It is all discrimination
Sometime earlier this year, I got chatting with a young Nigerian man who works at my former place of work. We used to talk during our break times, and after work. Talks led to...
It is okay not to like feminism but do not pass ignorance of it...
It is okay if you don’t like feminism, you don’t have to call yourself a feminist. The truth is, very few people care. You won’t be doing anyone a favour or disfavour, whichever be...
Cower in my presence o mortal woman: A sarcastic look at patriarchy
It's no big deal he had sex on the first date. She's the slut who dared get laid on the first date.
She got pregnant? What a careless woman who tried to trap him, gosh!...
Full-time housewives are failures? Pastor Funke Adejumo, a word please.
Dear Madam Funke Adejumo ma, good morning.
I just saw that video ma, and I understand your passionate desire to teach self-sufficiency to women, but ma, you need to chill. Ha! Ma, you need to...
Stop killing the zeal of the girl child
Some years ago, I was with a group of friends, all girls. This well meaning woman came into our midst, and in an attempt to reign “blessings” on us, she said “I see wives...
#InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild: how we can help her survive this unfair world
#InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild: I have always had this idea that girls are endangered, even by the very forces of nature. It may sound ridiculous to say girls need to be educated for humanity to survive, but...
Saudi women driving no longer illegal as king lifts ban
It's inconceivable to believe that this is still a 'thing' in 2017, but here we are. For a long time, Saudi Arabia remained the only country in the world with this archaic ban, but...
#ThrowbackThursday to when Chimamanda Adichie urged us all to be feminists at TEDxEuston
Chimamanda Adichie - We Should All Be Feminists: you may have been present and remember the electricity in the TEDxEuston room as the final speaker took the stage in December 2012. Today, we'd like...
Esther Afua Ocloo – a world class Ghanaian entrepreneur worth celebrating!
You may have heard the phrase "Making a dollar out of sixteen cents"? Well, this Ghanaian powerhouse, Esther Afua Ocloo took a dollar and made a global enterprise, earned a laureate, and became an inspiration...
Equality begins at home
My Dad always sounds it in my ears "Nkechi, you must be tough. Being girlish and being ladylike is not an excuse for weakness". This he still says to my sisters and I till this...
