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#BeingFemaleInNigeria Still Trending | International Media Like CNN & BuzzFeed Pay Attention

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#BeingFemaleInNigeria has been trending for almost a day!

The trending topic on Twitter started out of Florence Warmate‘s Abuja book club discussion and Chimamanda Adichie‘s famous TED talk. It resonated with Nigerians in the diaspora too – a top 10 trending topic in the UK, and international media houses BuzzFeed, Thought Catalog and CNN picked up the story.

Below are some of the most popular tweets – ranging from dealing with sexual abuse to discrimination at work.

On the flip side, Adebola Williams of Y! Media and The Future Awards wants people to use the hashtag to talk about the positives of being a woman in the country as well.

Here are some of the most popular tweets!  Discrimination at hotel and clubs

The pressure to get married, get pregnant and give birth to boys

On being expected to work and still perform most household duties

On being called ‘ashawo/ashewo’ (prostitute)

Domestic violence is the woman’s fault

Not being able to live alone

 

On sexual assault

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The topic is still raging on with over 40,000 tweets worldwide, and we’re happy it’s spotlighting many of the important issues Nigerian women face everyday.

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