Celebrating her 20 years in the business with a bang after conquering the music sphere. Grammy-winning artist and actress, Ashanti is now venturing into the literary world, as a published children’s book author. Ashanti spoke with many news outlets like People magazine and Knockturnal about her first kid’s book, “My Name is a Story.” and what it means to her.
Inspired by her own struggles growing up. The book My Name Is a Story — is illustrated by Monica Mikai and published by Harper Collins Children's Book, is especially close to Ashanti's heart. She says she first realized the importance of reading when she worked at a daycare center run by her grandfather back in high school.
"I didn't get bullied and beat up, but it was always maybe a little giggle, maybe a little, 'Well, why is your name like that?' "I was fortunate enough to have a mom that genuinely encouraged me and taught me very early that my name is beautiful," she told the magazine.
Ashanti expresses, that the book It’s about empowering kids to be confident in the fact that you may have a unique and different name.” She hopes to encourage children to appreciate and celebrate who they are and the history behind their name. The singer shares as well some upcoming news on a private level, She plans on having children of her own soon, Even has some baby names picked out lately. On an artistic level, Ashanti currently has a new rom-com movie in the works called The Plus One, she worked in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes.
Grammy Award–winning artist Kelly Rowland and educator Jessica McKay have crafted a lyrical celebration of working moms everywhere and a soothing story for their children. The story focus on the relationship between a working mother and her young son. As a mother gets ready to go to work, first she works on building a stable environment for her child. Because it can sometimes be hard to be separated during the day, Mom collects some simple words that she and her child can repeat whenever they are missing each other or feeling overwhelmed.
Rowland says it was "incredibly" important to her to feature Black characters because she didn't grow up with books that featured characters like her or her mom. "Seeing a Black woman on a construction site and creating this world that she makes for others to enjoy, is just incredibly powerful," the author says. "Because kids can think bigger and broader when it comes to occupation.
“Always With You, Always With Me provides much-needed comfort for children whose caregivers work outside the home,” Kelly and Jessica’s loving words instill confidence in kids that they can thrive, no matter the distance from their loved ones.
The book is illustrated by Fanny Liam and published by Viking Children’s Books, can be found on Amazon and Penguin.
ABC News Correspondent and bestselling author Linsey Davis have a new children’s book, {How High is Heaven?}, which discusses the hard topics of loss and life after death. During a plane-ride conversation with her son, the little boy was upset because he couldn't see his grandma and asked to Visit her in Heaven. So Davis Wrote a Kids' Book to Help Her Son Find 'Solace' After dead.
Davis talks to PEOPLE about the inspiration behind her latest picture book, she hopes it helps other parents navigate similar conversations about deceased loved ones with their kids. It's a topic that feels more important than ever during and after COVID, as more and more children lose their primary caregivers.
This is a lighter way to be joyful and uplifting and tell the good news in a way I hope kids and parents will appreciate." says Davis.
Happy International Women's Day , this year theme according to UN Women is – “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” (IWD 2021) The focus aims to promote women in a leadership role to achieve a legal future, as the covid hit around the world, the women and girls were the most hit as they were economically and socially the most vulnerable. As the gap of gender parity in government, workplaces, health care, sports, and media coverage is not yet achieved in many countries. The fight for awareness of women's and girls' rights must continue.
Joyeuse Journée internationale des femmes Cette année le thème selon ONU Femmesest -Leadership féminin : Pour un futur égalitaire dans le monde de la Covid-19 » (IWD 2021) L'objectif vise à promouvoir les femmes dans un rôle de leadership pour parvenir à un avenir égal, alors que le covid frappait dans le monde entier, les femmes et les filles étaient les plus touchées car étant les plus vulnérables économiquement et socialement. L'écart de parité entre les sexes au sein du gouvernement, des lieux de travail, des soins de santé, des sports et de la couverture médiatique n'est pas encore atteint dans de nombreux pays. La lutte pour la sensibilisation aux droits des femmes et des filles doit se poursuivre.
Credit: UN Women/Yihui Yuan.
UN Women and @womensday/ Women's dayhope this year’s theme for International Women's Day — #ChooseToChallenge — will inspire individuals to challenge biases, question stereotypes, and celebrate the achievements of women around the world.
“Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all. To get us there, the world needs women at every table where decisions are being made” – UN Women
What is International Women’s Day?
