Mental Health - Widower Experience (WX)

The theme for the 2024 International Day of the Girl is ‘Girls’ Vision for the Future.’ This powerful theme underscores the urgent need for action, interwoven with a profound sense of hope, fueled by the voices and dreams of girls everywhere.  A person, everyone with a dream becomes a person with a vision. Everyone has the right to dream, the power to achieve, and the courage to change the world. Let’s create a world where every girl is safe, educated, and empowered. It's all about Gender Equality - Women and girls make up half of the world's population and therefore half of its potential. Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but also essential to achieving peaceful societies with full human potential and sustainable development. Additionally, empowering women has been shown to increase productivity and economic growth. Think about these numbers ... Globally, girls aged 5-14 spend 40% more time, or 160 million more hours a day, on unpaid care and domest...

Die Debatte um das Gendern kocht, während das generische Maskulinum ins Wanken gerät. Experten diskutieren leidenschaftlich Alternativen wie das Gendersternchen, das Binnen-I oder das Gender-Gap, obwohl Bayern diese Praktiken kürzlich verbot. Gender-Gegner argumentieren: Es reicht von Schülern zu sprechen, es sei eine rein grammatische Definition, dass die maskuline Mehrzahl auch die Frauen mitmeint. Man dürfe das grammatische Geschlecht / Genus nicht mit dem natürlichen Geschlecht / Sexus verwechseln. Grammatik, unsere Worte, unsere Sprache und Kommunikation haben Einfluss auf Bilder und Vorstellungen! Aktuelle Forschungen deuten darauf hin, dass trotz unserer Überzeugung, alle Geschlechter seien mit dem generischen Maskulinum abgedeckt, unser Verstand die Dinge anders sieht. In der Studie von Fritz Strack und Patrick Rothermund an der Universität Würzburg wurde festgestellt, dass wir trotz wiederholter Versicherung, dass Frauen eingeschlossen sind, das generische Maskulinum überwieg...

Life often gets tough, but just remember:  You can handle anything. Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for a good life. Suicidality is a taboo all over the world and thoughts of suicide are often seen as a taboo. This taboo can prevent people in challenging times and suicidal crises from confiding in others - perhaps out of shame or feelings of guilt about their own thoughts or out of fear of not being understood or of overwhelming those around them. I think being in an extreme situation, seeing oneself in an unanswerable or unresolvable condition and times … and thoughts of suicide are not something to be ashamed of. Ignoring or hiding thoughts of suicide usually only helps for a short time because the underlying problem is not solved. If someone has no one in their environment with whom they can talk about their thoughts, there are people they can confide in, e.g. family, doctors, psychotherapists and telephone counseling serv...