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Chhavi Rajawat: The Changing Face of Rural India
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
“Being a man or a woman is a matter of birth. Being a man or a woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice” Chhavi Rajawat, the young woman Sarpanch, of Soda Village in the northern state of Rajasthan whom I met at the India Future Day in Mumbai on 5th March, made […]
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Sierra Leone Women To Boycott Polls Unless Given Right To Own Land
Written by ArriannaMarie
When the Future Challenges Team put out a call for local views on International Women’s Day, I thought long and hard. The first issues that came to mind were African women’s access to land, food security and poverty reduction- all related, especially within the contexts of governance and development. My […]
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A Woman’s Work is Never Done
Written by Juliana Rincon
As a Latin American woman immigrating to the USA, accepting new gender norms has not been as liberating as I though it would be.
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Nelly Ali: Fighting for Cairo’s street children and mothers
Written by Sara Elkamel
Nelly Ali sometimes carries a magic wand in her bag. She uses Twitter to fundraise for clothes for those kids (Cairo street children and mothers). She’s a strong woman tirelessly fighting for the rights of street children and young homeless mothers to physical, sexual, emotional and psychological safety. An International […]
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Sex Selective Abortions in India
Written by The Oxonian Globalist
There is an old folk song from Uttar Pradesh, India, which beseeches God to protect the supplicant from a monumental injustice. The mournful tune goes, “O, God, I beg of you, I touch your feet time and again/Next birth don’t give me a daughter, give me hell instead.” Faced with […]
