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…
As the world faces its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, discussions on mental health became more prevalent nowadays. Having mental health challenges is an invisible pandemic by itself. It needs the same concern and…
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…
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…
It’s 2020, and breasts are in danger. We’ve always known that, but this is danger like you’ve never heard before. To all the ways that women’s bodies are pillaged and plundered by patriarchy, add breast ironing. As another…
A home-raised chicken to break the year-long vegetarian diet, making chapati if we got enough cooking oil, (chapati is a fried flat bread) candy and biscuits at Sunday school, and a new dress if funds permitted were village…
Note: This article was published in my column " Half the sky" on Deccan Herald on 11 October 2020 In a male-dominated real estate sector, how do single women and single mothers cope with the process of looking for a house on…
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…
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…
On November 17th 2016, after the election in America, I wrote an article on Worldpulse, wherein I admonished the good people of America to be their sisters and brothers keepers. To walk and work together in order to protect…
Beloved Sister Vweta I begin here with different emotions welling in my heart at the moment: loss, guilt, pain and joy. But perhaps I should just begin with an apology - apology for learning of your departure only a few…
Having been forced to halt all the activities at my work place,I decided to work with my team by organizing online sessions on current impacts of COVID-19,and how different communities/countries are responding. Participants…
COVID-19 AND THE TIDE of Digitization In a world suddenly fearful threat of touch, technology is getting a fresh look. Technology is not only answering queries and shopping, but also being used for smart home control and for…
|This post is an invitation to further your reflective works and redirect your thinking. This post is not an end in itself and hence, cannot and will not and must not be viewed as the only way through your current situation…
For a world in a hurry, it’s hard to stop. Even the all of two minutes it takes to nuke our dinners seem a lengthy wait. We can’t stop. We must keep going so as not to miss out. But what if by stopping, your love can make…
A few days ago I had the chance to listen online to a meeting by WECAN, Women's Earth and Climate Network. This is another large global network of women determined to bring the voices of women forward, to lead in the…
Covid -19 has become a household name globally. It didn't just come with a death certificate, it came with hunger, a tool of slow death. When the world was afraid of Covid 19 and running helter-skelter to stock up toilet…
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…
Good day sisters! As I now awake to the melodious sound of happy birds instead of rushing people, to the Earth taking a deep breath and to the sun rising upon a new changing planet, I am in gratitude. We have all known that…
I work in the Riverside communities in Oriade Lagos and the real target group is females. In our Colleen Centre we have our animals and our food bank. The food bank is supported by my sister Julie Zenterra who I met here on…
We are all facing a global health crisis. Perhaps it's a reminder of the past deeds and decisions of the human race of manipulating the planet whichever way we deemed fit and now nature has it's own way to level out and make…
Gareth is very sick, he is anemic, he needs blood transfusion were the words his father whispered in tears!!!! This Christmas will always be special. Its the first my children have spent without their Dad at home but locked…
If women in sports were a distant dream earlier, let it be a sheer reality today in our culture. If women were excluded from healthy activities earlier, let's welcome them to look after their health today. Despite hurdles…
We might have been locked down for the past three weeks in Bamenda , Cameroon due to sociopolitical climate but my initiatives did not come to a halt. Yes I must admit it slowed down and delayed actions we had planned.…
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…