A go-getter girl is on a mission to write one of the greatest stories ever written. She makes life happen […]
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Nisha Varghese: Unbreakable Spirit
You see the girl in the wheelchair, and you think, “Oh, poor thing. She’s disabled. Life must be so hard […]
Madame Secretary General From the Slum
A few days ago, I was asked again a question I receive quite often, “How did you grow up so […]
A Blessing In Disguise: My Experience With Acne
Three years ago, my skin broke with, in my eyes, severe adult acne. I was devastated to say the least. […]
The Adolescent Girl Puzzle
In my community, being a girl is like putting together a really difficult puzzle. Being a girl can often mean […]
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 […]
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 […]
You are the change
As a girl growing up in Kenya, a patriarchal society with a strong cultural heritage, I knew from the onset […]
