It's called, "Hey Sister" and it is my Feminist video!
I know you might think it's dated, but now more than ever one needs to be aware of how easily things in these troubling times can change for the worst. People's minds are elsewhere. People are concerned for themselves. People are busy arguing over healthcare. I mean, How can it get worse?
The World Health Organization reports that over 80,000 women and girls die from unsafe, illegal abortions every year, and experts place that number at as many as 200,000. We have to do something about this!
The National Victim Center indicated that over 700,000 women are raped or sexually assaulted annually in the US. The laws of many countries around the world, such as Uruguay and Ethiopia allow rapists to escape punishment if they marry their victims. Jesus!
The United Nations Populations Fund estimates that as many as 5,000 women and girls are murdered by family members each year in so-called “honor killings” around the world. I didn't know what that was until I looked it up. I can't believe this is the World in which I live!
Women are beaten, stoned to death, abused for such crimes as wearing pants, or not covering their face. I worried about whether I should get an iPhone and some father is allowed to murder his daughter for trying on a pair of jeans just to see how they would feel.
But hey, don't let me bring you down, please enjoy this video I made!
In 1971 the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. See what your workplace and community is doing to celebrate and educate!
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