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Saving and creating a future that is female
On the idyllic hilltop in Ebinat, a group of 20 women are meeting and greeting each other. One of them is carrying a small lock-box that looks like a treasure chest.
Read moreChanging within to create change outside
If you want to change the world, start with yourself first. This saying particularly holds true when it comes to changing gender norms.
Read moreShe didn’t have much but lost it all: the heartbreaking story of a conflict survivor in Ethiopia
Almaz is one of the 1 million people who were displaced during the most recent ethnic conflict in Gedeo and West Guji zones in southern Ethiopia.
Read more“Our only home is gone, in the blink of an eye"
64 year old hasna single-handedly supports her family of 6. On 28 September their home was destroyed by the Indonesia earthquake
Read more“I want to help other women to be stronger”
More than 330,000 survivors lost their homes after the Indonesia earthquake and were forced to live in makeshift tents
Read moreHaving left everything behind, Amreh created a new life in displacement
Amreh is one of the 1 million people who were displaced during the most recent ethnic conflict in Gedeo and West Guji zones in southern Ethiopia
Read more“This is it. The end-of-world is here”
9 month pregnant Citra describes the situation as the Indonesia earthquake hit in September 2018
Read more"They raped me, and they beat me with their guns"
She holds her gaze when she looks at me. Her eyes cannot lie. She is a survivor, still fighting to overcome the trauma. We meet in a refugee camp in Uganda. She tells me the world must know what she has been through. On her lap sits her daughter. A ...
Read moreForced marriage and violence, girls feel the pinch in South Sudan
“I felt like it was better to die than marry someone I didn’t know,” says 17 year old Mary (not real name)* from Torit in South Sudan. This is the pain Mary feels six months after she was nearly forced by her family to marry a stranger.
Read moreWe can only do our best
Whenever I speak about my country I feel pain and sadness. The place I lived in my entire life which carries so many beautiful memories is being destroyed in front of my eyes. And with each story we see or hear in the news we feel like nothing will ever ...
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