I found an article on USA today that is very inspiring. It is called Mountain 2 Mountain by James Mills. This article is about a fascinating woman, Shannon Galpin, who was tired of hearing about the gender equality problems that exist in Afghanistan so she decided to take action. She sold her house and started a non-profit organization called Mountain 2 Mountain. It provides education opportunities that “empower women to take control of their lives”. Her way of looking at it is, if boys and girls go to school, how much more likely is peace foreseeable in the future. Shannon said, “I want to see ripple effects in Afghanistan that effect the ability of women to have control over their destiny.”
(http://travel.usatoday.com/alliance/destinations/venturethere/post/2011/01/Mountain-2-Mountain/140638/@~partnerLink)
I also found this article to be very interesting. I found especially interesting, mainly because the women located in Afghanistan . In Afghanistan, women are not granted the same privileges, opportunities, and rights as men. Consequently, a women taking action in such a difficult country to be heard in as a women really inspires me.
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