{"id":1942,"date":"2019-03-08T13:20:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T10:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oaic.org\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2019-03-08T13:20:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T10:20:43","slug":"international-womens-day-a-day-to-reflect-on-womens-achievements-and-to-prepare-for-the-future-generations-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/?p=1942","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day: A Day to Reflect on Women\u2019s Achievements and to Prepare for the Future Generations of Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Martha Awinoh<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1943\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oaic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rev.Brigitte-Internatioanl-Womens-Day.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1943 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oaic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rev.Brigitte-Internatioanl-Womens-Day-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Bridgitte Program Coordinator-OAIC Community Health Program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What does International Woman&#8217;s Day mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>International Women\u2019s Day is a day when women are recognized for their achievements, regardless of divisions, be they national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. It is a chance to reflect on women\u2019s achievements and to prepare for the future and the opportunities that await future generations of women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it mean to be a woman in the part of the world and society you live in?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An African woman is also an educator as a guardian mother of the cultural authenticity, agent of the development. It participates in the effort of national progress, so called to responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which woman in the Bible inspire you? How can you relate her character in today&#8217;s\u00a0challenges faced by women within your\u00a0local community, and globe?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deborah. She was the only woman in the scriptures to have been a political leader. Head of the nation, she sought no personal glory. In front of a decisive and assured victory, she preferred to fade and call a man (Barak) to take command of the armed Deborah is seen as an example that would allow women to exercise the authority of Christ, even spiritual authority in certain situations.<\/p>\n<p>Happy International Women&#8217;s Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Martha Awinoh What does International Woman&#8217;s Day mean to you? International Women\u2019s Day is a day when women are recognized for their achievements, regardless of divisions, be they national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. It is a chance to reflect on women\u2019s achievements and to prepare for the future and the opportunities that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,73,71,74,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-health","category-news-events","category-testimonials","category-theology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oaic.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}