A day aims to challenge and bring awareness to the plight, conditions of women and girls. By taking action believed to be achievable through individual change, which brings balance in gender parity in government, workplaces, health care, such places as sports, and media coverage.
What is the history of International Women's Day?
The celebrated day has been observed for more than a century since its debut in 1911. The day recognizes the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women globally, and it's a call to action for gender parity.
First observed on March 19, 1911, This Women's Day was suggested by Clara Zetkin, the actual leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, she suggested a celebration in every country on the same day for women to "press for their demands." Since then Women's day was adopted by women in other countries. The date of observance moved to March 8 in 1913 with the support of over one million people who demanded the realization of women’s rights.
Today supported by a world organization such UN for the first time in 1975 and the tradition of an annual theme in 1996 with a department for women condition the UN Women. Today, it’s celebrated by millions all over the world and marks a time to reflect on progress, celebrate the women in our lives and catalyze change.
Quote and excerpt from The UN Women Website
“When women lead, we see positive results. Some of the most efficient and exemplary responses to the COVID-19 pandemic were led by women. And women, especially young women, are at the forefront of diverse and inclusive movements online and on the streets for social justice, climate change and equality in all parts of the world. Yet, women under 30 are less than 1 per cent of parliamentarians worldwide. ” – UN Women
“This is why, this year’s International Women’s Day is a rallying cry for Generation Equality, to act for an equal future for all. The Generation Equality Forum, the most important convening for gender equality investment and actions, kicks off in Mexico City from 29 – 31 March, and culminates in Paris in June 2021. It will draw leaders, visionaries, and activists from around the world, safely on a virtual platform, to push for transformative and lasting change for generations to come.” – UN Women
“Women’s full and effective participation and leadership in of all areas of life drives progress for everyone. Yet, women are still underrepresented in public life and decision-making, as revealed in the UN Secretary-General’s recent report. Women are Heads of State or Government in 22 countries, and only 24.9 per cent of national parliamentarians are women. At the current rate of progress, gender equality among Heads of Government will take another 130 years.” – UN Women
The day is held in the same month as Women's History Month but while widely celebrated on March 8 different countries began the celebrated day as early as Thursday and up to April 15. There are events listed in 47 countries on the International Women's Day website, and you can search by country or city on theevents page. Some cities are sponsoring multiple events. People looking to celebrate will surely find events near them throughout March.
How is the day celebrated?
In past years, International Women's Day was celebrated with festivals, marathons, and other events across the world. Given the pandemic, celebrations for this year's Women's day most events will be virtual. They range from hosting a virtual happy hour in Atlanta, a Zoom painting event in Sydney, a scheduled day of activities to highlight the contributions of women in STEM, to an online marathon in Singapore. For Canada women in STEM seem to be the dominating terms Toronto host virtual seminar Celebrating women in digital transformation and Montreal has the Women in Tech: the Future of Canadian Technology also #Herstory IWD 2021 talk all virtual.
How to participate in International Women's Day on social media?
Since the announcement theme for International Women’s Day by UN Women (IWD 2021) many countries have taken the lead and pledge to commit to the advancement of women and girls' rights.
Organizers are asking supporters to "strike the Choose To Challenge pose and share on social media using #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021."
The website relates. The pose is simply raising your hand high to "show your commitment to choose to challenge inequality, call out bias, question stereotypes, and help forge an inclusive world,"
See the pledge of Plan Canada with #StopTheSetback and the continuous action to unravel decades of hard-fought progress for girls’ rights
International Women's Day around the world – in pictures
Bahadurgar, India Female farmers at a protest against new agriculture laws Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Santiago, Chile Photograph: Marcelo Hernández/Getty Images Members of the feminist group Las Tesis rehearse a new production for International Women’s Day
Kathmandu, Nepal Women take part in a rally demanding tax-free sanitary padsPhotograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuter
Kolkata, India Women attend a protest march against a rise in fuel prices Photograph: Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters
Bandung, Indonesia
A slogan on an activist’s back reads: ‘My body,
my authority’Photograph: Timur
Matahari/AFP/Getty Images
London, England Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Mothers and relatives walk
holding crosses during an event demanding
an end to violence against women and femicide
Photograph: Mahe Elipe/Reuters
See Canada pledge for women's day and the advancement of gender-equality via Women and Gender
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