Overcoming Adversity

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Claiming Public Spaces in the Urban Peripheries: Women Bearing the Brunt

It was a simmering hot afternoon in July. I checked with the drivers at the Manglapuri bus stand “Where is […]

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My Raw Unfiltered Cleansing Truths

Learn to overcome my most difficult lifelong struggles. Change the way I think of myself and others. Those are my […]

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I value my determination and my resilience

It all started back in 2016, harmlessly swiping on Tinder the social dating app, when I swiped right to someone […]

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Normal is a setting on a washing machine

I’m celebrating what I have learned about myself through adversity in childhood, a successful career in education and as a […]

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Born With impaired legs and missing fingers, this iitian is an inspiration for us

“I feel I am a born star.. you know why? Because I have this joined thumb in my left hand, […]

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Hands off my tamariki

I spoke at a family violence prevention conference in Aotearoa New Zealand recently about the rife state uplift of indigenous […]

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“My heart is full”

VIDEO: Joanne Rama tells her courageous story of overcoming racism and family violence while celebrating her role as a midwife.

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My story as an apostate

In May 2017, I submitted a petition to a court of law in the city of Omdurman asking for a […]

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Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

I knew early on in my life that it was not good, Not for me, my siblings, nor my relatives […]

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1984

Let me take you back in time dear reader and tell you about something I haven’t told anyone for many […]