Not All Hope is Lost for Women in Underdeveloped Programs
John Johnston
September 25, 2008
10:30pm
There is still hope for women in underdeveloped countries, according to Cornwall and District Immigrant Services Agency. They have developed a program for women, who have migrated to Canada, to attend and share personal experience stories as well as hardships they faced in their home country. One of the benefits of this free program, is that it acts as forum where women can come, talk about individual problems, receive counseling, job training, and even medical help such as a breast exam. The results from this program has generally been utilized, with around seventy-five people taking advantage of the offered services. Additionally, women are not only allowed to be comfortable and remove their hand garb, they are provided with additional information they may find useful for the betterment of themselves, such as job possibilities, and the betterment of their family, as most women using this system are infact single mothers.
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I chose this article for a few different reasons. The first, and most important, is the fact that with so much statistical information about the actual rights of women in developing countries, it's refreshing at times to hear that something is in place for women to actually improve themselves. Even though this is in Canada and not in the woman's native country, it still offers services that can be used by women who have escaped oppression, as the lady that was mentioned in the article left Pakistan, which was in political turmoil, to begin a better life and move on from her oppression. It's time to take a refreshing breath, pat ourselves on the back, and move on with progress, show the world and lead by example.
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2 comments:
It's nice to know that there are organizations out there that are working to help women in need. My friend's mother migrated to America with 3 children and no husbands. I'm sure that her mom would love to have place like that here in America, where she could go and talk to other women who went through the same thing. I think I'd like to look into the organization more and see if i could pass along any information. Thank you for this article.
Sometimes the best support is knowing you are not alone in any given situation. Oppression can truly harm and deteriorate another person's self-worth. Organizations such as these that you have mentioned not only enable women (in this example) to meet others like themselves, but it also promotes a progressive lifestyle, which is essential to growth and moving on from the past.
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