International Women's Day 2014 Theme: INSPIRING CHANGE
International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women’s achievements throughout history and across nations. It is also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.

‘break the cycle’ 

Stop the abuse
Stop the abuse
Stop the abuse
Women to yourselves
Your lives are not an articles on shelves
The advertisements you do at the bequest of men
To sell things and more things
With your naked sensual body to entice
Think twice
What you do to the females young and old
And how bold
Men are to demand of you 
All your sweet things
To sell more things
Their pleasures such brings
You seldom get to enjoy
While he makes you his toy
And they act like little boys
To want more of you without care and concern
Like a boy for his toy truck in the hands of a bully
You girls never see your folly
To let him abuse you in the name of “he love meh”
And your daughters see
When men pee
In their minds none life giving waters
From springs of corruptions
And you condone his minusings in front of her
The innocent child inherits from your style
His never adding ups
Big sisters, mothers, 
grandmas, wives, 
your role to model
To rescue the daughters 
from evil inheritance 
she never asked for, 
wanted or could do with 
as if she ever asked you
For your life in hers

Sankofa m f o m tuzinde (michael francis grandison)
of rep. trinidad and tobago
18683654984
8th march 2014
For International Women's Day 2014 
Theme: INSPIRING CHANGE

as the 25th november close many women and girls will still be trapped in the circle of violence against them perpetrated by men, boys and themselves for allowing themselves to be entrapped in the role of victim and the 'less than worthy human being' so women and girls. can a victim ask their abuser to free them? no they got to find a way to free themselves, so "go a head and free yourselves..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWs3fs9nnzc&list=RD-WWtGpEqpV4

Violence against women starts with violence inside the violator and perpetrator of violence. Mothers and fathers it is not a cute thing when you choose to be entertained by your children’s bad behaviours of selfishness, lack of patients, and intolerance. There are things which ought to be corrected early in the bud stages otherwise it is not a human we are raising but a monster. Simple things like sharing, learning to wait, respect for others, etc. can go a long way in forming good behaviours.

Ending violence against women, girls and anyone for that matter starts with how we raise our young human beings. How they see us adults behaving with one another. Gender language and roles also have to be challenged to promote gender respect, equality and equity. In the language one must glean that though roles may be naturally different that males and females are equal. Role must compliment not create gender inequality.

These are just a few things, in reflective form, we ought to consider in order to change the top heavy relationship existent between males and females. Each of us has to deal with our own demons which fuel violence. Parents have to be mindful as to how they raise their children as attitudes of violence starts from a very young age and is influenced from the ways we entertain behaviours which are the bed rock to all sorts of violence. Social examples are powerful, children will follow what they see. What we say also have an impact on establishing gender social ranks between male and female often placing women and girls at the bottom as objects and servants. Gender roles are socially constructed based on these notions of rights and privileges structured on false premises of male supremacy. Violence has a long socially constructed history. The process to rid societies of it will be more than twice as long but the process has to start somewhere and now.  let us collectively work to end violence against women

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22975103, (Copied on line 19th June 2013)

Uploaded on Apr 16, 2008

Rebecca sings about domestic violence. Produced by Maura Maciver and Directed by Ash Dibben

Rebecca sings about domestic violence. Produced by Maura Maciver and Directed by Ash Dibben

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lGA6HMVHng&list=PL467DF305670704D6&index=9, (copied online 13th june 2013)

MAURA MACIVER 4 years ago

Thank you for the translation Mandlovu. I would also like to comment that when producing the video, it is important that the message that not even God expects us to honour our vows, when one of our partners is abusing us. Peace and love to all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Xi_27bpIb30&NR=1, (Copied 1st june 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzVUGE3dds, (Copied online 1st june 2013)

http://www.upworthy.com/a-brave-fan-asks-patrick-stewart-a-question-he-doesnt-usually-get-and-is-given-a-beautiful-answer?c=gt1, (Copied on line 1st june 2013)