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In the light and the darkness of the uprising in Iran where women are in the streets fighting for their justice and dignity, do we, in our privilege do enough? Their fierce mother-warrior power is inspiring. Again, Do we in our privilege do enough to protect our girls and the next 7 generations with the same vigor and power?
In our 2022 series, where we have taken the 2021 General congress of Women calls into our Sacred Circle, this month we speak on the Critical Area of Concern The Girl Child.
Women only please join us.
Maya Gonzales of Our Little Roses was born in Tocao, Colon, a rural town on the North Coast of Honduras went to work after graduating from college for the bishop of the Episcopal Church. She coordinated missionary groups to take relief through medical assistance and medicine to people living in abject poverty in the rural and marginalized areas of Honduras. In 2002 she became administrative assistant to Diana Frade, founder and executive director of Our Little Roses, a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to rescuing the girl child in Honduras from situations of risk, empowering and transforming them in a loving atmosphere of unity, respect, and security into successful women leaders.
Our Little Roses was founded in a rented, three-bedroom, two-bath house near the Episcopal Cathedral in San Pedro Sula. The home was named after Dr. Rosa Judith Cisneros, an Episcopal attorney and children’s rights champion who was killed on the steps of her home in San Salvador on Aug. 18, 1981. (Violence against women remains a significant issue in Central America.)
Diana and Mayra have since transformed the ministry into an enclosed compound on land donated by the then mayor of San Pedro Sula that includes a 24-hour year-round residential home for girls, a Transition Program for Our Little Roses girls over 18 who are working and enrolled in a University or trade school, a bilingual school that enrolls 24 girls from the Home and 200 children from the community, a medical and a dental clinic, a Spanish immersion program for visitors seeking to learn Spanish, and a retreat center for local, national and international businesses, associations and nonprofit organizations.
Please Visit Our Little Roses
Beverly Hill
Before founding The Gendercide Awareness Project, Beverly Hill worked first as a college lecturer, teaching History and History of Science, and then as a studio artist, creating figurative bronzes and ceramic wall hangings. Because of this background, she brings both academic skills and artistic vision to the organization.
Since it's beginning in 2000, the Gendap team has used every means possible to raise awareness, even bringing a Nobel Laureate to Dallas to speak about gendercide. In 2017, the team reached a major milestone, opening a moving and visually powerful art exhibit that demonstrates the scale of gendercide. It uses thousands of pairs of baby booties to represent the 117 million women who are missing in the world today. The exhibit premiered in the Dallas Arts District and will move on to other cities.
Since its creation, the Gendap team has matched awareness activities with practical measures to improve the status of women. For the first six years, this meant paying 500 at-risk women in 30 developing countries a fair wage to make baby booties from traditional materials. In 2016, the team launched a Girls’ Education program. This arose from the team’s conviction that educating at-risk girls is the best long-term strategy to end gendercide. Gendap now raises funds to educate poor girls in five developing countries — girls who otherwise could not go to school.
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