I live in Kenya, Nairobi city. I have over 15 years experience in working with girls, youth and women from Eastern and sub Saharan Africa in child protection issues, adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues,and…
Many people have asked me what is the first step in the fight against Sickle Cell Aneamia. Many had expected me to say all kinds of things but I simply answered you. Yes, I know you would ask me, me? Sickle Cell has no cure…
In 2015, I discovered I was pregnant and it was the happiest day of my life. Truth is I was scared because I wasn't married to the guy who by the way is my husband now - some girls will say I should be angry and go in for an…
Our Founder-Director Deepa Pawar has been presented with the Avantika State Award 2019 for her over 18 years of work with grassroot communities, youth, women as well as govt stakeholders in Sexual & Reproductive Rights,…
Dear Girls, Every one of you is a special gift. I look at you, listen to you in my community, see photos of you from around the world, hear your ideas and read your stories, and I see such beauty, and courage, and strength,…
Good morning My last blog post! It clearly did not go well with some of my friends from the Public Relations field. Well, I had no intention of fuelling and igniting the silent rivalry between journalists and PR…
A few months after I set foot into activism, I wrote to a very close friend and asked if they would be willing to support me in my work against gender-based violence. The email I sent my friend was lengthy, and described my…
Jill is a kind hearted lady a good listener and encourages most world plus sisters.Though am still new here i realised she takes her time to read and encourage all.i follow her on face book she is selfless hardworking and so…
Dear friends and sisters. What an honor to meet them, even without knowing English, I felt the emotion in the tone of their voice. my call went down and I was unable to return to the meeting. I tried to enter again without…
International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21st February. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to promote the awareness of language and cultural diversity all across the world. It was first…
I would like to nominate Ambassador Award to Carolyn Seaman. She is promoting women in technology and advance a digital media platform for amplifying women's voice. Her contribution to access the basic life skill, social…
My name is Musong Gladys Mah Njokem born in a polygamous family in Mbengwi a small town in the Northwest region of Cameroon, My father had the desire to educate me up to university but the means was not available because of…
My day of being. Differentiating myself from man to woman is not important in science and how much a single chromosome makes a difference in the life of a being. For being a woman she was rejected and grateful for being a…
There is a saying, I am not very sure how it goes, but it has words like, 'when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!' help me know how we can do this here. Considering the speed at which Covid-19 Virus spreads, and in the…
Thrive means to grow, to develop well or vigorously, to prosper or flourish. This is what our World Pulse Ambassadors seek to do when we gather every Thursday to connect, share and learn from one another. In connecting every…
This is an update on the incident of sexual assault at a national writers workshop in the Philippines. About 800 writers and cultural workers have signed an Open Letter to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (…
This is an opportunity to make our work, our priorities, the world we envision, to be known and heard at this upcoming global conference on the status of women. It has been 25 years since this conference has convened. Now is…
La vie n’a plus aucun sens aux yeux de certains. j’écris en pleur pour rendre hommages à tous mes frères, sœurs, pères, mères, amis, connaissances, voisins et compatriotes congolais qui perdent la vie dans des batailles qu’…
I’ve learnt to smile Oh how I love to smile I’ve learnt to put my hands on my head and smile Sometimes through tears And oftentimes I guffaw At the intricacies of life At it’s complexities And the imbalance of it all For…
How did I get to notice her amongst more than One hundred and twenty five girls? She is always the first girl to arrive. Our Saturday with Olu Tosin SWOT program starts at 10am, she arrives at 7am. She will wait for me to…
When I was 6 years old, I witnessed the first time, the cause of the screaming I had previously heard at night when I was pretending to be asleep. I saw my mom’s head hit the floor so hard that I feared she might not get up…
I joined World Pulse some years back following the recommendation of a sister and friend, Yvonne Fomuso ChiCho. Though I joined, I still didn't grasp what exactly World Pulse was about or better still I took it for one of…
Greetings beloveds. My name is Aliada Duncan and I am 28 years old and a single mother of one. I wanted to share my testimony with you all because I am new here. Here it goes. I was molested from age 4 to 6. I was also…
We have been called to look at bias and as a white-bodied woman this is an important call. None of us want to be making mistakes. Racism, prejudice, bias can happen without intention. My ancestors came from parts of Europe,…
Nous avons commémoré cette journée avec une cinquantaine des filles de ma communauté avec lesquelles nous avons discuté sur le thème : « investir dans la petite fille » et comme sous-thème : « la redéfinition de la Beauté…
