Hello sisters! Today is V-Day! The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina! V-Day , February 14, is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, started by author, playwright and activist…
Valentine's Day... This holiday and observance started during the Roman Empire and ended up today as a day of celebration for professing one's love. Get a cup or your favorite beverage, fluff a pillow, have a sit down, and…
We share with immense pleasure that Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) has published my article on #MentalJustice in context of NT-DNTs & the #pandemic . Please read, reply, retweet if you liked! https://twitter.com/…
We share with immense pleasure that Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) has published my article on #MentalJustice in context of NT-DNTs & the #pandemic . Please read, reply, retweet if you liked! https://twitter.com/…
More Amanda Gorman by popular demand... February is Black History Month in the USA. I choose to kick off my celebration with a video of Amanda Gorman ...Poet Laureate, Teacher and Public Speaker. Amanda has a mantra that…
Ngankak Toko Virginie has more than five years of experience in disability rights. Currently, she is a teacher at Promhandicam, a school that promotes inclusive education for children with disabilities. Having faced…
I was born in a polygamy family of 18 children, I became disabled at the age of 3, according to the African culture it was a curse for the family, my mother was asked to abandoned around a river so I will go because I am a…
Growing as a young girl life has been very challenging.But I sometimes wonder how I overcome these daily challenges. Some years back, I lived with a family(a married man and wife,children grown up and out) here in Cameroon…
I was then 26 years old, living in a council tower block. A qualified nurse, married to a handsome man, with two lovely children. An outwardly ideal family. But also an abused wife. I knew what to do, where to go to report,…
This is such a beautiful space of hope I wanted to share with you one of the pieces I have written. I call them pomes cos they aren't quite poetry (or so I have been told). The art work is a painting of me done by my very…
Gender based violence is one of the touching issue which women/girls go through in society but the power to speak out sometimes is difficult.As Humanitarian/ counsellor on GBV I have come across a lot of terrible encounters.…
On the 25th December 1995 my dad died in a car accident and my mum survived.It was only after 3yrs my mum came to know her husband died that day of the accident because she was rushed to the hospital where she spent 3yrs in…
On the 25th December 1995 my dad died in a car accident and my mum survived.It was only after 3yrs my mum came to know her husband died that day of the accident because she was rushed to the hospital where she spent 3yrs in…
If someone needs to talk I m here for you. I want to help someone who has no support from those around her. Why? Because I know how bad you feel when you try to be better but you don t feel like you can do this and the other…
I believe that we women should be united and help each other. We shouldn't be ashamed that we are skinny, fat, to tall or short. We are all beautiful and this idea of the ,,Perfect Girl" is toxic. We should face the problem…
Domestic violence is not an isolated occurrence, but what is most worrying is the form it now has taken. "Maybe in the old days, we used to know the beating, shouting, and also stalking. "But now we are seeing a different…
Covid-19 Long Haulers - Post Acute Covid Syndrome. The patients that have recovered from Covid-19, have negative test results, improve, then deteriorate with symptoms unknown to the medical field. This has been known to last…
The United States Capitol Building, is the meeting place of the United States Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. On January 6th 2021 the electoral votes were being counted and…
That faithful day was the local market day for the villages. She herself has been a trader since her young age. She is a retailer of local cereals at her town. Market days are always on the third days in the week. According…
After years of constant activism, advocacy and support towards relieving the plight of many people living in Ghana and beyond, our good work has caught the attention of a ‘good Samaritan’ to nominate us for the 2020 Africans…
Several times I heard words from the community that a woman is to be guided and has no chance to lead,This statement kept my consciousness for a long time when the right time came I realized it was one of the ways in which…
Make Ups are good. It brings out the beauty in most ladies if everything is applied very well and accurately. It also makes others feel confident. On the other hand it can be used to cover up wrinkles on our faces hence…
Historically, women have been underrepresented in fields such as science, engineering, technology, mathematics and computer science. At the present, all over the world, women are shattering glass ceilings proving that a…
Um sol pela janela. Amo os mares do meu país. Viajar, por sinal descobri há bem pouco tempo e o quanto é maravilhoso conhecer novos lugares. A vida por vezes nos cércea prazeres por conta da condição social, assim como maior…
