Feminism – Viva Naija

Men are not the problem

Natalie Ewaen A. Usen — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:54:55 +0000

I got talking with a lady on my upcoming leadership and free skills acquisition program for young ladies, R.E.D. for Girls and she asked me a question, “Why don’t I use ladies as facilitators throughout the program?” She mentioned that if we are dealing with empowering women, then everything needs to be about us as […]

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It is all discrimination

Nkechi Bianze — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:36:37 +0000

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 another, and one day, he started telling me about the Osu caste thing in Igbo land. He told me he was […]

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It is okay not to like feminism but do not pass ignorance of it as fact

Nkechi Bianze — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 17:36:53 +0000

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 the case. What isn’t ok is trying to make up stories in your head and pass them as facts. In 2017, […]

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Cower in my presence o mortal woman: A sarcastic look at patriarchy

Natalie Ewaen A. Usen — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:29:26 +0000

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! The stupid conniving bitch. He’s too weak to cap it or resist the temptation. Oh poor dear! That man of […]

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Full-time housewives are failures? Pastor Funke Adejumo, a word please.

Sayo — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:31:41 +0000

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 chill oh; else, this your “passion” will crawl creepily on the skin of commonsense as an eerie desperation to teach, […]

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Stop killing the zeal of the girl child

Nkechi Bianze — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:01:15 +0000

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 of Commissioners, I see wives of Doctors, I see wives of Governors, I see wives of Senators, I see wives of […]

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#InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild: how we can help her survive this unfair world

Damilola J. Oladeji — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:55:37 +0000

#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 this is the simple truth. Imagine a girl born on the streets; she is different from a boy born on the […]

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Saudi women driving no longer illegal as king lifts ban

Rachel — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:31:16 +0000

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 last night, King Salman surprised the nation by issuing a decree. Saudi women driving is no longer illegal, and they are […]

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#ThrowbackThursday to when Chimamanda Adichie urged us all to be feminists at TEDxEuston

Rachel — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:00:59 +0000

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 to take you back to a time when Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDxEuston talk ‘We Should All Be Feminists’filled our bellies with […]

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Esther Afua Ocloo – a world class Ghanaian entrepreneur worth celebrating!

Rachel — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:01:39 +0000

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 for women worldwise on savvy business dealings. Poverty and lack did not stop Esther Afua Ocloo from showcasing her brilliance or fulfilling […]

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