My name is Leah Wangui Njuguna, a psychologist by profession, and when doing volunteer work in Coast Provincial General Hospital, The Youth Friendly Zone, where youth and teenagers mostly ones living with HIV and AIDS come…
Our CEO Alexia Mays is a black woman who owns one of the most successful consulting firms in the South. Mays Development Group LLC, is the south's leading minority grassroots outreach and research firm. We are innovators…
The U.S. Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for NGO programs benefiting vulnerable PRM populations of concern in South America. Proposals must align with one or…
More Amanda Gorman by popular demand... February is Black History Month in the USA. I choose to kick off my celebration with a video of Amanda Gorman ...Poet Laureate, Teacher and Public Speaker. Amanda has a mantra that…
It is the women I love Those women who meet with me in the woods Who call us to circle with their drums Who come to dance ourselves into our own power Those women who call on us to create a shift To find and use our voices…
Dear Sisters how are you all from wherever you are located please receive my greetings and know that I will be happy to hear back from you by clicking a like. I know things are very tough at this moment with the coming of…
ABOUT PADAGIRLCHILD PROJECT Padagirl is a project to support menstrual hygiene management, globally. It provides a platform for donors, globally to donate menstrual hygiene kits or funds to support global menstrual hygiene…
Growing as a young girl life has been very challenging.But I sometimes wonder how I overcome these daily challenges. Some years back, I lived with a family(a married man and wife,children grown up and out) here in Cameroon…
I was then 26 years old, living in a council tower block. A qualified nurse, married to a handsome man, with two lovely children. An outwardly ideal family. But also an abused wife. I knew what to do, where to go to report,…
This is such a beautiful space of hope I wanted to share with you one of the pieces I have written. I call them pomes cos they aren't quite poetry (or so I have been told). The art work is a painting of me done by my very…
Gender based violence is one of the touching issue which women/girls go through in society but the power to speak out sometimes is difficult.As Humanitarian/ counsellor on GBV I have come across a lot of terrible encounters.…
On the 25th December 1995 my dad died in a car accident and my mum survived.It was only after 3yrs my mum came to know her husband died that day of the accident because she was rushed to the hospital where she spent 3yrs in…
On the 25th December 1995 my dad died in a car accident and my mum survived.It was only after 3yrs my mum came to know her husband died that day of the accident because she was rushed to the hospital where she spent 3yrs in…
“Sexual violence occurs everywhere – in every country and across all segments of society. A child may be subjected to sexual abuse or exploitation at home, at school or in their community.” - UNICEF World Pulse #…
What a sad movie where a young girl of 15years put to birth after 9months of gestation will have the nerve to throw the baby beside a stream near a police post and nobody sees her. There are many reasons why she did so she…
Weave in and weave out...Stay calm and carry on ♂️ We can get through this pandemic together. Here is a short video I made to share with my creative circle and I am happy to share with you also. Please check out my blog…
Grab this opportunity received from Dr Sam Collins of Aspire , who writes: "In celebration of the International Women's Day 2021 theme, #choosetochallenge , I am seeking your stories, ideas, tools and tips for…
The Washington National Cathedral...today January 19th, 2021. A solemn time... With the Doves Installation filmed, the Cathedral Bell Tolls 400 times for 400,000 COVID Deaths in the US. January 19, 2021: Cathedral Bell…
If someone needs to talk I m here for you. I want to help someone who has no support from those around her. Why? Because I know how bad you feel when you try to be better but you don t feel like you can do this and the other…
I believe that we women should be united and help each other. We shouldn't be ashamed that we are skinny, fat, to tall or short. We are all beautiful and this idea of the ,,Perfect Girl" is toxic. We should face the problem…
As girls in Africa, we have grown up in households that sensor sexual conversations, there is a lot of mortification that comes with having these kinds of conversations. Oh! the embarrassment ; Prompting us to eventually…
Hair Love, an Oscar®-winning animated short film, Sony Pictures Animation by Matthew A. Cherry Please enjoy this heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time. This is a…
The last month or so I have been creating the wonderful body art that has helped so many over social media and women as far as I can reach, it has given me so much confidence I couldn`t imagine I would have. I have been told…
Um sol pela janela. Amo os mares do meu país. Viajar, por sinal descobri há bem pouco tempo e o quanto é maravilhoso conhecer novos lugares. A vida por vezes nos cércea prazeres por conta da condição social, assim como maior…
Ou friend and partner, Ruth Bach Svendsen from Danish Lutheran Mission in Arusha, Tanzania tells: With the LMU project "Schooling for girls", the Danish Lutheran Mission has during the last months been visiting more than 30…