIV Aids - INVENTING THE AIDS VIRUS BY DR. PETER DUESBERG In his book he states that the so-called drug AZT was developed to kill T-Cells. T-Cells are what our bones need to make marrow.
Don't buy the hype..there is no AIDS!!!
PETER DUESBERG [ http://hiv-aids-factorfraud.com/ ] #2306 – “THE AIDS MAVERICK” via Tony Brown’s Journal
Virologist Dr. Peter Duesberg emerged as one of the scientific community’s brightest talents when he discovered the viral gene that can cause cancer. This program examines his research and his controversial stance on AIDS that nearly destroyed his career
Medical Genocide Slow & Hidden.
Check Out This Directive : Called The Georgia GuideStones
[The Agenda Of The Antichrist aka The Georgia Guidestones] 10 POINTS LIKE THE 10 HORNS OR RELIGIONS OF THE BEAST
1) MAINTAIN HUMANITY'S POPULATION UNDER 500 MILLION IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE
2) GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY —IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY
3) UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE
4) RULE PASSION — FAITH — TRADITION AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON
5) PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS
6) LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT
7) AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS
8) BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES.
9) PRIZE TRUTH — BEAUTY — LOVE — SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE
10) BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH — LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE — LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE
#2- Here is evidence of Point 2 of the Georgia Guidestones on Reproduction .
Don't be deceived : [http://www.infowars.com/?p=7259]
Don't Go Here If You Like The Dark [http://www.infowars.com/infowars.asx]
Jesus Christ said “ Except those days (of tribulation) be shortened , no flesh should be save “. There are sinister forces at work, especially in Black Africa, trying to destroy us by HOOK or CROOK.
BY HOOK - Dr. Boyd E. Graves discovered the existence of a U.S. government- manufactured killing virus designed to kill Black People. It is called AIDS.
1. This manufactured AIDS has a cure that the persons who developed it hold the patent on.
2. Just Search using Dr. Boyd E Graves as a search word.
BY CROOK – Dr. Peter Duesberg discovered that another form of AIDS was actually old diseases like pneumonia ( and other common diseases) which was renamed AIDS.
1. This so-called form of AIDS actually doesn’t exist.
2. But since the persons falsely-diagnosed to have this imaginary form of AIDS are treated with drugs like AZT , they tend to die from. The treatment.
3. AZT was developed in 1958. It was developed to kill T-cells ; our source of life (the marrow in our bones ).
4. Also Search using Dr.Peter Duesberg , author of “Inventing The Aids Virus “
SO BEWARE OF THE AIDS GAME WITH YOUR LIFE AT STAKE.
And in the LAST DAYS, when sin is running rampant in the land, a FIERCE-LOOKING WISE KING shall come into power.
And his power shall be mighty. However The power he will have WILL NOT BE HIS OWN POWER.
And THROUGH HIS POLICY HE SHALL CAUSE WITCHCRAFT TO PROSPER.
And he shall magnify himself AND BY PEACE SHALL HE DESTROY MANY.
He shall also stand up againt Jesus Christ, but HE SHALL BE DESTROY by the brightness of Christ’s return.
[ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Peter+Duesberg&aq= f ]
Many Of You Are Fulfilling Prophecy In A Sad, Foolish, Naïve Way. REVELATIONS 18 :23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your SORCERIES were all nations TRICKED .. AZT is the star of the AIDS death show..and many doctors are being tricked and bribed by the $$$$ !!!!
THE AIDS HOAX PART 1- MUST SEE
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URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW-gp41Q_PM ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 2- MUST SEE
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URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZcDJlq_eiM ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 3- MUST SEE
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URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR8t2xcfuuU ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 4- MUST SEE
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URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoYM-yhUObE ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 5- MUST SEE
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URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFXKUlaiJ7M ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 6- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM86PYMQIbc ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 7- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKk5CTdZpI ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 8- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ED2jNgrQw ]
Many Of You Are Fulfilling Prophecy In A Sad, Foolish, Naïve Way. REVELATIONS 18 :23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your SORCERIES were all nations TRICKED .. AZT is the star of the AIDS death show..and many doctors are being tricked and bribed by the $$$$ !!!!
