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CAMEROON: An Open Letter to Body Shamers
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Leila Kigha takes a stand against society's beauty standards, exchanging self-hatred for body love.
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leila Kigha
Posted on Jan 26, 2017
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CAMEROON: My Father Became an Accidental Feminist
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Through her leadership and achievements, Clodine proved to her father that girls are a worthy investment.
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Clodine Mbuli Shei
Posted on Jul 06, 2017
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SIERRA LEONE: What Living through War Taught Me about Love
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As conflict overtakes many parts of the world, Mariama Kandeh remembers the civil war that uprooted her childhood in Sierra Leone.
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Mkandeh
Posted on Jun 01, 2016
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PERU: Don’t Make Me Choose Between My Profession and My Son
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For Enmita Marin the reality of being both a doctor and a mother in Peru is far from what she dreamed as a girl.
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Enmita Marin
Posted on Jun 23, 2016
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NIGERIA: The Internet Restored My Voice When Doctors Couldn’t
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A botched surgery took away Vweta’s ability to speak. It didn’t take away her voice.
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Vweta
Posted on Jul 07, 2016
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KENYA: My Dad Sent Me to School and My Whole Family Benefitted
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Education allowed Sabdio to escape early marriage and send her younger brothers to school.
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Sabdio Roba
Posted on Sep 06, 2016
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NIGERIA: Activism Is a Forever Job
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In 2014, Bring Back Our Girls became a rallying cry. Years later, the message is as important as ever.
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QueenVirtuous
Posted on Feb 16, 2017
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CAMEROON: She Never Imagined She Would Go Back to School
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Cordelia married at age 14 and never had the chance to complete her education. Now, decades after she dropped out, she's back in school.
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Nakinti
Posted on Jul 18, 2017
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US: Bringing My Village Together in Palo Alto
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A traditional Greek men's café is making a comeback in California—this time with women front and center.
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MaryJaneM
Posted on Dec 08, 2016
NIGERIA: Access to the Internet Is Access to Life
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Through her own empowerment story, counselor and social entrepreneur Obisakin Christianah Busayo illustrates the impact of women's Internet access in her country.
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Busayo Obisakin
Posted on Jun 28, 2011
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KENYA: I Was Ostracized for Having Twins
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Tragedy and superstition nearly tore her life apart, but now Immaculate Ammoit is fighting back by empowering girls in her community
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Immaculate Amoit
Posted on Jun 30, 2016
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CAMEROON: Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Technical Education
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She was once called “Madam Builder” as an insult. Now Sophie Ngassa commands respect for her technical prowess.
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Sophie Ngassa
Posted on Dec 20, 2016
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KENYA: The Unused Voices of Democracy
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Troubled by voting apathy among Kenyan youth,Morode makes a case for participation.
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Morode
Posted on Apr 04, 2017
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UGANDA: I Will Support the Elderly in My Community No Matter What
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After befriending an old woman most had written off as a witch, Apio Josephine discovered her calling.
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Hope4
Posted on Aug 15, 2017
Grateful for a Platform to Listen
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Now is the time for people of privilege—especially those of us who have the lived experience of white people of privilege—to listen. To let others lead. And to stop thinking we have the answers. Today I had the honor of…
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Dawn Arteaga
Posted on Jun 04, 2020
Women Rewire the Web
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With ingenuity and resourcefulness, women are coding new strategies to bring more women online and empower them. World leaders and technology firms should be paying attention to their solutions—and backing them up.
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Jensine Larsen
Posted on Apr 23, 2014
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NIGERIA: Americans, Learn From Our History of Resistance
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Following the US election, Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale issues a call to kindness and unity.
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Olutosin
Posted on Nov 17, 2016
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RWANDA: Our Periods Should Be a Source of Pride and Power
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As a storyteller for positive change, Blandine Umuziranenge is working to end the shame around menstruation that she experienced as a teenager.
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Kadablah
Posted on Mar 16, 2017
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CANADA: Sacred Lessons from the Matriarchy
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As an indigenous Cowichan woman caught between dueling cultures, Sharon Lewis strives to fulfill the hopes of the strong women who raised her.
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Cowichan Th'wulhalem
Posted on May 11, 2017
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RWANDA: Emotionally Healthy Girls Can Transform the World
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After overcoming rejection and emotional abuse in her adolescence, Lillian Uwanjye knows what it takes to help girls in her community rebuild self-worth.
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Lillian Uwanjye
Posted on Jul 11, 2017
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CAMEROON: Why Do Women Always Pay the Price for STIs?
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After contracting a sexually transmitted infection, Sally Maforchi Mboumien is working to change attitudes that unfairly place the burden of treatment and prevention on women.
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Sally maforchi Mboumien
Posted on Aug 08, 2017
My Life, My Kashmir
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Ather Zia pierces the shroud obscuring one of the world’s most enduring conflicts—a brutal 60-year dispute between India and Pakistan over her homeland of Kashmir. Some, including US President Obama, say that resolving this conflict may be the key to peace for a region plagued by violence.
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Ather Zia
Posted on Feb 26, 2009
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CANADA: A Quantum Shift for Women and the Planet
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A lifetime of activism, participation on World Pulse, and a study of quantum physics give Tamarack Verrall hope for the future.
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Tamarack Verrall
Posted on Jul 28, 2016
What's the Point of the Revolution if We Can't Dance
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Jane Barry and Jelena Dordevic met with activists around the world to discuss the culture of the women’s movement and uncovered a disturbing trend: We’re deeply unsettled in our work, and it’s affecting our progress. It’s time to change that .
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Posted on May 13, 2010
INDIA: The ‘Yes’ That Changed Our Lives
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"These young girls made me realize that learning is a joyous experience."—Dr. Lulabi Pattanayak
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Lulabi Pattanayak
Posted on Jul 08, 2015

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