My name is Samira Kohdamani. I was born in Afghanistan, in a country where war and insecurity were part of daily life. My childhood was filled with both challenges and...

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‘It’s a wonderful life after all’ such a refreshing saying to hear no? If only it were true… At each point of our lives, right from the Palaeolithic Age till...

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We are celebrating 100 episodes of The Power of Stories podcast, a podcast by women, about women, and for women. We send BIG THANKS to each and every woman who...

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After high school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I was really lost. I knew I wanted to make something of myself. My dad was...

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Ni watu wachache sana wanaotambua mchango wa wanawake katika uhifadhi wa mazingira. Utafiti unaonyesha kuwa wanawake huathirika pakubwa na mabadiliko ya hali ya anga na majanga ya kimaumbile. Hata hivyo,...

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Hi! I’m Riya, a 17 year old lifelong learner, tech enthusiast and innovator. I started off being a student researcher under the Hospital for Sick Children, where I was exploring...

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I was born with a condition called hypotonia which is weakness in muscles.i went through bullying, and being laughed at because of the way I talked,walked and it made me...

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Over the 48 hours since the news broke about the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Row v. Wade, I have cried, screamed, talked with many people, considered the various actions...

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Jaden was born the oldest child in a home of domestic violence. She lived in the home until just before her 4th birthday. Both of her younger sisters had life...

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Hello, It’s Suchismita Ghoshal addressing her life’s story to motivate the distressed people out there who think they will always be stagnant on the point of failure. Hailing from a...

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My name is Nancy but I go by many names depending on who is addressing me. Some, actually one person, calls me kitten. Others refer to me as “bade” which...

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Hi.. I have been looking for places that can help me to share my story, I am so glad I came across this website… Well any ways this is my...

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Again and again I went through that pain. I lost my sense of trust in people. I was absolutely afraid to go out in the evenings. And I began to...

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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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[This is] the most powerful and yet, the most horrible story in my life. I still cannot realize how I managed to get in between the bars, because it was...

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