Her name resembles the cutest doll that any girl of her age dreams to have and play with – Barbie. But in reality, instead of having the pleasures of childhood with her favourite doll, she has burn marks on her tender body…
I'm running an online campaign and I need your support. The insurgence of Boko Haram drove many women out of their homes. They now reside in IDP camps. These women face a lot of harsh conditions including rape and abuse.…
http://dailytwocents.com/bravo-president-obama-for-stronger-gun-control/ Women will feel safer in a country that doesn't allow mentally ill men to buy guns, or soon that anyone convicted of domestic abuse can't buy a gun too.
I wrote this piece, My Maternal Saggy Breasts, in 2014, but have not shared it publicly. As I learn of an earthquake in north eastern British Columbia, Canada in December of 2015 caused by fracking (an activity that is…
As 2015 draws to a close, it seems we have seen all matter of atrocities perpetrated against the most vulnerable and innocent throughout the world. No one has escaped the wrath and hatred of the murderers: even the tiniest…
Violence Against Women (VAW) is a global problem. as you know, an estimated 35% of women globally have experienced violence or abuse. How do we reach out to these women? How do we prevent others from becoming victims? how do…
The State of Oregon can lead the way in passing more strict gun ownership laws to limit people involved in Domestic Violence from owning guns. What a great idea, it's about time. Don't you think?? SB 525 - Preventing Gun…
i have ambition todo film documentary of orphans is very expensive so i need your support i wont the material camera, the computer ,and i wont to create orphanage in my arear ineed your support and i need the schoolfees of…
Artist asks anyone to hang a red dress in a public place, or wear a red dress on Oct. 4 source:By: Lucie EdwardsonMetroPublished onMon Sep 28 2015 In 2014 there were an estimated 225 missing or murdered aboriginal women in…
2015 THEME ANNOUNCEMENT: “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Make Education Safe for All!” The year 2015 marks the 24th year of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, initiated in 1991 and…
Call For Applications: Rwanda/DRC And Uganda Trips APPLICATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 3, 2015. The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is pleased to announce its first ever cross-border reporting trip to Rwanda/DRC and…
This introductory course for the health sector includes global epidemiology, research,policy and ethical guidelines as well as best practice for GBV prevention, support and management. This is a free MOOC course and a…
Hello lovely World Pulse members! I am Nakinti Besumbu Nofuru, founder and CEO of Rescue Women – Cameroon. A not-for-profit organization that was born out of the very impactful training I received as a Voices of Our Future (…
The Human Rights and Justice Group (HRJG) is offering a one-monthOnline Certificate Course on Gender-based Violence to begin on August 21 till September 20, this year. The HRJG says that "GBV has been recognized as a cross-…
According to the United Nation's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons estimates that 97% of those who are trafficked for sexual exploitation are women, and that over one million children are being trafficked every year.…
Faces of violence have indeed evolved and not for the betterI’d often hear“If you see the man, you’d never think his the kind of man that would abuse his wife” or if you see the woman, you’d think she’s not the type to be…
A woman, in her 20s, seated at the edge of the concrete bed inside her cell, kept on rocking herself, her hands clasping so tightly the hem of her blouse by her crotch. A woman in her late 20s, pregnant with her fourth child…
27 year old Ahlam struggles to provide a life for her 6 year old daughter, as she works 12 hour night shifts cleaning hotel rooms while trying to complete basic literacy courses. Her husband and sister were killed in Iraq…
Ruby, a woman that when I heard her story it made me very sad. A mirror filled with stories of many hurting women, that’s what I saw. Sad because she was used and abused by her husband Nick, people of her island, the justice…
One in three women will experience violence in her lifetime. So much time, talent, and effort have been committed to changing this terrible statistic, to recognizing the life and humanity in each one of those women.…
my name is charlotte nyinawinka iam congolese i have the work to change the life of orphans becouse my community there are more young orphans and old orphans their have more probleme ,there probleme are; poverty,more wory,no…
I can no longer hold back my opinion about how much our country needs fair gun control. I think that mentally ill people should not own a gun. Look to the news, at just another gun incident in a movie theatre, really?…
Dear friends, Aloha from Bangalore, India. I'm delighted to say that some of my verses on gender violence will be exhibited at A Multidisciplinary Art Installation Reflecting on the theme of Violence Against Women. This will…
