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 ,…
Youth Leadership with Mental Health Justice Residential Camp 2019 It was fantastic to see our youth from Kolegaon and Bamanwada coming together yet again for another leadership training based on the module created by Deepa…
Still on #WorldChildrensDay . I’m proud to stand firm and champion for every child’s right to be heard. All children all over the world deserves a world free from fear and inhumane treatment. They need laughter, joy, peace,…
Some years ago, I read a magazine interview in which the initiator of an NGO that focuses on helping women with breast cancer talked about how a few women despite knowing the dangers of delaying treatment refused help. A…
Was told you must respect your husband so much that whatever he says is final. Today I realized its a subjective criteria: Husbands are wrong at times.
A child is a gift to a society. Every child comes with an inbuilt capacity to effect a positive change in the community. Children must therefore be allowed a right to full childhood, The accepted age of maturity is 18years,…
En RD. Congo, il est constaté qu’en matière de lutte contre les violences basées sur le genre, les avancées sont plus particulièrement au niveau des textes juridiques. En effet autour de nous, les inégalités entre l’homme et…
‘You can’t be laughing that loud!’ My aunt warned at my cousin’s ruracio. “Well, too late.” I thought to myself and ignored her amidst laughter. This wasn’t the first time I was getting criticized for laughing out loud.…
Hey, hey! It’s Monday and here comes my promise. First, thank you all for your feedback on my previous blog posts. I hope you are well. Imagine, I almost died ☹ Last week, my housemates and I cheated death by a whisker. Did…
"A Great Mother" By Husna Murad (Written in 2000 ) A flower of heaven spreads smell on the Earth By her laugh, divinely light cometh By her sorrow, I see the total eclipse of beauty in this world. She is but the gift of God…
November 8, 2013, exactly 6 years ago when the most devastating weather system smashed the heart of the Philippines the Visayas Region. Six years had passed but the memory is still clear, the terror is still there and I can’…
Earlier this year, I reconnected with an old friend. Our conversation was regular, run-off-the-mill, touching upon our every day lives, when things took a different turn. Something brought up an old memory of abuse at the…
Dear Family, The further I go in my journey of self developement and discovery, the more I am convinced that the future is female. And that contrary to what society has indoctrinated into us, women are women's only ally and…
Whatever life pushes at you is a stepping stone. Whatever situation you find yourself in, accept it and scale through because nothing good comes easy. People may not like you;you don't even want everyone to like you because…
The results of PIFEVA 2019 research in the mining area of Kamituga on the situation of violations of workers' rights in the mining zone indicate that state agents and private employers do not respect the rights of these…
My name is Chinedu Amarachi Ogbodo, a second year Law Student in Enugu State University ,from the Easthern part of Nigeria. There's a lot of injustice that is being metted out on women. The affluent and the intelligentsia in…
Good morning My last blog post! It clearly did not go well with some of my friends from the Public Relations field. Well, I had no intention of fuelling and igniting the silent rivalry between journalists and PR…
One day she returned suddenly. I left all hope about her before and may be she also forgot me alike. It is normal. I was never able to give her anything that will help to remember me. But I could not find out any reason to…
बदलते निसर्ग चक्र , रासायनिक खतांमुळे होणारा शेतीचा ऱ्हास याचा मानवी शरीरावर व शेतीतील मातीवर होणारा दुष्परिणाम तसेच शेतकऱ्यांचा उत्पन्न खर्च जास्त व मिळणारे कमी उत्पन्न यातुन होणाऱ्या शेतकरी आत्महत्या व उध्दवस्त होणारे…
Hello Everyone, Spent the past weekend being Transformed by the Bioneers Conference experience. Three days of great Keynote speakers and Workshops. Documentaries were another incredible contribution to the three day event.…
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the right and the ability of all individuals to decide over their own bodies, and to live healthy and productive lives. Addressing SRHR is the key element in…
hi im fatma maleta from Dar es salaam Tanzania. I am second born and i come from a community where there is lots of limitations , rules , everything feels like its set for you from your birth , people think they know what…
The morning sky had been a beautiful shade of blue giving no inkling that the evening would be so dreadful And grey Her shoes slipping along the sidewalk Her clothes slopping wet The wind And rain plastering her long weave…
