I have written this story based on a true life incident experienced by my own best friend. “Oooan, Oooan, Oooan”. (The baby cries) .”What is it Doctor?” “Congratulations Hawwa, You have delievered a baby girl”. Ahhh! Thank…
Dear Sisters of the WorlPulse, we are living a very special moment in the City of God. At the end of 2018 I produced the book by Dona Tuca and she can finally open her first book at age 85, but the poetry of the favela did…
Can we form a friendship with a foe? Can we step deeper into this mire of muddy land we share even after we pushed natives aside to colonize a fresh and foreign land? Can we acknowledge those we enslaved to do our work,…
`With no babysitter I had to carry my daughter around when I went out to work' Having a baby is an experience every woman should have because of the joy a baby brings to the home be it in a married couple or a single parent…
What a dark cloud it could be, when you love a man, who is your husband for 26,years, and it become realization that he never cared for you and never loved you back. He never cared about your feelings your emotional or…
HOW DO WE RAISE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MALE ALLIES Bringing Up Boys Speaking of synchronicity . . . for the past 3 weeks I have been thinking I should write a post on how young men can be taught to treat women equal. For 11…
My contribution on how we can Raise Boys who Champion Gender Equality is on one point "Mind-set change" of the boys as they grow. The evolution of how boys should treat women should start from their homes. When a Male child…
Be Kind and Compassionate towards Children , Women , and Elders Me A Senior , A Super Senior , At 83 , I followed what I Adocate Take life seriously , we live but once , be respectfulcare givers Be understanding ,…
When I was much younger, my uncle raped me. This sent me into spiral depression and into the arms of Ivan, my ex-fiance. He was sweet at first until all the sweet became sour. He would tear me down so I didn't feel like I…
I invite individuals and organizations to support me in healing women and girls mind, body and spirit. Here are a few of the ways you can support: Help me train 100 organizations in two years! Donate to my fundraiser help…
A lifelong Nature Artist, drawing the subtle energies, I always communicated with the physical & the cosmos. In 2008, after losing my home, practically moneyless after single-parenthood, I landed in a small, dark bottom…
Georgina and Norma’s story… When Georgina’s boss Dan made advances at her, she brushed it off and opted to deal with it the best way she knew how – through silence. As his demands became more pressing, she maintained her…
I broke my silence after 40 years with this song that poured out of my heart as I listened to so many people, from all walks of life, tell their stories about all forms of abuse. As the world speaks out now about #MeToo , I…
I was taken away from my mom when I was two years old. I totally remember that day because it brought so much sorrow in my life. Reaching my dad's house, there was a new 'mum'.... who turned my life into hell. There was also…
With the rapid expansion of the previously existing #MeToo movement, there seems to be the semblance of a heightened state of unification among women which crosses national borders as the majority of women across the world…
Entering an abusive relationship I was 14, he was 21, when my ex and I started a relationship. In the very beginning of our relationship he was very nice to me on the one hand, giving me compliments and telling me he couldn’…
The role of an African woman cannot be under rated any in this dear World For many years I looked at my mother who PASSED on to go and live with God a few weeks ago AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THE PROBLEMS THEY COULD ENCOUNTER AS…
Hi everyone, I wanted to share an op-ed I wrote for the Fair Observer. I work with the Massachusetts FGM Task Force on passing legislation in our state that would allow for education and outreach, provide civil remedies to…
After finishing high school I went to the Government Training Institute to start my secretarial and book keeping cours, after two years I got my certification and I went to stay widh my uncle in Nairobi city and after one…
Right now across the word women experience un equality in what we call the circle of security. We can all agree that woman have the right to feel and be safe in their home and country Evan in their community. I can assure…
Every time I return late, my mother stays up worried about my safety. My grandmother suggests that I be married off. And me, I just want the freedom to navigate the city irrespective of time, whether it is for work or a good…
Teenage girls leading social change movements give me hope, as I describe in my books "Brave: Young Women's Global Activism" and "Resist: Goals and Tactics for Changemakers." Here's a little about Emma Gonzales, a leader of…
At the start of this year, i made a conscious decision to commit more time and effort to taking care of myself. I knew if i had to be more efficient then i will have to be the best version of me and that will mean not only…
The (brightness) was a girl, who stay in a slum(darkness) The darkness arise when her father was broke and he was thrown out to the slum, her father really want to give her daughters a good life. She was from a family of six…
Mothers, daughters, sisters, teachers, doctors, engineers, politicians, scientists and presidents. Women have achieved vast successes in many aspects of society today while still retaining the core function of a domestic…
