inspired by Miss Landmine. The pageant celebrates women who have survived landmine explosions, promoting pride and empowerment in beauty, disability, and global awareness. Go to www.miss-landmine.org for photos and news, Miss Landmine t-shirt profits from www.greerchicago.com go to the project.

your panties for peace. Burmese women have endured rape and systemic sexual violence at the hands of the military. The Panties for Peace campaign, launched by women in Burma, plays on regime leaders’ superstitious fear that contact with a woman’s underpants will rob them of their power. Women around the world are asked to post their panties to local Burmese embassies. Find addresses at www.pantiesforpeace.info.

Women WIN by supporting the Women’s Information Network. This nonprofit organization helps pro-choice, Democratic women succeed in Washington by providing them with important opportunities for networking and jobs. By visiting winonline.org, you can donate to or learn more about this organization and be one of the many women helping other women make a political difference!

the Pro-Choice Education Project. This summer, twenty ladies are pedaling from New Orleans to New York City on the PCEP’s Wanderlust Bike Tour to hear and document women’s stories of defending and promoting reproductive justice. Support the tour by donating funds or items from the tour’s wish list online at www.protectchoice.org.

your kids from harmful halogenated fire retardants. According to Friends of the Earth (­www.foe.org), 56% of all infant carriers, 44% of all car seats, 40% of all strollers and 19% of all portable cribs were found to have high levels of halogenated fire retardants, which have been linked health problems as serious as cancer. Join ­www.momsrising.org in a petition to get Graco, a huge manufacturer of products like these, to stop using halogenated fire retardants in their products.

Nominate a Metrowest-area woman for the first-ever Women’s Initiative awards in September. Metrowestchamber.org

Risk $100 in the Big Sister Association raffle (benefiting programs for at-risk girls and teens) and you could drive away in a BMW. bigsister.org/index.cfm?cdid=13412&pid=10371

Consider adoption. Learn how through informational sessions, 6-7pm July 9 and August 6 at the Arlington Dept. of Social Services. RSVP: 781-641-8275. Mass.gov/dss 

Follow Aparna and Jessie, the Adventurists featured in the June issue of skirt! as they cross the Sahara on their way to Cameroon. Sandboxsavants.com

Sip with sophistication at the Divas Uncorked Wine Festival Weekend, Aug. 7-10 on Martha’s Vineyard, featuring Boston-area sommeliers and chefs. Divasuncorked.com