Women Willpower!

June 1, 2023

    Today was our last class of study abroad, and it also happened to be my presentation day! After working hard to find all the important information about Toledo, Katie and I were ready to present. Our goals for the presentation were to minimize the words on the slides and cover the basic knowledge of Toledo. Presenting our topic to the class made me even more excited to see the city. After class, we had a health visit to an NGO known to empower and support women in different stages of their life. It was a small, hidden building that we entered, and were guided to a room filled with chairs. Because we don’t speak Spanish, James had to translate everything the coordinator was teaching us. She talked about the organization’s mission which is to provide therapeutic support and advocacy for women that are pregnant, not having children, abused, or going through a divorce. Their goal is to make them feel like they have fulfilled their life no matter what position they might be in. I found this very inspirational because I have gone through something similar, and it was very hard to get help. The fact that this women’s organization extends a hand is amazing. One of the first things I noticed when entering was there were two bathrooms, and they were both for women. I loved this because it made me feel like I was in a safe place. The work of this female empowerment organization is great for the future of our society; we need to bridge the gap between gender roles. One way the organization is striving to promote women advocacy is by publishing magazines that cover different topics pertaining to objectives a woman can face in her daily life. This visit was even better because there were all women on our study abroad trip so it was a topic that all of us could relate to, and it is very near and dear to our hearts. 

The picture I captured inside of this NGO we learned about. Like
many of the other places, the space was limited! Very great lecture.

                     

After the visit, I got this delicious Açai bowl at Amazonia.
This is probably the best one i have ever tasted!