i am who i am and i can change my community, growing up i always thought of creating ways of which us the girls can take in order for us to be recognised and treated equally like our male counterparts. at the age of 17 i…
Having spent my entire childhood in Douala (the major Economic city of Cameroon), at 16, I moved to Yaoundé where I continued to live with one of my elder sisters who at the time was transitioning from a single lady to a…
“Oooan, Oooan, Oooan”. (The baby cries) .”What is it Doctor?” “Congratulations Hawwa, You have delievered a baby girl ”. Ahhh! Thank you God! For listening to my wish and fulfilling it that I have given birth to a “Free Soul…
-Should have experience dealing with SGBV and domestic violence issues. - Be conversant with all enabling human rights laws - Good written, communication and interpersonal skills. - Must live in Abuja, Nigeria
#fgm has lasting physical and mental consequences that we are educating our communities so that girls and women no longer have to suffer in silence. Many parents no longer wants their daughters to be circumcised because they…
Gender based violence program Elewa haki (Know Your Right) The aim of this program is to use an innovative model with a low cost communication network to empower young women and girls by connecting them to high-quality news…
Children of Conflict: Syria to Kashmir Sumera B. Reshi According to the UNICEF, childhood is the time for children to be in school and at play, to grow strong and confident with the love and encouragement of their family and…
Shibani Chakravorty (writer of this blog) is currently pursuing Psychology Honours from Delhi University. Writing, reading and photography are her main hobbies. While she loves experimenting with art and video-editing…
hello everybody!!! children, i was grown up by a brave, passionate tropical courageous woman. at 7 my father passed away. only my life , being recognition goes only toward my pure and humble mother. to the same women who…
bonjour Comme annoncé , j'ai crée une petite structure AGUI FASHION qui fait dans la déco ethnique, fabrication des accessoires en tissus pagne, raphia paille et autres et la promotion du made in Cameroun et la…
I am an educationist, women's rights and interfaith harmony builder in Pakistan. When I was 13 I had to face religious discrimination in my school for my Christian faith therefor I left the school and made my own school in…
If time is a great healer, then I pray it heals my heart. It pains me when I remember my childhood and realised I was sexually abused,i never knew it was sexual abuse because the abusers gave presents, and favours thus…
I wish to inform my sisters that Hope for Vulnerables and Orphans (HOVO) now has a tax card and a tax exoneration card that enables them to receive humanitarian supplies from clothes, books, shoes, sanitary items, trucks,…
Sometimes earlier on in the year, I signed on world pulse after meeting OluwaTosin. I shared my story and how it has changed and motivated me to do something, not just cry and whine. And as a journalist, I figured the best…
Concentration Camp called Kashmir Sumera B. Reshi A few months ago, I read about the atrocities of the Nazi regime that during the first six years of their tenure how Hitler and his cohorts detained thousands of Germans and…
This pain sucked all my blood. This pain parched all my tears. Deep, profound and cavernous pain. Strange, weird and unexpected pain. Baffling, mysterious and unresolved pain. Never did I witness such a pain. It is something…
The United States Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) seeks applications from qualified eligible organizations for a Grant to implement the COSEA program. The purpose of…
It's ridiculous when we see teenagers as people who are not informed or should not be informed about some stuff. And I'm always like, when then is the right time to rightly inform them? Is it when they come home with wrong…
Je suis l’amour, je suis un sentiment vif qui pousse à aimer, à vouloir du bien, à aider en s'identifiant plus ou moins. Je suis l’inclination envers une personne, le plus souvent à caractère passionnel, fondée sur l'…
Dear Members from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan We would like your help in completing a survey to gather information from civil society from the 56 countries of the United Nations Economic…
I Appeal to the Civilized World to Save Kashmir from Forced Occupation of Kashmir. Since the last 12 days, Kashmir is in the siege. There is a complete communication blackout from India. O' civilized world have mercy on my…
Beyond gender, beyond humanity. What’s more human? She carries the shame of a mauled vagina. He, blood between his legs, the loss of masculinity in his head. Invasion. Torture. Rape. Has no gender. Often, the most important…
I am Kashmir, secluded and chained. I was a paradise now I am surrounded in uncertainty. My inhabitants are pushed to a dark bend of no return. The murky nights persist casting its vicious spell on its people. And morning…
Focus: innovative research and interventions or related activities that will contribute to the prevention and response of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in LMICs. GBV can include intimate partner violence, sex trafficking,…
