My dear, sweet Little Soul, Do you know how much you mean to me already? Well, if you don’t, you soon will… :-) From the day that I started opening my heart up again to the idea of bringing a child into my life, in this…
Hello Dear Sisters (and Advocates), I promised Dear Kaye, myself, and our Dear Little Soul that I would someday sing one of my all time favorite songs, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," and continue to push myself out of my…
Every women dream to have a happily married life, a caring and loving husband and responsible. A husband who will not hurt the wife physically. When i was young i can see my parents arguing until my father try to shoot my…
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…
I am that child, with withered skin and bulging belly And sunken eyes too weak to look at mama I am that child, who’s angry at my papa For coming home empty-handed again I am that child, whose mother cannot look in the eye…
Hi there am Esther Natukunda. I come from Jinja Uganda east Africa. Am a mother of 2 and I raise my children single handedly because we were abandoned while I was pregnant and with a one and two month old baby. Life was too…
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,…
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…
When the first glare of the sun comes in through my bedroom window, I rise with gratitude for another day. Every day I try to do something that remains as a legacy, a poem, a drawing, a song, a speech, a hug, I share the…
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…
The story of my life and living cannot be complete without mentioning technology. To some, this may be blasphemy, but to me, who went through it, it is to the glory of God Almighty. The summary of my message is no one can…
My name is Esther I didn’t have a grace of being born into a famous and rich family, but got a grace of having a family that raised me in ways that can allow me to be a great woman in the world. After my secondary studies,…
There is a popular slogan in my community which goes “a woman’s enemy is another woman”. I deduced from this slogan that women are responsible for the insecurity of other women and this greatly affected me psychologically. I…
Even though I had been following World Pulse since 2009 when I read Half the Sky where World Pulse was mentioned, I didn’t “take the plunge” to actually make a difference like I so clearly wanted and needed until fall of…
Had it been today, I will have loved to be a different person than who I have become of today. That person I admire, that person who I will love to be molded around and be like in the future. My upbringing was very…
When i was first introduced to world pluse by a sister, for days i was filled with regrets on why i didn't know about such a platform lifting women 15 years ago, questions filled my heart ie: were they Really existing?. Each…
Im always impressed when I go to STEM classes at St Abigails Schools Isolo Lagos and I observe the girl children, what I notice always is their enthusiasm and most times they’re ahead of the boys in their class. We learnt…
to become her most of us go through it the chaotic journey of becoming ‘her’ along with the “oh she will break many hearts” and “can you please not spread those legs apart?” you know, the souvenirs of presenting yourself, as…
In a small tribe, where the fate of people was endowing with No Education , No awareness , No technologies , No facilities , No advance or modern way of Life , No Freedom , No ideas to flourish , No sense of living ….. as…
So this is Giving Tuesday 2020, called for early because of the crisis we are in. And here within World Pulse and beyond, a call for anyone reading this to think carefully and fully about whether you have some extra money to…
I am Phionah Serwanja a Ugandan, born in 1995 here in Central region. I joined this universal group of unsung activists for diversity and inclusion! I would like to talk about myself, work and Country in a slightly detailed…
Halloween is always bittersweet for me. My own traditions recognize this time of year as the halfway point between autumn and winter, in many traditions as night grows longer and darkness increases, a time in which we…
I am nominating Griffin Langhus because she is very courageous lady and always keep inspiring me when I feel low. She has also suffered a lot yet she never played a victim. Her determination, will and strength always fills…
I was wondering the moment I opened my eyes and in search for something. I set my blurry eyes across the window pane where the vivid reflection of the sky was coming through. It was mid – afternoon. I was about to close my…
I tell you my story because domestic violence is a huge problem around the world. It is a taboo topic in my country. It happens in public and no one step up to help. I met him and fell in love. The first month was perfect.…