http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/women-and-the-global-economic-tsunami-who-bears-the-pain-2/ A shared Blog on Population, Gender and Health Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/women-and-the-global-economic-tsunami-who-bears-the-pain-2/comment-page-1/#comment-110 JaneGinn Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:14:02 +0000 http://new.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=105#comment-110 I spoke with a man in Chennai, India that saved some of the women living in the slums when the actual 2004 tsunami hit. The low-lying areas are usually occupied by the slums...which are, guess what, primarily occupied by women. When the 2004 tsunami hit Chennai, the water surged up the rivers and canals and flooded these low-lying areas. He was able to get in and save some of the people he had been working with and supporting through his SPEED Trust. I know you were using this as a metaphor...but, the truth is even more revealing. .....Jane Ginn I spoke with a man in Chennai, India that saved some of the women living in the slums when the actual 2004 tsunami hit. The low-lying areas are usually occupied by the slums…which are, guess what, primarily occupied by women. When the 2004 tsunami hit Chennai, the water surged up the rivers and canals and flooded these low-lying areas. He was able to get in and save some of the people he had been working with and supporting through his SPEED Trust. I know you were using this as a metaphor…but, the truth is even more revealing. …..Jane Ginn

]]> http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/women-and-the-global-economic-tsunami-who-bears-the-pain-2/comment-page-1/#comment-13 rfid4dna Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:25:12 +0000 http://new.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=105#comment-13 Well put. I totally agree, and what's more is that so much of what has been produced by globalization is nothing as useful as mammoth-skin shoes. Tons of cheap plastic stuff that winds up in landfills and polluting seas. Whether you're talking about animal feed or credit default swaps, It's stuff of poor quality, produced purely for profit, that has taken a terrible toll on the planet. I feel like we need to get back to basics. I'm going to go have a chat with Ug. Well put. I totally agree, and what’s more is that so much of what has been produced by globalization is nothing as useful as mammoth-skin shoes. Tons of cheap plastic stuff that winds up in landfills and polluting seas. Whether you’re talking about animal feed or credit default swaps, It’s stuff of poor quality, produced purely for profit, that has taken a terrible toll on the planet. I feel like we need to get back to basics. I’m going to go have a chat with Ug.

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