When Aida Sooronbaeva was 17, she returned home after a day at school to find her grandfather tied up and their house ransacked. In vain, she attempted to hide but was kidnapped by a family friend for marriage. Despite vehemently...
At 35-years old, Esther Atema’s world fell apart. Her husband died and suddenly, she found herself not only coping with the heartbreak of losing a spouse, but also the stigma that attaches itself to widows in rural Kenya coupled with...
The Yazidi girl – who wished to remain unnamed – became pregnant after being brutally raped by an ISIS fighter. Desperate, she tried to force a miscarriage by throwing herself down a flight of stairs. When she attempted to escape...
According to a worldwide report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, over 650 million women alive today were married as children. Child marriage is often followed by pregnancy and premature births, with higher above average maternal mortality rates. A transcultural phenomenon that unites distant peoples living in the same condition, as it is within the Roma community in Tirana, Albania. Orkida was 14 years old when she was given in marriage by her family in Albania. This is her story.
Jessica (whose name has been changed for anonymity) arrived in the UK in 2017 – bright-eyed and hopeful – for opportunities in the promised land. Leaving her three other children back home, she brought her youngest son with her to...
“I am not sure if I ever really loved him,” Yui murmured in an even tone. “But Japanese culture is a bit different. I was afraid of becoming a nokorimono. That’s what they call women here who get to a...
Face concealed in a baby blue burka in Afganistan, 23-year-old Miriam’s voice remained even as she told HAWCA. “My father-in-law was standing near me. He was pressuring me to burn myself. He told me, “Pick up that fuel and stop...
Police figures from England show a 73% rise over five years in women and girls being charged with “possession offences” as a result of carrying knives. These figures fit in with an overall rise in knife crime throughout the UK...
She does not want to reveal her name, but she goes by “N”. When her mother left for Italy in search of work, little “N” was left at home in Romania with an uncle. Her mother would never return. At...
“When I was in Pakistan, he behaved well. But after arriving here, he started beating me. Look, here I have a scar. He is inviting men here and asks me to have sex with them. I keep crying and refuse,...
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