Have you ever met a male feminist? Male feminists are few, but they do exist. Even though I have not met many of them myself, but I have always known that there are men out there who are not only understanding of women's…
It is undeniable that COVID has altered how we live and work. Lives continue to be lost, and hospitals and health workers have been overwhelmed with patients suffering from the virus. Though efforts such as social distancing…
Migration is such where one moves elsewhere seeking greener pastures and this is why we as humans continually move. It is a way of life and this I truly believe was what my parents had in mind when we left Nigeria and moved…
The Women's Monument Tour was inspired by a post written by Nini Mappo , which includes the works and concepts of artist Sethembile Msezan e in reference to monuments being absent for women. So I started The Women's Monument…
Faith lives in Makueni County, Kenya, a farmer by profession married, with five children and three grandchildren. Her parents were farmers, and she followed their footsteps. Her husband purchased their land while working…
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…
Think education is a matter for governments alone? Think again. The value of the online education market will reach some $350 billion by 2025 and the engine of this growth is private sector innovation. The COVID-19 pandemic…
The mobile and digital gender gap is not going to close on its own. We need to collaborate and take coordinated action. A global pandemic was far from Sandra Misiribi's mind when she joined Good Health Community Programmes…
“I should be better than this by now.” This is a thought that I said out loud during a recent therapy session. I felt like I was talking about the same problems and anxieties that I always talk about. I felt like I’d done so…
Gayle Kimball, Ph.D. author of Climate Girls Saving Our World, 2021. The power young people hold within us is invincible. It is we who together are going to solve this. Greta Thunberg Over 50 girls and young women from 30…
Kenyan AIDS activist Inviolata Mbwavi died on 29 July 2020 in Kakamega, Kenya, at the age of 48 years. Ms Mbwavi was the first Chief Executive Officer of the National Empowerment Network of People Living with HIV in Kenya.…
Dear sisters, I missed you all very much. I have been with you in thoughts and prayers all those months I have been away. World Pulse has become such an important part of my life, career and achievements. It was tough being…
This March 8, 2021, Busayo invited some of us adult women to speak with girls in her home area. How special it was to be there with them for the morning, in school together and celebrating International Women's Day. And how…
Be a happy woman, and who is a happy woman? A happy woman thinks about happiness of her home. A happy woman puts together her resources to support the growth of her home. A happy woman never test until her children are all…
This year's celebration of the International women's day remains exceptional with the existence of COVID-19. This might be as well a good time to assess how it has gotten a direct correlation with women's empowerment and…
L Over the last few months, I’ve been hearing a lot about this new social media app, signal. I tried it last month. And I really don’t get why people prefer talking to strangers, while they could use that time to call their…
2020 was a hectic year but look how strong, beautiful you came out of it . Never stop believing in your dreams. Have courage to live that life YOU want. Work hard accept challenges and build your castles one by one. Remember…
Most often in Cameroon persons with Disabilities are always left behind in all decisions making and even from the issues that concerns them, the Presbyterian Community Rehabilitation Services ( PCRS) to break up the barrier…
It has been a while since I ever self-talked! Many philosophers have found a cure in it; in self-talk I mean. What do I mean when I say cure? I don't necessarily mean an end process. Nothing is forever, not even healing. No…
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,…
What a sad movie where a young girl of 15years put to birth after 9months of gestation will have the nerve to throw the baby beside a stream near a police post and nobody sees her. There are many reasons why she did so she…
As girls in Africa, we have grown up in households that sensor sexual conversations, there is a lot of mortification that comes with having these kinds of conversations. Oh! the embarrassment ; Prompting us to eventually…
Hair Love, an Oscar®-winning animated short film, Sony Pictures Animation by Matthew A. Cherry Please enjoy this heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time. This is a…
Ou friend and partner, Ruth Bach Svendsen from Danish Lutheran Mission in Arusha, Tanzania tells: With the LMU project "Schooling for girls", the Danish Lutheran Mission has during the last months been visiting more than 30…