I am WOMAN - and proud to be

Image taken from Zain Bhikha's Better Day video

Too often women are looked upon as mere sex objects, with minimum intellect, not being able to decide what they want from life.


Women claim they have low self esteem, why? Because their confidence and rights have been snatched away from them by their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons. 


From November 25 to December 10 2011, South Africa is holding its annual Act Against Abuse - 16 days of activism for No Violence Against Women and Children. This campaign should not be limited by its geographical boundaries, or time period. 


Let's all, including the developed West and the struggling Middle East fight against abuse of women and children every day of our lives.   


If women stand up for their rights, they are seen as 'bad' women. Well let us be those 'bad' women, and revolutionise this male dominant structure of thinking. 


There is more to a woman than her appearance. Indeed she is caring, loving, sensible but she is also powerful, revolutionary, intellectual, confident, strong, influential and well opinionated.  


If you are being abused, physically or mentally by any male figure, remember: 
You are confident, 
You are powerful . . . 
You are WOMAN - and proud to be! 

 Video dedicated to Act Against Abuse, by South African singer, Zain Bhika

Radio Festival 2011 - Meeting Neil Fox

This year we were fortunate to have the annual Radio Festival in Manchester. I was even more fortunate to actually take part in it!

Costing about £400 a ticket, the Radio Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Britain, presenting some of the big names of British radio and TV, Including Footballer and Strictly Come Dancing star, Robbie Savage, Dragon Den's Duncan Bannatyne, The Gadget show's Ortis Deley and many more. Of course . . . it was also broadcast on BBC Radio.

Radio Festival 2011, took place at the Lowry in Salford Quays and being only a minute walk from where I study I was chosen to volunteer in this fabulous event on November 1. Just to mention 'I Kissed a Girl' singer Katy Perry, was also present at the festival - OMG!!!

Not knowing what I had got myself into, I began greeting the many upper class guests with a pretty smile, causing minor facial pain.

The Highlight of my day though was meeting Dr. Fox aka, Pop Idol's Neil Fox. As he and another were in a deep discussion, I politely disturbed them for a picture with Neil Fox. Very friendly, he was happy to get his picture taken and he asked me about my studies, as I showed him my stunning University Building at MediaCity.