Pathfinder Celebrates "Women Who Dare"

In Honor of International Women's Day 2013 on March 8

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Women around the world dare every day. For them, it isn't about a holiday or special occasion. It's about seeing a need and working to make a difference. That's why Pathfinder will continue to honor "Women Who Dare" here past International Women's Day. Make sure to check back for new stories in the coming weeks!

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Every day, women around the world dare.

They dare to dream and to lead. They dare to challenge the status quo. And they dare to speak out for those who lack the resources to advocate for themselves.

This International Women’s Day, Pathfinder celebrates women who dare at all levels.

From the woman who musters the courage to ask her husband to wear a condom counter to cultural practices to the woman in Parliament who demands affordable access to reproductive health services for the women who need them most, daring knows no scale or status.

We applaud the women who dare to tell the world that it's not doing enough. That it can do better for the world's billions of women and girls. That a frank and honest conversation about sexual and reproductive health is not something that can be ignored just because it's difficult to talk about.

Between now and International Women’s Day, dare to join us!


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Jill Sheffield
"There are times when I feel like I live out on a limb. And it seems like I can hear the saws most of the time. But that’s ok." - Jill Sheffield

 





































































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daring is to come fowarding without fearing any thing and some time even you dont get support your just doing things sa long as they make sence
laicky gugu March 29, 2013
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK AND PLEASE I DO ASK FOR THE LOGO, YOUR COMPANY LOGO TO HOLD A FUND RAISING TO SUPPORT PATHFINDER. PETER
PETER WEYIMI March 12, 2013
dareing to me means taking chances, doing something you would never usually do to help other. Helping others no matter what the cost to you, just living ur life with others in mind
liz hornbeck March 11, 2013
Daring means to come out for the better
african child network March 9, 2013
Daring means daring to denounce and offend all abusers of power, like Tea Partyers and Sequesterers, to their faces, as well as on paper and through any and all media adn internet venues.
Stefan Kozinski March 8, 2013
To me the word dare means moving out into a forbidden Territory that, some feel is forbidden for women and children and are for the "lucky few".(you know those few who the are), the smart women who can dare to stand up are saying that enough is too much for women cannot wait to fight for their rights, in regard to:-, safe motherhood, property inheritance, to be involved in decision making both social and political and above all to have zero tolerance for gender based violence.
Molly Kate Rwankore N March 8, 2013
By recognizing the efforts of the women we know, It manifests a shared vision and collective contribution. I was happy to see Ugandan faces.
Samoa-Madalakafoundation March 8, 2013
to me dare can mean advocating for change in status particularly women. by standing firm in speaking out their rights and taking meaningful actions for the seek of equal development.
osco March 6, 2013
"If you think you're too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito." - Bette Reese
Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN March 4, 2013
In 1979, as a nursing student, I witnessed the circumcision of a newborn baby boy. His screams were unlike anything I'd ever heard before and now I've come to understand that the screams of infants and children undergoing genital cutting are genderless and both genders die from these anachronistic blood rituals. I have dedicated my life to protecting the genital integrity rights of infants and children until they are old enough to make these important decisions about their own bodies for themselves. It's never easy to challenge the dominant paradigm, the status quo, or the current medical model, but in the past 34 years, since I've been doing this work, the circumcision rate in the USA has dropped from 85-95% down to 54% nationally and less than 20% in all the western states, except California, which has a rate of 22% now. This is an issue whose time has come and people worldwide now are protecting the rights of children--female, male, and intersex alike--to their own bodies. See www.nocirc.org, www.IntactAmerica.org, and www.GenitalAutonomy.org.
Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN March 4, 2013
Undertaking research and thereafter creating solutions to the pressing challenges that man kind is facing is very daring especially in countries of the third world where we have selfish and ignorant political leaders who are not willing to financially support human need filling ideas that have been initiated by a common man/woman or an under dog.But as Pastor Dr.Robert Schuller says,"Great people are ordinary people with extra ordinary determination.These leaders who have no concern for public good do kill ideas.Again Dr.Robert Schuller says,"The most tragic waste is the waste of a good idea". People who initiate ideas and challenge the status quo have at times ended in prison.Initiating an idea in third world countries is like crossing a mine field dangers abound.I know what I have gone through while developing Uganda Peace Foundation, an organization that I initiated to prevent conflicts/insecurity in Uganda and the entire world by addressing the root causes of conflicts/insecurity which include poverty coupled with unemployment and other social ills such as undemocratic and bad governance,environmental degradation,ignorance,HIV/AIDs,etc You can't create a solution without going out into the uncharted waters,into the unfamiliar territory and into the uncomfortable zones.It is very daring to create a meaningful solution that one is able to make a legacy that will not be expunged on the face planet earth.It is these ladies and gentleman who have dared that have changed the course of history of mankind. I salute all those who are daring and are creating solutions to the pressing challenges that mankind is facing.These are the people who are capable of heroic self sacrifice. Visit Uganda Peace Foundation to find out what we are doing to prevent conflicts in Uganda and the entire world. The website: https://sites.google.com/site/peacefoundationorgug
George Darlington Hashaka March 2, 2013
we have to empower women and girls to reduce teenage and unwanted pregnancies through knowledge and supply contraceptives in right time, right contraceptive for right persons.and also strengthen them to avoid sexual and gender based violence.nana
Anonymous March 2, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IonMlEfwwM Daring to change maternal health and reduce maternal mortality in remote communities without access or proper transportation... we will be working as physicians in Western Uganda in one of the worst regions for maternal death rate. Empowering women to take control of their health and providing more streamlined diagnosis of high risk pregnancies can help reduce dangerous outcomes during labor. facebook.com/movingmaama
Karli Provost March 1, 2013
Daring to me is challenging any idea that those in power hold sacred. People in power rarely want to give up that power. So to empowe women, we must be daring.
Jill S. March 1, 2013