Amina J Mohammed Gets Second Term As UN DSG
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed has been reappointed as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations for a second term. Prior to her appointment in 2017, Ms. Mohammed served as Minister of Environment…
Defining moments for gender equality in 2021
Let’s reflect and look back on 2021. Let us look at both our wins and failures that formed the major moments for gender equality and women’s rights. From women at…
Muhammadu Buhari endorses global treaty against VAWGs
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari became the first sitting president to call for a global treaty to end violence against women and girls at the UN General Assembly in September 2021.…
Call for WRITERS
In the bid to strengthen gender advocacy, women and child rights issues, press for structural, institutional, and policy changes, www.sheroes.ng is opening up its platforms for public contributions. We are…
He4She Quote
Without the role of a woman in a man's life, He is bound to fail. And vice-versa. Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje.
The Silent Pandemic of Domestic Abuse
Is one of the cancers ravaging our society; yet remains one of the highly neglected and unacknowledged issues. I have always wondered why and how something so prevalent and destructive…
44th Miss Nigeria. Shatu Garko
Hijab model, 18-year-old Shatu Garko, has emerged winner of the 2021 Miss Nigeria beauty pageant. Shatu, whose real name is Aisha, is an 18-year-old horse-riding lover that represented the North-West…
Silent Voices of Parental Alienation
This project is needed at this time due to the increasing growth rate of parental alienation, the mental and psychological harm it causes to both child and alienated parent, the…
16 Days of Activism 2021
A violent FREE world; begins with compassion and respect. The 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign (16 Days Campaign) is a United Nations campaign…
NDA Gets Female Best Graduating Cadet.
Her name is Uchechi Promise Echefu. She recently graduated cadet from the Nigeria Defence Academy Kaduna (NDA). Uchechi emerged the best graduating cadet with a First Class Honours in Computer…
Women, Girls, and the Power of Technology
“I always say the future is female, but indeed technology is the future.” On this International Day of the Girl Child, I urge all of us to look for ways…
Patriarchy kills men too
Perhaps, the fundamental challenge women like me face is that we were raised to be perfect for partners for themselves are not perfect. However, these men do not most likely…
Tonto Dike: Parental Alienation is Child Abuse
Every celebrity’s life is everyone’s business; hence they are always in the news for even the clothes they wear much less their relationships. Hence almost everyone had an opinion about…
Zaha Hadid: 1950-2016
Zaha Hadid is a British Iraqi architect artists and designer recognized as a major figure of architecture in the 20th and 21st century. She changed the world of architecture as…
Embrace body confidence: Shun body shaming
Every woman I know or have heard of has been body-shamed at one point in her life. That is why the majority of women suffer from a lack of body…
Inspiring women and Girls
Every day we show up and do our work is an opportunity to inspire the upcoming generation. We have a lot of work to do to change the existing narrative…
Who is an EMPOWERED woman?
An EMPOWERED Woman is not a Woman who has gone to school. Education without the proper FACILITIES for implementation is still SLAVERY. An EMPOWERED Woman is NOT a Woman who…
Dying while sleeping: The truth about sexual aphrodisiacs
Some time back, a relative came to me with what she thought was outrageous news; her elderly uncle had just passed away in a small village in Jalingo. The old…
Feminism & Women in Finland
Finland is one of the nordic countries in Europe. It is today the country with the highest degree of women's equality in the world. The women of Finland became the…
The weakness in her strength
When people see a strong woman, they think that she does not need anything or anyone, can bear everything, and overcome every situation. They think a strong woman does not…
