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“I remember when we didn’t have a word for rape in Swahili.”
In one of the world’s worst regions to be a woman, radio personality Chouchou Namegabe is inspiring a revolution of strength and healing. She speaks with local World Pulse correspondent CongoLeezza on what it will take for women to break the silence on Congo's rape epidemic. Read More »
In one of the world’s worst regions to be a woman, radio personality Chouchou Namegabe is inspiring a revolution of strength and healing. She speaks with local World Pulse correspondent CongoLeezza on what it will take for women to break the silence on Congo's rape epidemic. Read More »
Dependence on oil wealth has led to violence, corruption, and widespread poverty in Nigeria. Simi Lawoyin hopes to shift investment to another of Nigeria's natural resources: its youth. Read More »
When her father was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for performing a potentially life-saving abortion on a 9-year-old girl, Thais Moraes recognized the need to open up discussion on abortion in Brazil. Read More »
Leila Aboulela | Grove Press, 2011 | Sudan Read More »
Duane Baughman, Johnny O’hara | First Run Features, 2010 | Pakistan Read More »
Freshly Ground | Freeground, 2010 | South Africa Read More »
It’s been 17 years since more than 500,000 Rwandans were killed in the horrific genocide of 1994. Today, this tiny East African nation has become a poster child for women’s rights. How have they done it? And what more needs to be done? Read More »
At least 80 countries criminalize same-sex intimacy, but a growing movement to change that is gaining ground. Read More »
In Nepal, female taxi drivers are getting behind the wheel of own lives—and shaking up gender stereotypes in the process. Read More »
Yemen: Interview with Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman: President Saleh Must Stand Trial The WIP, February 2, 2012
India: Villages See Gains from Gender Quota Harvard Gazette, January 19, 2012
India: ‘Angry Brides’ Game Takes on India’s Dowry Culture Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2012
Haiti: Two Years On, Hope for Women Huffington Post, January 18, 2012
Nigeria: Shine a Light: The Suitcase That’s Saving Women’s Lives National Geographic, January 12, 2012
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For every edition of World Pulse Magazine, we ask you—our online community—to submit 400-word true stories on a chosen theme for our My Story department. We have now concluded the submission drive for stories on the theme of Standing Up. Read all the inspiring submissions, and stay tuned for announcements on this year's awardees and next year's My Story theme.
After attending a digital storytelling workshop in South Africa, Voices of Our Future Correspondent Shekina produced this video to further expose the realities of breast ironing in Cameroon. Read her powerful story on the practice to learn more.
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