My Professional Contribution in a Leadership Role: A Reflection

Please highlight your accomplishments which you believe are the most important and meaningful (including leadership roles you have performed).

One way to destroy the vicious cycle of high birth rates is to empower women through social change, specifically, education. There is a proven connection between the education level of a mother and how many children she will have, statistically. In the United States, birth rates of women with less than 12 years of total education are more than triple their college-educated counterparts. This can logically be applied to Guatemala’s situation to find that if more women are educated, not only in school, but in proper child care and contraception use, their Total Fertility Rate should rapidly decrease to a more sustainable level. This is a one-two punch: not only will women have less children, the ones they do have will likely be raised more effectively and are less likely to die of disease in infancy. Guatemala must engage in a campaign to enroll more girls in school. This will be difficult, due to the culture of the country. Women are expected to stay at home and work the fields. Culture must shift to make progress, as it so often does.

“Without a lifespan view of women’s health… we are unlikely to be successful in advancing women’s health” (Woods 2009, pg. 400). A Global Health Imperative (2009) by author Nancy Fugate Woods explains the issues about health status and opportunities for the health of girl-children world-wide, which includes sex and gender disparities. Girl and women’s health is important, but just not as important as men’s health. Woods gives example of women’s health issues that are extremely serious. “Health issues or problems that occur predominantly in women are breast cancer and menopause” (Woods 2009, pg. 400). Women all over the world have the risk of getting breast cancer, HIV and Aids. Women that are affected by these diseases in some countries may

Through multifarious ways, female gender roles in Latin American countries have gradually begun to improve over time. These slight improvements have manifested through women’s increasing involvement in politics and presence in the labor force due to immigration, globalization, and global media. Women in Latin American countries have become

My keen admiration for children became one of my main passions and led me to join Delta Phi Omega Sorority, Inc., whose philanthropic mission focuses on children's education and literacy. Because this played such an immense factor in molding my adolescent years, I wanted to show and help children understand how essential these concepts are in life. Since August of 2010, I have volunteered countless hours at the Boys and Girls Club in Athens in hopes of reaching out to these children. Furthermore, by being apart of this sorority, I was able to provide funds to improve the instruction of children not only in the Athens community but also in third world countries through book and school supply fundraisers. I became very passionate about this organization and its beneficiaries, the main being CARE India, which focuses on providing access to essential medical and healthcare for underprivileged women and children in India. My passion for children and my country has heightened my ambition of providing reliable healthcare to individuals in

Rigoberta Menchu, a Quiche Indian woman native to Guatemala, is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for politically reaching out to her country and her people. In her personal testimony tittled “I, Rigoberta Menchu” we can see how she blossomed into the Nobel Prize winner she is today. Following a great deal in her father’s footsteps, Rigoberta’s mobilization work, both within and outside of Guatemala, led to negotiations between the guerillas and the government and reduced the army power within Guatemala. Her work has helped bring light to the strength of individuals and citizen organization in advocacy and policy dialogue on the world scale. In a brief summary of the book I will explore why Rigoberta Menchu is important to

Explain how this individual has demonstrated exemplary public service (give specific examples): Jane Capili has worked as a Public Health Nurse (PHN) for the past eleven years for Santa Clara County in various roles impacting the community 's health. As a generalist PHN, she entered clients ' homes assessing newborns and their moms providing education, valuable resources and encouragement. Jane also case managed other types of high risk clients and families ranging from those with active Tuberculosis to families with multiple health and social concerns. As a Regional PHN, she expanded her role as the Lead PHN and Referral Coordinator, providing guidance to peers and managing the intake of referrals for PHN services. With Jane 's work

Our mission at Mid-South Women’s Health Center is to be beneficial to the needs of women services which include maternal care to preventive health for all ages and life stages.

The appeal being used is ethos, with the ethical rights for women and the furtherance of the Ecuador culture. This reading relates to the chapter “Global Change Context” in Leading Change in Multiple Contexts by Gill Robinson Hickman, because Hickman points out while the world grows together “through technology, ease of travel, and global economic integration” there is still a need to address issues of laws, political, and sexual rights. The chapter is informative with regards to leading women holding onto cultures while embracing a stronger

Venezuela see’s the role of women in different ways depending on where they live, by tradition women should perform household work and may work outside their homes but the work must be related to domestic services. In rural areas women must share the physical work with men to make a living. Women are legally equal to men in Venezuela but they live in a patriarchal societies which has a national brand of “machismo.” Machismo is the term when men are controlling and don’t allow women to be their own self. Although women had equal rights, the ones that had been active in the struggle for democracy found themselves deprived of its privileges. The Coordinator of Women’s Non-Governmental Organizations (CONG), united twenty-six women’s groups and

 What are you key accomplishments (e.g., active in specific areas, social contributions, volunteer activities, and unique or adventurous activities)?

Chile is a South American country that contains a population of around 18 million people. Chile 's population is composed predominantly of mestizos, who are descended from marriage between the Spanish colonizers and the indigenous people. Out of those 18 million people, 11 million are just consisted of women population. Ever since, Ferdinand Magellan, the first European to set foot on what is now called Chile, women have been neglected of many of their rights. Facing domestic violence and gender-based violence, there are only a few things that the government “approves” Chilean women doing. Chileans have experienced a leftist government of Salvador Allende to a military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet also known as General Pinochet. With all these different types of changes in the government, why haven 't women be able to fight back and relieve some of the sexism that is faced on a daily basis? What do women do to fight back and what does it mean having a women president in office for all the oppressed Chilean women. All these apparent disconnects reflect on the tensions and contradictions that frame the lives of many women in Chile today.

Movimiento Manuela Ramos (MR) was founded by a group of women who were previously involved with leftist parties and expressed a particular interest in social organization among low- income segments of the Peruvian population. Despite its polarized beginnings however, the movement did not maintain its political ties and promptly abandoned all previous political affiliations upon the official founding of the organization in order to ensure an impartial assessment of women’s issues. The founders’ interest in providing aid for low- income women inevitably shaped the movement’s program trajectory, driving MR to work with grassroots organizations and in opposition to feminist groups that only provided aid to middle class women. As such, the movement’s initial work began among working- class women, including those who lived in urban, working- class settlements as well as those who resided in the squatter developments that surrounded Lima, and focused on providing health, legal, and communication services for these women.

X” was really helpful when looking at the global health aspect of maternal health. Mrs. X was just an example of the real life obstacles that people go through all around the world. It was realistic enough, but to have the real life Mrs. X examples from Malawi and Northern Ghana increased the authenticity of the topic. Mrs. X died due to several factors such as lack of prenatal care, hemorrhage, and poverty. I thought the use of legitimate examples created a realistic view from the audience that would not have been present otherwise. To complement the form of education Grace used that I agree with, I also agreed with the views and details Grace presented during the presentation. The ideas she emphasized were not just focused on one society over another. Her views were globally, which created the importance of maternal and child health world

Due to my passive nature, I’ve always avoided leadership roles. With that being said I still aspire to be someone who can be looked to as a leader. In order to reach that goal I observe and try to mimic the actions of people that inspire me. There have been many people I’ve taken orders from, but I have “followed” few. Those are the ones I consider to be true leaders, and have tried to be like myself.