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Welcome to Say It Forward, where every woman & girl is encouraged to share her remarkably unique story of overcoming the fears, personal beliefs, or circumstances that have held her back in any way. We are grateful to the women & girls who have already shared their stories and invite you to read them. We hope you will be willing to share a story that highlights a breakthrough you have had in your journey to realizing how truly amazing you are.
Latest Stories
The three stories most recently posted...
(not)Healed.
It all started during COVID. The first time I remember vividly other than the other times was when I was trying on my old clothes and It didn’t fit and...
Continuethe day my world shattered
The world crumbled around me that morning. Waking to find Ben, my love, my partner, unresponsive, was like plunging into a nightmare. The frantic scramble for the phone, the desperate...
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I don’t want my father to love me. As far as I can remembrer, my father was always a family man. He was more a family person when it came...
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A rotating collection of past stories…
Doing the impossible
To whom it may concern, I hope you are well and having a good start to the new year. This year I have made it my mission to share my...
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In Bloom Not Broken – Mental Health
I have suffered with mental illness for most of my life starting with self harm and depression at the age of 14 which then led to anorexia in my 20’s...
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She speaks
Some days , when the day is too tough and the night are too dark , I console myself with some poetry really want to forget I really do But...
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“I was going to finish that sentence.”
Well into my career, I was in a meeting with a great group of intelligent, successful and confident business leaders. I respected every one of them. They were all men....
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SUCCESS STORY CREATING AWARENESS TO STOP TUBERCULOSIS IN NIGERIA. My name is Dosumu Oluwafunke, a mother, a wife and a Graduate from university of ilorin Nigeria. Am a TB survivor....
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I ďesided the only way to get my story to the world is the worst possible time in my life. I had to write an essay for my a class...
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Stories submitted by women under 30…
Life from hell
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape, other forms of violence and abuse. My name is Scarlett Rose, I am 19,...
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“This story is something we need to hear”
VIDEO: Mushairat Mamun shares her perspective on how stories can help make the world a better place in this short conversation with Elisa Gambino, One Production Place.
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STRUGGLES MADE BY A DUMB BRAT(SANIA AWAN)
I’m the person who doesn’t open up to anyone so close even then how I’m going to share this is not so easy. I’m the girl who suffered Allot of...
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The Word No is Sacred
My story highlights issues around gender violence in groups and attitudes toward women’s civic activism and women in politics. My main message is to show the relationship within the activist...
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I picked this story because it’s my own experience. I was traumatized deeply from that, and it was very hard for me to get out of this experience and get...
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Forgive Yourself
I wanted to focus on self-forgiveness, for blaming ourselves for justifying and normalizing violence. I think [violence] is often happening in our society, but I think a lot of people...
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