By Amy Bollenbach March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is
International Women’s Day. I hope you will join me in learning
more about women in the world on Thursday and Friday. We will be
exploring how people have used the oppression against women
across the world to make new and wonderful opportunities for
women. An old Chinese proverb says, “Women Hold up Half the
Sky.” We’re showing the film, “Half the Sky,” which features
women and men who provide education, healthcare and protection
against violence for girls and women across the world. Women
suffer violence in Homer, but most of us do not face what many
women encounter in the third world. For example, in October
2012, the Pakistani Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai, 15, in the
head because she spoke publicly for educating girls. Her major
theme was “The Koran does not forbid education for women.” In
February 2013, Malala told Pakistani Geo News that she has
recovered eyesight and the ability to walk and talk after
surgeries and therapy in a British hosp