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The strength of fistula survivors By Fatuma Matemu, Voice Amplifier, Global Coordination Team The Genesis Female bodies have the unique ability to give birth. It is a gift when the ability is coupled with the choice to have children. However, for many women, especially in developing countries, decisions about their bodies are communal – minus […]

Says Peace Kyamureku from Uganda Reach the Aged Association By Robert Mukholi Programmes Officer at URAA supported by Milly Tiwangye, Linking, Learning and Amplifier Assistant, Voice, Oxfam in Uganda Did you know that over the next three decades, the number of older persons worldwide is projected to more than double, reaching more than 1.5 billion […]

Rural women becoming aware of their “legitimacy” and their “elective” eligibility By Mariama Ibrahim Dodo Boukari, focal point of “Women’s Political Participation for Inclusive Development” , Leadership Challenges, Voice’s empowerment grantee in Niger. In Niger, in some rural communities, it is not uncommon for women who have no formal education to be stripped of their […]

Inclusion at county level By: Naomi Majale, National Taxpayers Association, co-implementing partner of Kenya Paraplegic Organisation The Kenya Paraplegic Organisation (KPO) is one of the six lead organisations that succeeded after the launch of the Call for Ideas titled ‘From Open to Inclusive Governance’ with the aim to support self-led organisations to harness the power […]

My name is Pov Sovann also known as Chhum and I am married with 4 children. I live in a 4x5m old wooden house with a tin roof. I make money by sewing at home. My husband and I were never that close, whenever I sat down near him, or where people were eating together; […]

True female leadership emerges amidst the floods crisis in Cambodia By Daro Chheang In early October 2020, Banteay Meanchey province​, found in the northwest of Cambodia, was severely damaged by flooding. The project area of Cambodian Women’s Crisis Center (CWCC), a Voice Influencing grantee, was particularly hit hard with the rightsholders community facing job losses […]