by admin | Oct 14, 2019 | Women
“I want to be a queen, a strong queen.” – Mary They live in Nyal in South Sudan and call themselves the “Noura (love yourself) Nyal” kids. “We should be able to love ourselves more and be allowed to dream about having a better life, a better future.” one of the...
by Ellie Farmer | Aug 16, 2019 | Women
“I’m proud of the work that I do. Because when I help the population it helps me as well. We’re all the same. We have all experienced the same difficulties. So when you are able to help people you have to help them the same way you were helped. That’s it!” Françoise...
by admin | Aug 13, 2019 | Women
Anora is 16 and from Tajikistan. She has a blackbelt in Taekwondo. “Taekwondo for me is like life because we have ups and downs. We have some problems in society. Violence against women. We have some stereotypes. In our society boys think that girls cannot do sports....
by admin | Aug 13, 2019 | Climate change, Women
“Climate change is real. In this country it is real.” Shukri Haji Ismail Bandare is the Minister of Environment and Rural Development in Somaliland. Somaliland is facing climate change now and Shukri is taking action. “In the last 10 years it...
by admin | Aug 9, 2019 | Women
They’re recovering from an earthquake and coming back even stronger. From the woman training and employing women to weave, to the women building houses and bringing clean water to their communities. Nepalese community members spoke with two amazing women from...
by admin | Nov 25, 2014 | Rights, Women
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. November 25th is a day set aside to raise awareness and trigger action on this global problem. Here, Nay el Rahi tells us the story of Nada, one of the beneficiaries of the Women’s...
