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…
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…
Unlike many people, I had a difficult take off. This made me to come to the conclusion that life may not hold beautiful experience for everybody on earth, most especially myself. Therefore, I cherished every little…
Half of the population around the world comprises of women. Women with high economic potential are considered as independent and highly empowered. Do you think this is true? Can our well-being be explained just by having…
The woman is the primary and often the only caregiver of children and elderly dependents at the household level; care work and constraints on her mobility imposed by family being the two ways patriarchy controls working…
Padman is Akshy Kumar’s latest movie based on the life of a real life superhero ArunachalamMuruganantham, an Indian school-dropout, who invented low-cost machines to manufacture sanitary napkins for women. The idea emerged…
A village woman in the hills of Noney in Manipur carries a cane basket ‘Kah’ on her head, collects vegetables and fruits from her farm or forest to sell in the main market on National Highway 37 and earns a petty income to…
It’s been half ayear since I graduated from World Pulse, Digital Change Making Training, a leadership training that helped me see myself, the inner me and my passion. ETA is one of the product of the training that helped me…
I come form an middle class, moderately conservative Maratha family in Maharashtra state of India. Nobody in my entire family or community ever saw or heard of a girl climbing a mountain. Two years ago, I became that girl. I…
Women empowerment is a current focus, globally but what are its indicators, how can you work to achieve women empowerment, how can you know women empowerment is being achieved or not achieved? I was at a corporate office…
Breaking the Silence 2018 Manipur Campaign Updates: The campaign aims to raise awareness on the biology of menstruation among girls and women, boys and men and the community so a deeper understanding of our bodies and its…
Breaking the Silence 2018 Manipur Campaign Updates: The campaign aims to raise awareness on the biology of menstruation among girls and women, boys and men and the community so a deeper understanding of our bodies and its…
I am a single women, Who belongs to a minority of Pakistan? Lives in the third most dangerous country of the world for women And I am girl’s education activist You can imagine my life, I would work 20 hours a day for years…
Every winter in the month of November, Amur Falcons, one of the least known birds among 69 falcon species, fly to Manipur’s Tamenglong district all the way from eastern Siberia near the north east region of China to rest at…
Here I would like to share with my sisters about my recent career milestone. I was always passionate to become the part of this forum and i waited for so long to achieve this. Being the eldest and only girl child in family…
Today a question was put forward while allotting classroom and hostel room arrangements for our blind children in my school. It is a simple question, but with depth meaning. “Why hostel rooms should be labeled as boy’s room…
Bhatiyarii is an army occupied area in Bangladesh which has all sort of natural beauty. From lakes to mountains to herb covered landscapes to sky touching zigzag hills where once you are lost you found a way to your soul.…
Growing up in Sierra Leone as a girl I realized that there are no structures provided for women and girl to thrive. All what men do is open up some space that we can manage. I remembered going through my notes few minutes…
Hi In India religion is attached to all aspects, and off course periods are not left unattached. We grew up being told that u cannot touch anywhere I mean kitchen, prayer house etc. I often wondered why something giving by…
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On March 9, 2019, we worked with a team of teachers at a school here called Pudhiyador. We worked on gender equality. In our workshop with them, we addressed themes of sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender equality, and…
At first I was hurt, then angry, then just disappointed. The women's snide remark shocked my 8th grade student during our annual fundraiser to study abroad. "I work every day and I haven't been to Europe," she said. The…
I wishWriting Motherhoodhad been around when I was a new mom. Women deserve to own and record their words.Writing Motherhood—honest, practical and inspiring—helps us overcome our fears and unlock the thoughts and feelings we…
DALOY 2 Its been two and a half year since I joined and become the president of Batis-AWARE. My organization has four programs and the goal is to empower returned migrant women and their children. As a former migrant worker…
