Children of Conflict: Syria to Kashmir Sumera B. Reshi According to the UNICEF, childhood is the time for children to be in school and at play, to grow strong and confident with the love and encouragement of their family and…
Shibani Chakravorty (writer of this blog) is currently pursuing Psychology Honours from Delhi University. Writing, reading and photography are her main hobbies. While she loves experimenting with art and video-editing…
bonjour Comme annoncé , j'ai crée une petite structure AGUI FASHION qui fait dans la déco ethnique, fabrication des accessoires en tissus pagne, raphia paille et autres et la promotion du made in Cameroun et la…
I am an educationist, women's rights and interfaith harmony builder in Pakistan. When I was 13 I had to face religious discrimination in my school for my Christian faith therefor I left the school and made my own school in…
Concentration Camp called Kashmir Sumera B. Reshi A few months ago, I read about the atrocities of the Nazi regime that during the first six years of their tenure how Hitler and his cohorts detained thousands of Germans and…
This pain sucked all my blood. This pain parched all my tears. Deep, profound and cavernous pain. Strange, weird and unexpected pain. Baffling, mysterious and unresolved pain. Never did I witness such a pain. It is something…
Dear Members from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan We would like your help in completing a survey to gather information from civil society from the 56 countries of the United Nations Economic…
I Appeal to the Civilized World to Save Kashmir from Forced Occupation of Kashmir. Since the last 12 days, Kashmir is in the siege. There is a complete communication blackout from India. O' civilized world have mercy on my…
Beyond gender, beyond humanity. What’s more human? She carries the shame of a mauled vagina. He, blood between his legs, the loss of masculinity in his head. Invasion. Torture. Rape. Has no gender. Often, the most important…
I am Kashmir, secluded and chained. I was a paradise now I am surrounded in uncertainty. My inhabitants are pushed to a dark bend of no return. The murky nights persist casting its vicious spell on its people. And morning…
I Reject Forced Occupation of Kashmir. I am in chains, I have been locked. I am Gaza, I am Kashmir. My days are dark, my nights horrific. My sunshine is dim, my rain poisonous. My happiness has been grilled, my people…
I WISH, I CAN... My nights are lonely, bizarre and horrible. I don’t know what shall be next. Never have I been so desperate as I am now. My people are locked like a dump flock of sheep. As if even the wind stopped to travel…
Criminal Silence Sumera B. Reshi I called my father and I asked about his well-being. Recently, my father was diagnosed with some ailments and the doctor was monitoring his heart rhythms so that he can find out the actual…
When I was on that stage of being "broken" I tumbled across the book by Iyanla Vanzant "In the meantime" and my understanding and motivation was that, being in the meantime? According to author and inspirational means being…
Safecity conducted a workshop in collaboration with Gupshup at Kamla Nehru School with 80 students including both boys and girls on 16th April, 2019. The subject of the workshop was Awareness on Street Harassment. It was…
On 19th April, Yeshna Dindoyal @_Yeshna conducted a Tweetchat on – “Busting the myth of Girl on Girl Hate” The Tweetchat began by asking the question what exactly was girl on girl hate. The audience responded that there is…
On 17th April, Safecity conducted a tweetchat with @TheGenderLab about their fellowship program and youth for change. The chat began by noting the biggest challenges for young girls in India and what can be done to bridge…
An inspiring true story of one of our beneficiaries: At the age of 14, Kadzo got married to her husband Kazungu, a 25-year-old herdsman. The couple had a daughter and lived in a small hut in Adu, Magarini sub-county, Kilifi…
One of the Sustainable Development goals outlined by the United Nations is education, and stipulates that each country should avail opportunities and resources for provision of education to its citizens. Through education, a…
The NPI/Conflict Prevention & Recovery Program (CPRP)’ aims to engage new and underutilized partners to expand and amplify the Agency’s work, particularly in contexts at the risk of, or recovering from, violent conflict…
Hi, my name is Yvette and this is my story.A year ago, i decided to go and work in Kuwait because i thought that i was going to make money very easy. There was a job opportunity to come and work as a house help and i decided…
Does workplace sexism exist? Yes, it definitely does. The Heads of HR, Occupational Engagement, CSR and a member of an Internal Committee showed us real life examples of workplace harassment. We conducted a workshop creating…
"The death of a beloved is an amputation.—C. S. Lewis" Being a parent and mostly a mother who carries a baby for the whole 9 month and goes through labour pains, that pain cannot be described BUT in the end it is the fruit…
That after 5 pm brownies mom used to bring after her office hours That midnight "did you sleep?" sneak-ins from dad That sacrifices and love filled services from your younger sister That gentle smile and excitement of…
