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Stomping Stigmas: My Real Talk On Malignant Divorce, An Opioid Addicted Child, And Depression

Guest ContributorApril 10, 2019

By Timna Zucker - It’s been awhile. A long while…since I have been me. Since I have been writing. Much has gone on…most of which you would not believe if I tol...

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Vulvas: Officially Scarier Than Satan

Guest ContributorApril 10, 2019

A cartoon from the 1800s shows the devil being chased off by a woman lifting her skirts, because vulvas are apparently worse than the source of all evil.By...

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From Where I Stand: “If women are empowered, we can create more peaceful societies” – Papiya Parvin, Bangladesh

Guest ContributorMarch 26, 2019

By UN Women - Papiya Parvin from Debhata Upazilla, Bangladesh, has just bought a cow to start her own farm. She is also the first woman from her village who tr...

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From Syria To Turkey… One Woman’s Story On Rebuilding Her Life And Business

Guest ContributorMarch 21, 2019

By Angela Wells - Like many hopeful new graduates around the world, Dara wanted to take a leap of faith. In 2013, after earning her bachelor’s degree in interi...

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Nkeiruka Obi, Banker Turned Champion Of Children With Clefts And Their Mothers, On How We Can All Be Humanitarians

Guest ContributorMarch 8, 2019

By Nkeiruka Obi - Here’s the story of a woman you should know: Konate Diomande Siami, a mother from Côte d’Ivoire in Africa who gave birth to five children, th...

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Empowerment Starts Within You… High School Senior Shares Her Powerful Perspective

Guest ContributorMarch 7, 2019

By Liz, a high school senior at Milton Hershey School - It has taken a lot for me to become the woman I am today, and I still have a long way to go.At the ...

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60 Minutes Cut Women Leaders Out Of A Story On Getting Girls Into Tech, And It Broke The Internet

Guest ContributorMarch 7, 2019

By Ruthe Farmer & Dr. Leigh Ann DeLyser, CSforALL - Sunday March 3, at the start of Women’s History Month, 60 Minutes aired a segment on changing the rates...

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Hannatu Yusuf On Her Escape From Boko Haram And The T-Shirt That Saved Her Life

Guest ContributorFebruary 26, 2019

This story is in partnership with UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) from their campaign “Holding On”, which shares the stories of internally di...

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You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone… Why We Need To Support WYSK Now

Guest ContributorFebruary 13, 2019

By Lori Day - If you’re like me and like most people, sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. Joni Mitchell turned that sentiment into a s...

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