When Sanmitra Trust stated working among sex workers in 2000, the first thing we noticed was that our sex worker women were living without any citizenship identity and entitlements. Faced with severe stigma and…
After one long year, I am back to my own hometown, my country Nepal. This place always brings me numerous kind of emotions.In a way, I feel happy to be with my family. But at the same time, I feel confused and lost. Will I…
STATUS OF INDIAN WOMEN IN SOCIETY AND IN DOMESTIC LEVEL. Anisha Dutta On socio-economic point of view 35% women are working in suburbs and rural areas of India. But this rate decreases to 25% in the city. This percentage…
INDIAN WOMEN AT WORK AND AT HOME Anisha Dutta Home, sweet home is the place of universal peace. The Home Front is the chief support of life. In the past women led the lives of housewives being confined to their domestic…
THE CYPRUS AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CAARI) in Nicosia, Cyprus, welcomes scholars and students specializing in archaeology, history, and culture of Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean. Deadline: 9th…
My name is Tanya Daud and I am the Founder of Qissa’ Go, a theatre collective which is focused on literature and languages from South Asia, as well as Aleph Collective, its parent body that focuses on creating awareness…
A Look Back It was 1994. Almost 25 years ago. The Pacific Platform for Action (PPA) had been adopted with 13 critical areas of concern. I was then a much younger woman, a member of the Fiji YWCA, tasked to join an NGO…
HOPE NEVER RESULTS A NOPE Hope our eyes will never tell a lie, And our confidence level will never die. Hope the forests will always remain clean and green, And the earth will enjoy this frabjous scene. Hope our good dreams…
For centuries girls are trying hard and fight for their basic education. There was once a scenario where in India girls were not left out of their home. Later due to many women activists this situation changed and girls were…
Yesterday morning, I heard an unexpected knock on the door. When I opened it, a man asked if there is a Karen Axalan living here. I identified myself, then he handed me an envelope. While receiving the package, my thoughts…
Last month, I went to Tacloban City. Instead of a less-than-an hour flight from Cebu , I decided to travel for three hours via a ferry going to Ormoc City, then rode a van to Tacloban. My purpose was to take this long trip…
DEADLINE: 15 OCT 2019 The criteria - Must be between the age of 18 to 30 years. - Must either be running their own citizen-led movements on local issues, or have worked in the field of climate change and related issues (…
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS- DAWN Training Institute for young feminists in Izmir, Turkey Apply https://www.surveymonkey The DAWN Training Institute is an intensive training programme for young feminist activists and advocates…
Greetings, *A homemaker to a Change maker* Year 2015, a turning point of my life, which gave me a additional identity of Social Activist. Dream of my Master's Degree got completed in March 2015. A dream which I was with…
Can you feel the shift in your Environment? You may feel tinges of Joy and Peace. You may sense that you are connected to the Whole of Divine source more than ever. You may feel an uncontrollable urge to sit in contemplation…
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…
Lenie Rose had a non-productive cough for a week and slight pain when lying on her right side. This prompted her to have a chest X-Ray for a fear of Tuberculosis. The chest CT scan result confirmed an interior mass measuring…
Myth #1: Old age is synonymous with poor health. Busted : This stereotype perpetuates poor-quality medical care that disregards genuine symptoms of illness as inevitable effects of aging. In fact, socioeconomic standing and…
WOMEN OF THE WORLD #STANDWITHKASHMIR , #STANDWITHTHEWOMENOFKASHMIR Statement issued on 27 September 2019. NEW DELHI. NEW YORK On 30 August 2019,the United Nations’ International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances…
Have you ever stopped to think about the possibility, the possibility, just throwing it out there, that you actually married the wrong person? Or that you might have married the right person but at the wrong time in your…
GIRL CHILD Anisha Dutta A Girl Child in India is vulnerable and needs protection on proper care. In 2018, it is reported that every 20 minutes a woman is raped in India. In the same year five women are raped and eight were…
As a young girl, my happiest moments were those times when I was close to nature. That means swimming in the beach or a river, trekking in the countryside, walking on a hanging bridge overlooking a dam, playing outside in…
The Marketectcs Club (TMC) supported the women entrepreneurs and artisans from less developed areas of the province in collaboration with Ministry of Women Development Department, Government of Sindh . Female volunteers 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…
There is nothing in this world similar to a mother’s love. It is the divine role and mission assigned for every single women in the world. Women are privileged and blessed by the almighty to enjoy the life of being a mother…
