Gender violence plagues Afghanistan and my family is no exception. The patriarchal structure of our culture makes it rampant. The pervasive silence makes it everlasting.
Almost four years ago, I made the biggest decision of my life and certainly one of the riskiest. I quit my corporate job in the aviation industry where I had worked for close to two decades. Why? I decided to pursue a dream…
"I was very hesitant to add my voice. I was worried about how the world would see me, worried about the prejudice or stigma I had always felt", she confided in me. "I felt the victim and felt guilty that I might have done…
There's a reason why the first thing we often ask someone when we meet them, right after we learn their name, is "where's home for you?" Being as old as I am (not giving away my age- LOL), I’m unable to fully answer this…
The sky is darkened and so is the air suffocating whether we walk through the destroyed and demolished lanes of Syria, or through the forests of Africa, whether on the open streets of a democratic nation like India or in…
Let me take you through my beautiful country, Cameroon where our women have an age-long tradition of advocating for peace and security. Thrusts in West and Central Africa, Cameroon is bound by Equatorial Guinea to the…
Hi, my name is Yvette and this is my story.A year ago, i decided to go and work in Kuwait because i thought that i was going to make money very easy. There was a job opportunity to come and work as a house help and i decided…
I delayed justice for myself for eight long years by keeping quiet about my injuries from the man who had vowed to protect me in the church in attendance of close to a thousand people of our congregation. What kept me away…
I am Kekwi Linda Kanjo a peace activist and livelihood trainer. I get to communities with the gospel of peace through the teaching of income generating skills. I believe one reason people get into violent activities is…
#I_stand_with_Her_from_Algeria . Today on Friday 22/11/2019, Algeria has seen different campaigns leaded by women from all the regions of the country, all girls and women have been out in the streets yelling « Against women…
I love meeting my World Pulse sisters wherever I go, or whenever I can especially in my country. Here is how I finally met Nakinti. I first connected with Nakinti right here on World Pulse after reading her beautiful story…
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 shot my mom…
World Pulse (Exclusive)- Publication of a video clip depicting a scene of two men in blue-police uniform- brutally flogging a young woman in public, has provoked a wave of anger in the middle of Sudan
Getting my education was a challenge. My father died just before I was born. My mom was illiterate, jobless – a destitute widow with six mouths to feed besides her own.
The moment I have been waiting for is here. Justice for Delhi paramedical girl , who the nation named "Nirbhaya "has come through today in a Delhi court. Nine month's wait has been worth it!!
I come from an African community in south south Nigeria where women are seen as useful; as wives, care givers and for family multiplication. Girls are a delight for their deligence in domestic chores until they are married…
For the last one month, I have been engaged in a discussion on rape in an egroup belonging to the Kom Community –one of the principal ethnic groups in the northwest region of Cameroon. Though a great kingdom, it is embed in…
Really, this month has been so hard for Congolese women in the area of Beni in North Kivu. Almost one hundred killed in the last week. That brings the official tally to around 1150 in the last 2 years. When you look at the…
I am a Single mother who lives in a Small town called Gboko, Benue State Nigeria. The rate at which teenage girls get pregnant here is very high. Most have to leave school and are sent away from their homes. Some attempt to…
