As a young girl, Sarah Sofia looked forward to the day she would be circumcised. When she entered high school, she learned the truth about the painful and unnecessary practice.
I was only 22 years old when I discovered Worldpulse and decided to become a member, after reading stories from all around the world that deeply resonated with me. At the time, feminism was my foremost ideal and it still is…
As a child, Sujata Gopal was made to believe she and her sisters were inferior. After learning to be proud of her gender, she has a message for others.
I came across a viral social media meme for parenting that says: What if "Stop Crying" turned to "I'm listening" for an entire generation? It is a provocative sentence on raising children. How many of us were not allowed to…
A divorce is not an end to a marriage. It’s the beginning of a life where people see you as a failure in all other aspects of your capability. Your conversations are cut in between, your points of view are overridden, easy…
On 13 October, eight World Pulse Digital Ambassadors shared their work to support and empower girls during a special #TrainingTuesday event for Day of the Girl 2020. Thank you to all who joined us for an enriching interactive celebration!
Hello Dear Sisters (and Advocates), I promised Dear Kaye, myself, and our Dear Little Soul that I would someday sing one of my all time favorite songs, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," and continue to push myself out of my…
Hello Wonderful Women of World Pulse! I was moved to join this community when I heard Karen Quiñones-Axalan speak at a virtual Aspire conference last night. Her message was one of the power of encouragement and how it takes…
I joined World Pulse in December 2017. Three years ago, I was an isolated, silenced, insecure stay-at-home mother without a clear direction in life. I thought pursuing personal dreams were already too late for me, and that I…
“They are not going to come for the event “a young female mentor told me during our first meeting. This was 4 years ago when I was greatly in need and searching for female mentors in the STEM fields. I was surprised when she…
I have written some article in my local language, as writing publicly first time in English, in my childhood I never thought to become a journalist but an incident happen in my life given me a thought to become journalist. I…
I'm Juliana Imoisili from Nigeria,my story is a long one,it all started in the 1996s after my grandpa was made a chief in his home town few weeks later my sister fought with someone and they came to arrest my mum and my…
As a teenager, Edinah Masanga had to figure out menstruation on her own. She questions why there is still so much reluctance to speak honestly about periods.
I am Phionah Serwanja a Ugandan, born in 1995 here in Central region. I joined this universal group of unsung activists for diversity and inclusion! I would like to talk about myself, work and Country in a slightly detailed…
One faithful day i was invited by Hitv in Buea, Cameroon for an interview and i had to travel from Kumba to Buea and back to Kumba that same day. When i arrived in Buea, i was waiting for a taxi beside the road. Then a woman…
AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL WOMEN Dear Sister, As I listen and read the news I know like me you want to gather your children close and never let them out into this dangerous world. We cannot do this. They will wander off with or…
I am that child, with withered skin and bulging belly And sunken eyes too weak to look at mama I am that child, who’s angry at my papa For coming home empty-handed again I am that child, whose mother cannot look in the eye…
