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afrikanwomen: Ms. Bineta Diop of Senegal is the Executive Director and founder of Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS). She began her international career in human rights 27 years ago as Programme Coordinator of the International Commission of Jurists, where she obtained extensive experience in human rights issues not only in Africa but also in Asia and Latin America. Ms. Diop has led Femmes Africa Solidarité in numerous peace-building programmes, including the creation of a strong West African women’s movement, the Mano River Women’s Peace Network (MARWOPNET).  In December 2003, the United Nations General Assembly awarded MARWOPNET the UN Prize in the field of Human Rights.  Diop has observed elections in post-conflict areas such as Liberia and facilitated peace talks, particularly for Burundian and Congolese women. As a member of the African Union Women Committee for Peace and Development (AWCPD), Ms. Diop played an instrumental role in achieving gender parity within the African Union Commission in 2003. These efforts culminated in July of 2004 as the AU took ownership of the gender-mainstreaming programme at the highest level, adopting the “Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa.”  To strengthen these programmes, Ms. Diop is mobilizing all her efforts in building a Pan African Centre for Gender, Peace and Development in Dakar, Senegal. This centre of excellence will serve as a hub for building African leadership with a focus on gender and peaceful resolution of conflicts. The centre’s first program was launched in May 2005 with an African Gender Forum followed by the first African Gender Awards presented to President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal and President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa. Diop has received many awards from women groups such as Mano River Women Peace Network, the West African Women Association Award in 2005 as well as the Leadership and Good Governance Award from the International Women Federation for World Peace. Ms. Diop has been elected as Vice-President of the African Union Women’s Committee, and chairs the United Nations Working Group on Peace in Geneva, which is part of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women monitoring the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. She also serves as a member of the Group of International Advisors to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). (—source)

afrikanwomen:

Ms. Bineta Diop of Senegal is the Executive Director and founder of Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS). She began her international career in human rights 27 years ago as Programme Coordinator of the International Commission of Jurists, where she obtained extensive experience in human rights issues not only in Africa but also in Asia and Latin America. Ms. Diop has led Femmes Africa Solidarité in numerous peace-building programmes, including the creation of a strong West African women’s movement, the Mano River Women’s Peace Network (MARWOPNET).  In December 2003, the United Nations General Assembly awarded MARWOPNET the UN Prize in the field of Human Rights. 

Diop has observed elections in post-conflict areas such as Liberia and facilitated peace talks, particularly for Burundian and Congolese women. As a member of the African Union Women Committee for Peace and Development (AWCPD), Ms. Diop played an instrumental role in achieving gender parity within the African Union Commission in 2003. These efforts culminated in July of 2004 as the AU took ownership of the gender-mainstreaming programme at the highest level, adopting the “Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa.” 

To strengthen these programmes, Ms. Diop is mobilizing all her efforts in building a Pan African Centre for Gender, Peace and Development in Dakar, Senegal. This centre of excellence will serve as a hub for building African leadership with a focus on gender and peaceful resolution of conflicts. The centre’s first program was launched in May 2005 with an African Gender Forum followed by the first African Gender Awards presented to President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal and President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa. Diop has received many awards from women groups such as Mano River Women Peace Network, the West African Women Association Award in 2005 as well as the Leadership and Good Governance Award from the International Women Federation for World Peace.

Ms. Diop has been elected as Vice-President of the African Union Women’s Committee, and chairs the United Nations Working Group on Peace in Geneva, which is part of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women monitoring the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. She also serves as a member of the Group of International Advisors to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

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shesthedifferencemaker:

Alain Chamfort ft. Inna Modja- Souris Puisque C’est Grave

Infantalizing, Overreacting, or Just Your Perverted Mind?

Some women are angry because society places pressure on them to look young and beautiful. Well you can play the game or sit out and accept the consequences. You won’t convince anyone to choose a bran muffin over chocolate cake when they really want chocolate cake and it’s available. Your Jedi mind trick will not change men’s preferences. You don’t have to make yourself look good if you don’t want to but you are not better than the rest of us because of that.

