The Stories We Don’t Tell
How The Fuller Project is catalyzing gender equality through storytelling
By Claire O’Donnell, Together Women Rise Transformation Partnerships Writer
Women make up half of the world and yet, only 0.02% of global news coverage focuses on issues that disproportionately affect women. If the world’s news were a year, these issues would get less than eighteen hours of it. If it were a globe, the coverage of issues disproportionately affecting women would fit entirely on Fiji.
This is not an accidental oversight. It is a portrait of whose stories our society has decided matter. The stories a culture tells are not merely a reflection of its values, they are also the mechanisms by which those values are shaped, generation after generation. When half of humanity is condensed to a footnote, that absence is reflected in legislation, healthcare, policy, courtrooms and the daily realities of women everywhere. Details
Reflecting on my recent Together Women Rise trip to Rwanda, these are the images that stick in my mind: row after row of brilliant, green hills extending to the horizon; brightly-colored birds flitting about and calling from dawn until dusk – even in downtown Kigali; and the huge, warm smiles of every single Rwandan we met. The consequences of the horrific 1994 genocide continue to influence their lives, but Rwandans have chosen to reconcile in order to heal and to unify their country. There is a true sense of community and of people looking out for one another. For example, 
to extend and strengthen land rights for women experiencing poverty. Stronger rights to land have the power to reduce poverty and conflict, increase economic activity, empower women, strengthen food security, and improve environmental stewardship.
