Discovering Your Talent as a Woman
When you skill up, you stop waiting to be chosen, you start choosing yourself'. When I was young, I believed that success was a straight road, without bends and…
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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…
What We Want for World Mental Health Day 2025
Is Mental Health Access for Survivors of Conflict and Disaster, Empowering Women, providing support for Girls, and Children Today is the world turns its focus to those whose peace…
The Lagos 5: And the deafening Silence
I am deeply concerned, not just by the deaths of five Lagos female political leaders which happened sequentially, but by the eerie silence and dissociation that followed it. Unlike so…
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Studies have shown that peace agreements reached with the active participation of women have a better chance of being sustainable and effective than those without. Societies that put an emphasis…
Historically Harmful Traditions and Violence Against Women
For centuries, women’s bodies have been controlled, harmed, and even destroyed in the name of tradition, beauty, honor, and culture. Harmful practices that once seemed acceptable have left generations of…
SheCode Africa Empowers 200 Women
Over 200 Ibadan women benefitted from a digital literacy programme organised by SheCode Africa, a non-governmental organisation focused on empowering women and girls with technology skills. The two-week training, held…
Lagos in the grips of rising Femicide
Lagos is witnessing a disturbing surge in femicide cases, sparking deep concern among rights advocates, security experts, and legal practitioners who warn that unchecked gender-based killings pose a serious threat…
Birth control to pain control: Nigerian Women Turn to Contraceptives for Relief
Every month, Bolanle Oyebamji endured waves of pain radiating from her lower back, through her legs, and across her pelvis. For the recent graduate of Ekiti State University, menstruation was…
Sheroes Rising Launches Visibility Series for Women Leaders
Despite being half the world’s population, women appear in only 26% of all news subjects and sources across broadcast, radio, and print. UN Women In a bold step to amplify…
Women in Pakistan Politics: A story of Resistance & Representation
The history of women in Pakistan politics is a powerful story of resilience, courage, and persistence. From the days of independence to today’s Aurat March, women in Pakistan have continuously…
My WHY
My decision to join social and behavioural change communication is rooted in my passion, which is linked to my childhood experiences in northeast Nigeria. Growing up in my community, I experienced many physical,…
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UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights…
Gates Foundation Donates $2.5 Billion Donated to Women Health Research
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a historic $2.5 billion investment in women’s health research and development (R&D), to be rolled out between now and 2030. The initiative targets…
Heat to Hope: Gurasa Bakers at the Crossroads of Climate and Survival
The fire crackles beneath an iron pan balanced on clay walls. Inside the small bakery, the air is dense with smoke, the heat almost unbearable. Women move quickly, flipping flat…
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…
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…
Brief Description of the Sheroes Rising Project
Women have consistently contributed to nation and community building in different ways yet their works largely remains unnoticed and underreported. Women issues are also the most under-represented in mainstream media…
