There are some glass ceilings that you have completely shattered, there are others you have merely scratched. The race to those heights is never a sprint...
As I interact with society and learn our culture, layer after layer of discontent settles within me. I see women like me suffer abuse and violence...
In Nigeria, the tax has filtered through to unsuspecting female consumers over the years.
#BellaNaijaWCW this week is a voice for the marginalised, a poverty alleviation champion, and an advocate for women’s rights. Oluwafunmilayo Oni is the founder of Iranwo...
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...
Nigeria has a long way to go when it comes to women’s rights, as political, religious and cultural nuances continue to shape and can restrict the visibility, participation...
Every day we read reports of women being raped, or sexually assaulted or beaten. It’s a continuous tale, one that comes with sorrow for lives that...
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...
Saudi Arabia has started issuing its first driving licenses to women, Al Jazeera reports. The country had announced in September 2017 that it would begin to...
It is legal to physically hit a woman for the purpose of correction, in Nigeria. No! I am not telling a lie… This is in accordance...
“26-year-old Mariam’s story is one of many stories of women left with the psychological torture of FGM. ‘I blame my mother’ she says, ‘she should have...
In the average Nigerian home, male children are raised quite differently from females. The boys are given privileges that girls are deprived of. Girls are expected...
In celebration of International Women’s Day, CNN spoke to a few women who shared their experience being female. Among them was Caitlyn Jenner, who said women are brought...
A woman, Tamadur bint Youssef al-Ramah, has been appointed to a high-level government post for the first time, Punch reports. The appointment comes amidst a reshuffling of military and...
Emancipation. Eurythmic. Feminism. Muscle. Power. Who exactly came up with that crap that women are to be seen and not heard? I cannot comprehend how we...
Somaliland has issued a “fatwa” (religious edict) banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), paving the way for the breakaway region to pass legislation against the harmful practice....
It’s hard to imagine a time when women were denied the right to something as basic as casting votes. It’s a popular saying – your vote...
Am I the only one who sees gender equality and forgets that it’s actually about the equality of both sexes, not just the equality of females...
Saudi King Salman Al-Saud on Thursday ordered concerned government authorities to allow women apply for services without the approval of their guardians, Sabq online news reported....
BellaNaija is committed to informing, entertaining, inspiring, and most importantly, creating positive change – through the work we do. In light of this, we recently partnered...
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