THE AIDS HOAX PART 9- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfC4hHxWKYE ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 10- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mypiieJ4pP4 ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 11- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7W8CZvM6G0 ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 12- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LwMM8G8Iyo ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 13- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebpTSM17Mg4 ]
*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** ************************************************************ Many Of You Are Fulfilling Prophecy In A Sad, Foolish, Naïve Way. REVELATIONS 18 :23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your SORCERIES were all nations TRICKED .. AZT is the star of the AIDS death show..and many doctors are being tricked and bribed by the $$$$ !!!!
Peter Duesberg: science vs."hiv/aids"
[ Peter Duesberg On AIDS Hoax ]
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5xZ4_aFHII ]
The HIV Virus AIDS Lie - HIV DOES NOT CAUSE AIDS
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST_DJmoyhNg ]
The military-medical complex : Starring AIDS Co-Starring CANCER
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXmJPfzwBOI ]
[WHO'S AFRAID OF BEING THEMSELVES ALL THE TIME ? ]
[This inspiring poem was featuring in the movie “Coach Carter ”]
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate, Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure. It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesn’t Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Won’t Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
It’s Not Just In Some Of Us; It’s In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
- Marianne Williamson -
[NOTE – BEING AFRAID AND REFUSING TO GET INVOLVED WON’T STOP US FROM DYING. BUT BEING AFRAID CAN PREVENT US FROM LIVING]
(Nkosi Sikeleli Africa )
God bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions .
God bless us, Your children God we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation, our nation.
From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
[Enoch Mankayi Sontonga]
WAKE UP !!! STAY UP !!!
[http://www.infowars.com/infowars.asx] / [gcnlive.com] / [http://alexjonesringtones.net/] Life Is A Game. Have Fun . Luke 18:17 - Isaiah 11:6
Wake Up Black Africans They ( D-Evil ) Want Us Dead !
They Want Our Resources !
They are being used like puppets by D - Evil !
HIV Aids - INVENTING THE AIDS VIRUS BY DR. PETER DUESBERG In his book he states that the so-called drug AZT was developed to kill T-Cells. T-Cells are what our bones need to make marrow.
Don't buy the hype..there is no AIDS!!!
PETER DUESBERG [ http://hiv-aids-factorfraud.com/ ] #2306 – “THE AIDS MAVERICK” via Tony Brown’s Journal
Virologist Dr. Peter Duesberg emerged as one of the scientific community’s brightest talents when he discovered the viral gene that can cause cancer. This program examines his research and his controversial stance on AIDS that nearly destroyed his career
Medical Genocide Slow & Hidden.
Check Out This Directive : Called The Georgia GuideStones
[The Agenda Of The Antichrist aka The Georgia Guidestones] 10 POINTS LIKE THE 10 HORNS OR RELIGIONS OF THE BEAST
1) MAINTAIN HUMANITY'S POPULATION UNDER 500 MILLION IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE
2) GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY —IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY
3) UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE
4) RULE PASSION — FAITH — TRADITION AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON
5) PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS
6) LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT
7) AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS
8) BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES.
9) PRIZE TRUTH — BEAUTY — LOVE — SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE
10) BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH — LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE — LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE
#2- Here is evidence of Point 2 of the Georgia Guidestones on Reproduction .
Don't be deceived : [http://www.infowars.com/?p=7259]
Don't Go Here If You Like The Dark [http://www.infowars.com/infowars.asx]
Jesus Christ said “ Except those days (of tribulation) be shortened , no flesh should be save “. There are sinister forces at work, especially in Black Africa, trying to destroy us by HOOK or CROOK.
BY HOOK - Dr. Boyd E. Graves discovered the existence of a U.S. government- manufactured killing virus designed to kill Black People. It is called AIDS.
