Bi Mkami’s skin is withered and plastered in a map of scars. She walks with a heavy limp and the tiredness of her body is distinct in each measured movement. In a video by Maweni Farm Documentaries, the old woman...
Chifuniro Kandiado clutches her baby, who automatically suckles her breast. After having to drop out of school, lately, she spends her days looking after her child. A forlorn look falls across her face as she recounts the night the baby...
About six hours from Nairobi is the little village of Umoja. The dusty plains are golden in the light of day and farm animals roam in the sweltering heat. A babble of children’s laughter fills the air. Adorned in vibrantly...
Nestled in the banks of the Padma river – Bangladesh’s side of India’s famous Ganges River – is Daulatdia. The town bustles and coughs up pollution from the ferries, buses, and trucks that come in droves. Traffic comes to a...
Mariama Fofanah stares vacantly into the mirror, mechanically applying makeup on to her face. She never winces – not even once – as she covers her bruised face and swollen, black eyes. She is one of the estimated 300,000 prostitutes...
The reckoning for woman’s reproductive rights has arrived in the United States. Since January 22, 1973, Republican’s, conservative and religious groups across America have been turning over every rock in an effort to overturn the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case...
“Like all North Korean women, I had no rights under their (Kim dynasty’s) rule – no right to freedom, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. My family was ripped apart and our relationships severed. I was forced to endure starvation...
Gulnaz, a demure and quiet Afghan woman, gained public attention in 2011. At 16-years-old, a male relative had raped and impregnated her. When she reported the incident, she was promptly arrested and jailed for 12 years for adultery since her...
“In Afghanistan, following a typical tradition of Central Asia, families celebrate the birth of boys but not of females. Women are considered naqis-e-aql, that means stupid at birth and the term woman is used by men as an insult”. Princess...
Ask the average person what he or she thinks about Eritrea, and it would not be surprising if the response is one of bewilderment. Bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, the Red Sea meanders effervescently around the coastline of this...
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