I have! For most of my life, in fact. I think most people think it’s best (and easiest) to be the youngest in a family, but I beg to differ. It is true that there can be advantages, or perceived advantages. Yes, I was babied…
I had I dream one day and in that dream, I saw myself in a classroom and in that classroom, we were many in numbers and we had two teachers .One of these teachers was teaching us how to write on the board with charcoal while…
Based on my personal story and experience of how technology have helped me tremendously, Internet made my silent voice to become a voice to be reckoned with globally. It brought me out my small hole to the global world, I…
Im always impressed when I go to STEM classes at St Abigails Schools Isolo Lagos and I observe the girl children, what I notice always is their enthusiasm and most times they’re ahead of the boys in their class. We learnt…
I went to your village, Uncommon it seems Shelters were built with Visions and dreams The walls, made of prose, Sculpted with letters, Crafted with care by Women trailblazers Voices raised flags From various countries To…
My real life experience of Digital Technology made my life change for better while I was in the Government as a Civil Servant It was in 1989 when our Department Head approached our Boss and informed some of the Staff who…
After overcoming rejection and emotional abuse in her adolescence, Lillian Uwanjye knows what it takes to help girls in her community rebuild self-worth.
Our latest meeting with the Adolescent mothers at Ijegun held few days ago. Our primary purpose was to follow up on the last skill acquisition training where we taught them how to make bar soap and encouraged them to start…
The Untold Trauma (Building through ruins) There are moments in the life of a person which can determine the entire course of their lives. That sleek moment when the greed, selfishness and carelessness of another, can rub…
Her Story: Experience sharing Program on Gender Based Violence To celebrate 16 days of Activism against Gender based Violence, on 7th of December 2019, I organized a program “Her Story: Experience sharing Program on Gender…
Hope is a choice in these trying times. I find hope in every seed that grows to bloom into a mature plant that can produce a stalk, stem or fruit with seeds that can be planted again. I find hope in farmers who continue to…
As a victim of Gender Based Violence and Sexual Abuse I struggled with low self-esteem and inner shame. I could go for an event and even-though I am well dressed I would hear inner voices telling me Toyin you do not fit in,…
My passion for children and youth rights activism is ignited by the social realities that have shaped my life. I have experienced, heard and discussed poverty throughout my life, especially in relation to how it affects…
Well till today, I had been writing blogs and articles to inspire and empower other girls and women. But today I want take some time for myself and write few words to empower "my being". It's a letter to Sushmita. Dear…
I'm sitting at the new church hall of the Wesley Methodist Church in Suva. I say new because as a child our Sunday School events would be staged in the old wooden hall. But several cyclones later the hall is new. It is built…
This is my humble contribution to the 16 Days of Activities Against Gender-Based Violence. My family and I were in the middle of moving to a new home during that time. I have already pre-recorded this video but due to the…
During the past 3 months, some female leaders and parents in my community have taken time off their busy schedules to visit CYEED digital empowerment center for girls. http://www.cyeed.net/ “Bring a girl to STEM” is…
We believe that girls' educational performance can be directly improved through better menstrual hygiene management in schools.Girls in control is a comprehensive package, concentrating on provision of appropriate, girl -…
I have always longed to organize a workshop for women in my community but the challenges varied from lack of self-confident, where I could start, fear and women will not listen or take me serious. A workshop where we could…
I met her for the first time at the World Pulse meet up in 2016! A gentle and wonderful soul Full of life. Since then we had bonded as Sisters. Her vision was to have an orphanage and empowerment of young girls and women…
I'm a black Arabian Egyptian girl, I always believed the power of technology and how it changes life of many people , but i want to share here my story as a part of that community. I always wanted to be involved in…
World pulse for me, a virtual online platform through which women can connect to each other. Poetically, I will say that I shared my heartbeat through this virtual platform and all the women felt it all over the world. It…
