#YoungWomenSay

Stories submitted by women under 30…

Blog-Photo

The Adolescent Girl Puzzle

In my community, being a girl is like putting together a really difficult puzzle. Being a girl can often mean […]

Victoria-featured-image-1

A Girl from Sinking Bottom

Early in my childhood, my parents separated and eventually got divorced. My sister and I went to live with our […]

YouAct-group-photo

Building Support and Trust Through Volunteering

When I was 15 years old, I joined Youth for Youth, a Romanian non-governmental organization working on youth sexual and […]

Impart-Change-Art-Session

You are the change

As a girl growing up in Kenya, a patriarchal society with a strong cultural heritage, I knew from the onset […]

square copy

The Limitless Power of Girls

I first uncovered the inequalities and challenges that girls face at a very young age. When I was a girl, […]

Oumie

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 […]

12743949_10207233595136588_5674764668524054261_n

Building Intergenerational Bridges

I started my work as a volunteer and I still volunteer. Late at night, in the weekends, travelling in and […]

Theater-Image

Every Woman is Powerful

I believe that every woman is powerful, and just needs to explore her inner strengths. This is a story of […]

Tania Martínez Hernández pic

Simply Because It Is Yours

For the last eight years I’ve been working on HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Mexico […]

building-boundaries

Building Boundaries

The most challenging and ongoing struggle in my life is maintaining a relationship with my over-bearing, narcissistic mother. I constantly […]