In 1996 the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements reported that women owned just 1% of the world’s wealth. The report also stated that “...women are relegated to homelessness or squatter-status in many parts of the world where they cannot legally own or inherit land, cannot obtain bank-loans, receive lower wages than men, and often are abandoned to raise children alone.”

Along with war and aggression (Games We Play, Taking of Liberty) often based on ethnic or religious differences (I have come to give you Peace, Tender Mercies) women are ultimately left disempowered and vulnerable (Venus Naturalis).

Fear battles hope (Nor’wester, Unrest, There is no peace, there is no freedom) in a fragile climate (Like Porcelain, Three Sisters).

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