Yesterday you asked If I was done painting myself Unsure of that question I did not answer But today I can confidently reply Yes, I was done Painting myself for the day Today is a new day
There is no better platform to enforce standing up to harmful traditional practices like child marriage and female circumcision than at community level. This was the unanimous opinion of speakers at a standing up against…
For the past few months, I have been working on launching my digital literacy program in Pakistan to bring digital empowerment to girls and women. A lot have happened since and I sit down to share this exciting development…
Where are my identity and my family? If you look closely to this title, you ask, is there a person without citizenship and family, I'd say yes, Mariam is a girl, who is 27-year-old in this moment I am writing this story…
Aujourd'hui, nous vivons dans la mer de la violence, et plusieurs ne croient pas qu'il soit possible d'en sortir. Mais, il y a ceux et celles qui cherchent «une nouvelle atmosphère» pour que respire l'être humain ceux qui…
I know many people might not like this idea and may even look down upon it or harass me about it but this is an idea that could change the the health of millions of people all around the world every mammal Gets what it needs…
Recently we have had the honor to speak with one a sixteen years old European Weightlifting Champion in 2015, four-time Armenian weightlifting champion, Arpine Dalalyan. - Welcome Arpine! I would like to congratulate you on…
Women's Resource Center, Armenia in collaboration with AIWA SF initiated a 3 month training program on leadership for adolescent girls in Armenia. It has been a year, since we have started the implementation of the program…
Once I invited a guest speaker to join our conversation with adolescent girls on creating one's vision and turning it into a goal. The guest speaker was a female football player, so I asked her to raise the topic of…
My name is Emilia Epeti Miki and I am the second of three children to my parents. I am from Cameroon and grew up in the town of Limbe. My father a bar-tender and my mother an under-wear seller(bras and pants) did every thing…
I am a cultural researcher, curator and innovation thinker from Slovenia, working at the Slovene Union of University Women as Coordinator of International Relations. I received postgraduate certificate in Art Management at…
My hope and dream for the future is allowing myself to live fully and allowing, enabling others to do the same. I am most dedicated to becoming a future leader, inventing pioneering strategies of improved and efficient…
If you love sport and want to help in the areas of gender inequality, childhood obesity, discrimination, declining participation and high dropout rates in youth sports, then we want to hear from you. Once Fanzland is funded…
This is a lenghty, but small, story: you're advised. But, it's so deeply mine, and I'd love to share. As tiny as it may be, my experience might resonate with other tiny stories - and many small stories always make a big plot…
I didn't believe it was my role as a girl/woman to speak for others. Papa always reminded us at home that he should have the loudest voice. He is the man in the house. I was petrified and shy to partake in even class…
Digital Action Campaign Campaign title: #InspireAMama What is the campaign? The campaign will seek to show how mothers in different parts of Sierra Leone can use different known tools to open up discussion about sex to…
When you want to bring a change A change ,that’s not easy When you walk in front of everyone not to dominate but lead in harmony When you voice on behalf of people their sorrows and pains When you light the lamp in darkness…
There are memories that stick in your mind for the rest of your life ... either in that part of your mind that you very rarely decide to visit or perhaps they stay in some obscure region of your subconscious. Yet, time to…
There are memories that stick in your mind for the rest of your life ... either in that part of your mind that you very rarely decide to visit or perhaps they stay in some obscure region of your subconscious. Yet, time to…
There is a big problem in Latin America, which is the lack of resources (money), knowledge and opportunities for professional development. In order to find a solution to this problem, I launched a non-profit called Ekpapalek…
“I know it sounds crazy, but I think this is what people need. I think we could change the world.” My conversation with Milly was optimistic as usual, she doesn’t really think in any other way. We always talk big, and dream…
Educate Girls development impact bond aims to help improve education for 18,000 children in Rajasthan, India. The Educate Girls bond is a results-based financing mechanism, through which the UBS Optimus Foundation provides…
There are some moments in the midst of a conversation that take your mind far away from the conversation itself. While talking to a friend of mine a few days ago, my argument effortlessly took a feminist turn. I can’t help…
I was happy being born a girl still unaware of the threat to a woman in this world! Everybody smiled and gave me love in my childhood. I was happy or May be i was still not in a state to differentiate those who loved and…
Rape and forced marriage are the final destination of values that see women only as objects, not human beings. It is always right to question how and why those values still have currency, and call them out for what they are…
