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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 one of your stories that highlights a breakthrough you have had in your journey to realizing how truly amazing you are.
Latest Stories
Afiya Shafiq (25) born and raised in the Netherlands, life as an Afghan and Russian girl
Dear person reading this, let me introduce myself! My name is Afiya Shafiq, 25 years old, born and raised in...
711 Heal My Hurts
Life’s storms ⛈️ may be unpredictable, but one ☝🏽 thing is for certain - the rainbow 🌈 will follow. Keep...
Accepted. Funded. Rejected.
I was born as one of six daughters in a South Sudanese polygamous family—where, from the very beginning, my worth...
The rest is still unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield was onto something when she released Unwritten. Staring at the blank page before you. Oof. It’s like a...
Born Too Close to the End
By B. A. ⸻ Chapter 1: The Womb of Death I came into the world fragile, almost nothing. My tiny...
Warriors Without Swords: The Unstoppable Power of Women
A woman is the full circle. Within her lies the power to create, nurture, and transform.” – Diane Mariechild A...
A letter to able-bodied people
Dear able-bodied people, Can we please agree that praying for a disabled person to be healed after they’ve said no...
To my late mother, Latika
My mother who passed away in 2013 in Nashik city(India) used to tell me her story of going to school...
Broken To Brilliant
I Wrote On Here Multiple Times On Here. My Recently One Was About My Baby Sister “Mariah Symone Sanders” On...
We live to continue his legacy
I had promised myself that i would document every step of grief , but i wasnt very ready of the...
Stuck
There's a lot I wanna say to you but cant. I can't explain why you just changed my whole life...
Losing It All While Finding Myself
I am a child of trauma who grew into an adult shaped by it. The earliest pieces of my story...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
Much stronger than I thought
I was in GOTR during my 5th-grade year (2009/2010) of elementary school in Charlotte, NC. It was the first time I had a sense of community, especially being a Black...
SPEAK UP
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape and to childhood sexual molestation. I am a 32 year old woman.Growing up in a...
Remember
Sometimes we forget how tough we are, how resilient. That even in the most awful, difficult and painful circumstances, we come out of the other side. It almost feels impossible...
Do the Work
Several years ago, by most people’s standards I had it all. A great career, a home, a committed relationship, dedicated to community service and I traveled some. What people didn’t...
How I found myself
Hi, I'm a teenage girl who hadn't found herself until this whole coronavirus happened. When a song starts playing, I can't stop myself. I just start singing, and I don't...
From Invisible to Invincible
Twenty years ago I was absolutely horrified of public speaking and silenced by shame. I have conquered countless health challenges, financial challenges, relationship challenges, and vocational challenges. Every form of...
Speaking your Truth
Scientific publications as a tool for gender discrimination
Not until did I enter the master program that I could understand the meaning of gender discrimination deeply. My master supervisor always used to say that women are inferior to...
Empowering women Empowering society
INDIAN working women (IWW) is a community initiated to promote women empowerment. We have a group of nearly women Pan India who are working under this platform, which works through...
Living the Truth
I didn’t grow up with the language young people have these days around gender and sexuality. I was 19 when I first met my first gay person and that encounter...
You are the change
As a girl growing up in Kenya, a patriarchal society with a strong cultural heritage, I knew from the onset that achieving my goals was not going to be a...
It was not my fault
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape. On the 21 of July 2021 a scene happened,I was raped,by a guy I know.It...
Never Stop searching for your purpose.
Hi My name is Chris but my friends call me Chrissie. This is my story.... I am one of 5 children 2 sisters, 2 brothers, I am the middle child....
Love
Mentorship: A Pathway Out of Poverty
It is a story being told by video, and so I've included the link in this form. It tells the inspiring story of Procedure Chikosi, a Mentor at Girls Time...
Should I leave or stay
Hi I'm sweety I'm from a middle class family I am a nurse. A year ago I got married and it was an arrange marriage everything was good. But after...
You are worthy. You are loved. You are powerful.
My story, of course, like all amazing women, started at birth. I knew from childhood I was different. I saw things differently. I was softer in my response to situations...
My experience with some dumb bullies (yay)
This is my 1st time on this website so I'm sorry if this is bad heh. Well here we go I guess. I have haphephobia Or also known as the...
You are NOT alone????Scars to your Beautiful
When I was little I grew up in a bad neighborhood. The people who were in my house were not trustworthy or safe to be around. My biological parents were...
Golf cart
Around the time this happened I was around the ages of 8-10. I was with my nephew (11-13 at the time) driving my moms golf cart around the house. We...
Self-Empowerment
I started to do things I love
I am someone who just got out of depression. And something that pulled me out was music and my own imagination. I tried explaining my feelings, that feeling of not...
The Voice of a Survivor
During the three decades I have lived as a woman, I have experienced, felt, and witnessed many discriminatory practices, especially harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation and child/forced...
From There To Here – Simply Mary
Simply Mary From There To Here In her own words. 2017 www.simplymarymusic.com Take the Journey along side Simply Mary in the creation of the Album Freedom Bound and the doorway...
It was a case of maintaining peace. Peace of mind.
Leading up to the year of me going to high school I remember experiencing feelings such as excitement, curiosity and gratitude, and contentment. Little did I know that would not...
Life on wheels you can still face the world with a beautiful smile:)
*Life On Wheels You Can Still Face The World With A Beautiful Smile*:):) I Have Overcame Many Challenges , Obstacles & Giving Up Was Never An Option.. *Life On Wheels*...
Remember
Sometimes we forget how tough we are, how resilient. That even in the most awful, difficult and painful circumstances, we come out of the other side. It almost feels impossible...
Trauma
Putting Robin Together Again
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood rape and other forms of abuse. Putting Robin Together Again Innocence Lost What doesn’t kill...
SUNSHINE after PAIN and STRUGGLE
One thing I have come to realize is that there is only one me and I am awesome and wonderful even if I don't see it. Life can be painful...
The Courage to Leave An Abusive Relationship
“A woman in an abusive relationship tries six or seven times to leave before she is successful.” This is the statistic the DSHS caseworker gave me as I sat in...
Madison Story
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape and trafficking. Hi my name is Madison kokes I am from Nebraska I had always...
The Guilt of Staying Home after Baby
Have you all noticed the shift in what the average American household consists of? If you are unsure of what I am exactly implying, I mean… have you ever looked...
Perseverance
When you were younger, did you ever think that life as an adult was going to be easy? Simple? Full of happiness every day or a Cinderella wedding? Well... that...
Other Topics
Missing my dad
My dad was my hero. He was my rock. He was always there for me. He was cheering me on at every skating, basketball, and soccer event that I had....
No Stigma Just Love!!!
Many people believe that having mental health issues is a choice, that people choose to be sad or depressed, or that they would get better if they only knew how...
Stories Lift Us Up
VIDEO: Margaret Kyakunda Mubanda talks with Elisa Gambino, One Production Place, about #ThePowerOfStories to lift us up, to educate and to inspire ourselves and others.
Turning Point of An 18 Year-Old Girl
I'm a girl who is 18 and was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer 5 months ago. It was right after I took the university exam that I learned about it. I...
Thinking Global
Growing up, people most often identified me as the “dark-skinned girl” or the “charcoal seller’s daughter.” I come from a community where most daughters end up taking over their mother’s...
Alice- My strength (from me to me)????
This is a story of an Empowered Girl- "Alice"! A baby girl with snow white like appearance born to very loving and caring parents, they named her "Alice". They grew...