If we want to be fair then women should place more pressure on men to look good and spend more time making themselves look attractive! Only date guys who have nice hair (or Hairclub for men, I don’t mind it lol), work out, don’t have pot bellies, shave their faces and body hair, wear sunscreen and wrinkle cream, have clean, neat fingernails, and smell good (lol those are my preferences!). I’d prefer it if men raised their appearance standards rather than women lowering theirs. People who don’t care for appearance can find each other and be happy!

sailforalittle:

2012 Tony Nominees | Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Audra McDonald: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

milesmeterskilometers: metromontage: Brittany Sheffey of the University of Tennessee looks up at the jumbotron screen at Franklin Field during the anchor leg of the College Women’s Distance Medley Championship during the Penn Relays athletic meets on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA. Photo By: Anthony WashingtonCopyright © 2012 *All Rights Reserved * I love how she takes it out fast.

milesmeterskilometers:

metromontage:

Brittany Sheffey of the University of Tennessee looks up at the jumbotron screen at Franklin Field during the anchor leg of the College Women’s Distance Medley Championship during the Penn Relays athletic meets on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA.

Photo By: Anthony Washington
Copyright © 2012 *All Rights Reserved *

I love how she takes it out fast.

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viranesque: 14/05/2012 - Laura Flessel picked to carry French flag at London Games…

viranesque:

14/05/2012 - Laura Flessel picked to carry French flag at London Games…

Nine Favourite Pictures of [Freema Agyeman]

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Exclusive: Phylicia Rashad Joins NBC Pilot Do No Harm

mycitylight:

Add Phylicia Rashad to the list of classic sitcom stars looking to make a comeback next season. But in this case, Rashad is making a move to drama, joining the cast of the NBC pilot Do No Harm.

In the thriller, a modern day take on “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Rashad will play Dr. Vanessa Young, the Chief of Surgery and the boss to brilliant neurosurgeon Jeffrey Kohl (Steven Pasquale). Kohl has a secret: He’s managed to keep his dangerous alter ego, Ian Price, in check. But when he develops immunity to medicine that had kept Ian under wraps, his evil side aims to destroy the good side’s career and personal life.

A powerful and intimidating figure, Vanessa is Jeffrey’s greatest champion but is also deeply confrontational and calls things like she sees them. Rashad joins a cast that also includes Alana De La Garza, Ruta Gedmintas, Mousa Kraish and Michael Esper.

blackfashion:

Name: Kamala
Age: 25
Location: Currently, Texas.  In the process of moving to Belgium.
Occupation: Intern Architect / DIY Blogger at T E X T U R E    [ texturetexture.blogspot.com ]

Outfit Inspired by: The Dutch architectural aesthetic found in their design process and construction.  I am also inspired by minimalism, clean lines, and structural materials.
Wearing:  Blazer: Thrifted Vintage [ DIY zipper detail ]    Skirt: Thrifted [ DIY zipper detail ] Top: Black Halter

Describe your personal style?
You can do so much when you have a vision for yourself, when you discover what it is that really works for you it can only grow, morph and get better over time.  I am attracted to strong proportions, monochromatic looks, minimalism, and  the ever present air of masculinity.  The idea that certain things belong to men and others to women in fashion is silly, I like to blur the line inherent in gender roles.  Above all I have learned that If you have confidence in yourself and carry yourself in that respect people see that, that is the number one approach to my personal style. 

According to you, the most fashionable place in the world is
The most fashionable place that I have been to would have to be Italy.  Italians have a strong sense of self and an air of confidence that I believe to be paramount when it comes to personal style.

Favorite designers? 
Many of my favorite designers are bloggers who are up and coming noteworthy designers such as Charlie May and Azede Jean-Pierre.  I have recently discovered other well established designers that speak to my own aesthetic such as Rick Owens, CO-TE, Yang Li, Phillip Lim, Helmut Lang, Simone Rocha as well as other great Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, and Spanish designers.

Style Icons?
My educational background is not in fashion nor in the craft of textiles, but through blogging I have discovered my own identity expressed through the effortless style of different women from the past such as Dorothy Dandridge to my contemporaries such as Tavi Gevinson.  Blogging has also exposed me to lots of great people with very distinct sartorial points of view.

Favorite/Least Favorite current Fashion Trend?
Current favorite fashion trend are: all over denim and dip dyed everything.  Least current fashion trend would have to be Uggs, these hideous footwear are apparently here to stay for a while.

THIS or THAT

Online or In-Store Shopping   
In-Store, primarily but Online mostly because I can never find what appeals to me, but honestly, I am really not much of a shopper my patients for shopping lasts upwards of 30 mins.


