WORLD PULSE been a place where I've found great, inspiring, motivated, strong women. Whom I've seen as great leaders and mentors and I'm willing to learn from them. As a single mom I want the best for my daughter and…
Will you marry her? I remember as a kid I grew up watching tamil movies. So for a pretty long time my definition of romance was cringe worthy. But also there was also something disgusting in those movies. The rapist marrying…
Three years ago, when she was 14, Khatonde started selling things by the roadside to help her mum out at home. There she met a 35-year-old man who offered to take care of her and help her with school supplies. Adjoa ended up…
Change is what keeps us moving and meaningful, especially in a women life. From a kid,to a girl, to a women .. the changes are so natural. As these changes happens the life style of each women also changes. Are these changes…
Newspapers and social media in Kenya are awash with news of cases of women being murdered , some by people they know , others by people they met on social media. Sadly , the blame by society is often on the female with…
It is not new that Iraqi women live like hostages in a patriarchal society that denies them a multiplicity of rights. In addition to the culture restrictions and norms, the strict religious discourse that imposes a blockade…
What I think we can do is to continue to create awareness against Gender Base Violence/ Sexual Gender Base Violence in our communities. We need to take the awareness to the schools for the students to get the knowledge at…
My Angel Gabriel He kicked me in the womb at 5 months he knew that the knife I held to my chest was the sign the message he brought amidst all my pain was that God wasn't done and I still had a lot to live He just seemed to…
Since the outbreak of COVID we as a organization has been doing a lot of work. We were able to train some volunteers from few slum communities to monitor and report SGBV cases. We were able to celebrate the International Day…
I was fortunate to be in an environment last weekend where it occurred to me that even though I had felt I wasn't where I wanted and needed to be, I should be eternally grateful for the gift of not just life but also of…
My name is Aminata Devine Umah Kamara. I am a proud 26 year old Sierra Leonian Future Women's leader. I am a Senior Customer Care Representative at Easy Solar, where I have worked for the last 4 years, and an upcoming…
Sexual and gender-based violence is ubiquitous and exists across the peacetime-wartime continuum. In both contexts, SGBV is a representation of the dominance and aggression exercised by the patriarchy over women’s bodies.…
Gender equality is one of the issues that is causing issues in our society today.If a woman is successful at the age of 30 and she is not yet married she will receive critics .Does being successful has anything to do with…
When I first started preparing for the activity with migrant women, I had no expectations other than to fulfill the classic goals of the workshop, to become aware, to show, to talk, and finally to conclude the topic. This…
We as a Organization is grateful for our level of work even in the absence of money. The issue about GBV/SGBV is coordinations. The child who was a abuse by a gentle in her community that cause her to experience internal…
I cherish my pastoralists environment where human beings and animals understand each other. When I asked the elders of my land whether they know how corruption has disabled Africa, they told me corruption is a disease they…
Growing up, i really wanted to be someone important in the community maybe a Doctor or a lawyer but becoming the woman I am today, had never crossed my mind I am sharon Jesscah from Kenya.A social entrepreneur,a counsellor…
According to the World Health Organisation(WHO), Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." An important implication of this definition is that…
Growing up, i really wanted to be someone important in the community maybe a Doctor or a lawyer but becoming the woman I am today, had never crossed my mind I am sharon Jesscah from Kenya.A social entrepreneur,a counsellor…
The Women's Monument Tour was inspired by a post written by Nini Mappo, which includes the works and concepts of artist Sethembile Msezane in reference to monuments being absent for women. So I started The Women's Monument…
It has been over five years Since I accepted a date with you We have had our days, the good days when all is well and The bad days when everything just seems to bleak And there are those days that we are flying high like a…
our vision to get more support to keep reaching out to the vulnerables and needy. We are working towards bettering the lives of vulnerables people especially violence victims but we need financial support to make our work…
I have been part of multiple forums and a board director or an advisory board on many organisations in India. Women Empowerment has become a new gender game and a new concept where women are elevated to a level where they…
Since I joined and wrote my stories on World Pulse I have received a lot of replies to motivate me. Though we haven’t gotten partners/sponsors but I know my being part of this great group will connect and improve our…
I am Catherine Kollie-Gbidi From Liberia and the Executive Director of Women For Positive Actions. Our organization is a NGO that advocates against violence that women, girls and Children are face with. We identify with the…