October: Pink Ribbon Month

October: Pink Ribbon Month

By Kye Makyeli I was having a few drinks after work with a good friend of mine who happens to be a doctor, and we got to talking about the problems that REALLY affect women. We wound up talking about breast cancer, and how little women actually know about it and its...
Miscarriages: The Monster No One Talks About

Miscarriages: The Monster No One Talks About

By Wanjiru Kihusa Last November I lost a baby. I was 20 weeks pregnant at the time. After 3 days in hospital and countless pain killers and antibiotics, I went back home. One week passed and the reality of the situation hit home. Every time I went to take a shower,...
Weighing Scale Woes

Weighing Scale Woes

By Elma Asio I have my own long story about my own journey up and down the weighing scales. I’m quite certain most women do too. My greatest issues with weight began when I was a teenager. All my friends were much smaller than I was and those who were big as I, seemed...
FGM: The Elephant In The Room

FGM: The Elephant In The Room

By Reem Gaafar Female Genital Mutilation is one those terrifying realities that is still practiced openly today, mainly in Africa and parts of Asia, although globalization and massive migration has carried the practice to parts of Europe, Australia and the Americas....
Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?

Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?

By Reem Gaafar Sudan is a melting pot of different nations, cultures and religions. There is no one ‘type’ of Sudanese, and no one can claim that the land belongs to them. Over the generations, there have been Nilotic Africans, Arabs, Turks, Moroccans, Egyptians,...