Sarah Little

Sarah Little is a journalist and the founder of More to Her Story, a global news agency and initiative amplifying the voices, stories, and ideas of young women and girls. Sarah has traveled to 40 countries, spanning five continents, interviewing hundreds of young women and girls. She regularly contributes to international media outlets, where she writes about women and girls worldwide. She produces and hosts More to Her Story: The Podcast, a monthly podcast featuring global leaders, journalists, and young people advancing gender equity. The podcast is among the top 25% of podcasts in the world.

Sarah had an adventurous upbringing, which shaped her into the person she is today. Her parents travel a lot because of their jobs. Sarah spent her early adolescence in the Middle East, and according to herself, these travels shaped her worldview and interest in the region and other developing countries where life is often harsher for women. She fell in love with capturing people’s stories during her time living in Central America as a teenager.

During the height of the Syrian civil war, Sarah left university to travel to Jordan to interview young Syrian women who had been displaced. From there, she traveled to more countries and interviewed hundreds of young women and girls. As a result, More to Her Story was launched.

More to Her Story is a global nonprofit organization that amplifies the voices and stories of young women and girls who have been silenced. More to Her Story aims to shed light on the injustices and oppression of women and girls around the world, empower them by making their voices heard, and try to change the cultural norms that contribute to gender-based violence through journalism and storytelling. More to Her Story partners with a lot of other organizations and media outlets that help address issues affecting women and girls and share their stories with a wider audience.

One of the submissions on More to Her Story is by Benazir Habibzadeh, “I am an Afghan girl, and I have been in prison for more than two years. Like hundreds of millions of girls around the world, I had hopes – hopes for a better life, for a better tomorrow. After the Taliban entered Afghanistan, girls fell silent and watched. Everyone waited, expecting resistance and defiance, but no one took the initiative. So, I decided to take the lead. I picked up my phone, called several of my classmates, and asked them not to remain silent. I felt unstoppable. Eventually, we reached our school. No one allowed us in, but we didn’t need anyone’s permission. We entered the school courageously like revolutionaries. The Taliban threatened the school administration, recorded our names, and prevented them from sending us teachers. The Taliban threatened to imprison us, but we didn’t give in. I hoped things would get better. But I have come to understand that the Taliban are an affliction, like cancer, that grows stronger with time. I love my dreams and miss them dearly.”

Sarah is currently developing More to Her Story and has recently joined the WomanPost movement as a proud ambassador. She was recently named a Women for Women International Champion and plans to travel back to the Middle East to capture more women’s stories.

WomanPost was founded to raise awareness regarding the systematic erasing of Afghan women from education, sports, politics, and society in Afghanistan. WomanPost has a countdown from 100 to 1, and each number in this countdown denotes a public figure. WomanPost team is trying to get celebrities and public figures to join this movement in bringing attention to Afghan women’s rights and the injustice that is being done to them. Every day we are getting more and more celebrities to join this non-partisan campaign against gender inequality in Afghanistan. No to Gender Apartheid!