Ada Aharoni

Israel

“I wish a ‘Pomegranate Life’ for women all over the world.”

The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace celebrated Women’s Day with a major Festival of Women’s Peace and Harmony Stories.  The Festival was held at the Cinematheque in Haifa, which was fully packed, by both women and men of all ages.

Eighteen professional actors and story tellers enchanted the audience with marvellous stories about the power, creativeness, wisdom and peace-loving hearts of women, in different parts of the world: Israel, Palestine, Bedouin women, Egypt, India, China, Japan, Scandinavia, Iraq, America, France and England. The Festival was a great success, and it gave women a deep sense of empowerment, joy and freedom.

I wish a “Pomegranate Life” for women all over the world – ruby grains of wisdom and freedom, creative lives, equal status as that of men, equal opportunities to choose whatever they desire, and success in reaching the power women have in Scandinavia, where they are almost half of the members of their governments and parliaments.

The running of the Scandinavian countries by both women and men equally is the secret of Scandinavia’s high standard of living, one of the highest in the world. How did the Scandinavian women do it? They told their governments, if you want us women to vote for you – then it’s “one man, one women in every key position in the country!” And “Women Vote Women!” This is how they won, and everybody else in Scandinavia won. I wish for women of the world to emulate the Scandinavian women, and to bring us peace and prosperity to our global village. I know we can.

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Professor Ada Aharoni is a celebrated author, a poet, and the founder of The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace.