Tag: women

YOUNGVOICES Aloud n Allowed: HABIBA’S VOICE

Posted on by zaonessa in advocacy, around the web, Health, Uncategorized

When it comes to HIV, I think most people have information about the transmission of HIV; however, when it comes to living with HIV and living with people living with HIV, we still have a challenge and stigma sets in. There is still a lot of fear, so much so that people living with HIV hide their statuses, and when family members find out, they are stigmatized. Even though people claim to know about HIV and do their tests regularly, they still have little or no idea how to help those infected.' Habiba

YOUNGVOICES Aloud n’ AlLOWED: J.K’s Story of living with HIV

Posted on by Ameaka Fatima in advocacy, around the web, Mental Health, Self Confidence

I grew up with my grandma because my mother and father separated when I was about two months old. I grew up without a close relationship with my mom up till today. I was just with my grandma and my dad. Things changed when I was in class 6, and my dad became abusive and would beat me when he came home drunk. Life wasn’t easy after that. The year I found out I was HIV positive in Form One was the same year my dad sexually violated me. I don’t know why he did that; he was in a lot of pain while I was growing up. I’m J.K, an 18-year-old girl from Kenya, and this is my story.

YOUNG VOICES ALOud n’ Allowed: M’s Story

Posted on by Ameaka Fatima in advocacy, around the web, Mental Health, Self Confidence, Self Discovery, Uncategorized

When I was 16, I started showing symptoms of Tuberculosis. When we went to the hospital to run some tests, we discovered I had both TB and HIV. It hurt. My first reaction was to cry. And the first question I asked the doctor was, “What will others say of me? Where am I going to say I got this?”

Think you Know About Sickle Cell? These Two Women Will Challenge your Ideas

Posted on by Ameaka Fatima in advocacy, around the web, Self Confidence, Self Discovery, Self Love, Uncategorized

I met this two amazing women at different moments in my life. And they couldn't be more unlike each other. But strangely their stories which they continue to share daily has thought me a few great lessons about life in general, and about a neglected genetic disorder that affects up to a 100 Million people in the world right now, most of them of African descent.

March Heroines: Women Who Inspire Us

Posted on by Ameaka Fatima in around the web, Events, Uncategorized

Here we go again! Last year to celebrate March which is women's month, we curated beautiful pieces of poetry that celebrate woman in all her forms. This year, we want to put some faces to those descriptions of 'Phenomenal Woman'. From politics to the arts and philantropy, our March Heroines are from every walk of … Continue reading March Heroines: Women Who Inspire Us →