Of course, I'd be smitten from the moment I see you, from your charms and your goodness of your heart. I'd wanna have those long talks and laugh and all. I'd wanna hold your hand and walk through the parks and beach. But…
“A woman who is starved for her real soul-life may look “cleaned up and combed” on the outside, but on the inside she is filled with dozens of pleading hands and mouths”. - Clarissa Este Pinkola To women who write to me ,…
Was told you must respect your husband so much that whatever he says is final. Today I realized its a subjective criteria: Husbands are wrong at times.
What exactly is the future of formal education in Nigeria? With over 8million out of school children (highest in the world) and the spontaneous degradation in our academic structures and competence? what measures have we put…
Français................................. Nous avons réalisé de grandes choses pour les femmes, mais nous continuons d'ignorer les fondamentaux pour leur développement. En Afrique, les lesbiennes et les transgenres…
Sisters, Exhale the emotional charge of “whatever it is” that you experience and take a step above and depersonalize “whatever it is” that others do and be. | SMOOCH THE EMOTIONAL CHARGE AND DE-PERSONALIZE WHAT OTHERS DO AND…
Today is #InternationalGirlChildDay and it got me having very many questions. As an individual what are you doing to help; 1. Eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls? 2. Eliminate negative cultural attitudes and…
To girls, being brilliant is a thing of joy and unleashing ones unimaginable potentials; my story is somewhat different! I've always wondered why being brilliant could make me face difficulties and challenges in relating…
While in her mother's womb, she was rejected. She was not wanted because she would be the fourth child and the first girl. She was a twin to a boy. Her mother never wanted any children and now punished with two at the same…
Darling Daughter , As I sit here today, knowing that in the next 18 months you will be preparing to enter the university and also live your own way, I am scared to let you out of our safety net called family cum home; yet I…
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program is a federally funded, international exchange program that offers democracy activists, journalists, civil society leaders, and scholars from around the world the opportunity to spend…
Congratulations! It's a baby girl, said Doctor to parents! The story of almost every girl. When the parents heard this news that she is a girl, first comment from the grand parents came "We thought it's a boy" or "We expect…
PROPOSAL i was contacted and ask if i could provide assistance with a program witch i think needs to be promoted this Project for the children in kanya are hoping to raise funds for an orphanage called ANDREAS CHILDREN’S…
Looking for a volunteer who will help build and manage our website. We are a non for profit based in Nigeria. Our work is basically on advocacy for reproductive health rights for vulnerable women and girls including advocacy…
What menstruation stories did you hear growing up (true and fiction)? I heard about girls who taught they got injured in their pininin and got so scared... I heard about others who weren't prepared for the experience and…
What menstruation stories did you hear growing up (true and fiction)? I heard about girls who taught they got injured in their pininin and got so scared... I heard about others who weren't prepared for the experience and…
I watched as shock and dismay covered the faces of the young girls as I spoke to them about challenges vulnerable women and girls encounter during menstruation and after child birth. There has always been a big divide in the…
I know a thing or two about bedwetting, like some of you reading this post right now. For a child to bedwet, do you think it starts when they get on the bed and finally sleep? Obviously, the answer is No! It actually starts…
Contained within the pen Is the future and the past The words declared Imagined in ink Ascribed to society There is a power Within the pen One’s thoughts Transformed into words Define the sexes Define the races Define us.…
'Equality, Development and Peace' has been a powerful rallying call for feminists and gender equality advocates for several decades as we organised in our communities, national and regional level as well as through civil…
It was the time of Ramadan and I went to our village home to have iftaar and discuss social issues with local women and children. I along with my family members run ramadan tent in Chittagong where we feed hundreds of men…
Sowing Seeds of Tumaini in collaboration with Inpireitonline, World pulse, Kyusa, Safy and Yetu all women led organizations plan to have the following activities to celebrate International Women's Day 2019. 1. Prior to…
I was depressed, frustrated and suicidal for a long time (I still get depressed alot), but I pulled through. Even thoug I am in a better place now mentally and physically, I still hurts from all the years of abuse from my…
A few months after I set foot into activism, I wrote to a very close friend and asked if they would be willing to support me in my work against gender-based violence. The email I sent my friend was lengthy, and described my…