VIDEO: Amanda Saambou, a midwife from South Africa, shares her commitment to supporting the health and survival of women and girls.
Stories
Every woman and every girl inspires us. We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it. As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome. Let's celebrate their triumphs!
Heart beating, tears streaming, blood running down my arm, the strength to take just one more breath. This is survival. My whole life has been a fight for life. I was born with cleft lip and pallet. Apparently the doctors didn’t know that...
The following story was shared by a 14-year old whose life experience reminds us that we are all responsible for supporting and encouraging each other, and that the road to self-empowerment can be filled with difficult life lessons. My heart...
VIDEO: Sabrina Speich shares her story of empowerment, of helping other women, and of her work as a midwife in Mexico.
VIDEO: In “The Importance of Storytelling” Dr. Robi Ludwig shares her perspective on the transformative power of telling our story.
VIDEO: Whitney Dowers from Canada shares her story about how other people’s assumptions about us can affect our lives.
Trigger warning: Please be cautious when reading this. This may offend and upset readers who have suffered something of a similar nature such as sexual and physical abuse. My name is Cassandra Pullman and I am 21 years old. This is my story of...
In a world where we as women are expected to always put others before ourselves, it can feel self-indulgent to take even a moment for ourselves in the midst of a busy day. But I say, “Take that moment!” I know we all have jobs to do...
The story of my journey. A year ago, almost to the day, I sat crying with my parents and brother at the dining table in my family home. I had everything. Two children who make my heart burst with pride, a keeper of a husband, an incredible job...
In my early teens, we moved to San Diego after many years in Newport Beach, CA. This move forced me to leave the only friends I had known and start a new life. Once in San Diego, I was tagged with the identity of “new girl” which...