There is an astonishing man behind World Pulse. You should know him. For over a decade, Ankur Naik – World Pulse’s technical architect - built World Pulse alongside me. His hands have invented, tested, curved, created, and…
When a woman decides to enter into the world of a male-dominated, heavily-armed force, she needs to double or even triple her effort to belong. For Bery Bacolcol, she dared to lead. This is the story of the first woman…
Her homeland is known for practices that stigmatize and even isolate women during menstruation. But in Anoushka's family, her periods were celebrated and honored.
Hi my lovely brother. I am here always praying for you. Do not worry about us, here everything is going. I am not saying “going well,” just going. Because we all really miss you. And without you the sky is dark, life is…
Earlier this year, I reconnected with an old friend. Our conversation was regular, run-off-the-mill, touching upon our every day lives, when things took a different turn. Something brought up an old memory of abuse at the…
My name is Josphine from central Kenya. I am in my mid-thirties and a mother of two girls aged 9 and 5; and currently employed full-time. I believe life is supposed to be a journey, and as an experience of what we make it.…
A few months after I set foot into activism, I wrote to a very close friend and asked if they would be willing to support me in my work against gender-based violence. The email I sent my friend was lengthy, and described my…
Hi In India religion is attached to all aspects, and off course periods are not left unattached. We grew up being told that u cannot touch anywhere I mean kitchen, prayer house etc. I often wondered why something giving by…
I am an Educationist, Human rights activist, speaker and writer. I have always been feeling myself unfit in my society, I never had a friend, as a child, I would have weird questions to ask from my elders and my teachers in…
“You are a feminist? Oh My God...why do you hate men?” That was the line thrown at me when I said I was a feminist. I was momentarily stunned into silence because I was wondering what on earth that person was saying. After…
“If God would've taken us out of Egypt and not executed judgment upon them, it would've been enough for us – Dayenu.” Foreword I went to visit my students, Tzai Num and Tzai Zei Hleng in Idan in March 2016 with a lawyer from…
Asha ( HOPE) Kushal Babu cursed his unlucky stars the day his eldest child, a daughter, was born. He had been a good son. His parents were proud of him and must have blessed him profusely for being such a loving and caring…
The world over, International Menstrual Hygiene Day is being celebrated to bring attention to this aspect of women and girls' health and empowerment. Breaking the Silence Worldwide Foundation since 2014 has been working from…
My name is Aradhiya Khan and I'm a 21-year-old Pakistani transwoman activist, social worker, blogger and community mobilizer who has dedicated the past four years of my life towards promoting transgender equality, human…
That was a beautiful evening I could share my happiness with all, Things seemed to be prettier that moment when I halt… A wave of thrills crisped me inside… my soul lightened with craze! Didn’t think I was going to learn of…
Fifteen years back, we were totally engrossed in a project of AIDS control through STI control among street-based, floating sex workers in suburban Mumbai. This particular section of society was found to be the most tricky.…
I know life has been hard for you since the day you lost your Mom at the age of just 1. I don’t claim to feel the pain you have been through since then, but I surely am able to know how much a child of merely 1 is desperate…
My contribution on how we can Raise Boys who Champion Gender Equality is on one point "Mind-set change" of the boys as they grow. The evolution of how boys should treat women should start from their homes. When a Male child…
We went to the graveyard to bury a young child last week. Surrounding us were graves of babies who had only "survived"-a day...a week...a year. It made me so sad to realise how fleeting life is. It is just but a wind,here…
On 17th April, Safecity conducted a tweetchat with @TheGenderLab about their fellowship program and youth for change. The chat began by noting the biggest challenges for young girls in India and what can be done to bridge…
“Come here!” “Come here!” Papa shouted. Mother had just got out of the room running, face draped in tears, mucus running uncontrollably down her lips. “I’ve asked you to come here. If I say it one more time, you will get the…
How often have you heard that women should be part of peace processes or negotiation tables because they are inherently peaceful, because agreements that women help negotiate have a greater chance of remaining in force or…
She gets up while it is still dark She provides my needs for food, clothes and shoes She goes around the houses to curl hair, clean nail and toes She was raised from poor, but had adream to be rich when get old She watches…
