Michelle Baranda, 17, carries, like some luminous amulet in the deep pockets of her thoughts, the words of the renowned educator and rights activist Helen Keller: while it is true that the world is full of adversity; it is…
The 10th year celebration and feeding activity of Isang Bata Isang Tasa will be combined with the promotion of the Convention on the Rights of the Child through the Laura Vicuna Foundation, a leading organization that builds…
I would like to tell the real life story, during the work in Russian oil and gas company LUKOIL that applies psychotronic weapon for many years not only in Uzbekistan, but also in other countries where they have branches,…
Two years ago, when breastfeeding mothers among them could not produce milk for their infants and the sick could not have medications, at least a dozen of the lumad (Indigenous peoples) women evacuees cut their waist-long…
An extensive space, building for all, a place for workers, they call it dorm, rooms, so many rooms in the hall, there are people, most are men wearing uniform. A house like a box, yes this is my place, one step in the…
SPECIAL STORY Facing growing threats from Hindutva groups, the Rohingya refugees in Jammu face an increasingly uncertain future and long to go ‘home’. Kashmiri journalist Baseera Rafiqi visits Rohingya refugee camps in Jammu…
Role of media is very important. Every day we are bombarded with the latest news around the globe. For me its making Pakistan women more strong and a platform to fight fir their rights. It was the media that made Qandeel…
As I embark to shape and change the public discourse of violence against women in academia, I am making sure that I don't lose my voice in social justice. Marches, rallies , speak outs andprotest are needed spaces for…
In Class X, I sat in the last row of my Computer Science classroom, barely able to understand a word that my teacher spoke. At some point in the class, I was dazed, and made a quiet observation that would come back fifteen…
Yes I don't fit in! I can't fit in a society which says our system is democratic and your voice matters but when you speak up call you outspoken and because you are outspoken you are characterless. How can I fit in a society…
I clearly remember that day, it was summer of 2009. I was in grade eight that time I had gone to the hospital for checkup. I had some cardiac problem back then. I was accompanied by my cousin brother. As we stepped out from…
Some things are very sad indeed we take a step forward and appear to take too many steps back Girls need lots of encouragement from all members ofthe community Especially othergirls their peers their mothers sistera…
The society in which we are living is very happy to receive a baby boy but baby girl is yet not happily received. This remind me of that age when things began to clear up to me and I notice my mother and father fighting for…
Vraxia was born without her parents. They left her with her grandmother who took care of her while she was growing. The only memory her parents left was the black umbrella that was said that it would protect anyone who…
And freedom! she said, Can only buy you the utmost beauty! You gotta earn that! Not purchase... It can't be bargained. You have to earn to pay the price. There is no displacement! Why is this restlessness for? Where are the…
While the recent “#MeToo” movement has successfully drawn attention to violence leveled against disempowered members of American society, there are still women relegated to the margins whose stories are unheard and unheeded…
What a dark cloud it could be, when you love a man, who is your husband for 26,years, and it become realization that he never cared for you and never loved you back. He never cared about your feelings your emotional or…
Strategic training and motivation to utilise skills for income generation. business planning and expertise to buildoppurtunities for self ,family and community growth.
I would like to share with you my daily affirmation for 2018. I hope you like it. Happy New Year 2018 DAILY AFFIRMATION Thank you for leading me on my true and authentic career path so that I can prosper as well as…
Safety of tribal women has been one of the major issues in India. But how many of the Indians are truly concerned about them and how many officials have taken sufficient steps to improve their condition? There areplenty of…
BYJYOTI PUNWANI|INOPINION|11/01/2018 .....Kashmiri women reporting on issues unrelated to the conflict and a farmer’s daughter on local radio. JYOTI PUNWANI on some bold women journalists Pix: Baseera Rafiqi (left) and…
FRIENDS WHEREVER YOU GO . . . Every experience YOU go through will make you STRONGER. There may be times along the WAY when you feel alone. But you never really are! There are always FRIENDS to be made and new ADVENTURES to…
YOUR STAR. There is a STAR in the SKY . . . just for you. That star will make sure that your DREAMS come true. So in case you ever stumble, don't get too BLUE. That STAR in the sky . . . it BELIEVES in you.
