I joined high school in 2006 and one I thing I remember was how impolite people were with me, how they segregated me because of my size, how they treated me because of how I looked like. I do not know who defines beauty in…
My background/inspiration: I have always been a compassionate, feminist (who believes in equal rights for everyone). I firmly believe that I chose this life, the people and events in them, for a reason. My own personal…
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…
A ODE TO ALL MOMS Though I do not know anything about Pregnancy and stuff , have heard from my friends and sisters, I may not know but i wud like to pen an ODE Its not a lyrical 1, somehow been on my mind from a long time.…
There's a reason why the first thing we often ask someone when we meet them, right after we learn their name, is "where's home for you?" Being as old as I am (not giving away my age- LOL), I’m unable to fully answer this…
I was born in Bangalore, and grew up between my grandparents' home in Bangalore and with my mum, dad and brother in Chennai. I grew up with stars in my eyes, hoping to do medicine in the hope of "helping people", until I…
At the start of this year, i made a conscious decision to commit more time and effort to taking care of myself. I knew if i had to be more efficient then i will have to be the best version of me and that will mean not only…
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…
To girls, being brilliant is a thing of joy and unleashing ones unimaginable potentials; my story is somewhat different! I've always wondered why being brilliant could make me face difficulties and challenges in relating…
Dear future daughter, During my younger year, me and my friend meet in a playground and play together with outdoor games like tumbang-preso (slipper and a tin can), step in step out, luksong tinik, Chinese garter (Chinese…
What’s the purpose? The purpose is that we EMPOWER each other with our creative messages and stories from all over the world, with a multicultural, multilingual, beautiful, piece of art that inspires, speaks to us and…
Namaste, Salam, Shalom, Peace, Paz, Pyeongwha, Heping, Heiwa, Pace, Mir, Over the past 16 years, I am honored to say that I developed a plan for WOMEN to unite the people of the world and lead a new global peace movement! I…
Sowing Seeds of Tumaini in collaboration with Inpireitonline, World pulse, Kyusa, Safy and Yetu all women led organizations plan to have the following activities to celebrate International Women's Day 2019. 1. Prior to…
My mom is 50 today the 8th of March 2019!!! And what better theme for this year’s International Women’s Day celebration than #BalanceforBetter . I usually tell my friends my mom is a real woman because she was born on IWD.…
Congratulations! It's a baby girl, said Doctor to parents! The story of almost every girl. When the parents heard this news that she is a girl, first comment from the grand parents came "We thought it's a boy" or "We expect…
Today is #InternationalGirlChildDay and it got me having very many questions. As an individual what are you doing to help; 1. Eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls? 2. Eliminate negative cultural attitudes and…
I have always wanted a small shop of my own. One that sells soft drinks, confectionery and fast foods. Finally I got it!! After all the constant prayers and never loosing hope, saving and hard work, God has finally answered…
Last week on Tuesday during the 9pm news on one of our national broadcasting channels, one of the main headlines read,” a class six pupil at Kabiangek primary school in Konoin, Bomet county took her own life claiming one of…
Darling Daughter , As I sit here today, knowing that in the next 18 months you will be preparing to enter the university and also live your own way, I am scared to let you out of our safety net called family cum home; yet I…
On Saturday 8 September i had a very interesting live radio discussion on Capitalk100.4fm Weekend Chart with host Charlene Mataure. The discussion was centered on How Parents/Guardians Can Prepare For Their Children's Poor…
Few years ago,I was the worst person in my family. Am not good in everything. My family never care about me about me anymore,because am not good in school,I don't know anything. So they think I can't make it in life.They…
You are an interestingsubject, unique in your own way and very special too. I wish I knew a lot of things about you before I met you. I wish I had people who told me more about you. My younger self tried to fall in love with…
I was good at study and wanted to continue my education but it was not so easy in such an environment where girls are not allowed to do higher study. Because according to society a we don't need to do higher study after all…
My contribution on how we can Raise Boys who Champion Gender Equality is on one point "Mind-set change" of the boys as they grow. The evolution of how boys should treat women should start from their homes. When a Male child…
There are so many ways of helping others and many don't cost you anything. You need to serve people with everything or anything you have. serve them with time, with money, with your knowledge or anything you have, but please…
