Talking to adolescent girls about sexuality and sexual pleasure is important in ensuring healthy attitudes toward their bodies, relationships, and self-awareness. It’s a topic often overshadowed by stigma, shame, or taboo, but it is necessary to break these barriers for the well-being of young girls. Open, honest, and non-judgmental conversations about sex, sexuality, and pleasure…
The freedom is coming
“I will play Papa, I will be the Papa. Marietta will play mama, and all of you will be our children.” The conditioning of sexuality stands firmly on its very deep roots. You are supposed to wait until you are of age, hopefully someone of the opposite sex will choose you. You will get married…
Building a community of women that support each other
Kyeitembe, a small village located on the outskirts Kampala in Uganda is my home area. Our house neighbors farms and forests. Growing up in this neighborhood was fun. We often played hide and seek with our friends in the forests until it got dark. Mother always waited for our return with a big stick. My…
“Sexual Freedom”
“Sexual Freedom”, I read aloud the two words in front of my 70-year-old granny and I watched her shift uncomfortably in her chair, knowing then and there that my mission was complete. What mission was that I know you wonder, and the answer is very simple: I wanted to see whether or not my grandmother…
Sexual Freedom Must Be for Everyone
Sexual freedom is known as the authority to lawfully live with and love the person you want,when you want, and how you want without cultural or medical oppression.The freedom flows from the belief that human sexuality cannot be prescribed or legislated as ithelps us to set boundaries for ourselves and allows us to portray any…
My experience with the triad of gender-based violence, HIV and sexual and reproductive health
*This post is a transcript and was translated from isiXhosa On Friday last week, a friend shared the link to a Facebook live chat and suggested I join. I noticed that the chat had something to do with gender-based violence (GBV), so I decided to give it a go. When it ended, I was triggered…
A tribute to women in the HIV/AIDS space
Yet another year passes where we celebrate and honour women of 1956 for their bravery in South Africa. On 09 August 1956 over 20 000 women of all races and ages from all walks of life marched to the Union Building in Pretoria to protest against the pass laws that restricted free movement. The pass laws…
Inside My Purse heads to Canada for Women Deliver 2019
The time is now—a global discussion around women empowerment is underway. Bridging the gender gap is now a full-force movement with a loud voice. Women Deliver is the largest international gathering on gender equality and the health, rights and well-being of women and girls. The conference is being held in Vancouver, Canada this year between…