Traditional Chinese Medicine: 5 Foods Recommended for Women

With so many healthy diet theories flying around these days, it can be hard to know what is actually good for your body. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a completely different view of food, one that’s been established for thousands of years. There are certain foods recommended for women. However, just like we all have ...

Emma Lu

Chinese wild yams.

Overweight Women More Prone to Being Wealthy, Educated, and Urban

An international study of 55 countries has shown a marked increase in the number of overweight women globally, with wealthy, educated, and urban women heavier than their counterparts. Ph.D. candidate Md. Mehedi Hasan from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) said the number of overweight women increased in 50 countries from 1990 to 2018, while ...

Troy Oakes

The Breathtaking Dignity Statue Pays Tribute to Native American Women

The Dignity statue, a magnificent sculpture that’s a beautiful tribute to the Native Nations of the Great Plains region, sits high above the Missouri River in South Dakota. The 50-foot-tall artwork — officially named Dignity of Earth and Sky, but often shortened to just the Dignity statue — is in honor of Native American women. The ...

Jack Roberts

A scripture of an 1850's Lakota and Dakota woman

Healthy Ways to Preserve Yang Qi for Women’s Health

Yang is the masculine component in the yin-yang composite, but the preservation of Yang Qi is vital for women’s health. Yang Qi is also called vital energy. When people say a person’s vital energy is severely damaged, that means Yang Qi has been injured. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine defines it and says: ...

Helen London

A young, smiling Asian woman stands outside in front of some trees.

Egypt’s Inspirational Blind Women’s Orchestra

We have many legendary people who, despite their handicaps, have managed to make themselves immortal via their craft. Egypt’s blind women’s orchestra is one such inspiring group. In the world of music, Beethoven is a name that even a non-music person has heard of. His story of overcoming deafness to become a great composer is ...

Armin Auctor

Egypt's blind women's orchestra.

The Mesmerising Tradition of Japan’s Ama-San Free-Diving Women

The Ama-San women of Japan uphold a 2,000-year-old tradition of free-diving. Ama means “sea woman,” and the connection these women have with the ocean is one of utmost care and respect, something in this day and age we could all learn from. Why Ama-San divers are treasured What makes the Ama unique is that they rejected modern technology that would ...

Jessica Kneipp

Japans traditional Ama-San diver.

Skirt Power: A Story of Yi Women

Reading this story will offer you a better understanding of Yi women and how they prevent fighting between tribes in their own unique way. The Yi ethnic group, with a population of 7 million, is mainly distributed over the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China. There are over ...

Armin Auctor

Yi minority woman in traditional clothes.

China Sterilizing Uyghur Women

A new report by China expert Adrian Zenz reveals that China is conducting forced sterilization campaigns on Uyghur women from the Xinjiang region in a bid to reduce the community’s population. Zenz warns that such Chinese policies are equivalent to a demographic genocide and wants an international investigation into the matter. Forced sterilization of Uyghur ...

Max Lu

China sterilizing Uyghur women.

How China Celebrates International Women’s Day

Just like most other countries, China celebrates its Women’s Day on March 8. However, there is a difference in how the Chinese celebrate the day. While the rest of the world highlights women’s social, economic, and political progress, the Chinese celebration mostly focuses on men’s expression of love toward the women in their lives. Chinese ...

Raven Montmorency

A young Chinese woman.

What Pregnant Women Should Know About the CCP Coronavirus

If pregnant women are infected by COVID-19, not only can it make the pregnancy period stressful, the risk of death and transmission of the virus could end up triggering an unmanageable mental burden as well. Here are some of the things pregnant women should know about the CCP coronavirus. Transmission risk for pregnant women “Emerging ...

Raven Montmorency

A pregnant woman holding her abdomen.