We are suddenly in a different time, a time of health crisis, with all of the other crises we have been working on to create change together. In the middle of International Women’s Month we are suddenly not carrying out our…
I'm a black Arabian Egyptian girl, I always believed the power of technology and how it changes life of many people , but i want to share here my story as a part of that community. I always wanted to be involved in…
In March I organised a workshop to train 20 girls with hearing impairment on using digital tools such as Facebook, WhatsApp status and labels to sell products as a way of enhancing their economic empowerment. 20 girls were…
Muskan ( Age 17) Coming from a community where getting birth as a girl is considered as a curse. My Father and My Grandmother always wanted a son, but we both sisters were born. My father being a illiterate person, Rickshaw…
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…
"I would fuck her so hard that she's be in a wheelchair" . This is one of the comments that was posted against Julia Hardy, a writer who works in video games , just because of the fact that she happens to be a woman in a…
Every person may face lots of hurting things in his life, life will knock us down so many times and this sometimes would be more than we could take ... Life knocked me down billions of times, starting f losing my home and…
As I had shared with you how I intended to train the widows and teen moms how to make soap the results are beyond expected and I have only trained 2 groups so far, due to lack of training resources. All teenagers are…
Today I want to share with you that i always dream about studying abroad like in USA or in CANADA. I always wanted that one day I'll definately go there and start my phd in computer Sciences. I Love this field and I want to…
You are an interestingsubject, unique in your own way and very special too. I wish I knew a lot of things about you before I met you. I wish I had people who told me more about you. My younger self tried to fall in love with…
"Speaking out in an audience has been a great deal for me,because am afraid to handle a mic,but the internet has given me a voice and an Audience to listen." The internet has been my closest friend since 2011 that I became…
My name is Olutope(Topsie) Egbetokun Olatilewa, I am leading African ChangeMakers Initiative as founder & program director. African ChangeMakers Initiative identifies, spark new ideas, nurture creative innovation and…
With the unprecedented rise in the number of instances of gender-based violence world over: be it domestic violence or violence against sexual minorities, the list is rather wide-ranging and frighteningly so. One of the…
In March 2019 the Airports Council International (ACI) released the first “Combatting Human Trafficking Handbook”, a free resource designed to help airports comprehensively deal with modern slavery. Using these guidelines…
Valéria Barbosa: Graciela Perez talking about missing people. Graziela is from Mexico. Graciela Perez: Yes, in Mexico, we have a serious problem of missing persons. In particular, I have five missing relatives: my daughter,…
Technology Technology as a catalyst to every girls and youth livelihood and communities development. In my community we have a big number of girls and youth who are lacking some technological skills to empower themselves, in…
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…
Something Beyond Beauty The sun made her face black No comeliness in her to behold Something Beyond Beauty Her soul search day and night Tears roll down her cheeks Something Beyond Beauty There is more to life There is…
The lockdown has placed us all indoors and this is a challenging time for the planet as a whole: and doubly so for some, more than for others. The lockdown as a policy measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 has, does, and…
Technology gives us flexibility. An article made in 2016, revised, translated and posted in 2020, can be modified by curiosity and the use of equipment and the internet. How? I did a story yesterday about dear Mexican…
Something Beyond Beauty The sun made her face black No comeliness in her to behold Something Beyond Beauty Her soul search day and night Tears roll down her cheeks Something Beyond Beauty There is more to life There is…
Am a young man of 34 years who i graduated in 2011 for IT on computer Networks (N+) I used to seek for job for some years and i discovered that when the world is talking about unemployment they were talking about me. Through…
How Video Game Industry has Evolved over the Years The video game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing and monetization of video games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its…
Saahas now has a separate group of helplines that specifically speak to survivors of gender-based violence from race, caste, religious, and ethnic minority backgrounds. Intersectionality teaches us about the added trauma of…
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,…