My Future Belongs To Me
byImagine a young girl with so many dreams and ambitions living in a society that believes it has the rights and power to plan,…
Our Rights
Disability rights of women and girls are human rights
byI had an opportunity to attend the 19th session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), an independent body of…
“Lady”
byFor centuries we didn’t have a voice, We didn’t have a choice. For years we silenced ourselves with this so called idea of a…
#MyInspiringWoman: Say thank you to the inspirational women in your life
byTake a few moments to think of a woman, young woman or girl in your life who inspires you. Got that person in…
Learning Gender Norms: How “boys will be boys” and girls get left behind
byUnequal gender norms have a huge impact in early adolescence, especially when it comes to young women and girls and their sexual and reproductive…
Truth and Consequences: Striking a resonant cord
by[This post is originally written by Toby Simon, Board member of YWCA Haiti and reposted from www.convergenceri.com with the author’s permission. To access the…
What does peace mean to me?
byI am Mary Fatiya from the YWCA of South Sudan. As part of a project supported by Y-Global, I had the opportunity to participate…
Breaking the Taboo
byIf someone asked me before the training whether I wanted to deal with the topic of sexual and reproductive health, I would have hesitated…
The little difference and its huge consequences
byWomen around the world are violated because of the ‘petite différance’ , the little difference. This little difference means: because they are considered to have…
Self-affirmation journey
byI have been a feminist all my life. I wasn’t aware of it until I was reaching my twenties and when I started to…