I wouldn't call women victims, I would call them survivors.
Because there shouldn't be a world where women have to survive.
There should be a world where women thrive'.
Priyanka Chopra
'THE LIONESS OF LISABI'
Born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas, Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti was born and raised in Lagos State Nigeria. She was a feminist and political leader who was the leading advocate of women’s rights in her country during the first half of...
I am proud of you for choosing to stay soft;
Instead of hard when anger has felt safer than healing.
You have chosen to stay tender;
Towards yourself and others'.
Hannah Uiri
Is the first and only female President of Chile from 2006-2010;Â and again from 2014-2018.
She was born on September 29, 1951 to a Father who is a General in the Chilean Air Force and archaeologist mother. In 1973 her father was...
It’s all connected;
Imagining and reading about change;
Being skeptical about the meaning of particular social changes;
Being part of change.
Anne Snitow
'A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing.
She goes where she will without pretense and arrive at her destination prepared to be herself ;
And only herself'.
Maya Angelou
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else.
I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it.
Life is never dull.
Oprah Winfrey
'Don’t be voiceless when you have had the privilege of being educated.
You can only become voiceless by choice.
You must not make that choice'.
Obe Ezekwesili
6th in in cultural practices that are harmful to women. Such as female genital mutilation, acid attacks, forced marriage, stoning, physical abuse or mutilation as a...
There can be no compromise with war;
It cannot be reformed or controlled;
Cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense;
For war is the...
Shirley Nkechinyere Hills
Sickle Cell Disorder survivor, Shirley Hills, is a multi-award winning serial entrepreneur. She is the Chief Executive Officer of a number of...
'I just think that unless you have that cohesiveness in the family unit,
The male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive.
So much...
Due to the scope and objectives we set to achieve, the Sheroes Project shall be carried out in the federal capital as that is where the federal legislators are situated. As the central capital, the...
Women have consistently contributed to nation and community building in different ways yet their works largely remains unnoticed and underreported. Women issues are also the most under-represented in mainstream media thus getting the least attention....
The Founder of Sheroes Rising Development Initiative and Publisher of www.sheroes.ng has thrown her hat into the political ring.
Hawwah Abdullahi Gambo made this known via a press release she issued to media houses.
She described the...
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)is the most widespread human rights violation with a recorded every 1 in 3 women having experienced some form of violence in their lives. This comes down to a cumulative...
March is women’s month. It is the month in which a day was picked and dedicated to focusing, discussion, conversing and talking about gender equality, its impact in society and how it can be achieved....
"Social classifications (e.g., race, gender, sexual identity, class, etc.) are interconnected, and ignoring their intersection creates oppression towards women and changes the experience of living as a woman in society."
Gloria Jean Watkins, a feminist per...
There is no better day, time, and occasion to remind us all that to achieve gender equality and break the bias, we must put a stop to all forms of domestic and gender-based violence than...
On this day, International Women’s Day 2022, I send warm felicitations to all women in Nigeria for being among the most hardworking, resourceful, and resilient gender in the country.
As mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters you...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has arrested a 43-year-old pastor and two others for allegedly raping...
'We learnt about honesty and integrity;
That the truth matters.
That you don't take short cuts or play by your own set of rules.
Success doesn't count...
