Honoring Women on International Women's Day

· Reflection

Happy International Women's Day!

Until all our Grandmother's, Mothers , Sisters, Wives, Daughters, Nieces, Granddaughters and Great Granddaughters have full equality and respect there will be no resolution to the Climate Change Crises, World Peace and many other challenges facing the Human Family!

A group of Guna women elders in red headscarves, beaded arm wraps and mola blouses sit together holding painted gourd bowls near a thatched hut.

Newspaper clipping of an elder in a blue headscarf and coat; caption says Native elder Adeline Singer attended the Kainaakiiksi Leadership Conference at the University of Lethbridge.

Three Indigenous women in colorful traditional dresses stand with five small children in pink dresses before a large thatched round house.

An elderly woman with gray hair in a navy dress with black trim laughs warmly, standing against white wooden siding.

School portrait of a smiling young girl with red braided pigtails wearing a blue patterned top with a ruffled collar.

Faded, worn antique portrait of a young woman in a large feathered hat, white fur stole and muff decorated with roses.

A smiling gray-haired woman in a red T-shirt and jeans sits in a folding chair on a grassy lawn.

A smiling white-haired woman holding a woven god's eye stands among Aztec dancers in tall feathered headdresses.

A smiling woman holding a piece of bread stands beside a smiling man in a feathered headdress, beaded choker and beaded medallion.

Vintage photo of a toddler girl with pink hair bows in a red dress with white lace trim, standing on a chair.

A joyful family gathering: a man seated with two girls in white on his lap, a laughing woman behind them, and others nearby.

A man with white hair stands among three smiling women at an evening gathering.