I was 9 years old when I started my menstrual cycle. My mom had a ‘talk’ with me one day. She told me I would see some blood in my panty and that it’s normal and I don’t need to worry. It will happen every month. I would…
Often we are bogged down with the problems of life and the rush of our busy life. Often we don’t have time to sit down with our family or friends and talk about our problems. We are so caught up in work. We get so stressed,…
Finding out that you're pregnant while in Primary School is probably one of the most terrifying things that could happen to a girl. While teen pregnancy rates have been on the decline for decades, Kaloleni constituency is…
i am who i am and i can change my community, growing up i always thought of creating ways of which us the girls can take in order for us to be recognised and treated equally like our male counterparts. at the age of 17 i…
Synopsis of my interview: The Feminifesto Podcast, The Red Elephant Foundation, Breaking the Silence Campaign, Breaking the Silence Worldwide Foundation, Menstrual Hygiene Management, Women's Empowerment, Domestic Violence,…
There is so much emphasis on the weapons and tools of security personnel and processes to counter violence and extremism, but the resources needed to reverse the dangers that lurk where insecurities are hatched - in the…
Why celebrate International Lesbian Day? Here are some reasons, beginning with: Honouring the life and death of Monica Briones A creative and different woman," titled a magazine of the time with a small profile of the artist…
Marked on my calendar for this afternoon was to watch and listen to a broadcast called Indigenous Sovereignty is Climate Action. It is a call to action by a well known and very active group here in Canada and across North…
Widowhood: A Double Headed Monster The drama was shocking, it was a hot dry season period in my village when the “Sun set” (metaphorical way of saying that the king has died. According to my tradition, kings disappear, they…
Last night I sent my 24-year-old daughter down to the kiosk at the end of our neighborhood street to purchase a phone card so I could make some calls. It was around 7:00 p.m.
Ten year old Rani starts her day early at five in the morning, to finish all the household chores, take care of her two year old brother when her mother makes it to the brick factory all for a meag
The power of technology is inescapable. No matter how hard you try living without it, you will always be overwhelmed by its effect somehow! I personally tried not to be taken away by technology.
Mine Was a Battle from the Start! Some fifty years ago a nobleman found love with a pretty lady. He was a clergyman and she, a cashier. She happened to be one of his very committed church members. That man was my father. He…
Uphold women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights with me! My organization is Common Action for Gender Development . We need your support to help girls and women to take charge of their sexuality without fear of…
I am famous- and notorious- in a few small circles for publicly sharing parts of my life that others would not even dare whisper to their families. I have gone on television shows to speak about being diagnosed and living…
Let's Build Bridges for Widows and not Walls I saw them,they were women they were not men.They spearheaded the act on her.They stripped her naked,tortured her and shaved her hair with a rusted,unsterilized blade.They were…
The United Nations has declared that FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women. In 2015, there was a landmark ban on FGM in Nigeria, and the international community have prioritized ending FGM in the new…
Today, a London youth stabbed on August 1st will be buried. His parents are Sierra Leoneans. I watched the news on the day of the incidents as distressed neighbours and colleagues of the young man expressed their worries…
Today is World Disability Day and here is a basic definition I got from the world wide web: Collins dictionary defined disability thus: "Disability is a permanent injury, illness, or physical or mental condition that tends…
This world pulse #impact reminds me of a British movie entitled IMPACT! Those of you who might have watched it will at a point in time agree with me. It was a very nice love story depicted. Even though the end was tragic, it…
My Name is Achieng Violet, I come from a fishing village in Busia, on the shores of lake Victoria which is shared by by the 3 East African countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania. I am Kenyan and ex my husband is Ugandan. We…
On the new year's day when people woke up happily to say happy new year to one another, we woke to hear the crying of horror from a hotel not far from our home. The cleaners of the hotel was going round to clean the rooms to…
