I am sad today. I cannot go to school. I love school, but school does not love me. In May 2017, I graduated a year early summa cum laude after three years of high school as a homeschooled student. Three months later, I suffered the loss of a...
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!
You might have read articles about how COVID-19 disproportionately impacted women. I can attest to feeling this way during this pandemic, and while I’m so thankful I retained those nearest and dearest — the lives of those I love — that...
I grew up in a family/community that relegated women and girls for example, when men spoke, women are to remain silent or take the blame for everything whether they are right or wrong. Most times, they woke up as early as 4am to go to the...
I was born and raised in Germany in a patriarchal Turkish household. My parents emigrated there before my birth. At 19, I was arranged married to a relative who mentally and physically abused me for making fundamental life decisions such as...
What others do not see but asume. my story is all about life and the choices we make the blame with put on others when things do not go our way,my story is about loving ourselves and making the best at what we have and appreciating life and...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape and to childhood sexual molestation. I am a 32 year old woman.Growing up in a low class family was not really easy.I started being molested sexually...
INDIAN working women (IWW) is a community initiated to promote women empowerment. We have a group of nearly women Pan India who are working under this platform, which works through women networking and helps you grow in ample of aspects...
In my mind anxiety feels like a massive bully. It holds me back from taking up new opportunities and to speak up. It makes me constantly put myself down. Anxiety feels like a massive bully. It is unfortunate but anxiety is part of me. In the...
The past few weeks have been unsettling. First, Covid-19 forced us to stay at home, and we became masked-people. Then we witnessed on national TV the senseless murder of George Floyd. Now, protest marches have sprung up across the country...
I was always unhealthily obsessed with a guy since sixth grade. We made it very clear that we hated each other, always fighting, always telling everyone else how much the other person sucked. It was about tiny things, like memes, friends...