The decision to have an abortion should rest with a woman in consultation with her doctor. She can decide for herself whether to engage her family or take her religious views into account.

There is very little education both formal and informal available to counter these ideas, minimal counselling and absolutely poor resource centres for survivors to seek legal, medical and rehabilitative recourse.

Men in leadership positions must use their power to invest in policies and programmes that give a platform for women and other vulnerable groups to learn, grow and thrive.

“Through the network, I want to explore how we can make the world a smaller one by the power of connections,” says Lorena Diaz Quijano.

“I believe in joint responsibility between our society, our government and our institutions to work towards a fairer country,” says Marisol Fernández.

You can create a ‘tribe’ out of any group of people, if you listen to each other’s stories, build trust, and share experiences, says Sky.

“I like to think of courage as the ability to go ahead and do things even though I am tremendously afraid,” says Elizabeth Maloba.

Astrid Escobedo speaks on her commitment to fighting injustice, why she is on a year-long sabbatical and how she manages to achieve work-life balance.

Maureen Oduori on why she advocates democracy and governance so passionately, her non-partisan approach nd her strategy to achieve work-life balance

Sonja Spruit speaks about what makes her a “Global Girl” and how she overcomes the challenges that come her way.