I have been asked often about how many women walk on the Camino and the answer is quite a few! In fact in 2012 43.5% of those who achieved their Compostela were female, not bad going especially when you put it into perspective of the World situation for women - only 1% of the world's land is owned by women, women only hold 18.2% of parliamentary seats worldwide and women make up just 17.3% of FTSE 100 board directors. That's quite some inequality in the world and when you consider that girls are twice as likely to be illiterate as boys it's not a situation that's likely to be changing that soon.
Today I'm at the Writes for Women event in Nottingham which is hoping to raise some awareness of gender equality as part of Nottingham Women's Fringe where we've all chosen our own projects and goals to write for; I'm doing mine for Nottingham's Rape Crisis Centre where trained Counsellors and volunteer support workers provide face to face councelling, education for local groups and school and 22 hours of helpline support per week so if you'd like to donate £1 to this cause text 'NRCC50 £1' to 70070. Thanks!
Today I'm at the Writes for Women event in Nottingham which is hoping to raise some awareness of gender equality as part of Nottingham Women's Fringe where we've all chosen our own projects and goals to write for; I'm doing mine for Nottingham's Rape Crisis Centre where trained Counsellors and volunteer support workers provide face to face councelling, education for local groups and school and 22 hours of helpline support per week so if you'd like to donate £1 to this cause text 'NRCC50 £1' to 70070. Thanks!
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