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'Because man and woman are the complement of one another; We  need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable Government'. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Favour Okechukwu: One of many Girls

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 by her mother at 3.00 pm...

Tuesday Quote: Ruth Bader-Ginsburg

I ask no favour for my sex. All I ask for our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks. -Ruth Bader-Ginsburg

Monday Quote: Oprah Winfrey

Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes. Oprah Winfrey

Islam, Feminism, and Culture

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 speak up, the people around me...

Lafiya Style Expo

She Leads Africa, hosted what it called ‘the lifestyle lafiya expo’  a fortnight ago in the city of Abuja. She Leads Africa, is an online community for emerging women leaders from the African continent where they get mentorship, advice, inspiration, information, resources,...

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  change to make it happen; and it can be done even though...

Tuesday Quote: Jaenette Rankin

The most disappointing feature of working for a cause is that so few people have a philosophy of life. We used to say, in the suffrage movement, that we could trust the woman who believed in suffrage: But we could never trust the...

Wednesday Quote

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own...

Tuesday Quote

"If you are to free yourselves you must break the chains of oppression yourselves. Only then can we express our dignity, only when we have liberated...

Wednesday Quote

''Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both''. Eleanor Roosevelt

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He4She Quote

Without the role of a woman in a man's life, He is bound to fail. And vice-versa. Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje.

Born Female and Ibo- Ella Umeh-Ezeadilieje

Being born female and Igbo is both a blessing and a curse. Our society holds the girl child to moral standards that even the...

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You can't be hesitant about who you are. Viola Davis  

Meet Khadija Okunnu-Lamidi

“My standing before you today is to prove the resilience of our youth, our belief in, and our hope in Nigeria. Today, we face...

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...
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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 calling on feminists, writers, gender rights...

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 can be so ignored. Judging...

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 region of Nigeria during the recently...

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 lack of awareness about it,...

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 that takes place annually from 25...

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 Science from the Faculty of Military Science...

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 to empower girls to access technology,...

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 understand that they are imperfect...

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902)

‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal’. Born on November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York city...

Saturday Quote: Hannah Uiri

I am proud of you for choosing to stay soft; Instead of hard when anger has felt safer than healing. You have chosen to stay tender; Towards...

Tuesday Quote: Jeanette Rankin

'We are half the people; We should be half the congress'. Jaennette Rankin

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)...

Thursday Quote

''A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, Cutting away the dead...