Genderbasedviolence Stories

This is not a book but a collection of poems I write everytime I feel something. My poetry is free style so it does not have a rhythm yet carries a lot of emotion. Every...

Life is full of ups and downs... Some people are meant to be in your life to love you, some to hate you, some to admire you, some to detest you, some to adore you, some...

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A poem about a man who burns his lover to death

"nobody was meant to be free, in a world of lies" Adrian Dawson is an eighteen year old girl with a psychopathic father and a mother she hasn't seen in twelve...

#bornperfect Like I stated on my previous status, I had such a bad experience last evening consernig a lady friend of mine, She claimed her boy friend beat her for nor r...

A story about love, heartbreak and sacrifice

A little piece of my chaotic mind. They are free verse short poems that talk about what I'm passionate about: the feminism and the gender-based violence. Feel free to le...

A young Nigerian woman narrates her experience with gender-based violence and how she was murdered by her husband

This is a narrative about a young woman called Khethiwe Ndlovu, from a small village in South Africa. One night, a man tries to rape her but is saved by a man in gleamin...

If you wear them, you'll understand. Also a good metaphor for domestic violence. Thanks to Andisheh A for the use of the image from Unsplash linked below: https://unspla...

Statics show that Every 3 hours a woman is killed in South Africa. Approximately 137 woman die everyday at the hands of their partners. Is this the society we want our c...

'Globally an estimated 736 million women- almost one in three- have been subjected to physical and or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or b...

The past, the present and the future are all connected. They depend on each other but they don't define one another. Join Yuri in her journey of the present as she batt...

a woman abused by her psychopathic husband tries to fit in with people using fake smiles and laughter but one night being a close call to the doors of death led to an u...

A collection of poems

This, based on the recent GBV(Gender Based Violence), is aimed at the boys who didn't have a voice. The boys who couldn't say anything because they were told that it's o...

Nina, a varsity freshman has to tackle her indiscernible, recurring dreams whilst fighting to get justice for a night of intoxication and violation. Whilst trying to fi...

She thought she knew him. She thought she had him all figured out but boy she was wrong. He's not what she thought he was, and he'll never be. A sweet talker that's wha...

Not all fairy tales have a happy ending, and not all smiles reflect joy. Uchungu is the epitome of beauty,a rare goddess who graces the earth with an enchanting smile. B...