Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Breakthrough messages to elect women!

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The Barbara Lee Family Foundation has just published timely information on what resonates with women regarding electing women, results of a poll conducted by Lake Research Partners - click HERE for the details... Here's a stunner: "Messages traditionally used by advocates for women’s political representation, such as messages that focus on women leaders having the right priorities and the ways women leaders are less partisan and work better, were the weakest messages and had half the power [of other tested messages]."

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Women in West Bank blossom despite occupation

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With the support of UN Women and their Sabaya Women's Centers, women of the West Bank have written their own inspiring story -- overcoming both limitations of the occupation and male resistance to working wives. They now run canteens in schools that feed 70,000 school children. Mazel tov!

Check out my latest blog on FilmAnnex.com to view the inspiring video "Women of the Occupation."

-- then click HERE to access "SMOKE & MIRRORS: The Truth About the Political Status of U.S. Women" on smashwords.com..