Linh made her way in the garden to where Thao was waiting for her. When he came home for work earlier that evening, he asked her to meet him in the garden after dinner. When she saw the expression on his face, she knew that it wasn’t for a romantic rendezvous or anything of the… Read More Thao Asks Linh for a Divorce
My name is Abebi and I’m from Bauchi, Nigeria. I love school. I love learning new things. I want to become a teacher because we need more female teachers here in our schools. More female teachers will encourage girls to remain in school. I think girls will relate better to female teachers and feel more… Read More Abebi’s Dream
“You’re sorry you married me, aren’t you? Don’t bother to deny it. It isn’t my fault that the condom broke.” “Let’s not get into this again. We had sex. you got pregnant so I did the honorable thing by marrying you. Let’s just try to make the best of the situation.” “It was more than… Read More Angie’s Hang-up
Tap, tap, tap. It was his conscience again. Tap, tap, tap. He ignored it. TAP, TAP, TAP. WHAT DO YOU WANT? You need to tell Jenny. Tell her what? The truth. She deserves to know. It will only upset her. That’s better than not knowing. She doesn’t need to know. She does and you know… Read More In the Dark
How do people feel when they find out that they have been adopted? I once watched an episode of the soap opera, One Life to Live where a character named Destiny was devastated when she learned that her parents were actually her grandparents and that the brother she was so close to, whom she adored… Read More Adopted
Imagine you are a child and your daily routine is to get up early every morning to go and pick through trash with your mother. You and your family are “untouchables” in your society which means you are treated as outcasts, undesirables. You don’t have many options when it comes to jobs so in order… Read More Asha’s Story
Is fighting in front of your children ever a good thing? An ABC News article says, it depends. In the article, Dr. Gordon Harold, a researcher at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales, parents can argue in front of their children but should do so with caution. “It would be unrealistic to say that , you… Read More Parental Fighting
Role model is not the title they like to give me… (but) I think I can inspire a lot of young women to be themselves and that is half the battle.” She added: “The minute you learn to love yourself, you would not want to be anyone else. On Friday, April 1, singer Rihanna was honored… Read More Rihanna Honored
At the 2015 The Kennedy Center Honors on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, three great ladies–Carol King, Cicely Tyson and Rita Moreno were among the five honorees. Cicely Tyson, at 90 looks as elegant as ever. She is best known for her role in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. She was born in Harlem, New York City… Read More Three Legendary Ladies
They still hope when they die, that their son probably will come and light their pyre. A son who breaks your legs, a son who hits you so hard that your skull breaks, a son who is willing to put cow dung in your mouth – and yet you want the same son to come… Read More Plead for the Widows
Notes to Women 