We all stand against gender inequality and are, individually and collectively, working to end it. We have made it a mission of our life in the hope that soon, women would be respected and acknowledged for the quest for Equal…
Everyone left only pain stayed . I laugh when iam in pain I cry without tears and it's painful I feel so lonely and unloved . Up all night thinking Songs express my feelings . Iam tired of pretending Pain is path of growing…
The first people survivors interact with after sexual violence can greatly impact their recovery process. Knowing how to respond, what to say, and how to support friends or colleagues who have experienced sexual violence is…
Sexual Violence is defined as any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person…
This woman has a great passion to help children across the world especially in Africa, to gvie them a good educational background especially women. Also to build orphanage homes and raise funds to help the needy. And to help…
As long as there are roses in the garden I am bringing you One everyday And if they won't I will plant one With the seeds Of my words And present to you In a love bucket Poems to read Rakhshinda Shakir
The pandemic has brought numerous changes in the landscape. This change has also impacted on the incidence of gender based violence and unfortunately its not for the better as there has been an increase This year, even…
Attending the WP summit and getting to listen to the amazing speakers and women ,I realized I have been going all wrong .. My support group and all my community bonding comes to nothing in these Covid times . I am limited in…
Half of the world has internet access now . However, less developed countries still behind. The offline population is female, elderly, less educated, poorer, and lives in rural areas. Technology can be used as a tool in the…
“Young women are on the frontline on climate change. Their voices must be heard, especially for disaster preparedness” says Taimalelagi Ramona Tugaga of the YWCA of Samoa as the young women’s steering committee of the…
Girls right for education should not be violated, they have right to access good education, as boys do, and right to take any course, in Uganda girls are still suffering when it comes to the right education, but as world…
Disapproval Rejection Social Sanction Those are some terror Made my life hell, not merrier Fear of labeling as “Bad”, “Cruel”, “Disloyal”, “Clumsy”, “Lazy”, “Loud”, “Rude” has shaped the entire life for being “Docile and…
Conversion at the time for marriage is being banned in India. This move seems to have been sparked off after an advertisement from Tanishq jewelry projected a Hindu- Muslim intermarriage which was met with stiff resistance…
Super Typhoon Goni (local name Rolly) struck the Philippines last November 1, 2020. It is the fifth storm to impact the Philippines in just over three weeks. About 2.1 million people were affected by the storm, with more…
I'm sitting at the new church hall of the Wesley Methodist Church in Suva. I say new because as a child our Sunday School events would be staged in the old wooden hall. But several cyclones later the hall is new. It is built…
This is the first batch ( 24 rural girls) from the village named " Choti Bala" in which #education is introduced for the very first time. They all are given free books, bags, stationery and a local teacher to teach them from…
I am born of a thousand dreams I have now sewn a tapestry of my thousand dreams . Of what I wish and chose to do . Why do you always silence my voice ? Just listen with your heart for once ,and not others ears ... I am the…
It is really a privilege to see and experience the rural India. It was in my mind to have such an opportunity and utilize it to its fullness. Thanks giving list for the people who came forward to help me with all this work…
COVID 19 is a global language that we had to learn within a short while. It's breeze brought disaster, death, financial crisis and many more, but come to think of it, it brought unity, because the whole world became united…
Well im helath professional and yes I dreamed so high as direct dealing with daily community..one day when one of mature aged lady came to my office and asked me for my marital status I said no I'm single yet she use to rush…
Be it the current COVID pandemic, or any other disaster, it becomes a double emergency for vulnerable communities. The nomadic and denotofied tribes are one of the most neglected populations in India, despite forming 15% of…
It was all in a dream the other day. The rustic path was dimly lit with the glow of a setting sun. Walking by my side in the winding way, the escort angel was singing a lullaby. She said, "You are born a woman. Understand…
Note: This article was published on Deccan Herald in my column " Half the Sky" today, 8th November 2020. At one point or the other, a transgender individual aspires to have a body belonging to the gender they identify with.…
