I wish for everyone to learn something useful from my story, my suffering. All refugees feel bad, but someone can understand them. When you lose someone you love, this is a very hard...
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“BUT WITHOUT HIM, YOU’RE NOT ALONE”
When I got married I had no parents, no mother… I loved him, I trusted him, and I put my life in his hands… Then several problems started. I saw a different person, not my...
THROUGH THE BARS TO FREEDOM
[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 very, very thin. I don’t...
THEY CAN NOT BREAK US
Today, I realized that I am so strong, because I have three stories like this. Three times someone tried to rape me—first, when I was eight years old, [the] second time when I...
The Tree of Hope
I want to give this message for every Syrian girl and woman, to not lose hope and to not give up in their lives. ~ Photo credit: Image courtesy of the storyteller.
Why Can’t I Protect Myself?
I was living in Ukraine, and I still consider the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as part of Ukraine. But unfortunately, even in my own country, I could not stand up for Ukraine. Somebody had...
Living as a Undocumented Teen
There is a lot of teenagers and people that are undocumented and who have low self-esteem and…with guys for the wrong reason. So, I think [other young women] will be like...
Obstetric Violence
I realized that I really didn’t know my body until this situation. I felt that wasn’t right, and it was violence in a sense. I knew that many women have abortions and that a miscarriage...
I Will Be the One
The main point of my story is the changes that occur within a person… Our parents raise us in a certain way, but we have the power to change and be different. In Chile, we have...
Maternity Leave
My point is that women which get back from maternity leave should not be afraid to claim their rights. I was reflecting about violence and gender-based violence, and I remembered that I...