Activism, 2 min readImaya TierraWomanhood, Kenya

A Woman

Activism, 2 min readImaya TierraWomanhood, Kenya
A Woman

A woman is an art of perfection that took time to be created by God. Man had to slumber, a rib taken from him and a flower to bloom to be his companion. Yes, a woman is a gift to man and also a part of him. Then why make a woman less important?

She is beautiful, fertile, strategic, emotional, and a pillar in a man's life. Maybe emotions block a woman's decision - they make her sympathize with the situation as she relates to the problem. But is it wrong to feel and hope in a world full of chaos? Is it wrong to have faith in something good? Is it wrong to be a woman?

She is a burning rose. Beautiful on the inside but a flame on the outside. If you get close, she may burn you... but persevere and see the beauty inside. Thorns are her walls because she has been taught she's unworthy. You'll prick yourself when you try to tell her otherwise.

She is tired of a society that looks down upon her because she is a woman. She is thirsty for justice and freedom, she is thirsty for knowledge and power, she is thirsty for love... she wants more.

She hopes day by day... but her petals are withering.

I’m young, still fresh and blooming. Give me a chance to hope for a better future.

With every curve that makes me a woman, I'll stand for equality and rise from the ashes like a phoenix. I will thrive, for I am beautiful, talented and strong.

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Activism, Fiction, 8 min readAnusha AbidEmpowerment, PakistanComment

An Empowered Woman

Later in the evening, she sits on a chair in her kitchen facing the window, looking at the tree swaying just as a bird sits on top of it. It moves and shakes from the core of its roots, as if jolted by an earthquake, but she notices, it's still standing tall, with a bark so strong that no matter how rough the weather is, no matter how many birds sit on it, it will stay where it is. ‘I am this tree’, she tells herself.

Activism, Fiction, 8 min readAnusha AbidEmpowerment, PakistanComment
An Empowered Woman
Activism, 3 min read, ▲Hellen OtienoSexual Assault, Rape, Gender Violence, Kenya

Changing The Statistics

You see, the thing with being raped, or just generally being abused at such a young age, is that you find it hard to open up to people about it. I would know because for me, it started when I was about four years old. I really don't remember much about that time of my life but I can never forget what she did to me. Yes, "she".

Activism, 3 min read, ▲Hellen OtienoSexual Assault, Rape, Gender Violence, Kenya
Changing The Statistics