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"I'm changing the way your story starts" – A Gambian gift on Mother’s Day

Christine Kolbe, 12 March 2015 - Africa, Female Genital Mutilation, Girls & Women, Other

I had a moment of dizzying clarity during a visit to The Gambia last month, when policy lines revisited in briefings, meetings and documents burst back into life, regained their power and gave a renewed sense of purpose to my …

Sexual violence in conflict

Zainab Bangura, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, 12 November 2013 - Development Debates, Girls & Women, Humanitarian

The use of sexual violence in conflict is an issue that has finally received the recognition it deserves, and I am proud to be part of the movement to end this crime. Since assuming the position of Special Representative of …

From Ghana to London via a field in Denmark

Henry Donati, Programme Manager, Humanitarian Response Group, 18 October 2013 - Humanitarian

It was snowing heavily when I flew out of Ghana for the final time 6 months ago. I trekked across London in the only sweater I had with me, then laying shivering under the duvet wondering what I had let …

International Women's Day: Vida's story

Vida, 8 March 2013 - Girls & Women, Kenya

My name is Vida W. I am 19 years old. I am the middle of 8 children. I should be in form 3 but at the moment we don’t have the fees for me to continue secondary school. I have …

"I'm changing the way your story starts" – A Gambian gift on Mother’s Day

Sexual violence in conflict

From Ghana to London via a field in Denmark

International Women's Day: Vida's story

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