Money and Sex: What Do People Prefer?
May 29, 2008
I’ve always wondered why do prostitutes have sex? Is it that money so great that they need more or is it they love sex so much that they cannot stop? The simple question is, don’t some of these women get tired having seen so many naked people, and often times it is four to five times daily? Read more
Crossing the Barriers
May 27, 2008
In maintaining the focus on minority women, let us examine some of the inherent barriers that exist within our immigrant societies.
It is essential that minority women are socially empowered to exist in our constantly evolving environment. One of the major barriers for some women may be the English Language. While this is indeed a barrier, we need to get to our women and educate on and encourage the use of the resources that are already available. Women need to get past “I can’t” to “I will”. Organizations such as sakhi.org should be commended for their work with minority women. Read more
Happy 42nd Birthday Beautiful Guyana.
May 26, 2008
You’ve come a long way! May your soil continue to be blessed and may your flag be raised high like the head of a proud mother. You’ve graced life onto so many and to you we pay our humble respect. You have produced brilliant minds and cultivated warm hearts. May you continue to grow strong in the years to come and may all your people some day hold their heads high and say in harmony “We are proud to be Guyanese.” Read more
The Baiganchoka Team Recommends Trinity Tax and Financial Solutions Inc
May 26, 2008
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Healthy Vision Month: Extending the Discussion on Type II Diabetes related blindness.
May 21, 2008
The team here at Baiganchoka.com would like extend the discussion on acquired adult Type 11 diabetes related blindness due to undiagnosed/uncontrolled blood sugars coupled with undiagnosed/uncontrolled blood pressure in light the Message for Healthy Vision Month 2008 from Health Minister of Guyana, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. Read more
aristo’s rant - The Conservative Republican
May 20, 2008
It’s time to brush my readers up on what a true Republican is.
The Richard Nixon era brought about a new breed of Republicans that changed the face of the party. This breed was a conniving bunch, preaching fewer taxes but thinking up more ways to tax indirectly. It was the coming of pro-imperialism and isolationism. Big government was the new face, and has increased at a steady pace over the years, which would have America’s founding fathers turning in their graves. Ever since then, the party has been dominated with officials in favor of a growing government, similar to their counterparts, the Democrats. Now the pro-Israel, Evangelical movement plays a part in our politics as well (these individuals represent about 17% of the general population).
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Slavery: A Global Investigation
May 19, 2008
Slavery is officially banned internationally by all countries, yet despite this there are more slaves in the world today than ever before. In the four hundred years of the legal slave trade around 13 million people were shipped from Africa. Read more
2008 Indo-Caribbean Women’s Empowerment Summit
May 18, 2008
By Suzanne Persard
Resilience. Strength. Change. These are just a few of the words that echoed throughout Richmond Hill Library on April 26, 2008 at the second-annual 2008 Indo-Caribbean Women’s Empowerment Summit. The event was co-sponsored by Sakhi for South Asian Women and the budding Indo-Caribbean Women’s Group. Four generations of women gathered to participate in a series of discussions and workshops addressing issues affecting Indo-Caribbean women, particularly engaging in conversations about institutionalization of the patriarchy and domestic violence. Read more
Take action! Learn how you can reduce your carbon footprint by making simple changes around you.
May 17, 2008
Would you like to have a better planet to live, of course you do. Who wouldn’t want to breathe cleaner air, play in better parks, drink cleaner water and preserve the earth from the destruction that man has caused? We all do want those things, don’t we! But realistically time and finances do not allow us such luxuries, well at least most of us who inhabit this beautiful and accommodating planet of ours. Read more
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May 17, 2008
Hunger and World Poverty
About 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one person every three and a half seconds. Unfortunately, it is children who die most often. Read more
Domestic Violence and the detrimental impact on Women
May 16, 2008
Domestic violence leads to the destruction of marriages, homes, families and the lives of children and ultimately the suppression of culture. Such occurrences have transformed many good countries into urban disaster that leads to the sufferings from uncontrolled prostitution, child abuse, illegitimacy, physical abuse, sexual abuse and sexual predation.
Long-term effects of domestic violence on women who have been abused may include: eating disorders, drug and alcohol consumption, malnutrition, poverty, panic attacks, repeated self injury, sexual dysfunction, sleep disorders, strained family relationships, suicide attempts and the inability to respond to the needs of their children. When children cannot depend on their parents for emotional/ practical support, their development can be delayed or permanently distorted. Children without available parent may withdraw from relationships and social activities. Read more
Caribbean Women and Present Health Concerns
May 16, 2008
The health of immigrant populations has been of great concern for many years. For the purpose this Blog, let us for a while focus on the health of the Caribbean immigrant populations, and get a little more specific with women’s health.
Caribbean immigrants make up 10% if the total incoming immigrants in the US. (Vital and Health Statistics. 369: March 1st 2006) .Many of the women who emigrate from the English speaking Caribbean countries are in the US with their, spouses and children, or alone as illegal immigrants, Immigration and assimilation to a different culture and way of life is an extremely difficult process and especially so for our women. It is a well known fact that even though white women are more likely to have breast cancer, more black women die of breast cancer, simply because more are diagnosed at a more advanced stage of disease with poor prognosis. According to the Cancer Awareness Network (Center for Immigrant Health) from the NYU School Of Medicine, invasive cervical cancer is usually diagnosed in more advanced stages, in Haitian and English speaking Caribbean women than in US born black women. Read more
Homophobia: Impeding access to health education and services in Guyana
May 15, 2008
SASOD joins with other organisations and countries (including Cuba and Costa Rica) around the world to commemorate May 17 as International Day Against Homophobia. This day is the anniversary on which the World Health Organisation removed ‘homosexuality’ as a mental disorder marking a formal end to medical homophobia.
This year, SASOD observes International Day Against Homophobia under the theme “Homophobia: Impeding access to health education and services for all Guyanese.” Read more
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
May 15, 2008
Jim Jones, the dark cloud.
“I represent divine principle, total equality, a society where people own all things in common, where there’s no rich or poor, where there are no races. Wherever there are people struggling for justice and righteousness, there I am.” - Jim Jones, founder, Peoples Temple Read more
Multiple wives
May 15, 2008
Polygamy can be defined as any form of marriage in which a person has more than one spouse. It is also a Greek word meaning “the practice of multiple marriages”. Polygamy is practiced in a religious/traditional sense in the Middle East, South& Central Africa, Canada and the Caribbean. Read more