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Women Against War© Glenice Whitting AKA Penny White
Wars cost billions, Peace is Free.
I don't begin to know the answers. All I know is that I want all people to have the opportunity to live happy, full lives. Imagine how wonderful it would be to see, night after night TV images of smiles, and healthy children and happy men and women. Instead the TV images are of African women holding emaciated babies, Moslem women crying over tiny caskets. I cry with them, but have no idea of the depth of their grief. There is so much suffering, too much pain. Is it possible to find peace in the world? In my children's lifetime? Please, let it be in my children's lifetime. I wash the dishes, mop the floor and catch myself reciting the Global Peace for Women prayer. We are one global family NOW. But will my heartfelt prayers to the universe help? I like to believe that like a pebble in a pond, the ripples will spread and women of all nations will begin to find their voice and that tiny ripple will become a tidal wave that washes away, injustice, hatred, anger, misunderstandings, terrorism and war. I know. Maybe I am naïve. Maybe ineffective, but all I know is that I have to believe in something, do something, however small. THE NATURE OF WAR HAS CHANGED 90% of war casualties are civilians 80% of whom are women and children A century ago, 90% of war casualties were military men. Indira Patel (Advisor to the Blair Government) The Age October 4 2002 Go To Page: 1
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