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…
My life has been what the caterpillar has to go through before it can become the butterfly. The valley moments seemed never ending. For as soon as I overcame one challenge there was another one waiting for me. I did not…
Dear Sisters, we have a worldwide dilemma. Too many sanitary napkins are making mountains and tampons clogging pipes. Too many toxic shock episodes, and it's just really expensive to bleed every month. In the developed…
Hey, Do you know that happiness is a complex concept that varies from one person to another? For Matthys for example, happiness is sleeping in a nice house, having a nice car and a filled bank account. Few months back I met…
Thank you so very much for your support and encouragement and for recognising the GloCaL FEDs Challenge. We are so caught up in the unfolding crisis that it is understandably difficult to take a deep breath and consider…
Greetings Sisterhood of the World Pulse community, I am so honored to be a Finalist for the AFRICOM "Female Innovator of the Year", 2020. This award will recognize the outstanding achievements of women who are playing a…
Thriving together as we lift up the voices of women and girls in our communities! This time last year, Digital Ambassadors were renewing their terms, applying anew for a (then) six month commitment and sharing plans for…
Hello Sisters, I would like to say a big thank you to the World Pulse community for the love and support. Yesterday, your valuable votes were announced and we emerged the Top 3 in the Female Innovator of the Year at the…
A year has passed since I was given the honour of being an impact leader, and such a lot of amazing things have come from my journey so far.I am so excited to share a bunch of new and exciting updates about Saahas. Today,…
When my husband said we are relocating to a village called Agbojetho to reach out to the rural children and teach the disadvantage village children how to read and write, I thought my world has crumpled! Living in this…
Dear World Pulse Community: On March 6th, 2012, the European Commission invited Mexico to ratify the Budapest Convention against Cyber crime. This Convention assists countries providing a legal framework & investigation…
Hello sisters, I know everyone is in bed in my Africa, but saw Olutosin awake from the West. Maria Artiz is my fb frind. I have such a great discussion with her about WP. She joined us anf promised me to be in touch. When…
On this International Day of the Girl (11 October), we join UN Women to celebrate girls everywhere as they inspire, break boundaries and take charge of their own future. In 1995, before the girls of today were even born, the…
With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, the discussion about the presence of technologies in our lives finally ceased to be a privileged space for experts in the field, since it became evident that nowadays it is…
I grew up in a small town in the interior of Brazil's most violent state, where women are not only raped but also oppressed and most often not taken seriously. Although, I came from a family of very empowered women (even…
I would like to be participating more as an ambassador, in the calls, in the closer contact between the sisters, however, I have a difficulty with the language and hears about it and complements it, in addition to doing some…
Une lettre à ma fille A toi ma fille bien aimée ! Nous sommes actuellement dans une génération d’égalité des chances entre l’homme et la femme. Mais sache qu’à mon époque il y avait une violation des droits de la femme. Je t…
Women of the world, we are living history at this precise moment. Governments are struggling to save our communities to survive this novel coronavirus. Inequality is more severe than in any other time in modern times. Our…
Sometimes we just have to take the plunge and then learn how to swim! It’s not for the lack of courage but for the ways we sometimes prioritize the things and promise to get back to them ‘later’ After what would have been a…
Poor families across Bangladesh are being hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis, as many parents are losing their jobs. The pandemic continues to spread in a country where even washing hands to avoid contamination is a luxury and…
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…
When my mother first set me on the path to producing her'stories about the network of women leaders she was coordinating back in 1986, I had no idea how that first story of a village woman leader would set me on a course of…
Jill is someone I can not describe because I may not bring out the true person that she is. I also fear that I may be wrong because am very poor at description though I completely feel it inside deep down in my heart. But…
