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…
On the day of International Day of the Girl Child I share a poem I wrote to depict my life after I walked out of a marriage where I was beaten physically and crushed in my spirit and the light at the end of the tunnel. I…
All women who join World Pulse amaze me because everyone is insistent on improving themselves and the world around them. It takes courage and little steps. Sometimes there are setbacks but sometimes those are a setup for a…
Will some one cut my chest, just to check my heartbeat and my lungs. Am I really normally, Am I the only person who smiles during the rainy cold days? Am so afraid, it is the last thing that has ever crossed my mind. How…
As I was told that a "woman belongs to the kitchen" and that mentality and concept robbed me my own time and stage of being a young woman who loved education and believed that education was the only meal ticket out of the "…
I am a woman who lives in Pakistan. I turned 23 this year, and the past few years have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride. I have seen good, bad and worse times in my life, and no one in this universe can invalidate…
Like migrant workers can not be separated from female figures. As released by the National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers (BNP2TKI) as of October 2017 shows that female migrant workers account…
Yesterday marked the first day of 16 days of activism. And to me social justice is absolutely the fundamental right of any human, irrespective of whether they are men or women. Staying in South Africa, I have realized that…
I belong to a small village of Pakistan where Sister Zeph is working day and night to transform lives through education, awareness and skills. I am on number two among three siblings. My elder sister I and our younger…
Super excited! On 3rd December 2019, I was honored to join the Global Goodwill Ambassadors team. Global Goodwill Ambassadors recognizes and appreciates the good work an individual does for the humanity in the society. The…
Wounded, lost and Bruised Lot By: Sumera. B. Reshi Look here, and look there Look around, and everywhere Everyone is lost in their virtual world Some for love, and some for fun In the offices, schools, and colleges They’re…
How I have waited for this special day? I have longed to expose this especial camp to the entire world. Today, is my day and definitely nothing is going to hold me back. I will speak with confidence and with hope. Perhaps…
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…
I am a 12,year old orphan girl,.I stay in a well known orphanage and so am amongst the privileged few to go to a good school and have a social worker and mentor to take care of my needs. I sometimes do sit and wonder,do I…
I woke up that day, truly excited to follow up on the results of the US election. From the beginning, I was very mesmerized by the whole process-the primaries, the building up before the debates, the debates themselves- this…
"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…
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…
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…
Lull Not Peace It is in lull not in calm. Its inhabitants are tongue-tied. It is now the Valley of dead and gone. It is the Valley of Kashmir, sieged by cruel occupiers. Often in reverie, I recall, its lush green terrain.…
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…
A group of over 250 activists, academics, students, artists and concerned citizens of Gujarat wrote this letter to declare solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir, who have been silenced and held captive in their own…
Thank you for this group. I have a little WhatsApp group in South Africa called Storm in a Teacup. We join ,just simply because we are women facing the same problems . And collectively we solve all our problems..And believe…
All around the world beginning from today,more voices with her,for her and to her,saying stop the battering, stop the emotional abuse,the sexual abuse,the physical abuse and let her free. We shout with you sis wherever you…
Actually this is a story not about me but one of my friends from university days. Back then I was doing masters and used to stay in girls hostel of Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur. There we met as she was also doing her…
I met Immah in Mombasa early this year however I have been following her work online platforms. Immaculate embodies sisterhood, uses available resources to impact women and girls not only in her community but across Kenya…
