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…
Her eyes are the color of sadness The soul is chained with scars Body broken, withered Her heart in a flame of pain And she wonders Do they feel my pain? Where's the key to the shackles? Feel it sweetheart They hear you,…
Marita is sitting opposite to her friend. She has decided to seek to advise because she feels at crossroads in her marriage and her life. The first few years had been exciting for her but after 5 years, her marriage goes…
An inspiring true story of one of our beneficiaries: At the age of 14, Kadzo got married to her husband Kazungu, a 25-year-old herdsman. The couple had a daughter and lived in a small hut in Adu, Magarini sub-county, Kilifi…
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…
At the start of this year, i made a conscious decision to commit more time and effort to taking care of myself. I knew if i had to be more efficient then i will have to be the best version of me and that will mean not only…
One of the Sustainable Development goals outlined by the United Nations is education, and stipulates that each country should avail opportunities and resources for provision of education to its citizens. Through education, a…
How often have you heard that women should be part of peace processes or negotiation tables because they are inherently peaceful, because agreements that women help negotiate have a greater chance of remaining in force or…
Congratulations! It's a baby girl, said Doctor to parents! The story of almost every girl. When the parents heard this news that she is a girl, first comment from the grand parents came "We thought it's a boy" or "We expect…
What’s the purpose? The purpose is that we EMPOWER each other with our creative messages and stories from all over the world, with a multicultural, multilingual, beautiful, piece of art that inspires, speaks to us and…
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…
" I nearly fell into trauma when I first heard ; I would have to go through a minor surgery because of breast TB lump. I could remember myself shivering with fear while entering operation theater. I didn't know what was…
An Eternal Sleep Born as a twig of an Almond tree, In distant heaven called Kashmir. Lilac in colour, skinny in shape. With wide brown eyes curvy in shape. Soft like silk, innocent as Dove. Engulfed in my own cosy world. My…
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 "…
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…
Today I celebrate ME. I celebrate the the Girl child in Me. The Girl who had a pen but could not write, the girl who knew nothing before womanhood, the girl who lived in ignorance, and today the mother whose life is full of…
"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…
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.…
My name is Melucha Catsossa, degree in Anthropology in Mozambique, I am 27 years old, i am Mozambican, I am an orphan of a father and mother since I was 12 years old and I was chosen by an American Peace Corps teacher to be…
I weep for our mothers and sisters in cameroon who gradually lost their children, husband, houses and property due to voilence. The killing is much, the pain we feel is deep, seeing our own people acting like strangers to us…
बदलते निसर्ग चक्र , रासायनिक खतांमुळे होणारा शेतीचा ऱ्हास याचा मानवी शरीरावर व शेतीतील मातीवर होणारा दुष्परिणाम तसेच शेतकऱ्यांचा उत्पन्न खर्च जास्त व मिळणारे कमी उत्पन्न यातुन होणाऱ्या शेतकरी आत्महत्या व उध्दवस्त होणारे…
When I look back throughout my life, I just realized the most painful moments have been the best moments of my life. I simply wouldn't be who I am today if I didn't endure the pain and challenges that I faced, I wouldn’t be…
My first trip to Reykjavik, Iceland and with the luck and happiness to receive the POWER TOGETHER award for my work with Thelma Mafukidze on our campaign PeriodPride-keepourgirlsinschool The award is given to organisations…