You're a SUPERWOMAN, I salute you!!! You are smart, brave and forever will rise. You are the newest heroine of the century. Throughout time women have exuded strength and resilience against all odds, strived for and achieved…
Every 20 minutes in India, a woman is raped. Her dignity and consent are taken away from her and her case ends up in a pile of similar cases that will most likely never see the light of day. Only the most gruesome cases are…
Lets be clear: gender based violence doesn't just affect women. It affects girls, especially school girls. In my country, you will be surprised to know that minor and teenager girls face more violence than adult women face,…
I always believed that to win the fight against gender-based violence, we need more leaders at the grassroot to address this issue. Those who live in villages know that women face more violence there at every step but cannot…
We are observing the 16 days of activism in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state. We mobilized local women, community leaders, brought together an honorable judge and other legal experts. We discussed ways to end…
06 December 2019- 10 year girl raped by 41 years old man. He raped during her school movement time. He gave her 30 rupees money and did that culprit work. He was arrested by police. बुटवल । गुल्मीमा ४१ वर्षीय पुरुषले १०…
Of course, I'd be smitten from the moment I see you, from your charms and your goodness of your heart. I'd wanna have those long talks and laugh and all. I'd wanna hold your hand and walk through the parks and beach. But…
Pakistan’s education system, comprised of six levels, is considered to be lacking in certain ways. From the issue of the underdeveloped and substandard academic system in rural areas to the low rates of female literacy, the…
Almost 25 years ago I made a change in my life to walk away from violence. Hurt and troubled it took me a long time to speak about it. To not be angry including with myself. To reconcile myself. To understand that the root…
Hey, hey :-) It’s yet another Monday, here we go. In my previous blog post, I posted several survival tips on how to make the festive season feel wonderful if you must spend it away from your family and in winter. Don’t let…
The Kress Conservation Fellowship program provides competitive grants to museums and other conservation facilities to sponsor supervised post-graduate fellowship opportunities to help develop the skills of emerging…
The International Peace Research Association Foundation invites applications for the Dorothy Marchus Senesh Fellowship in Peace and Development Studies for Women from countries in the Global South. Every other year (…
A group of about 30 young men just passed our apartment, shouting "We want Justice" . On any other Sunday evening, they would have gone completely unnoticed, especially in a neighborhood like ours which is close to two…
I become dilemma disoriented about all things in every time and every second. But I know techniques of removing this lacking is through, viewing self weakness and how to improve in the future. Therefore, I always try to…
Kinship Fellows join a community of practitioners, where they continue to network and collaborate to address environmental challenges. The global network of 282 Fellows in 51 countries across 7 continents is collaborative,…
Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity is seeking applications for the Climate Change Challenge 2020. How can communities move towards a low-carbon circular economy by eliminating waste and utilizing existing…
Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity is seeking applications for "Innovation for Peace and Justice Challenge" 2020. How can displaced populations access affordable and quality services that are…
Yesterday marked the first day of 16 days of activism. And to me social justice is absolutely the fundamental right of any human, irrespective of whether they are men or women. Staying in South Africa, I have realized that…
In our everyday life we always hear that “sex and sexual appeals are natural”. We are always told that opposites attract each other and by “attraction” it is always considered “sexually”. Well I am glad to let you all know…
Mother is the synonyms of care, sacrifice or selflessness. Mother’s love to their child can’t be compare with any love in the world. For a child, mother is so special that it is difficult to express in words. The bond…
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…
“A woman who is starved for her real soul-life may look “cleaned up and combed” on the outside, but on the inside she is filled with dozens of pleading hands and mouths”. - Clarissa Este Pinkola To women who write to me ,…
In Pakistan, the situation is all too familiar for female doctors. Though women outnumber men in the country’s medical schools, more than half never end up practicing after graduation day because they are forced to give up…
What exactly is the future of formal education in Nigeria? With over 8million out of school children (highest in the world) and the spontaneous degradation in our academic structures and competence? what measures have we put…
“What I spent, I had What I gave, I have And what I kept, I lost A powerful saying with more in-depth meaning. What ever we possess in this world as humans it is all from mother nature. We humans in this fast moving world…
