{"id":225,"date":"2012-02-23T13:31:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T18:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/insweetcompany\/?p=225"},"modified":"2012-02-23T13:31:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T18:31:23","slug":"women-helping-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/insweetcompany\/2012\/02\/women-helping-women.html","title":{"rendered":"Women Helping Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cWhen people self-organize around their authentic human needs, when they move beyond denial and break out of what I call the \u2018social trance,\u2019 when they stop accepting domination and trauma as part of the status quo, partnership values flourish.\u201d<\/em> &#8212; Riane Eisler, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This Sunday, February 26<sup>th<\/sup>, on the eve of the opening of the 56th Session of the UN-Commission on the Status of Women,\u00a0women of all spiritual traditions are invited to join together for five minutes of prayer and silence to support the creation of a UN 5th World Conference on Women.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the 5WCW hold the hope in their hearts of a world without violence and fear, where healthy food, clean air and water, education, and medical care are available to all women; where women&#8217;s empowerment and gender equality are the norm; where voices and choices and consciousness rise from our sacred center and women\u2019s wisdom and courage are given their full range of expression.<\/p>\n<p>A UN 5WCW is not an end in itself but a huge step in empowering women and inspiring compassionate action around the globe. To learn more about this historic gathering, please visit<a href=\"http:\/\/5wcw.org\"> http:\/\/5wcw.org.<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/5wcw.org.\/\">\/<\/a> and help spread the word on Facebook&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/U-N-Womens-Circles\/106100879514050\">UN Women&#8217;s Circles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen people self-organize around their authentic human needs, when they move beyond denial and break out of what I call the \u2018social trance,\u2019 when they stop accepting domination and trauma as part of the status quo, partnership values flourish.\u201d &#8212; Riane Eisler, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE &nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[86,101],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interconnectedness","category-the-greater-good","tag-riane-eisler","tag-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women-5wcw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Women Helping Women - In Sweet Company<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/insweetcompany\/2012\/02\/women-helping-women.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Women Helping Women - In Sweet Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cWhen people self-organize around their authentic human needs, when they move beyond denial and break out of what I call the \u2018social trance,\u2019 when they stop accepting domination and trauma as part of the status quo, partnership values flourish.\u201d &#8212; 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