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Period Poverty
Period poverty refers to the constraint women have in accessing sanitary products due to financial difficulty. Without access, women are left to use unhygienic ways to manage menstruation. Whilst period poverty is fought worldwide, the stigma surrounding periods has prevented any significant progress in tackling the issue. Arguably, menstruation has become a biological barrier for gender equality. The normal bodily function for half of the population is strictly a taboo. Young girls and women face many challenges throughout managing menstruation, some of these issues however can be avoided...
Close Yet Far Away; A Poem in Times of Social Distancing
You see the ray of sunshine. You hear the birds chirping. You feel your heart beating. You watch your limbs shifting. You want to go and feel the breeze, But you can not even do what your soul may please.
COVID-19 Lockdown: My Experience
When the lockdown started, I was ecstatic. My final year of school had finished early, exams were cancelled, the sun was shining. I was happy, and confident I would be OK. After all, how hard could staying at home possibly be? After a while, the reality of the situation started to sink in. The novelty of being at home wore off and I started to struggle. I suffered from regular panic attacks, frozen on the floor in my room, unable to move or speak. I had nightmares most nights, and struggled to sleep. It was as if I was stuck, trapped in my house and in my own head. I didn't know how to cope...
People around you
Today, one apple told me a wonderful story about how it was picked up by a farmer, brought by a loader and neatly arranged by a seller. Look around! We are surrounded by people who work day and night to overcome the pandemic. Appreciate their work and time!
The outbreak of a new virus
We heard it on news, Twas all over the headlines An outbreak of a new virus, Some were skeptical about it. Some said it won't come here, But here we are, reality dawns on us. Our Monday mornings are as Sunday nights, Our streets are empty, our markets are deserted, Our offices are locked, our businesses are closed, The Economy is falling. New year resolutions unkept, "2020 dreams" staring at us in the face, There is nothing we can do about it Reality has dawned on us, things are not in the manner which we planned. The numbers are rising, the death toll rises, All over the world thousands die...
Art and lockdown: your drawings in the time of coronavirus
Coronavirus: a lesson for mental health
I remember feeling how I was plunging into darkness. “Hide it!” I said to myself. “Don’t let them know that you feel. Smile and hide your pain”. We live in a society in which feeling too much is not a good thing, a society in which we select what we want people to see, showing and sharing only smiles, laughs, trips and parties; a lot of times void of meaning, void of happiness. Why do we do that? Simply because it makes us feel better about ourselves, like if by people believing that our life is that way, it may start being that way, and we are not aware of the consequences. Sharing that fake...
My Corona doodle
This is my doodle to describe the virus which has caused fear and boredom all over the world. We cannot meet our friends and play outside. This doodle shows all that we have missed in these few weeks of isolation. In the midst of all this unhappiness, I have added some cartoons & colorful patterns to make it happy. Hope you enjoy it! stay safe!
The importance of international cooperation: the case of the European Union
I've been hearing for some time that the situation needs to be normalized. However, each day I hear it less, because in my country, we continually battle Covid-19. No one is untouchable, as the Director-General of the World Health Organization has already said, not even young people. We must forget the mentality "it will not happen to me" and begin to say "it will not happen to us". We must understand that this is a pandemic, infecting the world and not only a particular region. The term "pan" is a Latin prefix that refers to "everything". Our society is no longer local, but global. Global...
What is South Africa Forgetting During COVID-19?
I am a teenager from South Africa, experiencing an event that has never been experienced by my parents or grandparents. It is unique to three generations of my family and will change the world as we know it, for all of us. We may not all get infected by the virus but there is one thing that the virus brings with it that may well affect us all. What is it, and what am I doing about it? The virus has claimed more than 99 000 lives and has currently infected more than 1.6 million people around the world. In South Africa, the government has invoked the Disaster Management Act, which means that it...
