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Her Story
Lived experience, told in the first person.
My Experience Working in a Male-Dominated Industry
Jane Njeri is a peer educator and raises awareness of HIV/AIDS. She goes to various schools and educates students about safe sex and abstinence.
TWSC Submission: Finding True Love After Vowing to Stay Single
I was born into a polygamist family. We were 16 children born to two mothers and my parents struggled to provide for us because we were so many.
In-depth Story: Learning to Heal After Years of Abuse by my Stepfather
Jasmine Frazier had an enjoyable childhood. Her mother, a single mother of four, made sure holidays were special and created family traditions Frazier remembers fondly.
Finding Peace After a Series of Tragic Losses
Her life had been characterized by heart-rending loss and deep pain that drove her to a mental breakdown.
Kandice Benford Discusses Loving Herself Completely Despite Vitiligo
I am 33 years old. I’m a wife, a sister and I’m a hair stylist. What drives me is being able to spread vitiligo awareness and helping others with self-love and embracing who they are.
Don't Sweat the Mishaps
Being a perfectionist has its benefits but it has its pitfalls as well. Wanting things to be perfect may mean you'll miss out on precious moments and opportunities that may never come back around.
TWSC Submission: My Life as a Co-wife
I was raised in a polygamist family. When I was two years old, my mother remarried a man who was a polygamist. The reason why my mother remarried was because her former husband’s relatives wanted to kill her. They were mad because the dowry which my father used to pay for my mother was not his. It was supposed to be used for another woman. So, in the new home, I got mistreated
Dr. Natasha Williams Opens up About Painful Divorce & Masterclass ‘Reclaiming your Superwoman’
he was well-established in her career as a clinical psychologist, had a thriving private practice and a lovely home. While things were going well for her professionally, she was fighting a private battle at home. One that led to a heartbreaking revelation in 2017.
Beautiful Inside and Out: Felistas Edwards Speaks on Her Marriage and Life After Divorce
Felistas Edwards has a lot going for her. In 2018, the well-known Zimbabwean comedian, gospel artist, entrepreneur and MC received the Top Female Entertainment and Social Media Enterprise Business Leader of the Year Award from the Women’s Heritage Society World Organisation.
Homeless at 13: The Drive Behind This Woman’s Desire to Help Young Girls Living on the Street
Christine Khatima is an ambassador for Days for Girls Nairobi, Kenya. In her role as team leader, she conducts training sessions and travels across the region to educate and assess the need for sanitary pads for girls and young women. Then, she makes the pads using her own materials to meet the need.
Why You Should Never Lament Over What Once Was
Change is never easy. In fact, it has the tendency to dig up an array of emotions that can be crippling. If you are going through some changes right now and don't know how you'll get through it all in one piece, this is for you.
Learning to Smile Again After Burying My Husband of Less Than a Year
On an ordinary day in 2015, Danai Motsi, met a well-dressed man while she was working at a local medical centre. The man walked in with a friend who was ill.