This post was originally published on the IMPT Blog. For more information about multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) or the Initiative for MPTs click here. Yes! Yes! We soon may have a ring for our vaginas! I know what you are thinking; vaginal rings have been here since sliced bread. True, but what’s new about this…
The day my abusive father rescued me from my abuser
Many of us have direct or indirect experiences with gender-based violence and very few of us know where to go for help Growing up, I witnessed my father beat up my mother daily. My childhood memories are filled with images of my father hitting my mother and my younger siblings and I trying to intervene….
Wanted: Leaders for a TB free world
This year’s theme for World TB Day which is observed on the 24th March 2018 is ‘Wanted: Leaders for a TB free world’. It is a call for people like me and you to play our part in combating TB – no matter how big or small. TB is a curable infectious disease that can…
International Women’s Day
A healthy world starts with healthy women On this International Women’s Day, it has never been more urgent to ensure women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, so that women everywhere have the opportunity to stay healthy and achieve their goals. The leading causes of death among women of reproductive age worldwide are HIV/AIDS and…
Show your purse some love…
With our hectic lifestyles, one thing we often forget to do is to pay special attention to ourselves… down there. Yes, we might shower or take a bath twice a day but how often do we give our precious purses (vaginas) the special attention they need? Don’t fret, this is a question I have recently…
My Purse – a journey of self-discovery
My vagina. My identity. My pandora’s box. My private space. My secret place. My purse. I have had a tumultuous relationship with my vagina before I was awakened to the truth in my mid-twenties that it was just another one of my precious organs that needed as much love and attention as all others. How…