“Come here!” “Come here!” Papa shouted. Mother had just got out of the room running, face draped in tears, mucus running uncontrollably down her lips. “I’ve asked you to come here. If I say it one more time, you will get the…
I was brought up on cheap romcoms and romance novels. My barbie had a husband and as a child, I dreamed of getting married and having children. When I hit puberty, all I wanted was to have a boyfriend and I indulged in my…
We live in a society, where victims of SEXUAL ASSAULT are VICTIMIZED. Where sexually assaulted persons are STIGMATIZED. Where victims are BLAMED and live in SHAME. Yet the PERPETRATORS go about their normal lives like…
Public speaking for a woman in particular is an art and science to be mastered tactfully. I am still learning although I am far advanced in that domain and can now share my experience with other women. As a lawyer, a…
I am Adele Nana a Cameroonian living in Sweden. i am from the western region of the country and i have always been preoccupied with the issue of widowhood as an abuse of women rights. Right now am working on being how to…
By Wazeh Nicoline Nwenushi | March 31, 2020 The highest socio-economic bearing of the corona virus on sub-Saharan Africa households is inevitably the interruption of remittances. Like any other disaster, women and children…
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…
I was moving in to a new neighbourhood after getting a job transfer to Kwemba town. I really needed help with getting my stuff into the house. A lady, who looked to be in her early thirties, reached out to me, with a…
When I wrote my first story on World Pulse https://www.worldpulse.com/community/users/regina-afanwi/posts/94173 I received such beautiful comments. I was so excited to be able to network with such amazing women. But then I…
A young lady of about 23 years became a petty trader as a result of poverty because there was no one to pay for her education. In the course looking for means of livelihood, a transformer exploded near the place she was…
What gives me hope is the experience of one woman, a "foreigner" as she was sometimes referred to. Tall, bold and brown-chocolate with refreshing smiles indeed. She was the synonym for courage. A woman in her own league, a…
On International Women's day with had a great inspirational day with students from a local Primary school. Among the talks we had was creation of a better generation which aspires to create equal opportunities for all. Girls…
Hello .. This small capitation , has a larg meaning and differences inside . liberal , completely asked Equality . Radical stand about traditional customs of each communities. Religions too . So all of the world countries…
I stand with her That innocent 16 year old given off to marriage against her wish I stand with her in retrospect as she fled to the sacred forest to hide Oh how it rained so bad that night she tells How scared she was but…
Dear mother, am stuck into this situation because you don't know. How would you know anyway, I can't speak and move, am just Afew months old baby. I don't blame you mother for trusting people around you with my care, but…
I learned to sew not because I loved sewing, but out of necessity for living a life free of violence and abuse. I learned to sew to survive while running from a life of terror and abuse. Has sewing made everything in my life…
Lisbeth, Maeann and Anita Shrestha deserve my nomination for the first time ever Worldpulse Spirit Award. These are Sister whom I can't imagine the time they spare each day to bring encouragement to other fellow sisters with…
I find courage to go on each day when I read the stories of sisters who feel like giving up but still remain and keep pushing until they come through. My moment of hope is in when a sister succeeds,when a girl out there…
This time yesterday I was walking with three close, long time friends to the top of the small mountain that is the centre of my city. We went to honour the 14 women killed and the women injured here in 1989 at the École…
"Men always think of what women go through in life. They sacrifice a lot of their time and energy more than men. They may seem to be too little yet they are our mothers. Let us give women what they deserve" ~Tata~ Always…
Sexual violence based on gender is a reality in the world that nobody ignores. I am an African woman in me runs the blood purely Congolese. My country is renowned as the capital of rape in the world, wars is tribal conflicts…
Am 3rd out of a family of eight girls. My junior sister was born with a hearing impairment. Back in the 80s there were no special need schools in the community where we lived and so she was forced to go to a regular school…
Women around the world continue suffering not only inequality, but grievous injustice, especially uneducated women. We find as part of our daily lived experience, needing to continually be alert for ourselves and our…
Dear World Pulse sisters, I know I spent some time without having an effective participation with women, but this needs to be changed. I want to be closer to everyone. I have always acted with my body present in social…
