By Asma Darwish, Head of Advocacy at Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), AAWE member and Head of Communications at FAWCO Refugee Network
I was in middle school when my entire family finally came together for the first time: Mom, Dad and all of my sisters and brothers. The story is quite interesting; do you have time?
Assuming you do,
Many of us probably grew up with a parent, an aunt or uncle or a grandparent who smoked, and have seen the significant impact that this had on the lives of people around us. Well-known smokers include Winston Churchill, who famously said, “My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol...
Have you ever witnessed someone being harassed? Most of us have. Maybe it was someone making a “joke” about another person’s race, ethnicity or gender identity, or a classmate being bullied on the playground – or maybe it was something more severe.