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	<title>Global Sistergoods Blog</title>
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	<description>Celebrating Women's Work: A Blog from Global Sistergoods</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pass the International Violence Against Women Act Now!</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/international-violence-against-women-act</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KJ</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women and Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women's Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women's rights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[women and the law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amnesty International]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Violence Prevention Fund]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[international violence against women act]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[S.2279]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women Thrive Worldwide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ONE in THREE. ONE in THREE. ONE in THREE.
According to Amnesty International, one of every three women worldwide has been physically or sexually abused during her lifetime, with rates of domestic violence reaching 70 percent in some countries. We&#8217;ve know the ways violence against women can be perpetrated: rape, domestic violence, acid burnings, so-called &#8220;honor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My secret cake habit</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/my-secret-cake-habit</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/my-secret-cake-habit#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cake]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I admit it. I have a secret cake habit. I&#8217;m not talking about fancy bakery gourmet cake. I&#8217;m talking about cheap disgusting store cake; essentially the equivalent of a stick of butter heavily coated in refined sugar. I just can&#8217;t stay away from the stuff. There are certainly worse vices. But as a parent who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come to your senses day: A contest</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/come-to-your-senses-day-a-contest</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/come-to-your-senses-day-a-contest#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KJ</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Global Sistergoods News &amp; Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[come to your senses day]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[contest]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jewelry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading &#8220;What Was I Thinking: 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories&#8221;, a collection of very funny essays about, yep, bad boyfriends. It brought up some painful memories, for sure, but was a great thing to read post-Valentine&#8217;s Day. The authors are trying to get a new holiday started, Come to Your Senses Day, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls Discovered: using data maps to understand the lives of adolescent girls</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/girls-discovered-using-data-maps-to-understand-the-lives-of-adolescent-girls</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/girls-discovered-using-data-maps-to-understand-the-lives-of-adolescent-girls#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Amy over at the Nike Foundation (creators of the Girl Effect&#8211;check it out) told me about this great resource: Girls Discovered. This one-stop shop for information on adolescent girls is sourced from organizations operating in the public interest, and is meant for researchers, practitioners, advocates, policy-makers and the public – anyone who seeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAHM vs. Working moms at Global Sistergoods</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/sahm-vs-working-moms-at-global-sistergoods</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/sahm-vs-working-moms-at-global-sistergoods#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KJ</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mommy Wars]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My sister was telling me how she spent the weekend with some other couple friends &#38; their kids. &#8220;All of the other ladies had really important jobs, like being a lawyer or doctor. And then there was me,&#8221; she told me. Now, wait a second. You run a business, I said. That&#8217;s a job. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to help Haiti</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/how-to-help-haiti</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/how-to-help-haiti#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster relief]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[organizations helping Haiti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our prayers are with our brothers and sisters in Haiti. Please consider a donation, however small, to one of these fine organizations (courtesy of the Associated Press and other sources):
- InterAction, a coalition of U.S.-based international non-governmental organizations, has a list of agencies responding and how to donate to them. Find it here:http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/earthquake-haiti
- To donate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweatshop Free to be you and me</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/sweatshop-free</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/sweatshop-free#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Trade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[No Sweat Apparel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Portland Sweatfree]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sweatshop Free]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we just love our town of Portland, Oregon. We were the first city in the Northwest to pass a Sweatshop Free purchasing policy, ensuring that all city agencies that purchase apparel do so from companies that &#8220;disclose the locations of their manufacturing facilities and abide 	by ethical sourcing practices.&#8221; The City, like any other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean house, open heart</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/partner-organizations</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/partner-organizations#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Trade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global Sistergoods News &amp; Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dress for Success]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global Sistergoods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hands to Hearts International]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Northwest Mothers Milk Bank]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rural Development Institute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women's Earth Alliance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/?p=238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m waiting for my husband to get back from picking up my in-laws at the airport. My house is never so clean as right before they arrive. Cleaning the stove itself was a 4.5 hour project involving three different (nontoxic) cleaners, about six different scrubby sponges and a toothbrush for in between the buttons. Obviously, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Double Standard for our sons</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/double-standard-for-our-sons</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/double-standard-for-our-sons#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristi Jo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[double standard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pajamas for girls]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[raising sons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When my daughter, Quincy was born, I worried about raising a daughter in a world filled with so many negative messages about what it means to be a woman. I thought surely it would be easier to raise a son. After all, maleness is generally more valued. My opinion has changed however, since adopting our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Wasted Youth: Young Social Entrepreneur makes me feel old</title>
		<link>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/my-wasted-youth-young-social-entrepreneur-makes-me-feel-old</link>
		<comments>http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/my-wasted-youth-young-social-entrepreneur-makes-me-feel-old#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristi Jo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Entrepreneurs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women and Poverty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amy Carlton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seventeen magazine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Teens Fighting Hunger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Velvet Underground]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalsistergoodsblog.com/?p=228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel with some really cool other women, including one Amy Carlton. She started a nonprofit to raise money to feed the hungry. That&#8217;s kinda cool, right? Except, um, she&#8217;s SEVENTEEN. Her nonprofit is called Teens Fighting Hunger. In her own words:

While working on [...]]]></description>
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