Monday Quote: Oprah Winfrey
This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let…
Sunday Quote: Shirley Chisolm
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else'. Shirley Chisolm
Saturday Quote: Lina Abou-Habib
'Only through political participation will women be able to actually disrupt patriarchy'. Lina Abou-Habib
Bridget Aisha Lemu (14th October 1940-5th January 2019)
The British-born author and religious educator was born Bridget Anne Honey in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. She attended Uplands School, Parkstone, Dorset between 1950 and 1955 and proceeded for a year…
Long past its time: Ocholi O. Ibilola
As long as it exists, child marriage will stand the way of gender equality. Its driven by socio-cultural beliefs that accord girls little value, we need extensive legal and social …
Friday Quote: Betty Friedan
A woman is handicapped by her sex, And handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, Or by refusing to compete with man at…
Ann Snitow
Thursday Quote: Anne Snitow
"Woman" is my slave name; Feminism will give me freedom to seek some other identity altogether. Ann Snitow
Wednesday Quote: Michelle Bachelete
“Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.” – Michelle Bachelet
Jaenette Rankin
Tuesday Quote: Jaenette Rankin
'It is important for people to be able to read all sides of every question, For the feeling of national unity does not come from one-sided or inadequate information; But…
Monday Quote: Oprah Winfrey
It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn, – which…
Sunday Quote: Shirley Chisolm
That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions. Shirley Chisolm
Saturday Quote: Lina Abou-Habib
I will be a post-feminist in the post-patriarchy Beirut. Lina Abou-Habib
Culpability in Silence: Tawakalit Kareem
Silence- Is the magic wand that we wave in the hope that what has been done can be undone. The inaction we exhibit to somehow dull the deafening noise that…
Friday Quote: Betty Friedan
Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves? Who knows what women's intelligence will contribute when it can be nourished without denying love?” Betty…
Ann Snitow
Thursday Quote: Anne Snitow
It’s all connected; Imagining and reading about change; Being skeptical about the meaning of particular social changes; Being part of change. Anne Snitow
Wednesday Quote: Michelle Bachelet
I am not pessimistic, I dont give up. I believe we should push back on the push back; And ensure that women's right are really protected'. Michelle Bachelet
Jaenette Rankin
Tuesday Quote: Jaenette Rankin
Go! Go! Go! It makes no difference where; Just so you go! go! go! Remember, at the first opportunity, go! Jaenette Rankin
Monday Quote: Oprah Winfrey
'I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who, from an early age, knew I was responsible for…
Sunday Quote: Shirley Chisolm
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas'. Shirley Chisolm
Saturday Quote: Lina Abou-Habib
'Women are omnipresent”, and “there are absolutely no incidents of sexual harassment inTahrir Square. The international media captured and hailed the visible participation of women from all walks of life…
