One faithful day i was invited by Hitv in Buea, Cameroon for an interview and i had to travel from Kumba to Buea and back to Kumba that same day. When i arrived in Buea, i was waiting for a taxi beside the road. Then a woman…
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…
Half of the population around the world comprises of women. Women with high economic potential are considered as independent and highly empowered. Do you think this is true? Can our well-being be explained just by having…
Note: This article was published in my column " Half the sky" on Deccan Herald on 11 October 2020 In a male-dominated real estate sector, how do single women and single mothers cope with the process of looking for a house on…
These times are dark, difficult, and hope seems short on supply. We lost a very important member of our family, our sisterhood, our cohort of women who uplift each other - dear Aramide. Aramide knew what it was to give love…
She leaves the house at 4 am carrying a big, tall bucket and a smaller one-gallon container. She’s not alone. By the time she embarks on her trip under the night sky, there are always a few more girls on this same dark path…
Padman is Akshy Kumar’s latest movie based on the life of a real life superhero ArunachalamMuruganantham, an Indian school-dropout, who invented low-cost machines to manufacture sanitary napkins for women. The idea emerged…
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…
COVID-19 AND THE TIDE of Digitization In a world suddenly fearful threat of touch, technology is getting a fresh look. Technology is not only answering queries and shopping, but also being used for smart home control and for…
|This post is an invitation to further your reflective works and redirect your thinking. This post is not an end in itself and hence, cannot and will not and must not be viewed as the only way through your current situation…
Women empowerment is a current focus, globally but what are its indicators, how can you work to achieve women empowerment, how can you know women empowerment is being achieved or not achieved? I was at a corporate office…
I saw Chhapaak yesterday. The experience was like how I felt when I watched Gajjni many years ago. Disturbed to the core by the intensity of violence against women in India, I envy others who could come out of the cinema…
2020 seemed to be a very promising year. Everyone was making new plans. Then, COVID-19 pandemic struck. It hit us when we least expected. It was sudden and unprecedented. We slept in one world and woke up in an entirely new…
When I was a little girl, I used to play in the mud, it was such an amazing thing to be able to build almost anything that I set my mind to with just sand and water made perfectly into mud by last night's rain. I can assure…
I was in the car, my head resting on the window frame, feeling the warm sun and looking at the bright blue sky. The wind slowly passed through the tall trees and carried the beautiful smell of its fresh green leaves. As I…
When I got a mail inviting me to receive an award in New York, I double checked to ensure it was actually addressed to me. Me? And suddenly a song of thanksgiving and gratitude came to my mind, As I hummed that song, tears…
Growing up as a little girl, I felt contented and comfortable with what I had. I played around, learnt what was passed onto me and felt I had it all. All I had was what the environment could offer at that moment in time. At…
AHHHHH ME VOICIX DE NOUS JE VOUS AI MANQUÉ????? EN TOUT VOUS M'AVEZ MANQUÉEEEE GRAVE Depuis mon lit d'hôpital je vous écris En date du 25 décembre 2018, un bébé de 4mois 1/2 a été volé à l'église de nkoa yos à ékounou juste…
Hi In India religion is attached to all aspects, and off course periods are not left unattached. We grew up being told that u cannot touch anywhere I mean kitchen, prayer house etc. I often wondered why something giving by…
I have decided not to read, nor watch the videos or hear explanations on blame. All I know is that this should never happen again. The 24th of October, my birthday but this year it became the day, children became war…
Graduation Speech My fellow elders, The stories we want to hear tomorrow? It all begin here Look at my own Step forward my dearest granddaughter Yes! In your gown and hood My fellow elders The stories we want to hear…
There is so much behind menstruation in my society that needs to be handled with care. From my secondary school days till date I have witnessed women (both young and old) who soil themselves with menses. I understand that…
Had it been today, I will have loved to be a different person than who I have become of today. That person I admire, that person who I will love to be molded around and be like in the future. My upbringing was very…
This is the first batch ( 24 rural girls) from the village named " Choti Bala" in which #education is introduced for the very first time. They all are given free books, bags, stationery and a local teacher to teach them from…
Giving birth to my first child was a smooth sail for me, i didnt even know i was in labour at all although i was in pain but it never dawn on me that i was in Labour pain. But it wasnt the same with my second baby last year…