Dear Girl Child
''12th October is celebrated as the Day of the Girl Child. But to me, everyday is for the Girl Child. I was once her, some part of me is still…
A new Vision of Women’s liberation
My own vision is that the coming age will be the age of the woman. Man has tried for five thousand years and has failed. Now a chance has…
Treating Cancer with Panadol
Yes, we are a problem-ridden society; our problems albeit challenges are just too many to count. I have reached a place in my life where I have come to understand…
Lets talk about feminism
Yes, you heard me, lets talk about feminism; because we need to; because we have to whether we like it or not. There is one thing that I wish everyone…
Women's Strike for Peace-And Equality, Women's Strike for Equality, Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, August 26, 1970. (Photo by Eugene Gordon/The New York Historical Society/Getty Images)
My Choice
“Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without Affection.” Jane Austen In the culture where I was born, women were thought only to be marriage material. Some…
Pains of being Girl/Woman
We are in the twentieth century, but there are still many societies and people who feel saddened at the birth of a girl child; yet the woman plays the pivotal…
Woman
She is a source of mercy. She is compassion She is kindness She is patient She is preserving She is enduring She is accommodating She is believing She is…
Destiny Helper not House Maid
I am shaking a cultural table this morning and it has to do with certain criteria we have been taught to look out for in a woman. For instance, one…
This is Northern Nigeria
This is Northern Nigeria; where: Everybody be hypocrite Everybody dey double speak This is Northern Nigeria. This Bazawara she must marry and remarry but not my son Auzubillah This…
Being Woman
In Sudan, they forced her to marry a man she didn't want. When she wouldn't surrender to him, he raped her with the help of his cousins. The next time…
As we celebrate International Women’s Day
Today, 8th of March is known as International Women’s Day (IWD), all over the world. But then, what does the International Women’s Day signify to us? What is its history?…
