I Was Born In 1954. My Parents

There Needs To Be A Shift In Consciousness; There Needs To Be An Absolute Wake-up Call Before Society Can Actually Make The Kind Of Incredibly Significant Changes That Need To Happen.

As A Mother, You Have That Impulse To Wish That No Child Should Ever Be Hurt, Or Abused, Or Go Hungry, Or Not Have Opportunities In Life.

You Just Decide What Your Values Are In Life And What You Are Going To Do, And Then You Feel Like You Count, And That Makes Life Worth Living. It Makes My Life Meaningful.

If You Do Nothing, If A Mother Doesn't Come For Care, If She Breastfeeds Her Baby, The Chances Of The Baby Getting Hiv Are About 40%. So It's About The Difference Between 40% And Zero. This Is Almost Totally Preventable. But It Requires Mothers Coming For Care And Getting The Medicines They Need, And Getting The Education And Support They Need.

I Stand On The Shoulders Of Giants That Have Gone Before Me, In Terms Of Affording People Like Myself, Women, The Access To Democracy, The Vote, Medical Treatment, Education, Everything That I've Been Given. It's All Been Earned. Therefore I Feel It's Incumbent On Me Personally To Just Contribute Something, To Add To A Collective Voice That Needs To Be Here Right Now, To Build It Up To A Tipping Point, To Make The World Aware That Women's Rights Still Have To Be Addressed And That The Word 'feminism' Has Been Devalued And Needs To Be Reclaimed.