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…
We live in a connected world with unprecedented access to a vast arrays of digital information and experiences. The use of digital technology continues to transform how we live and work. The on-going adoption of new advances…
FemAsia Magazine publishes articles and creative work under five categories. Namely Empowerment Fictional Arts Mind & Body Politics & Culture Food & Travel You can read two interesting articles in the latest…
Main focus: Gender budgeting at district level. With the help of my team members, we have trained 500 women across 100 villages for the implementation of Pradan Mantri Kaushal Vikas scheme (PMKV). This work is done in…
World Pulse Philippines was organized last November 21, 2020, and had our first launched of Meet & Greet Online last March 1, welcoming the members of World Pulse over a Facebook online community together with our…
I am Maeann Keske, an aspiring trailblazer and an Ambassador/Encourager at World Pulse. I want to link with women who want to be heard and make an impact through the power of her story. I lead the creation of a campaign…
Saahas now comprises a directory of support across 196 countries, a database of guidance notes on understanding gender-based violence and ways to respond to them. The directory of support comprises over 40000 organizations…
When I started empowering women with disabilities especially deaf girls with economic skills I was worried about getting markets for their produce and also an easier way out to communicate with buyers. The sociopolitical…
Last week, I was at a hostel for orphaned young women in Chennai, teaching them ways to stay safe, to keep their bodies safe, and how to respond to violence in the event that they find themselves in the middle of it.
There has been an alarming increase in online child abuse, which has led to the doubling of suspected online child exploitation cases in Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of our lives. With schools…
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…
On 16, December 2018, I was very excited and thrilled to unveil my birthday plans with the whole world. My mother is helping me to pursue my dreams. My dream is to build a sustainable center for women, led by women where we…
I am economically impacting and empowering women in village councils of Pune district by building their leadership skills. I am impacting women from villages by working on sustainable livelihood, health and social status. I…
By building leadership skills, I was able to impact women waste pickers and their children across three separate districts in Maharashtra, India. In addition, I was able to work with the government to secure their official…
We are so grateful to our speaker, who gave her time to speak with us despite of her busy schedule. Why it is close to her heart the advocacy about women with disability because she herself grows up with a disability with a…
My initiative involves working with two women across ten villages to train them as leaders. They are trained in women's property rights, how to access different schemes/services from the government, women empowerment, etc.…
700 women were supported with food packet sufficient for one month. Awareness creation through audio message on the mobile vehicle was created as joint operation with Govt machinery in each of the villages. Therefore, more…
We trained 100 women will become leaders - with them are associated with 500 women. The leaders are trained on economic leadership, through SFH or through accessing various government schemes. These women then get economic…
• There are 677 single women in 15 villages of Chandrapur and 779 in 15 villages of Nagpur district • Out of 1456 single women, 920 are receiving pension under SGNY, while 107 applications are under process, and for the…
Our COVID-19 relief work impacted children of migrant workers, daily wage laborers across 47 brickyard labor camps, 35 waste picker slums, and 4 sugarcane farms. We have also secured food relief kits and delivered monthly…
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…
Last November 2020, was World Pulse PH 1st year anniversary. As part of celebration, we encourage World Pulse PH to join our celebration by posting their stories on World Pulse Platform. Each stories will be an entry for a "…