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…
We safeguard the rights and dignity of women and girls by engaging norms & culture upholders in d rural areas. It's our aim that every harmful traditional practices end in our generation. But is HARMFUL TRADITIONAL…
Rape is a type of sexual assault, according to Wikipedia which usually involves sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without the person's consent. The act may be carried out by…
A lot of times people approach me with the sole purpose of giving me several reasons why I do not fit into the Nigeria system with the impact I make towards others. . "Why not go to the United States or Europe to do what you…
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…
Good morning My last blog post! It clearly did not go well with some of my friends from the Public Relations field. Well, I had no intention of fuelling and igniting the silent rivalry between journalists and PR…
“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…
Hello sisters I am happy for this moment that I can share my story and reason why I weep whenever I read or meet Children that have been sexually abused. As a child I experienced sexual violence from three different men. I…
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…
Conducted two days residential traning with disabilities activist at rajsthan jaipur india , topic covered #gender #patriarchy #leadership #laws ..Sightsavers is an international organization that is implementing The Social…
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…
“It is okay to kill.” They taught me. From kindergarten through schools to college, Nothing changed but the paint on those walls and faces.The lessons they taught me, were all, just the same.I was taught to be good. To…
Each time our family finds ourselves in a new location, we take notice of the driving habits of the residents of our new city or town. In Singapore, thekiasu syndromewas laughable, driving in India wasa little nuts(I didn’t…
The sun was moving to the other end. Ram asked his dad "Dad may I play with the children there", dad disagreed and told him look son they are slum children their body will be full of dirt and they look ugly. Ram was not…
I wondered when watching the news and a child was found murdered or kidnapped. I often thought to myself ‘ How do the parents survive that, having raising, feeding, clothing, teaching and loving a child so much for someone…
May 2nd'18 , I went to Bole Subcity just behind our International airport. There are good neigbors who built houses and lived there more than 25 years. I can't tell the number of houses and give specific data about the…
Single motherhood or being born of a single mother is not a curse. i believe it gives you a greater affinity to work with God and consult him more in your everyday decisions and through that you gain more confidence to…
I guess I went out with the devil that night. Come to think of it, I am just a 20-year old whose education happens to be faster than the speed of light. But really, that’s not the point. The way he stared at me is not the…
l hear our leaders telling us that we are the future of our African continent but that is truly wrong and this has costed us the opportunities to join or stand for our economic and political rights in Africa. Indeed young…
The other night, I found myself in the middle of deep thinking—not that it is a strange occurrence at all. Sometimes, time goes slow and the only comfort comes from whatever my mind decides to analyze so that the hours go by…
The epidemy of beauty The one purest form Why oh why I ask myself is this the norm Unable to obtain But always being sought leaving women in distain melancholic distraught Always doing something wrong Too pure Too sexy If…
In Uganda, children continue to silently experience violence in form of sexual abuse, bullying and corporal punishment which in the long run forces them to drop out of school. Since 2018, NCD with support from RTI…
I’m in conversation with Adivasu Levu, the Executive Director of Transcend Oceania. An eminent rural woman here in Fiji. She and I have been part of a collective learning of bridging the numerous divides women in our country…
Today is the 86th day of the 90-days challenge and I'm grateful to you all for following. Thanks so much for reading, commenting and criticising. Rounding up this challenge, I'd like to discuss the differences between sex…
Earlier this week, a young writer in the Philippines, bared her soul in a social media post, about an act of violence against her at a national writers workshop. https://web.facebook.com/notes/tiny-diapana/breaking-the-quiet…
