I was born in Bangalore, and grew up between my grandparents' home in Bangalore and with my mum, dad and brother in Chennai. I grew up with stars in my eyes, hoping to do medicine in the hope of "helping people", until I…
I feel hope when I learn that women are rising When one woman has reached another in need When a woman who has been punished for speaking out Meets a sister. When girls learn that they have a right to be free To choose their…
It is the women I love Those women who meet with me in the woods Who call us to circle with their drums Who come to dance ourselves into our own power Those women who call on us to create a shift To find and use our voices…
Thank you so very much for your support and encouragement and for recognising the GloCaL FEDs Challenge. We are so caught up in the unfolding crisis that it is understandably difficult to take a deep breath and consider…
Thriving together as we lift up the voices of women and girls in our communities! This time last year, Digital Ambassadors were renewing their terms, applying anew for a (then) six month commitment and sharing plans for…
Let me begin by sharing a chapter of my childhood from when I got head lice. I was six at the time and around three months into my mamma’s new job. The new job that my mamma got was a bit more paying, and considering our…
My background/inspiration: I have always been a compassionate, feminist (who believes in equal rights for everyone). I firmly believe that I chose this life, the people and events in them, for a reason. My own personal…
A year has passed since I was given the honour of being an impact leader, and such a lot of amazing things have come from my journey so far.I am so excited to share a bunch of new and exciting updates about Saahas. Today,…
Namaste, Salam, Shalom, Peace, Paz, Pyeongwha, Heping, Heiwa, Pace, Mir, Over the past 16 years, I am honored to say that I developed a plan for WOMEN to unite the people of the world and lead a new global peace movement! I…
When my husband said we are relocating to a village called Agbojetho to reach out to the rural children and teach the disadvantage village children how to read and write, I thought my world has crumpled! Living in this…
Women of the world, we are living history at this precise moment. Governments are struggling to save our communities to survive this novel coronavirus. Inequality is more severe than in any other time in modern times. Our…
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…
I was wondering the moment I opened my eyes and in search for something. I set my blurry eyes across the window pane where the vivid reflection of the sky was coming through. It was mid – afternoon. I was about to close my…
Poor families across Bangladesh are being hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis, as many parents are losing their jobs. The pandemic continues to spread in a country where even washing hands to avoid contamination is a luxury and…
I wishWriting Motherhoodhad been around when I was a new mom. Women deserve to own and record their words.Writing Motherhood—honest, practical and inspiring—helps us overcome our fears and unlock the thoughts and feelings we…
Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a phenomenon whose prevalence in many communities, societies and cultures across the globe has reached epidemic proportions. Women are the most affected and more likely to experience physical…
I WAS ATTACKED the last three months a few times by men just because of my thinking and my ideas - I am urgent defender of womens rights and I act in my life more as a man rather than a woman. THIS BEHAVOUR probably get men…
When my mother first set me on the path to producing her'stories about the network of women leaders she was coordinating back in 1986, I had no idea how that first story of a village woman leader would set me on a course of…
It was indeed a great day Friday 21st of February 2020 at Army Day Secondary School Bori Camp, Port Harcourt Rivers State. I educated the students on importance of tree planting, causes of climate change and how they can…
A l’occasion de la journée Internationale de la femme pour l’an 2020 ; sous- l’appui Financier de WORLD PULSE et l’accompagnement de SAFECO ; l’ambassadrice ZAWADI MUKAMBA a organisé en date du 18 Mars 2020 ; une conférence…
"I would fuck her so hard that she's be in a wheelchair" . This is one of the comments that was posted against Julia Hardy, a writer who works in video games , just because of the fact that she happens to be a woman in a…
With scaring news of the COVID-19 coming to us from all directions causing a high running shared sense of anxiety about the future, the physical distancing and self-quarantine now part of our daily experience while necessary…
“A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented #woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence”, stated Mandy Hale and I couldn't agree less when a cherished #friend asked me about what I…
Last year in the International Conference, Women Deliver held in San Francisco in USA, fifteen women were announced as World Pulse Ambassadors.Founder/CEO of the world's largest social network of women leaders,Jensine Larsen…
We as a nation can find funding for everything else. Until money is put back into opening mental hospitals and clinics to help treat these individuals. Public shooting is going to continue to happen, and senseless massacre…