The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday October 31st, 2022 – Halloween
Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31, and Halloween 2022 will occur on Monday, October 31. The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating treats.
Women as Peacemakers by Rene Wadlow
October 31 is the anniversary of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 which calls for full and equal participation of women in conflict prevention, peace processes, and peace-building, thus creating opportunities for women to become fully involved in governance and leadership. This historic Security Council resolution 1325 of 31 October 2000 provides a mandate to incorporate gender perspectives in all areas of peace support. Its adoption is part of a process within the UN system through its World Conferences on Women in Mexico City (1975), in Copenhagen (1980), in Nairobi (1985), in Beijing (1995), and at a special session of the U.N. General Assembly to study progress five years after Beijing (2000).
Since 2000, there have been no radical changes as a result of Resolution 1325, but the goal has been articulated and accepted. Now women must learn to take hold of and generate political power if they are to gain an equal role in peace-making. They must be willing to try new avenues and new approaches as symbolized by the actions of Lysistrata.
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Baghdadi gate #prose & #painting by Amir Khatib
I dreamed of a path I had never known before, its spiraling building, its glass doors without locks, and the sounds of its windows occupied me; Voices without words are like the sound of a millstone grinding, even the passers-by were in another form that I have not seen. They resemble transparent shadows, they sympathize whenever they pass on a height in the ground, and some of them disappear behind each other and dissolve in it.
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Ma-Siri & Alexa #45 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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