Designer or Thrift    Thrift


Fur or Faux        Faux


D.I.Y or BUY?        DIY, there is a level of inner pride knowing that I can interpret or recreate an idea through fabric.  Aside from that, it is generally fun to stretch my architecture (design) school muscles beyond buildings.


What inspires most of your D.I.Ys? 
My love for functional minimalism, designer collections that appeal to my aesthetic, architecture, design, conversations, cultures and films.

5 Favorite places to shop?
Charity Shops, Local Fabric & Hardware Stores, Topshop, Zara, ASOS, COS, NOWhere, and ACNE.

Are you working on any other project you’d like us to keep an eye out for? 
I will be launching my etsy store this summer which will feature my collection of vintage pieces.

Anything you’d like to add? 
If you can not afford it, make it yourself. 

When you hear the term “Black Fashion” What comes to mind?
Original with a distinct confident sense of self.

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diversityinfilmtv: Canadian actress, Enuka Okuma has been working in the film industry for over 20 years! From MacGyver, First Wave, Reindeer Games to Da Vinci’s Inquest and Rookie Blue, one would consider Enuka a veteran to the small and big screen. Enuka Okuma  is able to embody which ever character she is portraying.  Enuka is definitely one to watch.

diversityinfilmtv:

Canadian actress, Enuka Okuma has been working in the film industry for over 20 years! From MacGyver, First Wave, Reindeer Games to Da Vinci’s Inquest and Rookie Blue, one would consider Enuka a veteran to the small and big screen. Enuka Okuma  is able to embody which ever character she is portraying.  Enuka is definitely one to watch.

volk-lore:

i love this woman so much.  she is so effortlessly beautiful, and everything she bakes looks ridiculously delicious.  i’m not sure if i want to be her friend, or just be her. 

vintageblackglamour: Melba Roy, NASA Mathmetician, 1964. I don’t know much about orbital element timetables, but I love that the computations of a gracious lady in pearls helped produce them (by which millions saw the satellite from Earth as it passed overhead). Ms. Roy headed a group of NASA mathmeticians known as “computers” who tracked the Echo satellites in 1964. Photo: NASA/Corbis

vintageblackglamour:

Melba Roy, NASA Mathmetician, 1964. I don’t know much about orbital element timetables, but I love that the computations of a gracious lady in pearls helped produce them (by which millions saw the satellite from Earth as it passed overhead). Ms. Roy headed a group of NASA mathmeticians known as “computers” who tracked the Echo satellites in 1964. Photo: NASA/Corbis

We are no longer slaves! Remember the determination and hardships your ancestors overcame but living as though you were just freed from slavery will only make you angry, suspicious, and disengaged from society. Acting as though you are a victim will actually keep you oppressed! I wrote about this in my post about victim mentality. The reality of life is that friendships end or fade and if a friend’s behaviour is threatening to your progress as an individual then you may have to leave them behind. People outgrow their friends and if you do that does not make you a bad person. Friends should add to your life and not sabotage it. Entertainment should add pleasure to your life not brainwash you into ruining your progress. Treat everyone from respect because you were once in their place but you do not owe it to ANYONE to risk going back to that place.

It’s time to stop looking only to Black people for role models and advice. Look for good advice and role models wherever you can find them based on what will be BENEFICIAL TO YOU not based on race. Health is health, good relationships are good relationships, femininity is femininity, intelligence is intelligence, and success is success no matter the race. Look to experts on health, success, relationships, femininity, education and every other important thing in your life regardless of race because these people are likely to know what they are talking about and can help you to achieve your goals better than someone who has no positive experiences with any of those things. It’s time to broaden our minds and use the resources that are available to us no matter who they come from.

Elegant Black Woman, An EBW does not “Keep it Real”

shesthedifferencemaker: I really like this picture.  Whenever we see pics of people doing black girls hair, there is always frowning and angry faces like its such a struggle. Here the little girl is smiling and content while her mother(??) is gently and patiently tending to her hair. It’s nice.

shesthedifferencemaker:

I really like this picture.  Whenever we see pics of people doing black girls hair, there is always frowning and angry faces like its such a struggle.

Here the little girl is smiling and content while her mother(??) is gently and patiently tending to her hair.

It’s nice.

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