The Fight Over Abortion: Are We Even Listening?
This age-old argument over morality, its legality and who really gets to decide when life begins and has the right to end it resurfaced again in a fiery exchange between…
Fibroids: The Silent Burden
When 34-year-old Ojuolape Benson noticed her belly was growing steadily, she brushed it off as middle-age weight gain. But when friends began congratulating her as if she were pregnant and…
Africa missing in GDO
Africa is missing in the Gender Data Index Out of all 34 evaluated countries in Africa, only a few have achieved impressive performances compared to others; Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda,…
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Being Woman in Nigeria; Risky Business.
Femicide has become a common phenomenon in Nigeria with every week witnessing the story of a woman mercilessly slaughtered. Last week, the story of how Amaye was stoned to death…
Pakistan & Women’s Reproductive Health
Two in three women in Pakistan can not make decisions about their reproductive health The UNFPA’s State of World Population Report 2025 reveals a pressing global issue; it reveals that…
Women and Girls in Floods: Hidden Struggles, Urgent Needs
When floodwaters rise in Pakistan, the headlines often focus on collapsed homes, broken roads, and swollen rivers. But hidden behind those numbers are the daily struggles of women and…
The Danger of Online Romance
The shock never wears off, especially when the tragedy could have been avoided with a little caution and curiosity. Not long ago, in the heart of Abuja’s Gwarinpa district, a…
Self-Defense Is a Life Skill, not a Luxury
‘From grappling and close-quarter combat to the uncomfortable yet necessary discussions around acquaintance sexual assault, manipulation tactics, and emotional boundary-setting, every session peeled back layers of our understanding of what…
#BreakTheBias
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…
Break The Silence to #breakthebias
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…
PLEASE BREAK THE BIAS – Hajia Zainab Maina
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…
Awakened Female
According to science, the worst pain any human can experience is the pain of being burnt alive, the next in line is the pain of childbirth (some school of thought…
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…
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…
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…
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…
