women — Stories

As a child who grew up in a suburban bubble in Minnesota, coming to Flores de Villa was shocking. I was unaware of the poverty that existed, and to see it first-hand changed me forever...

Women’s Crisis Care: Bahrain Story #53

Bahrain became one of the first countries in the Middle East to outlaw domestic violence. It is important to recognise that achievement, but also realise that there is more that communities can do. Ultimately, this is not a men’s issue or a women’s issue. It’s a community issue…

Staying True As A Javanese Woman

I was afraid that by identifying as a Javanese woman, I would be mistaken for being submissive, accepting and feminine. I would be misunderstood as being passive, when there is power in subtlety, courtesy, initiative, emotional mastery and consciousness...

Empty Is As Empty Does

These actresses are being condemned for participating in #metoo because of their privilege, while we’re forgetting that talking about abuse is terrifying at best…

MoviesBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)13 June 2018TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, movies, films, #metoo, sexual harrassment, sexual abuse, women, women's rights, violence against women, strength, unity, community Comment

The Women of Flores De Villa

Scattered houses of veneer boards and rusty tin sheets pressed against each other along streets full of dust, are filled with abuse, heartbreak and pain…

WomanBy Piyadasa Hettihewa. (Father and Grandfather of TCKs. From Sri Lanka. Living in Thalawathugoda)26 May 2018TCK, tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, cultures, culture, women, woman, woman of colour, women's rights, violence against women, Peru, Peruvian, bravery, poem, poetryComment

Female Tenacity

I have been travelling through Pakistan, which on its own, is a country of many paradoxes. It is regularly featured near the bottom end of the gender equality indexes in many white papers yet many have forgotten it gave rise to the first female prime minister of a Muslim majority country.

WomanBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)21 March 2018TCK, TCK TOWN, Tck, cultures, woman, women, women's rightsComment

Cultural R-evolution

You tell me, eyes clouded by the heaviness, of a culture that has long moved away from your history, yet you cling to so stubbornly...

Us, The ArtsBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)8 November 2017tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, culture, gender, woman, women, women's rights, Arab, feminism, freedom, beliefs, multicultural, cultural Comments

Don’t Blush, Baby.

A cricketer used a sleazy line on a sports reporter, asking her on a date during an interview and when she declined on live television, he pulled out the following line...

The Sum Of Its Parts

It is overwhelmingly apparent to me that, worldwide, there is a gender bias, generally pro-male and generally negative towards females.

UsBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)25 March 2017tck, Tck, TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, women, women's rights, men, gender, society, issues, world, global Comment

How Long Do We Keep Up This Charade?

When that kind of visual programming is pervasive, and generations grow up watching that kind of trash on a nightly basis, is it any surprise when these countries have fairly high domestic violence rates?

Un-hijacking The Hijab

Given the current socio-political climate, silence and passive resistance are no longer luxuries one can afford to indulge in...

Speed Date A Muslim

Growing up in Pakistan and Malaysia, navigating the fine line between culture and religion caused me a fair amount of grief and I found it difficult to watch respected members of society engage in archaic and detrimental cultural practices in the name of Islam.