COVID-19: A threat to humanity
I miss my Friends I miss Going To School I miss Studying In Class I miss Hanging Out At The School's Canteen With My Friends I miss Attending School Events I miss Staying Back Late After School Hours In School I miss Socializing I miss Dining Outside I miss Going To The Mall I miss Tasting Local Food But mainly, I just miss going outside and I believe you do too. In this crucial time, let's put our differences aside and fight this deadly coronavirus together. Due to lockdowns in most countries, people who run their own businesses are facing income drops, big families in rural areas that depend...
Family tea time: one cup of magic
Being under quarantine for a long time has a huge impact on me and my thoughts. I started to enjoy simple things, like saying good morning to my parents, asking them about their childhood and etc. I know, it sounds strange, I find strange to think that all this time I didn't "see" my parents, I didn't talk to them about the universe, nature, politics, food. On the one hand, I am very happy to realize it now. On the other hand, I wish it would happen under different circumstances (without pandemic and all negative thoughts). If you read this, please, make one cup of magic and share it with your...
My coronavirus drawing
I hope y'all like my drawing, I worked hard on it! If you are between 13 and 24, share your illustrations, drawings and other art content that help raise awareness on the importance of supporting each other, kindness in terms of crisis and taking care of your mental health. Learn how to do it, here.
Mental Health & Isolation: How we can address mental health during the coronavirus pandemic
The year 2020 started off in panic. There was talk of a possible 3rd World War, then there was an outbreak of coronavirus in China. I never thought it’d reach America, but I was wrong. In fact, the United States is one of the nations most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Our economy is in free fall, people are in isolation waiting for government aid; all while cases of Covid-19 rise. Despite this, there’s another casualty of this pandemic – our mental health. There’s no doubt that uncertainty breeds paranoia, especially in adolescents. I personally started to feel different after my local...
Students & Allies Across 45+ Countries Launch #Students_Against_COVID
We are #Students_Against_COVID, a global grassroots movement aimed at spreading credible information about COVID-19, empowering student and ally voices and initiatives, and facilitating socially responsible innovation and collaboration. Our movement began with a simple tweet on March 16th by an American medical student asking people worldwide to share what they were doing to help fight against COVID-19 by using the hashtag “Students_Against_COVID” in their response. This student soon connected with healthcare professional students from countries like Greece, Portugal, Pakistan, and the UAE and...
Coronavirus and creativity: from my window
Whe the quarantine was approved in my country due to the increase in cases associated with COVID-19 the reaction I had was not surprising: I felt fear, confusion and frustration. It is normal to feel this way, nobody was prepared to live a circumstance as complex as the one we currently face. By nature we are social beings, we find it difficult to be away from each other, but physical distance is necessary to prevent and counteract the disease. This was not going to be easy, I started to take things easy, to avoid negative thoughts invading me. There are so many activities that I had not been...
STAY HOME = SUPPORT DOCTORS
We should support doctors, so they can return to their loved ones safely. We should help them work without hard choices and negative thoughts. We should respect them for bravery and confidence. We are all united!
The 3C Campaign to cheer our Frontliners
Hello Everyone! My name is Ayush and I’m in 7th grade. We all know that they are so many people out there on our frontlines trying to help combat COVID-19! These frontliners include doctors, nurses, hospital workers, police, firefighters, EMTs, first responders, restaurant workers, and so many more. Every second that they take to make our lives easier, means that they have one more second to get a risk of getting infected. Many of them go home to an empty house, afraid, and not able to see their family for weeks at a time. Many of our frontliners are at a high risk of getting depression. So...
A New Reality
Coronavirus. COVID-19. A global pandemic. A crisis that goes by countless names, from city to city, state to state, nation to nation. Plaguing the weak and targeting all with no remorse. No one saw this coming for two reasons, one we simply cannot predict the future, and two… we made a joke out of it. For weeks, months even, coronavirus was simply a subject on social media where memes were being made and a joke was made out of suffering. People were desensitized, people began to feel untouchable, that was of course until they were touched. Coronavirus does not discriminate. Being a high school...