Voices from the Frontlines
Voices from the Frontlines are first-person reports on what is happening around the world, how it impacts women, and how women are building cultures of peace. We encourage submissions from everyone, including YOU!
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Matt Southworth
United States
“War doesn’t just rob the occupied of their humanity; it robs the occupier of theirs too. And this is why humankind cannot continue to wage senseless wars that accomplish nothing but death and destruction.”
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Matt Southworth, an Iraq war veteran and lobbyist at the Friends Committee on National Legislation (the Quaker Lobby in the Public Interest), reflects on why last week’s events in Afghanistan mean that the war effort there is failing. Originally posted on the FCNL staff blog, 2C.
As is increasingly evidenced by developments in Afghanistan, from gloomy …
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Mary-Louise Parkinson
Australia/Nepal
“Each evening while living in Nepal, we climbed up to our rooftop, as many Nepalese do when the heat of the day leaves Kathmandu valley. Mark played guitar and we would sit and enjoy the view of the Himalayas and rice paddies surrounding our home.”
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Where it began
Like most yoga students, I started my yoga journey focusing mostly on the physical body. I became obsessed with achieving the perfect asana. I travelled the world sampling different yoga styles, from New York to London, San Francisco to Toronto, Indonesia to Sri …
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From Change for Equality
This was originally posted on Change for Equality. We were excited to hear these Iranian women call for peace on International Women’s Day last week.
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War does not happen in the course of a day. There is no need for war to land in our cities with a bomb. The shadow of war is also frightening. The possibility of war too changes the lives of women. Every day that we spend at war, or in conditions of war, is filled with the fear of the death of …
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Akhila Kolisetty
United States
“I want to be the woman who flies fearless into the unknown nevertheless, armed with a sense of casual self-confidence and a deep inner conviction that everything will be just fine. “
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Ah, yes. The shallow pounding of the heart, the sweaty palms, the sudden inability to focus on the task at hand. The overwhelming feeling that everything might be lost, at any moment now.
Fear. A sadly familiar friend of mine. My worst enemy, turning me from a confident woman to a cowering child unable to make her own …
