#YoungWomenSay

Stories submitted by women under 30…

My sadness & confuse

First, i’m sorry if i made a mistake about my english. I am a female. I have doubt about continue my relationship with my boyfriend. Now I have known him about 15 years, he is my...

Don’t Give Up, because I care!

I learn to finally love my flaws and myself at the age of 28, but before I could I had to give up on people and things that couldn’t stay the same. I grew up in a strict household...

Ray of Sunrain

Ever since I was a little one, I would always tell my grandparents that “When I grow up, I would be the one who will give your consutations: for free!”. Then my grandma would...

Partear la vida toda

Soy Natalia, tengo 26 años, me formé como Licenciada en obstetricia en las provincias de Tucumán y Entre Ríos, Argentina, me considero feminista , activista por los derechos de las...

Without suck there cannot be growth

Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be a pilot. Growing up just 20 minutes away from Frankfurt Airport I would spend hours watching the aircraft doing their holding patterns over our...

Empowering women in every aspect

I am a drummer from Iraq. Playing music or doing any music activity professionally as an Iraqi is a dangerous thing to do. Some people had their lives threatened for teaching music or being...

The day I lost my mom

I am Cherilyn Riveral, I just want to share my story. I just want to let this out. I was 8 when my mom died, my sister was 12 and my older brother was 10. It was a day before the New...

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...