As a young girl I passed through Period Poverty and Period Stigma. Staying with someone who could never care about […]
Leading Change

Rebirth of a Queen
Telling my story will remain the most powerful tool I possess on earth, my story starts in the year 2020. […]

“Stories are tools of transformation”
VIDEO: Kristen Ali Eglinton, PhD, is the Executive Director and Co-founder of Footage, a nonprofit organization “raising voices to elevate […]

“My job is to tell the stories of the cause”
VIDEO: Nisha Varghese, a humanitarian in South Africa, uses stories to help support many organizations and causes. In this video, […]

How Female Genital Mutilation defined my very life.
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of female genital mutilation. When I turned […]

For Every Door That Closes, Another Opens
I’ve always struggled with my gender identity. Growing up, I started playing baseball because of my older brother. I was […]

Pursue your inner voice to be in a position “to accept”, not “ to be accepted”.
“My name is Bhagyashree Saini and more than anything, my primary identity is that “I am a child marriage survivor”. […]