1. This manufactured AIDS has a cure that the persons who developed it hold the patent on.
2. Just Search using Dr. Boyd E Graves as a search word.
BY CROOK – Dr. Peter Duesberg discovered that another form of AIDS was actually old diseases like pneumonia ( and other common diseases) which was renamed AIDS.
1. This so-called form of AIDS actually doesn’t exist.
2. But since the persons falsely-diagnosed to have this imaginary form of AIDS are treated with drugs like AZT , they tend to die from. The treatment.
3. AZT was developed in 1958. It was developed to kill T-cells ; our source of life (the marrow in our bones ).
4. Also Search using Dr.Peter Duesberg , author of “Inventing The Aids Virus “
SO BEWARE OF THE AIDS GAME WITH YOUR LIFE AT STAKE.
And in the LAST DAYS, when sin is running rampant in the land, a FIERCE-LOOKING WISE KING shall come into power.
And his power shall be mighty. However The power he will have WILL NOT BE HIS OWN POWER.
And THROUGH HIS POLICY HE SHALL CAUSE WITCHCRAFT TO PROSPER.
And he shall magnify himself AND BY PEACE SHALL HE DESTROY MANY.
He shall also stand up againt Jesus Christ, but HE SHALL BE DESTROY by the brightness of Christ’s return.
[ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Peter+Duesberg&aq= f ]
Many Of You Are Fulfilling Prophecy In A Sad, Foolish, Naïve Way. REVELATIONS 18 :23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your SORCERIES were all nations TRICKED .. AZT is the star of the AIDS death show..and many doctors are being tricked and bribed by the $$$$ !!!!
THE AIDS HOAX PART 1- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW-gp41Q_PM ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 2- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZcDJlq_eiM ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 3- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR8t2xcfuuU ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 4- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoYM-yhUObE ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 5- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFXKUlaiJ7M ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 6- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM86PYMQIbc ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 7- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKk5CTdZpI ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 8- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ED2jNgrQw ]
Many Of You Are Fulfilling Prophecy In A Sad, Foolish, Naïve Way. REVELATIONS 18 :23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your SORCERIES were all nations TRICKED .. AZT is the star of the AIDS death show..and many doctors are being tricked and bribed by the $$$$ !!!!
THE AIDS HOAX PART 9- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfC4hHxWKYE ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 10- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mypiieJ4pP4 ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 11- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7W8CZvM6G0 ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 12- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LwMM8G8Iyo ]
THE AIDS HOAX PART 13- MUST SEE
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebpTSM17Mg4 ]
*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** ************************************************************ Many Of You Are Fulfilling Prophecy In A Sad, Foolish, Naïve Way. REVELATIONS 18 :23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your SORCERIES were all nations TRICKED .. AZT is the star of the AIDS death show..and many doctors are being tricked and bribed by the $$$$ !!!!
Peter Duesberg: science vs."hiv/aids"
[ Peter Duesberg On AIDS Hoax ]
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5xZ4_aFHII ]
The HIV Virus AIDS Lie - HIV DOES NOT CAUSE AIDS
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST_DJmoyhNg ]
The military-medical complex : Starring AIDS Co-Starring CANCER
Embed [ ]
URL [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXmJPfzwBOI ]
[WHO'S AFRAID OF BEING THEMSELVES ALL THE TIME ? ]
[This inspiring poem was featuring in the movie “Coach Carter ”]
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate, Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure. It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesn’t Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Won’t Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
It’s Not Just In Some Of Us; It’s In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
- Marianne Williamson -
[NOTE – BEING AFRAID AND REFUSING TO GET INVOLVED WON’T STOP US FROM DYING. BUT BEING AFRAID CAN PREVENT US FROM LIVING]
(Nkosi Sikeleli Africa )
God bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions .
God bless us, Your children God we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation, our nation.
From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
[Enoch Mankayi Sontonga]
WAKE UP !!! STAY UP !!!
[http://www.infowars.com/infowars.asx] / [gcnlive.com] / [http://alexjonesringtones.net/] Life Is A Game. Have Fun . Luke 18:17 - Isaiah 11:6