Melbourne, AUSTRALIA – As the curtain starts to close on 2021, it is easy to view the year in a...
Category - Perspective
Adding her voice to ‘No one is safe,’ survivor is...
Incidents. Experiences. Nightmares. People you meet, experiences you have, they shape your life and...
The Christmas Truce reminds us of our human hope for peace
Pekin, Illinois, U.S.A. – Without much joy, I trudged through my Global Studies textbook reading...
Festivals forever tainted by fear
Festivals come every month in India, offering a fun, colorful torch of hope for people to help them...
The moment I realized I was seen as a threat
ISTANBUL – It was an innocent Saturday night. I went on my usual nightly stroll. After taking my...
Men have a crucial role in preventing abuse
ISTANBUL – I opened up to my friend about the abuse my ex-boyfriend had put me through last year...
UK’s sexual assault epidemic spurred me to act
Bridgend, South Wales, UK – As a young woman, I am horrified and hurt by the alarmingly high rate...
Watch out – small aggressive acts forewarn violence
A man staring at the author on a bus in Istanbul. (Bilge Nur Güven/YJI) A man twice your age stares...