In February, after South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee stated her decision to retreat from the race to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it became...
Recently, the nomination of Nimi Akinkugbe as an ambassador for Ondo State stirred a lot of controversy. The Chairman of Ondo Youth Coalition, Ademairo Emmanuel, claimed...
Reacting to Bill Cosby‘s Tuesday three to ten years sentencing for sexual assault, publicist Andrew Wyatt has described the court’s decision as ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’. Variety reports...
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...
In the past five years, and with rise of social media, more Nigerian women have raised their voices against sexism and advocated for gender equality in...
January is like THAT guest who overstays his/her welcome, and I’m just so happy it is over. It reminds me of Hans Christian Andersen, author of...
There were so many lessons learnt in 2017! Aside experiences with people and situations, reading and a little bit of travelling have contributed to my education...
They thought we were like our mothers: they never saw us coming. We are the expression of the suppressed aspects of our mothers – sexually, physically,...
“If Celie were singing, she would be like Mamie, Bessie, and Ma Rainey, all of whom were abused. Those women were abused by men. (…) And...
An achievement is “a thing done successfully with effort, skill, or courage”. It can also be defined as “a great heroic deed or feat; something accomplished...
A right-wing Polish politician, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, 74 representing the region of Silesia has said that women must earn less than men because they are “smaller, weaker and...
The idea that humans form groups to compete with other groups based on shared identity is nothing new in psycho-social theory. We have seen this in...
A friend of mine confided in me a while back. She informed how she had been told by a guy that she had a strong feminist...
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