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…
It was a wonderful evening after work that Thursday night and we were all relaxing at home with some sitcom and all of a sudden there was uproar outside our building. By the time we got there, an elderly woman was holding a…
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…
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…
The year 2020 was difficult, globally, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated human and economic losses. But the conditions in Iraq are always different, more precisely, always worse. The year started with the…
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…
I'm so sad and I wish I had every power to change the situation around me.They government lie to us by saying that they've got funds for us if we wanna create jobs.It is so sad that whenever people try to make a business in…
On a strange sweet day in June 2007 when I arrived Germany, alone, flying from the oppressive, male-dominated, misogynist society of Iraq, to a liberating land, something caught my attention during my taxi trip to the German…
There is hope for everyone! It was somewhere in the 90's, that I got to understood clearly the interpretation of this word "AIDS". It was a very sensitive word to use then! You have to be very careful with how you used it.…
What a dark cloud it could be, when you love a man, who is your husband for 26,years, and it become realization that he never cared for you and never loved you back. He never cared about your feelings your emotional or…
HOW DO WE RAISE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MALE ALLIES Bringing Up Boys Speaking of synchronicity . . . for the past 3 weeks I have been thinking I should write a post on how young men can be taught to treat women equal. For 11…
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…
{1} A thirty year old woman Asking permission from her husband "Should I cross the road " A thirty year old woman {2} I and my brother Have no resemblance What should I say at the hotel reception He is my husband, I and my…
Food for thought in this trying times. "if you loose money you loose much, if you loose friends you loose more, if you loose faith you loose all" "The hand that wipes your tears when you fail is much more important than the…
This poem says it all. "When a woman's voice becomes stadium-sized becomes the squealing breaks of an 18-wheeler becomes bomb blasts, chainsaws, and jackhammers going off simultaneously, shaking the walls because no one has…
The Rewards For Starting A Chapter In Your State Or Country. Be A Inspiration & Blessings To Others First of all you will be able to make awareness of our woman movement in your State or country. I will give you the…
HOW DO WE RAISE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MALE ALLIES Bringing Up Boys Speaking of synchronicity . . . for the past 3 weeks I have been thinking I should write a post on how young men can be taught to treat women equal. For 11…
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 stood for 10 minutes everyday, for the past 16 days. Today, I made my final stand on #istandwithher 16 days campaign for gender safety, equality, equal opportunity and empowerment. I would like to share my submission on…
Ma petite disertation sur de la Résolution 1325,la paix et la sécurité. Cette résolution reconnaít les effets des conflits sur la vie des femmes et souligne leurs contributions souvent négligées à la résolution et à la…
He dragged himself like a sack of cement He made himself the ridicule of onlookers. The green glass of intoxication has been his haven for ages It was his friend, his weapon, his woe She, on the other hand, was the enemy,…
Girl From The Street The street knows you well We call you a street girl The street doesn’t give birth to you Who send you to the road or what pushes you? I know you had parents before What changes your residence and brought…
My name is Janet Merlo. In 1991 I was accepted into one of Canada’s most iconic institutions, the RCMP, to be a police officer. Like the thousands of others who joined, I had a fundamental desire to help people. I did that,…