Sheroes Quote
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo is a Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress, and activist. Kidjo has won five Grammy Awards and is a 2023 Polar Music Prize laureate. She has released many albums,…
Sheroes Quote
Dr Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist & anti-globalization author. Trained as a physicist, she has spent decades advocating for biodiversity, farmers’ rights, and…
Aisha Yesufu during the #endsars protest
How Aisha Yesufu made BBC 100 Women 2020 list
The BBC has selected one of Bring Back Our Girls conveners, Aisha Yesufu among the most influential women in 2020. Aisha Yesufu, a successful businesswoman came to prominence when she…
Women in Northern Nigeria Need to Be Their Own Voice
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…
Aisha Kabu Damboa: The young Matriarch of Maiduguri
Being a woman in Nigeria is no child’s play. It comes with a pre-installed package of ‘blatant discrimination, social, religious and economic inequality, misogyny, sexual and gender-based violence. Being a…
Amal Clooney
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Friday Quote: Amal Clooney
'As women, we may not be a minority, but there is a bond that we all share. It is not a bond of geography; or religion; or culture. It is…
Amal Clooney
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Friday Quote: Amal Clooney
'Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - It fosters it'. Amal Clooney
Sunday Quote: Shirin Ebadi
'Whenever women protest and ask for their rights, They are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is an unfounded argument; It is not Islam…
Friday Quote
Men must defy the structures of patricahy and outdated notions of manhood. And use that questioning to build more just societies. Winston Duke Actor/Activist
Friday Quote
'Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him'. Lucretia Mott
Friday Quote
'I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day'. Lucretia Mott
Wednesday Quote
An idea built the wall of separation between the sexes, and an idea will crumble it to dust. Sarah Moore Grimke
Audrey Lorde (18th Feb 1934- 17th Nov. 1992)
Born in New York to immigrant parents from the Caribbean, Audrey was the youngest of 3 sisters. She grew up listening to her mother telling stories about the West Indies…
Sunday Quote
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance'. Bell Hooks
Thursday Quote
“People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.” Rebecca West
Wednesday Quote
All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, Used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to his sensual pleasures, to be instrumental…
Sunday Quote
“Throw yourself to the edge that you’re always scared of. Try being independent; do it your way. You’ll love it. Ameera El Taweel
Saturday Quote
'There never will be complete equality; Until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers'. Susan B Anthony
