Women & Wellness

Looking for examples of true leadership in a crisis? From Iceland to Taiwan and from Germany to New Zealand, women are stepping up to show the world how to manage...

In this story, we learn of the storyteller’s near miss with being subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and her sense of shame upon learning this. The storyteller goes on...

At the age of 31, after her brother makes comments against female khatna (FGM/C), Shabana’s memory of having been cut floods to the surface for the first time. In her...

Michelle Obama preached the importance of girls' education and brought messages of hope and ambition for young women in her first-ever trip to Malaysia recently.  The trip was a part...

Jenny addresses her story to her sister, who she lost several years ago to an accidental overdose. They come from a fundamentalist Christian family in the U.S. and were sent...

Themes of silencing and betrayal anchor this story, in which Siti describes the ceremony surrounding her experience of FGM/C. Siti and her sister were dressed up, told to behave, washed...

    In advance of February 6th, International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, "A Sunny Day in Seattle", part of Voices to End FGM/C project is the...

Professor Rana Nicholas is not only a physicist, she is also an astronaut in the making. @The961 Rana Nicolas is a member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics...

  The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has banned female genital mutilation (FGM) saying it is not required in Islam. The announcement at a rally was met with a huge applause,...

    Sana Mir is the former captain of Pakistan’s national women’s cricket team and is among the top female cricketers in the world. She’s also a fierce activist who uses...