Women & Youth Archives - IVolunteer International

The Changing Tides of Advocacy

The 21st century heralds a new crop of activism led by youth and children. The youth play an important role in advocacy, ensuring that their voices are heard in a world riddled with self-interest. Youth activism has made a significant contribution in addressing challenges faced by the voiceless in society.

Sheila Ochieng' June 10, 2020

A Beautiful Face!

Article By Hadil Alashwal Hadil Alashwal, is a Yemeni national who lived in Yemen for two decades of her life. Having lived in such a patriarchal society for quite long, she is dedicated to fighting for gender equality in Yemen and all around the world. Writing is her way of expressing herself and that’s how…

Guest Author March 3, 2020

What Do You know About Female Genital Mutilation?

It is understandable that communities around the world have diverse cultural customs and traditions that define them and are inherent to their identities. It is imperative, however, to admit to the fact that culture should be seen as a flux and not a static unchanging set of beliefs. Numerous cultural practices have proven themselves to…

Hanen Ben Ghzayel March 1, 2020

A Panacea to Gender-Based Violence

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is any type of violence against a person due to their sexual orientation or biological characteristics that makes us male or female. Common justifications for violence are based on socially defined gender norms, that is, the proper roles and responsibilities of men and women. The Narrative When people hear about gender-based violence,…

Violet Isek February 26, 2020

Call me a Gender Equality Advocate, not a Feminist

I am a millennial, and I am a female, writing articles for an online blog. Ask anyone, and the first thing that comes to their mind would be, “She probably is another feminist”. Well, I am not. A New Paradigm Shift: Mutated Feminism Sentiments Emma Watson’s speech on feminism at the U.N. headquarters was powerful…

Ip Anna Tin Wai February 9, 2020

Tunisia: Climate Action or Inaction?

When I was a prep school student, I used to go to the Preparatory School of Rejich, which was located near the beach. In our free time, my classmates and I would hang out by the seashore. There was this one place that we used to look at from afar; a small house shrouded with…

Hanen Ben Ghzayel February 2, 2020

EnaZeda: A Tunisian Movement Against Sexual Harassment

The 2011-Tunisian-Revolution has endowed its people with long-sought freedom of expression; freedom that has made it possible to openly talk about what once was branded as taboo topics. As the socio-cultural scene began to progressively change, discussions concerning sexual harassment also began to gain a voice. Soon after the Revolution and as a celebration of…

Hanen Ben Ghzayel January 22, 2020

The US Women Soccer National Team and an Equal Pay Conundrum: Making Heads or Tails of the Ongoing Issue

Article by Firas Aouinet. Firas Aouinet is a writer at heart. So far, he has dabbled in a few fields of study. He studied a bit of multimedia Journalism at Southeast Missouri State University where he learned the basics of U.S journalism and honed both his writing and graphic design skills. He took group fitness…

Guest Author August 15, 2019

Reducing Air Pollution, Key To Better Life

Sensitizing people to protect their environment is an act that definitely should be done recurrently and not only on the occasion of the United Nation International Days, as the World Environment Day. In this context, different members of the civil society in Tunisia and different organizations participated in the Car-Free Day event in order to…

Safa Mnassri August 5, 2019

Challenging Stereotypes: Women And Girls In Space Science

That gender inequality is one of the greatest challenges of our time can hardly be gainsaid. Until recently, gender inequality was a peripheral subject, but today the subject has found a common place in the political and human rights discussions around the world. The move is in response to the increasing recognition of the implications…

Maulline Gragau July 31, 2019

Volunteers Revive Locked Library for Education

Education has always been a very important matter in everyone’s life, and the power of books should never be underestimated. Some people can easily reach valuable books while others find it really hard to afford them or going all the way to get them. But guess what? you can always find books in libraries and…

Ghada Mezghani July 5, 2019

Reconceptualizing Public Perceptions of Cancer

In an acute awareness of what is like to be a Cancer Patient torn between the consistent urge to triumph over life’s most cruel fate and between the necessity to bear the burden of this disease, especially amongst the corridors of a North African developing country’s hospitals, former sufferers and activists within the Tunisian Association…

Safa Mnassri June 29, 2019

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