After a difficult birth led to a cesarean section, Karen Axalan was shamed and judged. She reminds us that, as women, it is the uniqueness of our experiences that give us power.
As a child, Sujata Gopal was made to believe she and her sisters were inferior. After learning to be proud of her gender, she has a message for others.
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…
Vlogger and journalist Laiba Zainab has been blackmailed, harassed, and threatened for daring to stand up for women’s rights in Pakistan. She refuses to be silenced.
Her eyes are the color of sadness The soul is chained with scars Body broken, withered Her heart in a flame of pain And she wonders Do they feel my pain? Where's the key to the shackles? Feel it sweetheart They hear you,…
I came across a viral social media meme for parenting that says: What if "Stop Crying" turned to "I'm listening" for an entire generation? It is a provocative sentence on raising children. How many of us were not allowed to…
The other day I was told that I have blossomed in the last few years and have grown into myself. At first, I felt offended. I thought I had blossomed a long time ago lol. But after continuously having this statement running…
On December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old woman was brutally raped and assaulted. She died shortly after. While she battled for her life, India thronged to the streets in protest, demanding security sector reform, the drafting of…
The global epidemic of COVID-19 is a wreaking havoc on a wide array of health, economic, social and personal decisions. However, what may be lost in the chaos among other effects and dangers is the specific impact on sexual…
I was on 6th grade when I first got my periods. It was Wednesday and I was on my sports dress all white from top to bottom. As, I stood and started walking everyone was saying, “Saniya you are bleeding.” While some were…
In a small tribe, where the fate of people was endowing with No Education , No awareness , No technologies , No facilities , No advance or modern way of Life , No Freedom , No ideas to flourish , No sense of living ….. as…
As these first Spirit Awards were first announced with a call for us to send in nominations, my first thought was, as I know it was for many others, that everyone here is a phenomenal leader. And my next thought, my hope…
Sister Zeph, a teacher and girls’ education advocate in Pakistan, responds to the results of the US presidential election with a call to women everywhere.
A ODE TO ALL MOMS Though I do not know anything about Pregnancy and stuff , have heard from my friends and sisters, I may not know but i wud like to pen an ODE Its not a lyrical 1, somehow been on my mind from a long time.…
Unlike many people, I had a difficult take off. This made me to come to the conclusion that life may not hold beautiful experience for everybody on earth, most especially myself. Therefore, I cherished every little…
