I’m an African man - born in Nigeria, and raised in a typical African fashion. I grew up in a home governed by my widowed mother...
A gender that holds so much power should not be left at the mercy of a society that is best described as an enabler. Emotions such...
As we kick off the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, it is important to bring to light that gender parity around the world is...
ONE is introducing ‘Yours in Power‘, a new series featuring 3 women’s rights activists. Melene Rossouw, Joannie Bewa and Wadi Ben-Hirki share a letter they’ve written to their younger selves to...
How do we put an end to Period Poverty? Here is how P&G is spreading the message of period positivity. Gender equality is receiving increasing attention...
I have never understood why a woman has to hide so much of herself and pretend as though these parts do not exist, or why the opposite sex...
I have been invited for an interview at a reputable organisation, where after painstakingly sitting through hours of the written and oral phases, one of the...
Urbane and tech savvy, so many of us are so used to movements today that we’ve forgotten that it’s not yet the norm at the grassroots...
According to Dr. Myles Monroe, when a man does not know how to be a man anymore in his home, he turns to domestic violence, because...
I remember sitting in the library on one of my last days in graduate school, trying to finish one of Dr. Vincenti’s case study project. I...
“Gender parity is not a plea for equality,” Chidiogo Akunyili, daughter of the late great Dora Akunyili, says in a conversation with Genevieve Magazine. Chidiogo, who...
Dear African girl, We have failed you. And for that, we are sorry. Sorry for ignoring the cultural obstacles keeping 52 million of you from getting...
While announcing his ministerial nominees to the Ethiopian parliament, the country’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, 42 who said that women now make up 50% of the...
Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, the family is the most important. We also know that every father is critical to that...
An Iranian woman has said she’s been sentenced to 20 years in jail for removing her hijab in protest. According to The Independent, the woman, Shaparak Shajarizadeh,...
According to Collins dictionary, Chivalry has different definitions. It is the polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women. In the Middle Ages, chivalry...
Sometime last year, I was talking with two of my male colleagues about how men are susceptible to rape. “Men can’t be raped,” one of them...
As women from all over the world are fighting for equality, Brazilian women too are taking a stand for what is right. #DeixaElaTrabalhar, or “Let Her...
Telecoms giant Globacom Ltd, popularly referred to as Glo, has been accused of mass-sacking members of staff who are female and married. The brand has however...
A few weeks ago, the Internet was buzzing over an interview by world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua with British GQ magazine. “Are you a good dad?”...
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