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The umbrella organisation for women's rights groups is Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI), whose Executive Director was Kathryn Relang. [2] Relang worked on several projects, including: youth empowerment in the workplace; [ 3 ] providing support services for survivors of domestic violence; [ 4 ] raising awareness about legal rights ...
The female population of the Marshall Islands have a sixty times greater cervical cancer mortality than a comparable mainland United States population. [ 68 ] [ better source needed ] The Islands populations also have a five times greater likelihood of breast or gastrointestinal mortality, and lung cancer mortality is three times higher than ...
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Mary Heine Lanwi (born February 22, 1921) is an educator, activist, and promotor of traditional handicrafts in the Marshall Islands. A female pioneer on the islands, she has been described as "perhaps the first Marshallese woman to begin employment outside the home."
Women traditionally [4] wore two mats about a yard (metre) square each, made by weaving pandanus and hibiscus leaves together, [2] and belted around the waist. [5] Children were usually naked. [2] The missionaries influenced the islanders' notions of modesty. In 1919, a visitor reported that Marshall Islands women "are perfect models of prudery.
The British ships Charlotte and Scarborough visited the islands in 1788 under the commands of captains Thomas Gilbert and John Marshall, respectively. [38] The vessels had been part of the First Fleet taking convicts from England to Botany Bay in New South Wales, and were en route to Guangzhou when they passed through the Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands. [39]
The Marshall Islands was the only country in the world without a soccer team. A few people wanted to start one. They looked to a coach from Memphis.
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