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"VOF Week 3: (Direct REVOLUTION on net!)."

by Victoria Vorosciuc | April 7, 2009 at 7:31 AM

30 000 young people on street of Chisinau now fighting for their rights! … Read More»

Throwing Caution to the Wind in the Face of Repression

by jaygher | March 22, 2009 at 12:34 PM

Meet Sarab Hassan—Iraqi woman, business lawyer, human rights defender, caretaker, provider, trailblazer. … Read More»

THE PLEA

by lindah | March 18, 2009 at 12:27 AM

Growling roars from the North end Successive streaks split the darkening sky Deafening explosions triply bang Mountains tremble, the earth quakes Hanging calabashes fall with a clang … Read More»

1 minute in Afghanistan - with video!

by sarakarl | March 16, 2009 at 12:55 PM

Here is a one-minute glimpse into my experiences in Afghanistan in 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbVjYbLueAc More videos coming - hope you enjoy! … Read More»

God is not Obliged - by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji

by SSD | February 27, 2009 at 3:11 PM

By Shaheen Sultan Dhanji In this photograph, you observe the painfully expressive gesture of a war-torn, oppressed, poverty stricken woman's hand. … Read More»

The perpetual crusade

by Ambica Priyadarshini | February 27, 2009 at 12:11 AM | Poetry and Other Writings

The land of Buddha: Ravaged by war, Apostles of peace, Turned into victims of rage: Merciless war games, Where innocence takes up arms, Numbing anything humane, To defend the “worthy” cause: … Read More»

Folded - Long Distance

by shah1825 | February 26, 2009 at 9:29 PM

Folded- Long Distance by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji If I folded... If I once folded myself and sent me to you in place of the usual crinkled letters, or so I imagined. What would you do … Read More»

God is Not Obliged

by shah1825 | February 26, 2009 at 9:11 PM

God Is Not Obliged Photographed by: Shaheen Sultan Dhanji In this photograph, you observe the painfully expressive gesture of a war-torn, oppressed, poverty stricken woman's hand. … Read More»

Founder's Pulse

She Speaks of Kashmir

by Jensine

Last month, as we prepared to unearth the wisdom of Pakistan’s women in our new, interactive emagazine, a rare voice came across our desks, stopped us in our tracks, and changed our course. Read More »

"Hers is the story of the women of Chechnya, of Zimbabwe, of Colombia, of Appalachia."

The (huge) power of hope

by Xthina-Avila | February 20, 2009 at 3:55 PM

I have been reading the post of women from everywhere… brave stories of life … so much pain but at the same time, I found also so much courage in all of them, because for me, when people talk or write … Read More»