Aging is a crazy thing… what does it really mean, if anything? It seems like it has meaning for most people, but should it? Is it the big deal that Hollywood and the media make it, or is it only the outward appearance of who…
This post comes from the grassroot work led by Breaking the Silence in Ukhrul district in India's northeastern state of Manipur and has been developed from the field diary with an aim to share experiences from the region…
We just celebrated the 120th independence of the Philippines from Spain after America bought the country from them in 1898. By July 4th, 1949 the Americans liberated us after fighting off Japanese off the island. At that…
There is a popular slogan in my community which goes “a woman’s enemy is another woman”. I deduced from this slogan that women are responsible for the insecurity of other women and this greatly affected me psychologically. I…
It was in December 2009 that I was first told to seriously start to take care of myself. I was at an all-time low and my last son was barely 5 months old. That year was a very troubled one for me, having attempted suicide…
Had it been today, I will have loved to be a different person than who I have become of today. That person I admire, that person who I will love to be molded around and be like in the future. My upbringing was very…
Even though I had been following World Pulse since 2009 when I read Half the Sky where World Pulse was mentioned, I didn’t “take the plunge” to actually make a difference like I so clearly wanted and needed until fall of…
Science I was young I feel I can express good about my thoughts myself I had paper and pen every time I write and write I watched People how they talk think angry sad happy and I write about that
Fortune when it comes is impossible to predict. One day in 2009 I searched “Women’s networks” in Google. Among the results my eye caught the result named “World pulse”.
It has been three years since I lost my ability to talk audibly following an emergency tracheotomy and repeated surgeries in my upper larynx that left my vocal cords slightly paralyzed.
I am excited to be hosting the first online Leadership Training Series session on April 14th, at 9 am (PST)! All are welcome to join this 2 hour session. Topic will be: Communication Strategies To join, please click on April…
WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR NIGERIAN POOR WOMEN AS WE CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -I SELL LOCUST BEANS TO EMPOWER POOR WOMEN By FLORENCE KEKONG On how I celebrated the International Women's Day with poor widows in the…
I overcame my fears through the use of the social media . Life as a student has been the most intriguing thing for me. With its good times, rough times, though times, days of thunder and tornados, trial and horrible moments…
When i was first introduced to world pluse by a sister, for days i was filled with regrets on why i didn't know about such a platform lifting women 15 years ago, questions filled my heart ie: were they Really existing?. Each…
During September, which is considered Sickle Cell Awareness Month in most parts of the World, yours truly was busy behind the scenes doing all she could to raise awareness about sickle cell in line with the #BreakTheSilence…
My power word and theme for 2019 is "shine!" Why is this relevant to the impact World Pulse has made in my life? Because "shine" and World Pulse are intrinsically linked together. I am able to shine my light brighter now…
Do not Look for Me in the Crowds of Those Celebrating Today is the 8th of March 2019. I ask you not to look for me in the crowds gathering and celebrating in the streets of “Free Cities”. For I am locked up in some dark…
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…
After her country was hit by three tropical storms in rapid succession, Karen Axalan reflects on the strength of women who live in disaster-prone areas.
My Dear Daughter, I never imagined that I would ever be a mom. Looking at the way my mother sacrificed everything for us when we growing up seemed like so much responsibility for one person. It terrified me so much because I…
