October 2016. I wrote a story about my Trash to treasure. The story was posted with one of my artworks, which I called Blue face, I have made five blue face after the first one was made because many people love and bought…
I wish I could be myself To say what ever I feel To do what ever I feel is right To do what ever I want. I wish I could be myself To call the bluff of anyone To look people in the face To decide my own fate. But who in the…
I was born with a disability that caused me to be among the marginalized minority in my community and country at large. As I grew up, I faced stigma, stereotype and marginalization and discrimination right from my family…
There is hope for everyone! It was somewhere in the 90's, that I got to understood clearly the interpretation of this word "AIDS". It was a very sensitive word to use then! You have to be very careful with how you used it.…
My name is Urmila Chanam and I am a social worker, and newspaper and radio broadcasting journalist. I have 10 years experience in reporting on rural development , reporting with special reference on women and children, art…
Synopsis of my interview: The Feminifesto Podcast, The Red Elephant Foundation, Breaking the Silence Campaign, Breaking the Silence Worldwide Foundation, Menstrual Hygiene Management, Women's Empowerment, Domestic Violence,…
Of Shattered Dreams, And HOPE : I am Trisha Roy Barman (name changed). Sitting by the window of my office of Smiley, an old age home on a gloomy day, I am just wondering what the future holds for me. I can see the old,…
My parents named me Jap Mouki Christelle Alexandra. It's a combination of my great grand mother's name and inspiration from my mother . I am second child in a family of 3 and the second girl. I was born in a small community…
I learned to sew not because I loved sewing, but out of necessity for living a life free of violence and abuse. I learned to sew to survive while running from a life of terror and abuse. Has sewing made everything in my life…
Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale lives a life of a perfect sister for other women including myself and shows by example that a woman can be a woman's best friend defying patriarchal propaganda that positions women as women's worst…
Every human being hopes for something. And that hope builds into expectation and yearning. Hope is meant to keep us living each day with the anticipation that tomorrow will be better, that our lives will change, that the…
This year I had every reason to cancel this trip but I refused to. I remembered the tears of joy and happiness in the faces of women and children in come in contact with on Christmas day. My heart was restless knowing how my…
I don't know if double nominations for a single award are acceptable. Regardless, I would like to nominate 2 world pulse sisters who inspired me even though they may not know it. I nominate OluwaTosin and Urmila Chanam for…
21st December 2019, New Delhi, India Received the prestigious national level journalism award during United Nations supported Youth Ki Awaaz Summit in New Delhi and my article on Shirui Lily and the danger of its possible…
I would like to nominate Ambassador Award to Lisbeth. She is one of the active encouragers and writer I have seen in this platform. Her passion for empowering girl child and women can be seen in her post. Her encouragement…
Am so thrilled!!! There can't be any better way to appreciate those who have been by you than this. When you are talking about TRUST,SINCERITY, LOVE,CALM,STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS,TRUTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT,Talk Jill and Karen they…
At first, i was watching TV news with my husband and it was announced that a SARS-like virus has been discovered in China. A few days later, we still sat watching news and then came the name for the new virus. "Ha, so they…
This rope and few volunteers are all that is standing between Covid-19 and thousands of villages like this in India today. Here is the grim story behind this picture clicked at the border of Lakhisarai, a district in Bihar…
When COVID-19 started in 2019 in Wuhan, China, the magnitude of the pains and horror were within Wuhan. it soon became a bigger problem in the whole of china leading to panic, anger, frustration and hopelessness among the…
Coronavirus here coronavirus there it hurt so badly to see the global suffer, please take out that spirit of fear out from you, stay at home and star to build up your entrepreneur skills. I am entrepreneur, philanthropist…
This world pulse #impact reminds me of a British movie entitled IMPACT! Those of you who might have watched it will at a point in time agree with me. It was a very nice love story depicted. Even though the end was tragic, it…
Loss, and damages caused by Covid-19 to families, economies, politics, faith-groups and social networks cannot be underestimated. we have been 'hit hard' as humanity. We have lost families, friends, community leaders,…
|These words for any entrepreneur/business owner/self employed I speak to women but I know it resonate with men and however, you identify yourself as.| Work has been easing out and as I write these words, I know they…
Many girl child are getting into depression and rate of suicide is increasingly alarming at teenage period. . Teenhood is the most delicate phase in one's life and people on this plane are always to some overwhelming…
Have you ever had the burning desire to do something that you can't find peace? This is not a joke or a story that I make up. It is me trying to connect different vivid particles of my life reality. Normally, I have…