Facts about the Nursing Industry
About Nurses: Nurses already make a very substantial contribution to healthcare science including developing innovative research methods and using these methods to investigate issues of importance to improving global health. Nurses represent the largest occupational group in the health sector, accounting for approximately 59% of the health professions. Shortages [...]
National Nursing Week 2020: The Struggle is Real
As cities and businesses begin to slowly re-open around the world, think back to a year ago. Life was normal. We were hustling to our jobs, to our schools. We were thinking of the next event on our social calendar. Fast forward six months later and we hear rumblings [...]
International Nurses Day 2020
Today is International Nurses Day. The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”, in honour of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale. This year, in particular, gives greater meaning to the word “nurse”. In a world infected with Covid19, nurses have demonstrated [...]
Lessons From My Mother
My mother taught me many values as all our mothers do. My mother taught me the value of education. She was the first woman to attend Higher education in Nairobi, Kenya, She became a mathematics teacher. I get really touched when I go to JamatKhana or even to other [...]
Women Have Warned About Food Insecurity Long Before The World Noticed
Over a month ago, women peacebuilders from across the world warned about food insecurity and a food crisis that will hit vulnerable countries. They saw the problem unfold in their communities and raised their voices in many venues to alert the world to the crisis. The women, as they [...]
Women Peacebuilders Fighting Against Food Insecurity
Photo Credit: International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and WASL Partners (Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership) More than 820 million people do not have enough to eat. Of these, 113 million are coping with severe hunger. Families in the [...]