Even with the assassination threats she faces, Malalai Joya , often called “the bravest woman in Afghanistan,” speaks out—naming warlords and telling the international community what it must do now.
Yesterday you asked If I was done painting myself Unsure of that question I did not answer But today I can confidently reply Yes, I was done Painting myself for the day Today is a new day
There are sensitive issues we often hear people talking about. But because of their nature you need to approach them with princess feet. I hope I’m doing this right. Pictured in this post, you will see a young girl, her…
I recently went to a protest demanding justice forMichael Brown, the unarmed African American teenager who was killed by a police officer this August. The police officer who killed him got no punishment, rather, the police…
Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of rape cases, followed by Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, in 2013 across the country which witnessed over 33,707 such incidents. A total of 4,335 rape incidents were…
O Kasturi! Your song Captured me, Your smile -- Enraptured me. Who are they That defined your beauty But missed your dignity? Be strong forever Dear sister For you, your mother Your boys and others. NOTE: Kasturi is a…
Hello beautiful people! I am thrilled to announce the release, coinciding with International Women's Day, of the anthology, "Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan." The book features my new…
"Lying along a pool of crimson liquid that draped her body like a Sari, the woman lay naked, except for the firy eyes to speak on the bright daylight that exuded from her tangled hair and sealed the convulsions on her lips…
I'm delighted to share that a few thousand women, children, gender minorities, youth and men united under the Karnataka Rajya Mahila Dourjanya Virodhi Okkuta (Karnataka State Forum Against Atrocities on Women) celebrated…
The session which brought together over 100 young girls started with a warm welcome and a brief introduction by the founder of Theodora Anavhe Adamu Foundation Odion Anavhe. In her statement, she noted that It’s not easy to…
The session which brought together over 100 young girls started with a warm welcome and a brief introduction by the founder of Theodora Anavhe Adamu Foundation Odion Anavhe. In her statement, she noted that It’s not easy to…
For the past few months, I have been working on launching my digital literacy program in Pakistan to bring digital empowerment to girls and women. A lot have happened since and I sit down to share this exciting development…
For the past few months, I have been working on launching my digital literacy program in Pakistan to bring digital empowerment to girls and women. A lot have happened since and I sit down to share this exciting development…
Dear Pulse Friends, "It will take seismic shifts in the world to eradicate child slavery once and for all. Beyond economic reform, it's a matter of education, of human rights, of political and personal will. Perhaps that's…
We are an NGO based at Jaipur Rajasthan working to Promote Gender Equality & Women Empowerment (UN MDG Goal No 3) since 2013. We started a Program named Jagriti 2 years back after the Nirbhaya Gang Rape at Delhi which…
A few days before one of our students who was going back home from the school, was harassed by a few boys, this was not first time but she never told it to anybody according to her, she was scared that her father will kill…
I am Abiramy Sivalogananthan former undergraduate student of the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh However; by writing this piece of work, I would like to reflect how did an educational insiture could change a young…
On the last day of International Anti-Street Harassment week on 2015, The Asian University for Women`s, Speak up club members went out to streets in Chittagong, Bangladesh to create awareness about street sexual harassment.…
I am very happy to announce that Malee Kenworthy a nursing student from America and an art Enthusiast is teaming up with me to transform women lives’ through art; she is under formal training at Roaming Studios based in…
I recently launched an online campaign ‘Work To Equality,’on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2015. The campaign is a result of a brainstorming session on issues faced by women currently working in technology field…
Shamim Ara lovely is a Bangladeshi women leader. She is working with Bangladesh mohila leauge. She is visited more than 20 countries. We are helping her to lead her work as a network.Today, women worldwide are demanding…
