'I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream –
And by tuning into one another’s secret hopes,
We can become better friends, better partners,...
You cannot define a person on just one thing.
You can't just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn't come off the way you thought it should.
Aretha Franklin
I am endlessly inspired by the resilience and impact of women and Girls activities globally;
Their courage is what makes me wake up every morning ready to work for gender equality.
It is what I believe in and it gives me meaning in...
'I was inspired by a traditional African tool that has three legs and a basin to sit on.To me the three legs represent three critical pillars of just and stable societies.
The first leg stands for democratic space, where rights are respected;
Whether...
In preparation for the 2021 edition of the International Women’s Day, Hawwah Jiddare, a vocal feminist from Northern Nigeria and Chevening Scholar requested if I could recommend any person to discuss the rampant cases of early marriage in Arewa, Northern Nigeria.
I...
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 change to make it happen; and it can be done even though...
A few years back, a friend came back from London with a strange-looking capsule that promises larger and firmer boobs; the side effect (according to the...
We're always going to argue about abortion.
It's a hard choice and it's controversial,
And that's why I'm pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.
Hillary...
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“For any society to develop and compete with global development, gender inequality must be bridged, gender-based violence must be stopped, and girl child...
It’s all connected;
Imagining and reading about change;
Being skeptical about the meaning of particular social changes;
Being part of change.
Anne Snitow
As we round up the 16 days action against GSBV, I reflect on my relationship with domestic abuse and GSBV. I have always felt domestic violence deeply because I was raised in it my entire...
The BBC has selected one of the conveners of Bring Back Our Girls, Aisha Yesufu among the most influential women in 2020. Aisha Yesufu, a successful businesswoman came to prominence when she led a campaign...
70-year-old man, Hunsu Sunday has defiled and impregnated his own granddaughter in Ogun State. The matter was reported to the Ogun State Police Command by a relative of the victim, who is a 15-year-old girl...
Growing up as a girl, I have seen a lot of injustices committed against women. With time, I began to ask questions as to why women are considered vulnerable, voiceless and powerless. And when I...
For over half a century, women in northern Nigeria have been bearing the brunt of institutional neglect, domestic violence and stifling campaigns against any female activist who dares to speak out against their problems. Unlike...
Child rights are about the protection of the fundamental and essential rights and dignity of the child, who according to the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) "...is any human being below...
Favour Okechuku was reported to have been gang-raped to death in Ejigbo area of Lagos on 4th October 2020. Favour was an 11-year-old Junior Secondary School year 3 student who was sent on an errand...
"In the last decade, Nigeria has witnessed an unimaginable upsurge in killings due to insurgency and instability. Northern Nigeria has been especially affected by violence as the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram unleashed terror on...
I’m not going to pretend that representation doesn’t matter.It matters because it informs the issues that are spotlighted and emphasized, and it leads to...
