Growing up in a patriarchal society,a girl child can't help but notice the difference between her and her counterparts.From the simplest of house chores to activities we are different,the girl is expected to cook,clean,wash…
Les violences basées sur le genre font partie des contraintes multiples auxquelles les femmes se heurtent généralement dans la grand majorité de pays constituant l'Afrique sub-saharienne. Cependant, il est temps que les…
I started a massive online course on Sexual and Gender-based violence (SGBV) with Youth Hub Africa last month, August and trust me, it's been enlightening. Currently, more than 50 student bloggers take the course and for the…
Kakamega county is leading in teenage pregnancy.Causes of teenage pregnancy is poverty, peer pressure, disco matanga, social media, boda boda, insecurity, poor parenting skills, housing. I took up an initiative to go a few…
The term "Kandaka" has emerged from Sudan's protests, referring to the woman's steadfastness and ability to confront and achieve victory, to spread among the eastern and western media. The same expression was used in the…
It is truly nerve wrecking being a woman living in Trinidad and Tobago presently. We are sick, disgusted and tired of the current state of affairs in our country, our home land. Just recently two Barbadian friends Ronelle…
My father was such an amazing dad who had so much love for his family and education. He was sent to school in Sokoto state Nigeria to the then teacher’s college because he was an orphan and non of his brothers and other…
Failures and disappointments make one feel like stopping any intended adventure.Ending at the juncture of disappointment makes you ordinary, but being determined to fulge ahead after the numerous disappointments makes you…
I am thankful for my life mate Mark, who has been a great sense of support from the very beginning of my MS journey. When I had a bad episode and was bedbound for four months, he not only worked all day but came home and…
This poem is dedicated to all the men who have been instrumental and stood by me throughout my Tech journey and thought me how to establish a culture of gratitude all the time. You understood how difficult it would’ve been…
This poem is dedicated to all the men who have been instrumental and stood by me throughout my Tech journey and thought me how to establish a culture of gratitude all the time. You understood how difficult it would’ve been…
Born to a Dad who was a teacher and a hardworking Mum , my childhood was filled happiness, satisfaction and privileges that I never thought one day would go. I only dawned on me when Mum Died in 2003 and Dad followed a year…
When I set out on a mission in 2010 to advancing Nigerian women’s right and to create a safe place for them to develop their agency and live fulfilled lives without violence, little did I know the kind of challenges that…
I have always loved children's books. Even before I had little people in my house, I collected children's books. They are my art collection, my most prized possessions. So it was natural when my child, who was assigned "male…
H er thoughts were high enough to reach the wild open sky , she was her own self ,so special that No one can really understand her , she was an ocean ,so deep that No one can know what she hides inside ,Her shadow seems…
We all have our own darkness or complications in our lives in our own way. It's different for everyone but for sure it leaves us with a bunch of emotions like sadness, anger etc . which can be relatable. We all wanna get rid…
I wake up today and look at the world different. I look straight into a mirror and tell myself I maybe different but I am beautiful all the same and I am going to keep on loving myself through it all. This was not the case…
Welcome to WiseUp{PEVUKA} One of my interest in life is to encourage students to stay in school , to love education and encourage self confidence , hence I will use this opportunity given by World Pulse to help change the…
History focused on powerful men constantly engaged in violent struggles with each other. It never mentioned the peaceful societies nor the lives of women. The life of women has remained an untold story since ancient time.…
By Wanjala Wafula I am a resolute supporter of Resolution 66/170 which declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child for purposes of recognizing girls’ rights and the unique challenges they face around the…
I believe in the power of inclusion and this is my story! It is my story because sometimes, we are afraid of the ways narratives can be changed, especially when we think that no one is looking on. It was a rainy day…
We were drowning. Not just me, but so many around me, too. Often I wondered why it was, how it was, that so many of us were so poor . How did it come to be that we had been relegated to standing in the freezing snow, waiting…
What about the man in the woman, who works day & night so his family can survive He wakes up early morning, sleeps late at night and does overtime in a job that is nine to five Everyone in the family appreciates his wife…
« Etre homme », « Etre une femme » ces expressions contribuant aux violences ! J’entends toujours depuis mon plus jeune âge des gens me dire, soit une femme ! et à un homme, soit un homme ! Ces expressions sont très utilisés…
The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming is a terrific story on Slate about just how long coordinated misinformation campaigns meant to whip up anger at a particular group have been going on: In the summer of…
