Reality of life or real life sometimes seems a bit cruel. Cruel in the sense that in real life we are compelled to do something we do not like or very hard to do. It creates such a situation under which we should sacrifice,…
The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, acting through the Office of Public Affairs, is pleased to announce a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Women’s Empowerment Small Grants Program. The program…
I run a platform called Mums and Stories in India and I have been seeing since the last one year on the number of stories of real life experiencesthat have been shared on our platform. It makes a visible difference to the…
Organised by the group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrates in the European Parliament, in collaboration with PES Women, Young European Socialists, Rainbow Rose and the Global Progressive Forum, the Step…
Aliya Bashir The hall is brightly illuminated and students, engrossed in books, are awash in light. Silver-colour iron cabinets—some with glass panes and dangling padlocks and others wide open—have covered each wall. And…
I am from a country wherein our dress code is not defined by religious beliefs. Until the war in the 90s that caused thousands to escape to neighbouring countries. Sierra Leoneans both Muslims and Christians wore ‘docket and…
IF ONLY children's bodies were all the same until puberty! Every child attending school prior to the age of 11 or 12 would not only be the same but be TREATED the same. As it is, we still ascribe differences to children…
My experience of "work" is legal and office jobs in the UK and New Zealand, and a smattering of teaching English in a small town in Thailand. So I don't pretend to know - other than through clients - how women suffer doing…
Ce 11 octobre 2016, la Journée internationale de la jeune fille fête ses 4 ans! À la date d’aujourd’hui, 131 journées internationales sont célébrées par les Nations Unies[1] dont: la Journée internationale de tolérance zéro…
Lately, there seems to be a fascination with women's Islamic fashion! Images of modern Muslim women engaging in everyday activities while wearing anything from the very conservative burqa, to a simple head scarf, to burkini…
Last week,Safecityhosted a TweetChat forWomenSeriouslyat the Dublin Launch of the Peace Tables in Ireland. This TweetChat was conducted to mark the beginning of the worldwide discussions called Peace Tables especially,…
“Women regardless of the level of economic development in their community or nation, have less access to better and faster transportation resources, display different or more complicated patterns of travel and are more…
Today on #Sayftychat we will be discussing all about Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). What are the barriers to disclosure, whats the support available (or not) and at what age should children be taught appropriate body awareness?…
There comes a point in everyone’s life when there’s no return. You pass the point of certainty and assurance. The doors close. The windows are nailed shut. Surviving is too much. The darkness embraces you in a warm blanket…
https://www.gofundme.com/2mw9g753 Hello my name is monica richardson. I am a single mother of a beautiful 6 year old girl and we are in desperate need of hel coming up with the money for an apt. I work part time and the…
Rape and forced marriage are the final destination of values that see women only as objects, not human beings. It is always right to question how and why those values still have currency, and call them out for what they are…
An analogy (pronounced a·nal·o·gy ) is a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification. Whenever we encounter an analogy in the Bible, our task is to find out what the analogy is all about in…
http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Horse-Droshki-Ken-Villers-ebook/dp/B009EF1WJK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1439785987&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Stone+Horse+%26+Droshki+by+Ken+De+Villers My father's book, "The Stone…
Hi, I am Sabiha and is Founder of VNoW i.e. Virtual Network of Women. We have another co-founder i.e Betty Mbithi from Kenya. She is from Entrepreneurship background and have a decade of experience with micro financing…
I was happy being born a girl still unaware of the threat to a woman in this world! Everybody smiled and gave me love in my childhood. I was happy or May be i was still not in a state to differentiate those who loved and…
There are some moments in the midst of a conversation that take your mind far away from the conversation itself. While talking to a friend of mine a few days ago, my argument effortlessly took a feminist turn. I can’t help…
Educate Girls development impact bond aims to help improve education for 18,000 children in Rajasthan, India. The Educate Girls bond is a results-based financing mechanism, through which the UBS Optimus Foundation provides…
“I know it sounds crazy, but I think this is what people need. I think we could change the world.” My conversation with Milly was optimistic as usual, she doesn’t really think in any other way. We always talk big, and dream…
There is a big problem in Latin America, which is the lack of resources (money), knowledge and opportunities for professional development. In order to find a solution to this problem, I launched a non-profit called Ekpapalek…
There are memories that stick in your mind for the rest of your life ... either in that part of your mind that you very rarely decide to visit or perhaps they stay in some obscure region of your subconscious. Yet, time to…
