My name is Gumato. I was named Gumato since I was born on a Friday. I just tured 21, two days ago. I was born and brought up in a nuclear family with a very humble background. My mum and dad did not go to school. I have…
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…
As a victim of Gender Based Violence and Sexual Abuse I struggled with low self-esteem and inner shame. I could go for an event and even-though I am well dressed I would hear inner voices telling me Toyin you do not fit in,…
As a young girl, my happiest moments were those times when I was close to nature. That means swimming in the beach or a river, trekking in the countryside, walking on a hanging bridge overlooking a dam, playing outside in…
On the 1st of April, I received a distress call from our women' coordinator at our new office at Ibasa riverside community; she said “this is not April fool Olutosin, baba Lucky has wounded mama Lucky
I am excited to welcome you here! My name is Olanike Olugboji (Greengirl) . I am the Program Coordinator of Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE). It may interest you to know that "being green is what makes me…
A ODE TO ALL MOMS Though I do not know anything about Pregnancy and stuff , have heard from my friends and sisters, I may not know but i wud like to pen an ODE Its not a lyrical 1, somehow been on my mind from a long time.…
I have every reason to thank God Almighty for the wonderful vision that he gave to me. To begin my "Empowerment Walk" round the impoverished communities of Cross River State, Nigeria, in search of the poorest and most…
We mainly use the word empowerment in most of the programs or activities in the communities we are part of, we use the word empowerment in school, work, church and other organizations. It is also familiar in social media…
I was sleeping and I was waken up by noise from far " uuuuuu, uuuuuu don't kill us please". I heard people crying then I waken the other family members and their children to know that there is danger around. We were all…
She was just a child herself. She was however, expected to wake up daily by 5am, to help her wards... the children of her caregivers... get ready for school. When they leave home, she dare not go back to sleep because, that…
As a young girl, Sudanese Voices of Our Future correspondent Halima Mohamed Abdel Rahman was circumcised at the hands of the elder women of her community. Now an advocate for the practice's abolition, she shares her own story and calls out for reform.
Sexual violence is a global pandemic. One in three women experiences sexual or physical violence – most likely from their intimate partner, according to a report from the World Health Organization. There is an urgent need to…
By Mariya Taher As an alumni of the Women’s Foundation of California’s Women’s Policy Institute, I was invited to attend a storytelling workshop hosted by StoryCenter in March 2017, in which I created a digital video story…
At my first sight of life in a refugee camp, I could feel more secure by filling my stomach, from climbing an active volcano to digging into mice holes searching for the ones that are alive, not worried about them biting me…
There is hope for everyone! It was somewhere in the 90's, that I got to understood clearly the interpretation of this word "AIDS". It was a very sensitive word to use then! You have to be very careful with how you used it.…
Motherboard. This is the name of the internet facility that I wish to put up where women and girls can learn how to use a computer, surf the internet for knowledge and solutions, share their thoughts and stories to the world…
Life gives us rocks to break and rivers to cross. The rocks I was given have always been harder and my rivers deeper. I was born in Kalacha, Kenya, at the heart of the great Chalbi desert. I had no close relative as I was…
