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A Day of Peace | For 24 Hours, Give Peace a Chance

Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner | Be A Hummingbird

Eve Ensler on Global Sexual Asssaults | Kristoff in Brothel Raid

Tostan Breakthrough | Empowering Women for 20 Years

Vagina Lady Eve Ensler Opens City of Joy Academy in Congo

World War Against Women

Femen, SlutWalks, Lysistrata | Body Politics Is On the Move

SlutGirl Marches Sweeping the World | Have Women Had Enough?

Hindu Shiv Sena Protests Swimsuits; How About Bride Burning?

India’s Sex Ratio Problem Deepens | Technology & Patriarchy

Bride Burning & Violence Aagainst Women in Kerala, India

Drawing a Line in Lubna’s Sand, Saying ‘No More’ to the Growing, Global Erosion of Women’s Rights in the Name of Any Man’s Religion

Beyond the Veil: The Intersection of Sensuality, Culturally Appropriate & Women’s Rights

Story by Opiyo OloyaFace the Facts: Men in Every Country Are Afraid of Liberated Women

Lubna Hussein, Chansa Kabwela, 20 Women Stripped to Their Underwear in Uganda: Are the World’s Male Morality Squads Coming Unhinged?

Controlling Women’s Bodies Is a Fight to the Finish

If Only We Could Have Lubna Hussein, Dr. Catherine Lim & My Dear Pixie for Tea

Jimmy Carter on Religion as Agent of Women’s Oppression

While the World Debates Burqas, Fashion Designers Show Beautiful Abayas at Paris’s George V Hotel

A Somewhat Decadent but Fundamentally Good Group of Lubna Hussein Lovers Hear Her Calm, Steady Voice: ‘I Want to Change This Law’

Key Lubna Hussein Posts

Mum’s the Word from American Women, in Supporting Lubna Hussein & Intl Women’s Rights

Original Lubna Dares the Tyrants of a False Islam’ to Flog Her, Leaving Me Confused About the Truth

Original Translated Lubna Ahmed Hussein Interview with New Details of Her Arrest

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Tuesday
Jun102008

J'Adore: Next Einstein

Tedsters everywhere are greeting Next Einstein.org, an offshoot of TED Talks.

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Next Einstein was created in response to the TED Prize wish of Neil Turok. At this past TED, he wished for us to help unlock and nurture scientific talent across Africa, so that within our lifetimes we are celebrating an African Einstein.

Check out YouTube’s Next Einstein channel. Included here is Neil Turok’s Ted Talk, one that launched the Next Einstein initiative. Addressing his “whiteness”, Turok acknowledges the contradictory nature of his own life … shuttling between Cambridge and Africa, balancing his dual passions for mathematics and his message that Africans must fix Africa, with our help and support, of course.   

 

How inspiring to see Turok’s dream become a reality so quickly, with the support of several corporate partners.  I’m one of those actions speak louder than words types, so I applaud and intend to support the Next Einsten initiative.

Love,
Anne 

 

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