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PHILIPPINES: There is Beauty in Our Differences
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After a difficult birth led to a cesarean section, Karen Axalan was shamed and judged. She reminds us that, as women, it is the uniqueness of our experiences that give us power.
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Karen Quiñones-Axalan
Posted on Apr 27, 2018
A Future Without Female Genital Mutilation
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Personal experience
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Halima Rahman
Posted on Aug 02, 2009
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KENYA: The Day I Was Cut
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As a young girl, Sarah Sofia looked forward to the day she would be circumcised. When she entered high school, she learned the truth about the painful and unnecessary practice.
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Sabdio Roba
Posted on Apr 04, 2018
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CAMEROON: I Will Not Let Disability Silence Me
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Ndi Veronica Ngum grew up with a disability that threatened her independence. Now, she’s a powerful disability rights activist working to empower others.
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Veronica Ngum Ndi
Posted on Mar 22, 2018
Peace Is For Everyone!
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I have a dream; a vision where all beings and living organisms live in harmony…. everyone lives in peace, and balance has been restored to the planet. Women and men, alike, embrace all their feminine and masculine traits; or…
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Jill Langhus
Posted on Sep 26, 2018
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INDIA: One Toilet Started a Body Dignity Movement
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Deepa Pawar organizes women and girls in her slum community so they won’t have to experience the same indignities she faced.
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Deepa Pawar
Posted on Oct 10
UGANDA: My Father Saw My Worth When Others Saw a Debt
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Bystanding up for his daughters, Agnes's father showed how men can be allies for women's empowerment.
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Agnes Igoye
Posted on Aug 24, 2015
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UGANDA: Love, Work, and Sickle Cell
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After her child was diagnosed with sickle cell disease, Juliet Acom made it her life’s mission to educate others.
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Juliet Acom
Posted on Apr 18, 2018
Have you ever felt invisible?
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I have! For most of my life, in fact. I think most people think it’s best (and easiest) to be the youngest in a family, but I beg to differ. It is true that there can be advantages, or perceived advantages. Yes, I was babied…
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Jill Langhus
Posted on Mar 18
The letter I can no longer wait to write
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The awakening A few weeks ago, Women’s Hour, a BBC Radio four programme dedicated a week to discussing the menopause. I remember waking up each morning, anxious for when the programme will come on air as women from all works…
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Vweta
Posted on Mar 07, 2018
“THE WEB WE WANT” WHEN THE WOMEN WEAVE THE WEB
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It was like we parted yesterday as we waved to each other in the crowd, my World Pulse sister Olutosin and myself.
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Obisakin Busayo
Posted on Feb 22, 2014
The 'Missing' Girls Of India: A Woman's Fight To Find The Answers
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Call it mass murder. Call it female homicide.
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Mukut
Posted on Jul 13, 2013
OUR CULTURE IS KILLING US IN SOME PART OF CAMEROON; WE NEED TO FIGHT THIS!
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CAMEROON - As I try by all means to suppress my thoughts on the maternal health issues plaguing my ethnic group, I received a call from a fellow friend in one of the villages that make up my ethnic gr
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Nakinti
Posted on Aug 05, 2013
Another Dream
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Sometimes I am teased because I have so many dreams and visions. But this is who I am. Setting aside visioning and dream time for me is like drinking water. It nurtures me and keeps my spirit alive. I believe that part of…
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Jensine Larsen
Posted on Feb 10
WHY WON’T MASSACHUSETTS PASS A LAW TO STOP Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGM/C)?
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Hi everyone, I wanted to share an op-ed I wrote for the Fair Observer. I work with the Massachusetts FGM Task Force on passing legislation in our state that would allow for education and outreach, provide civil remedies to…
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Mariya Taher
Posted on Jul 03, 2018
On Changing the Narrative; My Weakness, My Wealth.
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Women today face a lot of challenges simply by virtue of being born a woman. These challenges are even more pronounced on women in third world countries who are burdened by a lot of dos and don’ts set up by a patriarchal…
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ARREY- ECHI
Posted on Jul 05, 2018
The Future of Security Is Here
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This International Day of Peace, hear the powerful perspectives of your World Pulse sisters.
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Jensine Larsen
Posted on Sep 19
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CAMEROON: I Wish My Mother Had Taught Me about Sex
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Iyamail would have made different choices as a teen had she known more about sex. Now she’s determined to help girls today avoid her missteps.
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iyamail
Posted on Apr 18, 2017
Encouraging Sickle Cell Warriors to Explore Nature's Amazing Pharmacy.
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There’s something that usually always comes to mind when people hear sickle cell anemia. There are still a lot of people who believe those of us who live with sickle cell cannot live without blood transfusions and as such,…
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ARREY- ECHI
Posted on Aug 03, 2018
It should not hurt to be a woman
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Finding me, is definitely the top most priority at this precarious juncture of my life. My identity, my voice, my dreams, and my suffocated screams – I need to address these!
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Aminah
Posted on Apr 26, 2013
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PAKISTAN: I Am a Fighter
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Vlogger and journalist Laiba Zainab has been blackmailed, harassed, and threatened for daring to stand up for women’s rights in Pakistan. She refuses to be silenced.
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Laiba Zainab
Posted on Nov 22
My First Story
Education for the Girl child too
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I have never felt reduced as a woman, until I became part of this community am going to be narrating some experiences I encountered for the time I spent there. As a teacher and an educated woman, I was previledged to serve…
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bubohevet
Posted on Oct 16
GENERATION OF ABUSE: AN END IN SIGHT
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It is my decision to name myself Olutosin 3, it is not out of sheer ignorance or lack of deep thinking, it is because I could see the generational abuse rearing its ugly head in my life.
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Olutosin
Posted on Nov 02, 2012
Hell in High school.
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I joined high school in 2006 and one I thing I remember was how impolite people were with me, how they segregated me because of my size, how they treated me because of how I looked like. I do not know who defines beauty in…
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Dorothy Nabakooza
Posted on Feb 26, 2018
THE WOMAN TODAY…
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The Woman today is a shadow of herself because of what happened yesterday The attitude she has today, is a reflection of her yesterday. The timid woman today, is a reflection of what she went through yesterday. The…
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Tumanjong Miranda
Posted on Mar 06, 2018

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