Be Responsible for Your Health – Bisma It is not only about women or children. I feel that good health is a matter that concerns a community as a whole. I go to school so I can not only learn about educational subjects but also our society. I see my mother working and going to […]

With 1.8 billion young people in the world today, we have 1.8 billion reasons to do things differently. Today’s youth are tired of waiting for older generations to take actions on issues threatening their lives. They’re taking matters into their own hands, becoming major actors for causes like climate change, racial and gender equality, universal […]

Mini-Course: The Law and Sexual Violence Women’s March Global partnered with Equality Now to produce a mini-course on sexual violence laws worldwide, including the movements driving change and demanding justice for survivors. DOWNLOAD

I want protection against rape and gender-based violence – M* I come from Kibera slums where every other day you hear a case of young girls being raped and no action is taken. If today I’m raped, I may get pregnant and I am still young, I could just die because I don’t know anything […]

Married into Violence – Zeenat My life is a tale of constant struggles, but I am determined that no other woman living under same circumstances should suffer. I was 15-years old, when I was married to a man double my age. I was too young to fulfill my responsibilities as a housewife, but every other […]

Now Women Have a Voice – Nirmala Married young and living in a society where women traditionally do not have a voice, Nirmala’s journey to becoming a part of the What Women Want campaign has been remarkable. She counts herself fortunate to have a husband who encouraged her to go back to school after their […]

There can be no gender equality without freedom from harm. Domestic violence. Physical violence. Obstetric violence. Psychosocial violence. Sexual violence. Online and street harassment. Trafficking. Early and forced marriage. Violence against female and gender minority activists, health workers and leaders. No matter the form of violence, at its core, it is about power and control […]

When we took our campaign to the nomadic Maasai community, some living in the most remote areas of Kenya’s Kajiado County, women were amazed that the mobilizers were soliciting their opinion. In a County with deeply rooted gender inequality, they had seldom been asked what they wanted. Their loudest demands were for basic gender equality, […]