Every crime has a motivating factor, or an enabling environment that “allowed for it to happen.” Enabling environments are a combination of passive and active factors that include a range of beliefs, attitudes, actions,…
This is not my own story so maybe you cant use it, but its still a great story anyway about a real Hero Woman. i teach English as a second language. When the refugees started arriving from Southeast Asia, I had a job…
Every new year brings new hope. Many start to think of how life will change by making resolutions and making promises before the year ends only to be forgotten and broken before it even begun. Well at least that was me many…
Ms Saidiya Begum-22 was newly married. Not long after she was married the Burmese soldiers entered her village, captured and killed the men house after house, soon the army got inside her home grabbed her husband and shot…
my name is felicia , i live in lagos , nigeria . i want to be able to connect with the world and make my opinion heard while impacting my environment via intel she will connect platform . i believe verbal and emotional abuse…
The Silent Abuse: INVALIDATION 01 Octobre, 2012 ParWendyiscalm WAY BACK IN 2012 I wrote this article on WP. I got such a tremendous response. I see the focus now with women of WP is empowerment. I think this article may help…
He sees my text But does not reply back! I knock again, Assuming, he might forgot to respond So in case remind him that, I have been thinking of him. Message seen and reacted unseen Few days later, Here she was knocking back…
On April 24, 2017, Sayfty partnered with the UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality to use social media for digital advocacy. I organized and hosted a panel #sayftychat on…
Bullying is an art. I've never had the courage or talent to hurt someone intentionally.This is my personal anecdote. I have a huge family where everyone is so studious and ambitious because of which I had to face a huge…
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…
This story isabout the old people, their smiles and their memories, who areliving in Manila Boys Town Complex, Marikina City, Philippines. This institution caters for Manila’s abandoned, forgotten, and voluntarily…
hello my fellow ladies wanted to share alittle bit of my story i was born in july17 1998 i grew up with my parents and siblings .since our family we love living with people .We started living with my cousin called Mrtin .he…
#readmekaleb Dear Kaleb, my son. On 5 September 2017, I was asked to speak to over 100 teenager boys on the virtue of responsibility. I thought of you in each step. Love, Ma Magandang hapon (good afternoon). It is an honor…
Encouragement is not only a word its a gentle tap on someone'shoulder saying "move forward we are with you" Pakistan is the society where for girls opportunities are very limited. From home to job and job to home she is…
For all of my life, I never heard a low-mood word from my mom. She'd been doing hard both housewife duty and father's career assistant. He was a carpenter. She did housework, moved here and there, in and outside the home in…
It’s always fun to share stories, I love sharing mine, my past experiences made me become a better person, its not as beautiful as your story but my story helps and encourages women to move forward, tonevergive up in life.…
It is not easy being asthmatic ,but its even harder being a mother. The pain of knowing that you cannot leave the house without an inhaler is real.You try to hide your condition because you do not want to people to pity you…
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…
"It began with the military forces attacking our village. Then we fled to the neighboring town. They continued to kill and torture people. In the end it was only dead again. They robbed our things, injured young children and…
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…
Transformation!! and he said, Have you ever felt transformed? Nope, Not until then when we met.. Do you hold faith on it? Other wise, I would never felt such a difference. Are you telling me you have changed? No, Perhaps if…
It was getting dark when I left campus that evening and walked towards my car in a largely deserted parking lot. I had an urge to call my mother, just to have someone on the phone while I walked by myself. But hey, there was…
Nandini Arorais an aspiring actuary who loves to write. Although married to numbers, her first love has always been books and writing. She regularly writes about issues such as women’s safety, Feminism, LGBTQ etc. on her…
In broad daylight on a busy street a woman was allegedly raped by a drunk man in full public view on the pavement of the street in Vishakhapatnam but a dozen of passers-by filmed the crime instead of helping the victim.…
The Oxford dictionary defines it like it? collective qualities or characteristics that distinguish a person. A moral strength. Good reputation My personal Definition is what you are in the dark. At midnight when there is no…