There is a popular slogan in my community which goes “a woman’s enemy is another woman”. I deduced from this slogan that women are responsible for the insecurity of other women and this greatly affected me psychologically. I…
I had just turned 14. I chose a pair of shorts to wear with a relatively demure top. My mother chastised me, telling me revealing too much skin, i.e my legs could turn my uncle on! In my head, I started wondering whether I…
Where is peace,security and hope? I will live to recall Nandwa and the beautiful Lila. Years ago I came across Nandwa by then a primary school girl. She was very beautiful through born of a single poor parent. Her secondary…
We are now launching our MHM booklet -- My First Period -- for all young girls to learn more about menstrual health. In the booklet, you can read the story about Malaika having her first period and sharing the experience…
It's no secret to anyone that females have been disadvantaged from the get-go since time immemorial. Our female ancestors struggled to have their voices heard, to be able to communicate their desires and to be able to…
What’s the purpose? The purpose is that we EMPOWER each other with our creative messages and stories from all over the world, with a multicultural, multilingual, beautiful, piece of art that inspires, speaks to us and…
The state of public health in Bangladesh has made considerable progress through The First Five Year Plan (1973-78). It highlighted the importance of building a network of health facilities - a hospital in every district, in…
To contribute to the development of stronger and more inclusive movements for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), AmplifyChange seeks proposals for Network grants. Networks create connections to help like-minded…
*What is human trafficking*? Human Trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force-labour, fraud, coercion to obtain some type of labour or commercial sex act (commercial sexual exploitation). Human…
I have been an advocate for women for long and at times I wonder whether UN-WOmen resolution agender for African woman would EVER WORK. We are being told that more than 62 per cent of women in Ruanda are empowered and are in…
*Leap Girl Africa* is organizing, it's maiden exchange forum on the journey to *scrape-off Gender Based-violence*. The 3day program dubbed S.E.E.D( Sensitize and Educate on ways to scrape GBV , then Empower and help in…
A village woman in the hills of Noney in Manipur carries a cane basket ‘Kah’ on her head, collects vegetables and fruits from her farm or forest to sell in the main market on National Highway 37 and earns a petty income to…
Am the first child of my parents ten (10) children. I got married at age 23 years old. Before I got married I completed my high school and was working. At the same time doing my part time diploma at the federal polytechnic.…
This is one of the types of Gender-based violence against women but this does not only affect women, children, men, are involved. The most prominent which is forced labour and sexual exploitation. We do not want to talk a…
A Kamituga en RD Congo, les activités minières artisanales ont un impact très négatif sur les femmeset l'environnement local dont les dégâts causés par ces activités minières artisanales détruisent quotidiennement les terres…
My survival: Delay is no guarantee to silence and failure Education and studying new stuffs in life can be considered as my hobbies. At my cool and quiet moments, I always read books and some novels. Back in those days in my…
The sky is darkened and so is the air suffocating whether we walk through the destroyed and demolished lanes of Syria, or through the forests of Africa, whether on the open streets of a democratic nation like India or in…
In today's time, social media is exploding with products and treatments that promise to make you fair. Are these advertisements with their fancy and magical claims of getting fair, the sole reason, for the growing obsession…
There's a reason why the first thing we often ask someone when we meet them, right after we learn their name, is "where's home for you?" Being as old as I am (not giving away my age- LOL), I’m unable to fully answer this…
Have you watched the movie, ‘Toilet Ek Prem Katha? Funny as the name is, the issue of not having a toilet at your house is serious, especially for women and children. And a patriarchal society does not like to hear that.…
I am running a project in Kenya, to try and make sure that no girl misses a single day of school, because she is having her period. Somehow it's kind of embarrassing for some people to talk about menstruation. Even though…
A force d'assister à plusieurs événements douloureux dans notre province du Sud-Kivu voir vol dans des shop Airtel money, boutiques, dépôts relai des revendeurs des boissons ....etsuivie detueries. Pour ça nous devons…
Having an offline World Pulse circle has always been my dream. We interact a lot online but hardly meet, yet we are in the same countries or regions. On the 23rd of February, we did create a Kenyan Circle of World Pulse.…
A ODE TO ALL MOMS Though I do not know anything about Pregnancy and stuff , have heard from my friends and sisters, I may not know but i wud like to pen an ODE Its not a lyrical 1, somehow been on my mind from a long time.…
I am famous- and notorious- in a few small circles for publicly sharing parts of my life that others would not even dare whisper to their families. I have gone on television shows to speak about being diagnosed and living…
