During the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, YW4A Initiative Lead Thabani Ncube shares stories from young women and women leaders from YW4A who are working to address digital and all forms of violence in their communities. Neema from Kisii County in Kenya did not start as an activist. […]
Hello everyone. My name Neema Nyaundi, from Kisii County in Kenya. I come from a patriarchal community (Kisii) in Kenya that records a high prevalence of SGBV cases. According to the National Crime Research Centre (2018), Kisii County reported the highest cases of spousal /intimate partner violence at 92.9%, domestic […]
Hello to every girl and young women everywhere, I am Sayeda, from Egypt. I am in my mid-twenties. It gives me a lot of pride to share my story and contributions as a young woman member of the YW4A programme in Egypt. As a member of the programme, I have […]
Mahi Gurram is from the San Francisco Bay Area, USA. She has always been inspired by the strong, independent women in her life, including her mother, teachers, and aunts. Mahi realized what she was passionate about early on; as a young Indian-American girl, she noticed discrepancies in the way she […]
