Author: laadliyan

The journey of breaking barriers begins in the mind and as a Punjabi Sikh female entrepreneur in the wellness field, my mission is to support and empower womxn of colour, especially South Asian womxn to Read more

Being introduced to STEM at a young age, I was familiarized with the lack of female participation in this field. Being the only girl on a VEX robotics team and one of three girls on Read more

“Moments after an onerous birthing process, the following words were the first words my mother heard from her sister-in-law: ਹਰਲੀਨ ਨੇ ਇੱਟ ਜੰਮਤੀ।                                Read more

In 2018, we launched our passion project: @aadarcorp. At a point in time when youth are more engaged and forward-thinking than ever before, we want to address the gaps within the discussions happening around social justice. Read more

I was recently asked “what does success mean to you?” For me, pin-pointing “success” is like deciding an end point and living in a state of defeat until you reach that point. But. What if Read more

I want to start off by paying my respect to all the womxn who teach me forms of love towards self and community and remind me to return to love as a form of healing. Read more

After completing my bachelor’s degree in Biology, I was certain that I did not want to pursue medicine anymore so I did the only rational thing I could think of and moved to France. At Read more

I grew up during a time when divorce was really frowned upon.  My SHEro mom, raised me as a single parent with hardly any English and working 2 jobs.  My SHEro taught me to be Read more

How have you broken gender stereotypes? We still have a long way to go with this one but I remember when I was 9 years old my mom was furious, I don’t know at what Read more

BrownGirlGang is a space to feature inspiring and badass South Asian women across the world. I hope BGG inspires brown girls to blur cultural boundaries and remember; you will never influence the world by being Read more