Posts in Women Empowerment
Pooja Chopra
Pooja Chopra

The two years of teaching were the best years of my life. It made me learn so much about the stark realities of our society. I got sensitized to the stigma that existed against women. While the boys were sent to a private school, the girl was sent to a government school. Every day, I used to walk the girls back home after school. Every day, I met a person inside the house - the mother. I asked every mother one question - what dreams do you have for your girl child? Every mother had very blurry visions. They felt they could never fulfill their dreams growing up and had no voice, choice or power to dream for their girls. She felt financially dependent on the husband and saw her role limited to household chores. The society had made her believe that it is wrong for her to step out for herself to become independent. This triggered me to begin my journey with Khwaab.

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Community Development, Economic Empowerment, Women EmpowermentGirlTable AdminIndia
Dudu Tsobane
Dudu Tsobane

I grew up in the streets of Soweto raised by a single parent (my mother). Growing up was never easy, but I was always determined to make my parents proud and to become someone that would someday inspire the kids in my community. I have always been a big dreamer and a visionary. I’ve always believed I was destined for greatness. I did not have it all as a child - it was a struggle as my mom was unemployed and we had zero income in our household. I used to wear torn school shoes, and when I started getting my period, my mom could not afford to buy me sanitary pads so I used clothes as a substitute so I could go to school and not miss my classes. That made me have low self-confidence as I could not play with my friends and enjoy school on those days, but not even that [experience] could get me to lose my focus, instead it propelled me to dream bigger. I made a vow to myself that I will help as many girls who are underprivileged, so they do not have to experience what I went through as a young girl.

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Community Development, Period Poverty, Women Empowerment, Maternal & Infant Health, LeadershipGirlTable AdminSouth Africa
Tayieba Rahemin
Tayieba Rahemin

A dream of years, combined with a lot of personal experiences with many survivors and many women who faced injustice but chose to stay quiet, I decided that 2020 was the year of change. There were too many stories being unheard, too many women silently suffering, too many women who had lost their voices and were on the verge of giving up. Hence, I finally created Unstitched Women's Tapestry, as a means of change and a means of empowerment.

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Women EmpowermentGirlTable AdminBangladesh
Sam Gqomo
Sam Gqomo

My focus on women was sparked because I was raised in a matriarchal family and went to a girls’ school. I resonate with this group of people. The impact has not only been a legacy-building initiative for me but has literally changed my life knowing that my organization is leaving young women and girls better off, in making subject choices, choosing alternative careers or starting and growing their own businesses.

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Women EmpowermentGirlTable AdminSouth Africa