Let’s Learn About Women’s Health!

Today's blog is going to be about the video "Women and the World of Work". This video was published by the International Labour Organization, and it's promoting International Women's Day. First, the video addressed how the 4th World Conference on women created a roadmap to make sure women are achieving gender equality and being empowered in the workforce. I think the goal of the roadmap is very important in today's society because it has paved the way for how women should have equity in the careers they want to pursue. Personally, I did not know that there was a roadmap created to promote gender equality. I think without this roadmap, we would not be where we are at today in the workforce. In some blue-collar companies, men are still dominant and treat women less than, but women today are standing up for themselves to make sure they're equal to their fellow male colleagues.  According to the video, only half of the women in the world are working. To me, th

This blog post is about to be real and raw so everyone beware.  Growing up in a single mother household as an only child I learned a lot about women's beauty and body. My mother has always taught me to embrace my body and beauty because no one else looks like me but me. I was taught to have confidence in every step I take and everything I do. Being around other family members, I received a lot of backlash about my weight. I have always been a "thicker" girl. When you start to gain weight in a black family, your family members are quick to point it out. With the negative backlash about my weight growing up, my mom has always told me to remain positive and ignore the people who talk down on me. When it comes to food, nutrition, and exercise my mom always provided me healthy food choices and taught me how to eat properly. African American families often have a stigma of having unhealthy eating habits and consuming a lot of fried foods. My mom always made sure there were at l