• Mukta Begum: Empowering the forgotten widows of Bangladesh

    Mukta was born into a poor family in Tushvandar Union in the Lalmonirhat district. Her father married her off at the age of 13 when she was an eighth grader. After marriage, Mukta started living in he...

  • Chad: The story of one woman who will stop at nothing to uplift her community

    My name is Latifa Hissen and I am a chef de carree, the lead of my district. I live in Diguel Ngabo in Chad, with my family of four children. After a difficult relationship with my husband

  • Achieving the impossible: Malika Khuchaeva ensures all children’s voices are heard

    Malika Khuchaeva lives and works in Grozny, the capital of the republic of Chechnya. After graduating from university, she started teaching literature. Yet, Malika was not destined to stay as a regula...

  • Young humanitarian aspires to end violence against women in girls in Ethiopia

    Aisha is an eighth-grade student. She lost both of her parents and later endured sexual assault from her then guardian. Despite what has happened, Aisha stayed strong and committed to school, working ...

  • Resisting climate change and demanding action: Nissa leads the agroecology revolution in West Java

    Nissa Saadah Wargadipura lives with her husband and three children in the beautiful village of Sukagalih, West Java. She is a climate-change activist and her passion for agroecology has guided her gro...

  • Community trainer Eman Khalil empowers the widows of Amman

    Eman is a mother of four children in Amman, Jordan. After her husband passed away ten years ago, she struggled to provide a stable livelihood for her family. Eman began receiving sponsorship from Isla...

  • Arfon Hussen Alow’s community leadership prevents ten girls from undergoing FGM in Kenya

    My name is Arfon Hussen Alow. I am 74 years old and live in Mandera County. I am known in the community as Mama Arfon, the mother who helps. As my husband and four of my children have passed away, I l...

  • “I am a child and a women’s rights activist”: Kiran Kumari Thakur paves the way for Nepal

    Across the world, nurturing a community leader requires a conducive social environment and an extensive support network. In the region of Terai, the southern plains of Nepal, it is unheard of for a wo...

  • Dr. Arwa: Investing in Gaza’s younger generation to build peace

    As a doctor, advocate and educator, she inspired hundreds of women, girls, and boys in Gaza, with her extended giving and utmost vigour. Arwa Nahed al-Rais is a Palestinian doctor, who having spent he...

  • Young changemaker Salimata Togoloa refuses to accept FGM and child marriage in Mali

    My name is Salimata Togoloa and I am 17 years old, currently attending school in grade 12. I grew up in Daoudabougou which is one of the poorest areas of Bamako. When my parents passed away, my siblin...

  • Strong, Loud and Persistent, Sarah Abeja is the voice of SGBV survivors in South Sudan

    Gender-based violence (GBV) is a phenomenon deeply rooted in gender inequality and continues to be one of the most notable human rights violations within all societies. Both women and men experience G...

  • For the sake of the community: Hawa Hassan Abdela’s agricultural groups empower the women of Sudan

    Hawa Hassan Abdela is 53 years old and lives in Sabarna village in the West of Sudan. Her family are farmers and their main harvest is sesame, groundnuts, sorghum and beans. In 2018, Hawa and other...

  • “A dream come true”: Salha paves the way for women’s economic empowerment in Tunisia

    Salha is a 45-year-old woman living in Tlalet, a rural area in the south of Tunisia. She is a single woman, caring for her blind mother, as her father works abroad. She used to be very successful in h...

  • Finding strength in numbers: Entrepreneur Amira Cerkezovic leads a women’s only dairy production l...

    My name is Amira Cerkezovic and I live in a small mining village near Zivinice. My mother suffers from Parkinson’s disease and when my father passed away, she became dependent on me to care for her...

  • A young Iraqi woman’s journey to self-actualisation in the face of conflict

    Imagine one day, the town that you have lived in for your whole life is invaded. That you hear the echoing screams of terror from your neighbour’s house and the streets that you used to walk on are ...

  • Anissa Taha Arab: Fighting for women and children’s access to education in the Philippines

    I am Anissa Taha Arab, the Directress of the IHH Moro Orphanage in Cotabato City in the Philippines. I grew up in one of the villages of Datu Odin Sinsuat.

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