Guest blog post by Harper Kelly

For women of all ages, living alone comes with extra precautions that are necessary to ensure day-to-day safety.

Luckily, it's possible to implement personal safety into your daily routine without feeling like a prisoner in your own home.

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Susan notes: I invite men everywhere to join women in making this world a safer, better, more peaceful place to be.

1.    Approach gender violence as a MEN'S issue involving men of all ages and socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. View men not only as perpetrators or possible offenders, but as empowered bystanders who can confront abusive peers.

Susan notes: This is an interesting and useful graphic. (No, not the pic of my cleavage on the left - it's purely decorative! The one about breasts below :P).

I love the funky facts. Unfortunately, some of the text (grey on black) is tough to read, but it's worth taking a closer look to get the full gist of the piece...

I woke up feeling a bit down.

But I'm choosing not to stay that way. Instead, I'm going to turn the day around, and make my life a better place to be always.

Yippppeee!!!