Women’s Lives Matter

The news has been full of horror stories lately. Heartbreaking stories of hurt, abandonment, death and destruction. ISIS, sexual slavery, domestic violence, rape, the list of terrible acts is endless.

There is Kayla Mueller, the young American woman who was held hostage by ISIS and died in captivity. She was only 26, the same age as me. Then the young Muslim women, Yusor Mohammad and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, murdered on UNC’s campus purportedly over a parking space dispute, but that many think race played a role in as well.

 “Every human being should act. They should stop this violence.” -Kayla Mueller

What about the many women who die worldwide during childbirth because lack of access to medical care? Or young women with their whole lives ahead of them murdered in domestic violence disputes?

There are women devastated by rape every day. Women forced to give up their children. Women who struggle with infertility. Women discriminated against because of their life situations, sexual preferences, or simply because they are a woman. Girls who are bullied at school.

These tragedies are devastating. Women’s lives matter. To be clear all lives matter.
Female, male, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, American, Middle-Eastern,
black, white, old, young and so on. Each and every life matters. But there are many issues that affect women’s lives across the world that fly under the radar every day that need to be talked about.

Over the next few months I’m going to be writing about different topics that touch women’s lives as part of the #womenslives movement. Is there an issue you are particularly passionate about that you’d like for me to discuss? Is there something that touches your heart regarding women’s lives that you would like to guest post about? Email me at clairecervino@gmail.com and I’d be happy to talk more!